Unit One Growing Up Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A Writing For Myself Part III Text B Summer Reading Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: How to write a narrative (1) Unit Two Friendship Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter Part III Text B Never Let a Friend Down Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: How to write a personal letter (1) Unit Three Understanding Science Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A Public Attitudes toward Science Part III Text B How to make sense out of science Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: How to write an expository essay (1) Unit Four Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream Part III Text B Man of Miracles Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: How to write a Personal description (1) Unit Five Romance Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A A Valentine Story Part III Text B The Wallet Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: How to write a narrative (2) Unit Six Animal Intelligence Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A What Animals Really Think Part III Text B Do Animal Fall in Love Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: Learn to use examples in essay writing Unit Seven Emergency Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A “Kids on the Track!” Part III Text B The Night the River Came In Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: Writing in time sequence Unit Eight Coping with an Educational Problem Part I Pre-reading task Part II Text A Fable of the Lazy Teenager Part III Text B Ditch the Calculator Part IV Theme-related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: Using cause and effect in essay writing (1)