Reading and Vocabulary Development 1: Facts &

Through wonderful readings and carefully designed activities, this best-selling series helps students develop reading skills and systematically increase their active vocabulary. Learners develop useful and relevant vocabulary while exploring and expanding critical thinking skills.

To the Instructor

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Unit 1 Animals

1

(32)

The Kiwi

2

(4)

The Camel

6

(4)

The Polar Bear

10

(5)

The Hippopotamus

15

(5)

The Dolphin

20

(13)

Word Study

25

(3)

Extension Activities

Video Highlights: CNN Video, Dolphins in Honduras

28

(2)

Activity Page

30

(2)

Dictionary Page: Finding Antonyms

32

(1)

Unit 2 How? Why?

33

(36)

Why Do We Yawn?

36

(5)

Why Do People Laugh?

41

(5)

Why Is the Sea Salty?

46

(5)

How Can a Plant Kill?

51

(5)

How Do Hearing-Impaired People Talk?

56

(13)

Word Study

61

(3)

Extension Activities

Video Highlights: CNN Video, A New Kind of Tourism in Brazil

64

(2)

Activity Page

66

(1)

Dictionary Page: Learning Word Forms

67

(2)

Unit 3 Plants

69

(36)

The Date Palm

72

(5)

The Water Hyacinth

77

(5)

Rice

82

(5)

Oranges

87

(5)

The Coffee Plant

92

(13)

Word Study

97

(4)

Extension Activities

Video Highlights: CNN Video, The Bakas of Cameroon

101

(2)

Activity Page

103

(1)

Dictionary Page: Finding the Correct Spelling

104

(1)

Unit 4 Music

105

(38)

Music and Behavior

108

(5)

Blues and Jazz

113

(5)

Rock and Roll

118

(5)

Country Western Music

123

(5)

Latin Music and Salsa

128

(15)

Word Study

133

(5)

Extension Activities

Video Highlights: CNN Video, Three New Country Songwriters

138

(2)

Activity Page

140

(1)

Dictionary Page: Understanding Grammar

141

(2)

Unit 5 Work and Leisure

143

(36)

Work Hours

146

(5)

Salaries

151

(5)

Family-Friendly Companies

156

(5)

Work Clothes

161

(5)

Time Off

166

(13)

Word Study

171

(4)

Extension Activities

Video Highlights: CNN Video, Volunteer Firefighters in Los Angeles

175

(2)

Activity Page

177

(1)

Dictionary Page: Learning Word Forms

178

(1)

Unit 6 Interesting People of the World

179

(40)

The Sami of Northern Europe

182

(5)

The Ainu of Japan

187

(6)

The Yanomami of the Amazon

193

(5)

The Hopi of Arizona

198

(6)

The Maori of New Zealand

204

(15)

Word Study

209

(4)

Extension Activities

Video Highlights: CNN Video, Modern Issues for the Hopi and the Navajo

213

(2)

Activity Page

215

(2)

Dictionary Page: Choosing the Correct Definition

217

(2)

Unit 7 Exploration and Adventure

219

(38)

The Polynesians

222

(5)

A Giraffe in Central Asia

227

(5)

The First Woman on Mount Everest

232

(5)

The Iditarod

237

(6)

Sailing Alone

243

(14)

Word Study

248

(5)

Extension Activities

Video Highlights: CNN Video, A Contemporary Look at Alaska's Iditarod Race

253

(2)

Activity Page

255

(1)

Dictionary Page: Finding Synonyms

256

(1)

Vocabulary

257

(3)

Skills Index

260

(2)

Irregular Verbs

262

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