SCOPE
AND
SEQUENCE
UNIT THEME
1 Sports and Fitness
2 Skin Deep
3 Animals in Danger
4 Violent Earth
5 Islands and Beaches
6 Global Addictions
7 Energy Solutions
8 Epic Engineering
9 High-Tech Solutions
10 All in the Mind
11 Visual Pioneers
12 Far Out
4  Scope and Sequence
READING
A:  The World’s Game
B:  What Makes an Olympic
Champion?
A:  What Is Beauty?
B:  Skin: The Body’s Canvas
A:  Racing to Rescue Koalas
B:  Tracking the Snow Leopard
A:  Sacred Summits
B:  Is Prediction Possible?
A:  Land of Fire and Ice
B:  The Perfect Beach
A:  The World’s Favorite Drug
B:  Addicted to Distraction
A:  Powering the Planet
B:  City of the Future?
A:  China’s Grand Canal
B:  Highway of Dreams
A:  The Power of Virtual Reality
B:  High-Flying Helpers
A:  What’s on Your Mind?
B:  Inside Animal Minds
A:  Van Gogh’s World
B:  Seeing the Light
A:  Defying Gravity
B:  The Ultimate Trip
ACADEMIC SKILLS
VIDEO READING SKILL VOCABULARY BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING
A:  Analyzing Infographics (1) A:  Prefix uni- A:  Evaluating Evidence
Sport Climbing
B:  Scanning for Specific Information B:  Suffix -ology B:  Evaluating Reasons
A:  Analyzing a Writer’s Claims A:  Word root form A:  Evaluating Claims
The Beauty of Ugly Food
B:  Summarizing the Main Idea of Paragraphs B:  Collocations with permanent B:  Applying Ideas
A:  Collocations with physical
A:  Determining the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words A:  Evaluating Problems
Protecting Pandas
B:  Annotating a Reading Passage
B:  W
 ords acting as nouns
B:  Evaluating; Synthesizing
and verbs
A:  Analyzing Pros and Cons
A:  Summarizing a Text A:  Prefix ex-
Earthquakes 101
B:  Analyzing Infographics (2) B:  Collocations with schedule
B:  Evaluating Visual Information;
Justifying an Opinion
A:  Evaluating Ideas
A:  Summarizing Details on a Map A:  Word web spectacular
Ha Long Bay
B:  Identifying a Writer’s Point of View B:  Collocations with state
B:  Inferring Opinions; Evaluating
Using Criteria
A:  Evaluating Pros and Cons
A:  Identifying Pros and Cons (1) A:  Word web furthermore
World of Caffeine
B:  Understanding Transitions B:  Word root vis
B:  Applying Ideas; Evaluating
Pros and Cons
A:  Collocations with steep
A:  Identifying Pros and Cons (2) A:  Evaluating Pros and Cons
Wave Power
B:  Identifying an Author’s Opinion
B:  W
 ord forms: v erb, noun,
B:  Applying Ideas; Synthesizing
adjective
A:  Interpreting Meaning
A:  Understanding Vocabulary: Compound Words A:  Word root nov
Building a Rain Forest
B:  Inferring Information (1) B:  Collocations with dense
B:  Synthesizing Ideas; Applying
Ideas
A:  Evaluating Pros and Cons
A:  Applying Information from a Text A:  Word root down
Drone Delivery
B:  Recognizing Text Coherence B:  Collocations with aid
B:  Applying Ideas; Evaluating
Pros and Cons
A:  Applying Concepts
A:  Identifying Text Organization A:  Collocations with vast
Brain Power
B:  Recognizing Lexical Cohesion (1) B:  Word root nounce
B:  Evaluating Using Criteria;
Synthesizing Ideas
B:  Evaluating Evidence;
A:  Inferring Information (2) A:  Word root sen(s)
The Genius of Picasso
B:  Recognizing Lexical Cohesion (2) B:  Word root nat
Evaluating Pros and Cons;
Synthesizing
A:  Understanding Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs A:  Prefix -ize A:  Evaluating Challenges
Mysteries of Pluto
B:  Understanding Appositives B:  Collocations with precious B:  Speculating; Synthesizing
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