Includes an Index of Exam skills and tasks.

"The Pathway to Academic Readiness

Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking, Second Edition uses National Geographic stories, photos, video, and infographics to bring the world to the classroom. Authentic, relevant content and carefully sequenced lessons engage learners while equipping them with the skills needed for academic success. Each level of the second edition features new and updated content.

Academic skills are clearly labeled at the beginning of each unit.

New and updated reading passages incorporate a variety of text types, charts, and infographics to inform and inspire learners.

Explicit reading skill instruction includes main ideas, details, inference, prediction, note-taking, sequencing, and vocabulary development.

Critical thinking activities are integrated throughout each unit, and help develop learner independence.

New and updated video sections use National Geographic video clips to provide a bridge between Readings 1 and 2, and to give learners ideas and language for the unit's writing task.

An additional reading passage provides integrated skills practice.

Key academic and thematic vocabulary is practiced, and expanded throughout each unit.

Vocabulary extension activities cover word forms, word webs, collocations, affixes, and more, to boost learner's reading and writing fluency.

Pathways' approach to writing guides students through the writing process and develops learners' confidence in planning, drafting, revising, and editing.

Writing Goals and Language for Writing sections provide the focus and scaffolding needed for learners to become successful writers.

An online workbook, powered by MyELT, includes video clips and automatically graded activities for learners to practice the skills taught in the Student Books.

Updated Revising Practice sections incorporate realistic model paragraphs and help learners refine their writing.

New Guided online writing practice provides reinforcement and consolidation of language skills, helping learners to become stronger and more confident writers." (Introduction, p. viii-x)

CONTENTS

Introduction to Pathways

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Unit 1. LIFE IN A DAY
Academic Track: Career Studies/Social Science

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: A Day on Planet Earth — Video: A Global Conversation — Reading 2: A Day In a Life

READING: Focus – Skimming for Gist — Scanning/Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Understanding Purpose

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Inferring Meaning — Applying, Synthesizing, Reflecting

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing Good Sentences — Language for Writing: Using Simple Present Tense — Writing Goal: Writing sentences to describe daily activities

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Verbs and Nouns — Word Partners: verb + time

Unit 2. DON'T GIVE UP!
Academic Track: Psychology/Education

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The World’s Oldest First Grader — Video: A School for Change — Reading 2: The Secret of Success?

READING: Focus – Identifying Main Ideas of Paragraphs — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Sequencing, Understanding Purpose, Summarizing, Categorizing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Identifying Evidence — Evaluating, Inferring, Applying

WRITING: Skill Focus: Ordering Ideas — Language for Writing: Using want and need — Writing Goal: Writing sentences about a personal learning goal

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: in- and im- — Word Partners: verb + up

Unit 3. WHY WE BUY
Academic Track: Business/Marketing

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Psychology of Supermarkets — Video: Who Do You Trust? — Reading 2: The Power of Persuasion

READING: Focus – Identifying Supporting Ideas — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Understanding Purpose, Categorizing, Summarizing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Relating Ideas — Reflecting

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing Paragraphs and Topic Sentences — Language for Writing: Connecting Ideas — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about the effectiveness of an ad

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: verb + control — Word Partners: natural + noun

Unit 4. GREEN LIVING
Academic Track: Environmental Science

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Garbage Island — Video: Trash People — Reading 2: The Art of Recycling

READING: Focus – Scanning for Details — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas, Summarizing, Understanding a Process, Understanding Purpose, Sequencing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Analyzing Problems and Solutions — Synthesizing, Applying, Inferring Meaning

WRITING: Skill Focus: Using Supporting Sentences — Language for Writing: Stating Problems and Proposing Solutions — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about possible solutions to an environmental issue

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: re- — Word Partners: Antonyms

Unit 5. FOOD JOURNEYS
Academic Track: Cultural Studies

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: A Global Food Journey — Video: Images of Greenland — Reading 2: Cooking the World

READING: Focus – Recognizing Pronoun References — Predicting, Summarizing, Understanding Main Ideas and Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Justifying Your Opinion

WRITING: Skill Focus: Paraphrasing Using Synonyms — Language for Writing: Giving Reasons — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph explaining why people enjoy sharing pictures of food

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Words as Nouns and Verbs — Word Forms: Changing Adjectives into Adverbs

Unit 6. FUTURE LIVING
Academic Track: Engineering/Technology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: How Will We Live? — Video: Living on Mars — Reading 2: At Home on Mars

READING: Focus – Identifying Examples — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Sequencing, Identifying Problems and Solutions

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Inferring Attitude — Applying, Synthesizing, Justifying Your Opinion

WRITING: Skill Focus: Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition — Language for Writing: Using And, But, and So — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about a typical day in the year 2050

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: -able — Word Forms: Changing Verbs into Nouns

Unit 7. EXPLORATION
Academic Track: Earth Science

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Secret Cities — Video: The Lost World — Reading 2: Into the Unknown

READING: Focus – Identifying Facts and Speculations — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Understanding Purpose, Summarizing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Understanding Analogies — Applying, Analyzing

WRITING: Skill Focus: Introducing Examples — Language for Writing: Expressing Interests and Desires — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about a place worth exploring

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Adjectives and Nouns for Measurement — Word Partners: run + adverb/preposition

Unit 8. MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE
Academic Track: Art/Music

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Power of Music — Video: World Music — Reading 2: Music for Change

READING: Focus – Taking Notes — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Interpreting Idiomatic Language —Inferring Meaning, Synthesizing, Evaluating

WRITING: Skill Focus: Planning a Narrative Paragraph — Language for Writing: Using Time Expressions — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about the life of a musician or a performer

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: dis- — Word Forms: Changing Adjectives into Nouns

Unit 9. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Academic Track: Life Science/Anthropology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Animal Trainer — Video: Gorilla Toolmakers — Reading 2: Do Monkeys Have Feelings?

READING: Focus – Recognizing Noun Clauses — Skimming, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Understanding Pronoun Reference, Predicting, Summarizing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Inferring Opinion — Reflecting, Applying

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Comparison Paragraph — Language for Writing: Making Comparisons — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph comparing the behavior of two different animals

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: -er and –or — Word Forms: Homonyms

Unit 10. THE POWER OF IMAGES
Academic Track: Communication/Visual Arts

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: How Photography Connects Us — Video: Photo Camp — Reading 2: A Very Close Encounter

READING: Focus – Identifying Subordinating Conjunctions — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Sequencing, Paraphrasing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Evaluating Using Criteria — Analyzing, Applying

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing an Opinion Paragraph — Language for Writing: Describing Spatial Relationships; describing emotions — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph to explain why a photograph is good

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: vis — Word Forms: Changing Verbs into Adjectives

Vocabulary Extension

Independent Student Handbook

Index of Exam Skills and Tasks

For learners of English as Second Language at the B2 level (CEFR).