Page 12 - In Focus (demo)

How a unit works

All units in In Focus are eight pages long and follow a similar format. Where
appropriate, icons indicate that students can access the companion website or app
for additional practice of the material. An audio icon also reminds students they have
the option of listening to the reading texts (available free from the website).

Unit organization

Objective Section

Warm up
1 Critical cartoons
Schema building
Page 1 Warm up
Real world
connection Media link

2 Core vocabulary
Vocabulary Scanning and skimming

development Words in context: identifying
Pages 2–3
Reading a part of speech; word friends
Speaking Word parts
Discussion dictation

3 Reading skills

Pre-reading questions
Reading
Reading Identifying topic and main idea
Pages 4–5 Reading skills Identifying unnecessary
information; Logical reasoning;
Speaking
Finding supporting ideas
Identifying opinions; Making
inferences
Going beyond the text

Gathering,
comparing, 4 Find out more
Page 6 and analyzing Information gathering
information
Comparing results
Speaking

5 Critical thinking
What does the author mean?
Critical thinking
skills Categorizing; Finding reasons
Pages 7–8 and ranking them; Ranking
Writing
Tweet your opinion
Discussion
Discussion
Quotable Quotes

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