Active Skills for Reading Intro
Contents
Unit
1
Living Online
2
Page 11
Study and Education
3
Page 21
Work Choices
Page 31
Chapter
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Skill
Meeting Friends
Scanning
Singular and Plural
Online Nouns
Webpage
Active Gaming
Predicting from
Adding -er or -r to
the Title
Make New Words
Magazine Article
Doing Something
Recognizing Contractions
Different
Purpose
Webpage
The Learning Center Skimming
-ly Adverbs
College Brochure
One Man, 52 Jobs
Scanning
Synonyms for Work
Magazine Article
Working Holiday
Understanding Main Compound Nouns
Information Sheet
Ideas
Real Life Skill
Starting a Blog
in English
Completing a
School
Application
Form
Reading a
Job Ad
Review 1
Fluency Strategy: PRO; Can the Internet be bad for you? Magazine Article
Page 41
Fluency Practice: 1. Lifelong Learning Webpage
2. Earning Power Newspaper Article
4
The World of
Sports 5
Page 49
Travel 6
Page 59
Comparing
Cultures
Page 69
Sepak Takraw
Reading for Word Webs
Reference Article
Details
Are Sports Making Inferences Word Families
Important
Online Forum
A Postcard from
Understanding the The Prefix re- Hong Kong
Order of Events
Postcard
Destination: Scanning
Adjectives for
Singapore Size and Height
Webpage
Table Manners
Identifying Similarities Words for Comparing
Reference Article
and Differences
and Contrasting
My Homestay Diary
Making Inferences
The Prefix un-
Diary
Dictionary
Usage:
Finding Past
Tense Verbs
Writing an
Informal Note
Recognizing
Common
Abbreviations
Review 2
Fluency Strategy: SQ3R; Special Guests Magazine Article
Page 79
Fluency Practice: 3. World Cup Blog Webpage
4. Tony Wheeler of Lonely Planet Reference Article
4 Unit
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8
9
Chapter
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Skill
Real Life Skill
Ask Emma
Skimming for the
Guessing Vocabulary Understanding
Main Idea
Meaning from Context Written Signs
Advice Column
Peer Pressure
Making and Checking The suffix -ish
Predictions
Page 87
Magazine Article
Remarkable
A Real Life Superhero Understanding the Synonyms
Doing Research
People
Magazine Article
Order of Events
Online
The Tiffin Men
Scanning
make + noun
Page 97
Webpage
That’s Artists in Two Languages Understanding Cause Feelings
Understanding
Entertainment Magazine Article
and Effect
Movie Ratings
Pilobolus
Understanding Main Homographs
Page 107
Blog Post
Ideas
Review 3
Fluency Strategy: Dealing with Unknown Words; Help Me Train My Pet Advice Column
Listening to
Advice Page 117
Fluency Practice: 5. Running the Distance Magazine Article
6. At the Movies: Bollywood Reference Article
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11
Fashion Focus: Understanding Main Verbs Used with
Street Style
Ideas in Paragraphs Clothing
Magazine Article
From Trash to Fashion Reading for Details Word Webs
Page 125
Newspaper Article
A Mysterious The World’s Most Making and Antonyms
World
Mysterious Manuscript Checking Predictions
Reference Article
Fashion and
Trends
12
Page 135
True Life Stories
Page 145
Into the Night Sky
Magazine Article
Face to Face with
a Chupacabra
Interview
Alive to Tell Their Tale
Magazine Article
Skimming for the Main Idea
Understanding the
Order of Events
Making and Checking Predictions
Understanding
Clothing Labels
Dictionary
Skills: Choosing
the Right
Travel
Definition
Ways of Saying
Things
Identifying
Types of Books
The Suffix -ful
Review 4
Fluency Strategy: Reading ACTIVEly; Style Rookie Magazine Article
Page 155
Fluency Practice: 7. Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain Magazine Article
8. Just a Dream? Magazine Article
5
Active Skills for Reading 1
Contents
Unit
1
All About
Food
Page 11
2
Inventions
Page 21
3
Studying
Abroad
Page 31
Chapter
Reading Skill
A Restaurant for
Predicting
Change
Newspaper article
Let’s Make
Scanning
Blueberry Muffins!
