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Readiness Unit Words, Parts of Speech, & Sentences and Paragraphs — Unit 1: PRESENT — CHAPTER 1: What Influence Do Businesses Have on You? — READINGS Reading 1: What Makes a Good Ad? Reading 2: How Does Targeted Advertising Work? — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about advertising - /s/, /z/, and /ɪz/ sounds Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Shortened forms of words - Identify fact and opinion - Simple present with he/she - frequency adverbs with be — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — CHAPTER 2: Is Online Communication Always Good? — READINGS — Reading 1: What Are the Characteristics of Online Communication? Reading 2: What Does Good Online Communication Include? — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about communication - Syllable stress — Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Use a dictionary - Identify viewpoints and opinions - Simple present with frequency adverbs - verbs with to — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling Make Connections: Text to world — CHAPTER 3: Why Do We Have Sports? — READINGS — Reading 1: Why Do People Play Sports? Reading 2: Why Do People Watch Sports? — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about sports - Intonation with yes/no and information questions — Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Word families - Identify examples - have/has to + verb — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — UNIT WRAP UP Extend Your Skills — Unit 2: PAST — CHAPTER 4: Has Exercise Always Been Important? — READINGS — Reading 1: Did People in the Past Exercise? Reading 2: What Are the Effects of Exercise? — Before Reading: - Oxford 2000 words to talk about exercise - Past tense /d/, /t/, and /ɪd/ sounds — Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Descriptive adjectives - Identify cause and effect - Irregular past tense verbs — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — CHAPTER 5: What Can We Learn from the Past? — READINGS — Reading 1: Did People Eat Healthier in the Past? Reading 2: How Did People in the Past Produce Energy? — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about life in the past - /ɛ/ sound — Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Word families - Contrast signal words - Past progressive - adjective + infinitive — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — CHAPTER 6: Food Innovation — READINGS — Reading 1: How Did We Keep Things Cool? Reading 2: A Short History of the Restaurant — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about food history - Final /s/, /z/ and /ɪz/ sounds — Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Comparative adjectives - Sequence events - used to + verb Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — UNIT WRAP UP Extend Your Skills — Unit 3: FUTURE — CHAPTER 7: Cities of the Future — READINGS Reading 1: What Areas of the World Are Growing the Fastest? Reading 2: What Do Global Cities Have in Common? — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about cities - Voiceless and voiced th /θ/ sounds — Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Collocations with take - Scan for information - more/less + noun - will + verb — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — CHAPTER 8: How Will We Work? — READINGS — Reading 1: How Will We Work? Reading 2: Tracking Work in the Future — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about work - /f/ and voiceless th /θ/ sounds Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Identify definitions - Predict - could not - so that - can + verb — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — CHAPTER 9: What Will Our World Look Like? — READINGS — Reading 1: What Will Our World Be Made Of? Reading 2: Will We Still Drive? — Before Reading: Oxford 2000 words to talk about innovation - Consonant clusters — Make Connections: Text to self — During Reading: Word families - Comparison signal words - can, may, and will — Make Connections: Text to text — After Reading: Summarizing and retelling — Make Connections: Text to world — UNIT WRAP UP Extend Your Skills — The Oxford 2000 List of Keywords

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Level: A2 (CEFR)