Includes appendices and an index.

PRE-UNIT: Welcome

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Fill out an admission application
Identify learning strategies
Write about your goals

GRAMMAR
Information questions
Editing

VOCABULARY
Applications
Word families
Making goals
Parts of speech
Parts of a paragraph

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Writing a paragraph
Comparing and contrasting
Setting goals
Using a bar graph

UNIT 1: Balancing Your Life

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Compare past and present
Determine goals
Identify obstacles and give advice
Write about an important person
Identify and apply time management skills

GRAMMAR
Used to
Future tense using will
Modals: could, should; Why don’t you…? How about….?
Adjective clauses

VOCABULARY
Goals
Time management

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Active reading
Focused listening
Writing a paragraph
Brainstorming
Using context clues
Using an outline
Comparing and contrasting
Reviewing

UNIT 2: Personal Finance

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Calculate expenses
Identify ways to be a smart consumer
Interpret credit card and loan information
Analyze advertising techniques
Write a business letter

GRAMMAR
Contrary-to-fact conditionals
Passive voice: present tense

VOCABULARY
Budgeting
Making a purchase
Credit cards and loans
Parts of a business letter

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Comparing and contrasting
Writing a business letter
Active reading
Focused listening
Calculating budgets
Reviewing

UNIT 3: Housing

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Interpret housing advertisements
Compare types of housing
Identify housing preferences
Identify the steps to buying a home
Interpret mortgage information

GRAMMAR
Comparative adjectives and questions
Superlative adjectives and questions
Yes/No questions
Information questions

VOCABULARY
Buying a home
Describing homes
Getting a loan

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Pronunciation: Rising and Falling intonation
Active reading
Focused listening
Reading a bar graph
Sequencing
Writing about preferences
Summarizing a process
Comparing and contrasting
Using context clues
Reviewing

UNIT 4: Community

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Locate community resources
Use the telephone
Give suggestions
Interpret a road map
Identify ways to volunteer in the community

GRAMMAR
Embedded questions
Imperatives

VOCABULARY
In the community
Using maps
Making and responding to suggestions

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Pronunciation: Enunciation and Intonation
Focused listening
Making inferences
Reviewing

UNIT 5: Health

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Identify health habits
Describe symptoms
Interpret doctor’s instructions
Interpret nutrition information
Complete a health insurance form

GRAMMAR
Present perfect simple
Present perfect continuous
For and since
Direct vs. Indirect speech

VOCABULARY
Health
Symptoms and illnesses
Types of Doctors
Nutrition
Health insurance

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Focused listening
Active reading
Using a bar graph
Calculating percentages
Skimming
Reviewing

UNIT 6: Getting Hired

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Identify skills and characteristics
Conduct a job search
Write a resume
Write an e-mail
Prepare for a job interview

GRAMMAR: Simple present tense

VOCABULARY
Job titles
Job skills and characteristics
Job applications

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Active reading
Focused listening
Writing a resume
Writing a cover letter
Reviewing

UNIT 7: On the Job

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Identify different types of workplace behavior
Identify workplace actions
Communicate problems to a supervisor
Make ethical decisions
Ask for a raise

GRAMMAR
Tag questions
Passive voice vs. active voice

VOCABULARY
Job conduct
Jobs

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Focused listening
Active reading
Reading a flowchart
Writing a description of a situation
Reviewing

UNIT 8: Civic Responsibility

EL CIVICS COMPETENCIES/LIFE SKILLS
Interpret civic responsibilities
Apply for a driver’s license and respond to a jury summons
Communicate opinions about a community problem
Interpret the electoral process
Write and give a speech

GRAMMAR: Passive modals

VOCABULARY
Civics
Electoral process
Political issues
Sequencing: Transition words

NUMERACY/ACADEMIC SKILLS
Focused listening
Active reading
Writing a paragraph
Writing a speech
Reading a flowchart
Writing a letter to a local official
Reviewing

APPENDICES



Vocabulary List
Grammar Reference
Skills Index
Map of the United States

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