Recipe
Vocabulary Skill
Real Life Skill
Antonyms
Reading Food
Labels
Irregular Past
Tense Verbs
Computer Beats
Reading for Details The Prefixes Dictionary Skills:
Champs
com- and con-­Identifying Parts
Newspaper article
of Speech
The Most Useful
Scanning
The Suffixes Inventions
-ful and -less
Web forum
Want to Study
Using Subheadings
Compound Words
Abroad?
to Predict Content
Advertisement
My Travel Journal
Reading for Details Adjectives Ending
Diary extract
in -ed
Writing an
English Journal
Review 1
Fluency Strategy: SQ3R; The Freshman Fifteen Magazine article
Page 41
Fluency Practice: 1. Four Funny Inventions Advertisement;
2. My Working Holiday Travel Magazine article
4
Page 49
A Student Budget
Magazine article
My Money
Web interview
Our Modern Cell Phone Etiquette Identifying Transition Using Transition
Lifestyle
Newspaper letter
Words
Words
Smartphone Apps
Making Inferences Word Webs
for Travelers
Magazine article
Money and
Budgets 5
Page 59
6
The Olympics
Page 69
Skimming for
Main Ideas
Identifying
Supporting
Details
The Prefixes in- and ex-
Words
Relating to Money
The Olympic Flame Skimming for the The Suffix -ment
Reference article
Main Idea
Unusual Olympic
Reading for Details
Words
Sports
Relating to Sports
Webpage
Creating a
Personal Budget
Reading Blogs
Understanding
Punctuation
Review 2
Fluency Strategy: KWL; Not Your Regular Scholarship Student Magazine article
Page 79
Fluency Practice: 3. Real Mail vs. Email Magazine article;
4. Selecting the Olympic Sports Reference Article
4 Unit
Chapter
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Skill
Real Life Skill
7
Great
Structures
The World’s Oldest
Universities
Reference article
Modern Engineering
Wonders
Webpage
Identifying Supporting
Details
Scanning
Expressing Certainty
Superlatives
Recognizing
Survey ­Question
Types
8
Language and
Communication
Which English Will
We Speak?
Reference article
Sign Language
Reference article
Identifying
Main Ideas
Distinguishing Main
Idea and Supporting
Details
Loan Words
Distinguishing
American and
British Words
9
Festivals and
Celebrations How Do You Celebrate? Scanning
Prepositions of Time: Reading Tourist
Reference article
in, on, at
Information
Edinburgh Festival
Reading for Details Sensory Verbs
Journal
Diary extract
Fluency Strategy: Dealing
with Unknown Words; Amazing Machines! Webpage
Page 87
Page 97
Page 107
Review 3
Page 117
Word Families
Fluency Practice: 5. Dying Languages Magazine article;
6. Celebrating Chusok Travel Guide Extract
Growing Up
10
The Age of Adulthood Predicting
The Prefix trans-
Reference article
Firsts in Life
Making Inferences
The Prefix sub-
Web interview
Choosing the
Right Word
Look into 11
Are you an
Ophiuchus?
Reference article
Predicting
Earthquakes
Newspaper letter
Summarizing
Identifying Transition
Words
Phrasal Verbs
The Suffixes -ness
Doing Research
on the Internet
A Japanese
Folktale
Story
Internet Hoaxes
Magazine article
Recognizing Sequence
of Events
Identifying Cause
and Effect
Adverbs
Nouns That Are
Also Verbs
Understanding
­Internet Speak
Page 125
the Future
Page 135
The Power
12
of Stories
Page 145
Review 4
Page 155
Fluency Strategy: Reading ACTIVEly; Young People Are Adults, Too! Newspaper Letter
Fluency Practice: 7. The Mystery of the Fortune Cookie Webpage;
8. Three Centuries of Hoaxes Reference Article
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Active Skills for Reading 2
Contents
Unit
1 Exam Time
Page 11
Chapter
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Skill
Real Life Skill
For Better Grades—
Use Your Brain!
Reference article
Oh, No! Not
Another Test!
Magazine article
Describing
a Process
Word Webs
Reading Test
Instructions
Identifying Main and The Suffix -ize
Supporting Ideas
2 Going Abroad
We’re in Vietnam!
