Unit 1 Holiday
Lead-in
Text: Keeping You and Your Pockets Happy
Supplementary Reading: A New Tradition for an Old Year
Writing: Parts of an English Letter
Team Task
Unit 2 Travel
Lead-in
Text: Travel by Train in the U.S
Supplementary Reading: Sights and Sounds of Istanbul
Writing: The Salutation and the Complimentary Close in an English
Letter
Team Task
Unit 3 Traffic
Lead-in
Text: A Long Way to Go
Supplementary Reading: Boston Ranked among the Worst in Nation for
Hours Stuck in the Rush-hour Traffic
Writing: The Body of an English Letter
Team Task
Unit 4 Shopping
Lead-in
Text: The Art of Haggling
Supplementary Reading: Stop Supermarket Overspending
Nine Easy Ways to Save
Writing: English Letter Styles
Team Task
Unit 5 Money
Lead-in
Text: Simple Rules to Get Rich
Supplementary Reading: Start Early with Retirement Planning
Writing: Invitation Letter
Team Task
Review 1
Unit 6 Climate
Lead-in
Text: Climate Secrets of Mariana Trench Probed
Supplementary Reading: Global Warming Causes Severe Storms
Writing: Letter of Acceptance of an Invitation
Team Task
Unit 7 Entertainment
Lead-in
Text: Zen Fighting
Supplementary Reading: Gaming Goes 3-D
Writing: A Thank-you Letter
Team Task
Unit 8 Cultures and Arts
Unit 9 Environment
Unit 10 Career
Review 2
Vocabulary