Introduction 1 Discourse Focus: Reading for Different Goals Web Work Nonprose Reading: Menu Word Study: Context Clues Word Study: Dictionary Use Word Study: Stems and Affixes Paragraph Reading: Main Idea 2 Reading Selections 1A-1C: International Agency Reports and Essay (Social Issues) Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Developing a Proposal / Writing a Brochure 1A "The Globalization of Tourism" 1B "The Politics of Travel" 1C "Learning Holidays: A Thumbnail Guide" Reading Selection 2: Mystery Composition Focus: Fiction "The Midnight Visitor" Reading Selections 3A-3C: Essay and International Agency Reports (Language Policy) Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Writing a Position Paper 3A "Can English Be Dethroned?" 3B "Winners and Losers" 3C "6,000 Languages: An Embattled Heritage" 3 Nonprose Reading: Newspaper Advertisements Word Study: Stems and Affixes Word Study: Dictionary Use Sentence Study: Introduction Sentence Study: Comprehension Paragraph Reading: Main Idea Discourse Focus: Reading for Different Goals--Web Work 4 Reading Selections 1A-1C: News and Information (Education) Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Presenting a Point of View 1A "The Creative Spirit" 1B "American Values in Education" 1C "Parents Seeking Cool Classroom for Son" Reading Selection 2: Newspaper Questionnaire (Popular Psychology) Composition Focus: Comparison and Contrast "How Do You Handle Everyday Stress?" Reading Selection 3: Science Reporting (Psychology) Composition Focus: Presenting a Position "The Stereotype of Stereotypes" 5 Nonprose Reading: Questionnaire Word Study: Context Clues Word Study: Stems and Affrxes Sentence Study: Comprehension Paragraph Reading: Restatement and Inference Discourse Focus: Careful Reading / Drawing Inferences 6 Reading Selections 1A-1B: News and Advertisement (Public Policy) Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Writing an Advertisement 1A "Smoking in Public: Live and Let Live" 1B "America's New Merchants of Death" Reading Selection 2: Magazine Article (Social Trends) Composition Focus: Comparison and Contrast "Conjugal Prep" Reading Selection 3: Science Reporting (Genetics) Composition Focus: Presenting an Opinion "Gene Mapping May Foster Discrimination"; "The Human Genome" 7 Nonprose Reading: Poetry Word Study: Context Clues Word Study: Stems and Affixes Sentence Study: Restatement and Inference Paragraph Analysis: Reading for Full Understanding Discourse Focus: Prediction 8 Reading Selections 1A-1B:Technical Prose 9 Nonprose Reading:Bus Schedule 10 Reading Selections 1A-1B:Feature Articles 11 Nonprose Reading;Road Map 12 Reading Selection 1:Textbood 13 Longer Reading :Psychology 14 Longer reading :Suspense Appendix Answer Key