Blog posts
Safe Travel
Magazine article
Scanning for Details
Predicting
Adjective Endings –ed­ and -ing
The Prefix pre-
Reading and
Understanding
Immigration
Forms
Makers
3 Movie
Behind the Scenes
Using Headings to
Understand Main
Ideas
Recognizing
Sequence
of Events
The Prefix dis-
Organizing
Vocabulary
Understanding
the Use
of Italics
Page 21
Page 31
Magazine article
The Rise of J. J.
Abrams
Reference article
Review 1
Page 41
Fluency Strategy: PRO; Are Human Beings Getting Smarter? Reference article
Fluency Practice: 1. The Film and the Novel: Twilight Magazine article;
2. Organic Farming: The New Vacation Newspaper article
4 Young
Laura Dekker: Record-Setter!
Reference article
The Unbeatable
Yani Tseng
Reference article
Previewing
Predicting
Verbs Used to
Talk about
Sports and Games
Adjectives with the
Suffix -ous
Using Dates
5
You Are Amazing:
You Are Human!
Web article
Seeing with the Ears
Magazine article
Identifying Main
Ideas within
Paragraphs
Predicting
Vocabulary
Nouns Ending in
-logy/-ology
Finding the Right
Doctor
Athletes Page 49
The Amazing
Human Body
Page 59
6 Leisure Time
Page 69
Review 2
Page 79
4 Scrapbooking
Finding Definitions Web interview
Moving from
Recognizing Facts
TV to the Web
Reference article
The Suffix -ion
The Suffix -ment
Word Associations
Using Key
Words for
Internet
Searches
Fluency Strategy: PQR+E; Movies for the Blind Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 3. Raising a Child Athlete Reference article;
4. The Life of a Professional Gamer Magazine article
Unit
Chapter
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Skill
7 A World
Sounds from the Past
Reference article
For the Record: Album Reviews
Newspaper article
Predicting
Noticing Patterns
The Prefix ex-
Dictionary Usage:
Choosing the
Easily Confused Words Right Word
8 Career Paths
College Start-Ups
Magazine article
The Right Job for your
Personality
Reference article
Making Inferences
Skimming for
General Ideas
Compound Nouns
Adjective Endings
Searching for a
Job Online
The Story of
9 Chocolate
A Brief History of
Chocolate
Magazine article
The Truth about
Chocolate
Newspaper article
Recognizing
Sequence
of Events
Understanding the
Main Ideas
Identifying Part of
Speech
Synonyms
Dictionary
Usage:
Choosing the
Right Definition
of Music
Page 87
Page 97
Page 107
Review 3
Page 117
The Secrets
10
of Advertising
Page 125
Food and the
11
Environment
Real Life Skill
Fluency Strategy: KWL; Will Shortz: Puzzle Maker Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 5. The People Behind the Music Reference article;
6. Savory Chocolate Magazine article
Ads Are Everywhere! Scanning for Proper Prefixes in-, im-,
Reference article
Nouns
and un-
Brand Engagement Making Inferences
Word Families
Gone Wrong
Newspaper article
Advertising
and Psychology
Engineering a Better
Burger
Magazine article
Is Your Diet Destroying
the Environment?
Reference article
Distinguishing
between Main and
Supporting Ideas
Understanding
Cause and Effect
Adverbs
Understanding
Units of
Measure
The Root Word vit/viv
Clean Up Australia,
Clean Up the World
Web article
Resources for
the Future
Scanning for Names
and Numbers
Skimming to
Assess a Passage
The Prefix re-
The Prefixes over
and under
Page 145
Reference article
Page 135
Living for the
12
Future
Review 4
Page 155
Reading
Numbers
in Text
Fluency Strategy: Reading ACTIVEly; Billboards that Recognize You Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 7. The Life of a Food Critic Magazine article;
8. The Urban Gardener Newspaper article
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ACTIVE Skills for Reading 3
Contents
Unit
1
Travel and
Technology
Web article
Scanning
Organizing
Vocabulary
Selling India’s Rainy
Season
Reference article
Predicting
The Prefix -off
The Color of Fashion
Reference article
Skimming for the
Main Idea
The Root Word
dic/dict
Identifying Main and
Supporting Ideas
The Prefix mis-
Page 25
Reality TV: Good or
Bad for Fashion?
