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1 Genius: Nature or Nurture? 2 Facing Life’s Obstacles

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Pages: 2–31 Pages: 32–59

Reading 1: A Genius Explains Reading 1: A Life of Twists and Turns:
The Story of Frank McCourt
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Reading 2: 10,000 Hours to Mastery

Reading 2: Marla Runyan Has Never Lost
Sight of Her Goals
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Inference Understanding assumptions Inferring the meaning of idioms

and expressions
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Note-Taking Taking notes by marking important Taking notes on main ideas with
information questions
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Reading Distinguishing voice in quotations Recognizing positive redundancy

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Grammar Past perfect Gerunds and infinitives

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Revise Identifying and correcting sentence Choosing appropriate supporting

fragments sentences
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Final Writing A summary paragraph A biographical paragraph

Task
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Video Child prodigies A girl with autism

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Assessments Pre-Unit Diagnostic: Pre-Unit Diagnostic:

Check What You Know Check What You Know
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Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 1
Checkpoint 2 Checkpoint 2
Unit Achievement Test Unit Achievement Test
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Unit Project Write a report on a genius Write a biographical essay on a famous

person who has overcome an obstacle

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3 Making Medical Decisions 4 Instinct or Intellect?

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Pages: 60–85 Pages: 86–115

Reading 1: Genetic Testing and Disease: Reading 1: Extreme Perception and
Would You Want to Know? Animal Intelligence
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Reading 2: Norman Cousins’s Laughter Reading 2: How Smart are Animals?

Therapy
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Inferring degree of support Inferring the use of hedging

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Taking notes on cause and effect with a Taking notes with outlining
graphic organizer
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Organizing the sequence of events in Recognizing the role of quoted speech

a time line
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Past unreal conditionals Adjective clauses

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Writing introductions and hooks Paraphrasing

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An opinion essay A summary in journalistic style

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Sleep deprivation and health issues Talking to animals

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Pre-Unit Diagnostic: Pre-Unit Diagnostic:

Check What You Know Check What You Know
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Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 1
Checkpoint 2 Checkpoint 2
Unit Achievement Test Unit Achievement Test
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Prepare a written presentation on Write a research summary on a

genetic testing famous animal

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5 Too Much of a Good Thing? 6 Making a Difference

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Pages: 116–143 Pages: 144–175

Reading 1: Death Do Us Part Reading 1: Justin Lebo
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Reading 2: Toward Immortality: Reading 2: Some Take the Time Gladly

The Social Burden of Problems with Mandatory
Longer Lives Volunteering
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Inference Inferring attitudes and feelings Inferring people’s reactions

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Note-Taking Taking notes with signposts Taking compare and contrast notes with
a t-chart
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Reading Using titles and headings to identify Recognizing persuasive language

main ideas
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Grammar Simple past, present perfect, and present Concessions

perfect progressive
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Revise Using figurative language Writing introductions and thesis statements

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Final Writing A descriptive essay A persuasive essay

Task
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Video The long lives of the residents Philanthropy

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of Acciaroli

Assessments Pre-Unit Diagnostic: Pre-Unit Diagnostic:

Check What You Know Check What You Know
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Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 1
Checkpoint 2 Checkpoint 2
Unit Achievement Test Unit Achievement Test
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Unit Project Write a report about a part of the Create a powerpoint presentation
world where people live long lives using or poster about philanthropy in
questions as guides your community

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7 An Ocean of Problems 8 Managing Your Smartphone

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Pages: 176–205 Pages: 206–239

Reading 1: Sea Unworthy: A Personal Reading 1: Smartphone-Induced Problems
Journey into the Pacific in the Twenty-First Century
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Garbage Patch Reading 2: Unplugging Wired Kids: A

Reading 2: Two Proposals to Clean Up Vacation from Technology
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Our Oceans of Garbage: and Social Media

Will Either Work?
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Inferring the author’s point of view and Inferring an author’s appeal to authority
possible bias
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Taking notes on pros and cons Taking three-column notes to show

time sequence
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Creating headings based on main ideas Identifying referents for the pronoun it
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Subordinators and transitions Subordinators and prepositional phrases

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Writing conclusions Using transitions

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A problem-solution essay A cause-and-effect essay

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Water conservation in college dormitories Video games

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Pre-Unit Diagnostic: Pre-Unit Diagnostic:

Check What You Know Check What You Know
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Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 1
Checkpoint 2 Checkpoint 2
Unit Achievement Test Unit Achievement Test
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Create a powerpoint or presentation about Conduct research and give a powerpoint

a solution to an environmental issue presentation about the evolution of a
technological device

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