Magazine article
Disappearing
Animals
Endangered Species
Reference article
Identifying Meaning
from Context
The Prefixes en- and
em-
Identifying Main Ideas
within Paragraphs
The Suffix -ize
Page 39
Bring Back the Woolly
Mammoth?
Reference article
Travel
Page 11
2
3
4
Fashion
Dictionary Usage:
Choosing the Right
Word
Big Money
What Does a Million
Dollars Buy?
Reference article
Identifying Cause and
Effect
The Prefixes in-,
im-, il-, and ir-
Lottery Winners:
Rich…but Happy?
Magazine article
Previewing
The Suffixes -ent and
-ant
Wedding Customs
Magazine article
Using Subheadings
to Predict Content
Word Families
Travel Diary: Yanshuei
Fireworks Festival
Journal entry
Recognizing
Sequence of Events
Homophones
The “Lost World” of
South America
Magazine article
Making Inferences
The Root Word spec
+ Prefixes
Is “Spontaneous
Human Combustion”
Possible?
Reference article
Identifying Main Ideas
within Paragraphs
Collocations
Celebrations
Around the
World
It’s a Mystery!
Page 93
Review 2
Page 107
4 Understanding
Clothing Sizes
Fluency Strategy: DRTA; Ecotourism Magazine article
Fluency Practice: 1. The Globalization of Fashion Reference article
2. Endangered Animal Success Stories Newspaper article
Page 79
6
Planning a Trip Online
Review 1
Page 53
Page 65
5
Chapter Reading Skill Vocabulary Skill Real Life Skill
Understanding
Money and Banking
Terms
Accepting and
Declining Invitations
Researching
Mysteries Online
Fluency Strategy: KWL; America’s Biggest Lottery Winner Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 3. That Unique Japanese Holiday Called . . . Christmas! Magazine article
4. Natural Mysteries Magazine article
Unit
7
8
9
Chapter
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Skill
Real Life Skill
Health and
­Fitness
Successful Dieting
Web forum
Scanning
Creating Word Webs
Predicting
The Prefix fore-
Page 119
Barefoot Running
Reference article
Understanding
Common Health
Terms
Human Adaptation to
Space
Reference article
Identifying Main and
Supporting Ideas
The Prefixes disand de-
Pioneers of Flight
Making Inferences
Idioms with time:
Inferring Meaning
from Context
Space and
Flight
Page 133
Magazine article
The Changing
Family
Is an Only Child a
Lonely Child?
Magazine article
Recognizing Facts
and Opinions
Compound Nouns
Changing Roles: The
Rise of Stay-at-Home
Dads
Newspaper article
Previewing
The Root Words
pater, mater, and juv
Page 147
10
Fluency Strategy: SQ3R; Modern Fitness Trends Magazine article
Fluency Practice: 5. Space Travel and Science Fiction Reference article
6. Single Parent Families: Changing Views Newspaper article
The Future of
Education
Internet Learning: The
Future?
Web article
Arguing For and
Against a Topic
The Root Word ven/
vent
Plagiarism and the
Internet
Newspaper article
Identifying Meaning
from Context
The Suffix -ism
The Mysteries of
Memory Loss
Reference article
Identifying Main Ideas
within Paragraphs
The Root Word
fic/fice
Words to Remember
Magazine article
Scanning
Vocabulary-Recall
Strategies
The Evolution of
Batman
Reference article
Recognizing
Sequence of Events
Compound
Adjectives
Graphic Novels Come
to Life
Magazine article
Identifying Main and
Supporting Ideas
Antonyms
The Mystery of
Memory
Page 187
12
Describing Family
Relationships
Review 3
Page 161
Page 173
11
Dictionary Usage:
Identifying Parts of
Speech
Comics
Page 201
Review 4
Page 215
Identifying
Common Academic
Abbreviations
Using Spelling Rules
Reading Online Movie
Reviews
Fluency Strategy: Thinking Actively While Reading; Homeschooling: A Better Way to Learn?
Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 7. You Can Be a World Memory Champion! Magazine article
8. Manga, Manhwa, and Manhua Reference article
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Active Skills for Reading 4
Contents
Unit
1
The World of
Work
Page 11
2
Computer
­ ulture
C
Page 25
3
Travel
­ dventures
A
Page 39
4
The Root Word
ten/tain
Job Interview
Types
Web article
Skimming for Content
Homophones
Unmasking Virus
Writers and Hackers
Reference article
Understanding
Inference
The Root Word
plic
Female Virus Writer
Packs Punch
Magazine article
Inferring Personality
The Root Word
graph/graphy
Into the Heart of a
Family in Casablanca
Magazine article
Scanning
Adverbs of Emotion
Travel for Good
Magazine article
Previewing
The Root Word ject
Reading Job Ads
Reading Computer
Advertising
Choosing a Travel
Guidebook
Haunted by
the Past
The Vanishing
Hitchhikers
Reference article
Skimming for Main
Ideas
The Root Word mort
The Bell Witch
Reference article
Identifying Meaning
from Context
The Root Word
pos/pon
What Exactly IS a
Short Story?
Magazine article
Recognizing Simile
and Metaphor
The Root Word scribe
An Interview with
J.K. Rowling
Web interview
Scanning
Phrasal Verbs
Emotional Intelligence
Reference article
Skimming
The Root Word tend
Left Brains, Right
Brains, and Board
Games
Reference article
Identifying Main and
­Supporting Ideas
The Root Word cap
A Good Read
A New
­ eneration of
G
Thinking
Page 93
Review 2
Page 107
4 Predicting
Fluency Strategy: Muscle Reading Getting That Job Using Social Media Web article
Fluency Practice: 1. White Hat and Black Hat Hackers Reference article
2. A Kenyan Safari Journal entry
Page 79
6
Not Your Typical
9-to-5 Job
Magazine article
Review 1
Page 53
Page 65
5
Chapter Reading Skill Vocabulary Skill Real Life Skill
Types of Stories
Understanding
Literary Terms
Determining Your
Intelligence
Fluency Strategy: SQ5R; The Ghost Hunter’s Bookstore Webpage
Fluency Practice: 3. So, You Want to Be a Fiction Writer? Magazine article
4. The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Reference article
Unit
7
8
9
Chapter
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Skill
Real Life Skill
The Mediterranean
Diet
Reference article
Identifying Meaning
from Context
Numerical Root
Words: mono, dec,
cent, and mill
Understanding
Punctuation
Arguing For and
Against a Topic
The Root Word sist
Page 119
Genetically Modified
Food
Newspaper article
Beyond Planet
Earth
Solar Storms
Reference article
Understanding
Inference
The Root Word rupt
Star Struck
Reference article
Scanning
The Root Word vac
Page 133
The Search for
Cleopatra
Magazine article
Identifying Fact
Versus Opinion
The Prefix ob-
Where Inca Kings
Lie
Reference article
Identifying Meaning
from Context
The Root Word mit
It’s Dinner
Time!
Unearthing the
Past
Page 147
10
12
Using a Thesaurus
Review 3
Page 161
Fluency Strategy: PARCER; Trans Fats in Trouble Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 5. Changes in Our Solar System Reference article
6. Archaeological Methods and Techniques Reference article
Language and
Life
The Exodus of
Languages
Magazine article
Identifying Cause and
Effect
The Suffix-al
Life with the
Tarahumaras
Newspaper article
Identifying Main and
Supporting Ideas
The Root Words lit
and lex
The Race to Rescue
Koalas
Magazine article
Understanding
Inference
The Root Words viv/
gen/nat/bio
Rhino Wars
Scanning for
Names and
Numbers
The Prefix non-
Page 173
11
Remembering What
You Read
Wildlife
­ onservation
C
Page 187
Magazine article
Global Beats
Brazil: A Musical
Melting Pot
Reference article
Identifying Meaning
from Context
The Prefix ad-
Hip-Hop Planet
Identifying Main
Ideas Within
Paragraphs
Phrasal Verbs with up
and out
Using a Pronunciation
Key
Animal Terminology
The Orchestra
Page 201
Magazine article
Review 4
Page 215
Fluency Strategy: Reading ACTIVEly; Language Survivors Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 7. Living on the Edge Magazine article
8. Music and Advertising Reference article
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