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UNIT CRITICALTHINKING READING

Untruth andConsequences

Theme: MediaReading One: PeepingTom JournalismAn excerpt from a book

ReadingTwo: Focus on Bomb SuspectBringsTears and a PleaA newspaper article

Interpret a photograph

Recognize how details support mainideas

Use examples to support answers

Classify information

Draw conclusions

Hypothesize another’s point of view

Interpret quotations

Make predictions

Categorize main ideas

Scan for supporting details

Make inferences about author’sviewpoint

Form and express opinions based on atext

Dreams Never Die

Theme: Overcoming obstaclesReading One: The Education of FrankMcCourtA magazine article

ReadingTwo: The MiracleA personal account

Infer word meaning from context

Interpret meaning of a text

Evaluate the role of obstacles andcharacter in personal success

Interpret quotations

Differentiate between main ideas anddetails

Support answers with information froma text

Scan for information

Identify chronology in a text by using atimeline

Find correlations between two texts

Organize and synthesize information indifferent texts


Dying for Their Beliefs

Theme: MedicineReading One: Dying forTheir Beliefs:Christian Scientist Parents onTrial in Girl’sDeathA newspaper report

ReadingTwo: Norman Cousins’s LaughTherapyAn expository account

Draw logical conclusions


Research medical treatments

Categorize information

Re-evaluate assumptions

Analyze the development of anargument

Make predictions

Summarize main ideas

Identify details

Relate texts to personal values andexperiences

Identify philosophical rationale for a text

Paraphrase

Make inferences

Use a Venn diagram as a note-takingdevice

Animal Intelligence:Instinct or Intellect?

Theme: Animal intelligenceReading One: How Smart Is Smart?An excerpt from a book

ReadingTwo: Extreme Perception andAnimal IntelligenceAn excerpt from a book


Interpret meaning of a text

Recognize how details support mainideas

Find correlations between two texts

Interpret animals’ behavior

Make predictions

Identify main ideas


Make inferences

Identify chronology in a text



Use a sequence organizer as anote-taking device

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NorthStar 4 READING AND WRITING

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WRITING VOCABULARY GRAMMAR

Develop topic sentences

Paraphrase

Write a letter to a newspaper editor

Write an opinion paragraph

Compose topic sentences

Brainstorm ideas using a web organizer

Use time transitions

Categorize vocabulary words

Use context clues to find meaning

Use idiomatic expressions

Passive and active voice

Write a compare and contrast paragraph

Use a list as a pre-writing device

Write supporting sentences usingtransitional expressions

Write concluding sentences

Recognize sentences that do not supportmain ideas

Summarize research in a report

Find and use synonyms

Categorize vocabulary words


Use idiomatic expressions

Gerunds and infinitives

Write an opinion essay

Use tree-mapping as a pre-writing device

Write hooks

Develop an opinion in outline form

Support an opinion with evidence

Develop a classroom survey

Find analogies

Compare and contrast word meanings

Past unreal conditionals

Write a summarizing essay

Use wh- questions to summarizeParaphrase


Identify word roots


Identifying adjective clauses

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Longevity: Too Muchof a Good Thing?

Theme: LongevityReading One: Death Do Us PartAn excerpt from a short story

ReadingTwo: Toward Immortality: TheSocial Burden of Longer LivesAn online article

Interpret a cartoon

Compare observations on living longerlives


Extract logical arguments from a text

Establish cause and effect relationships

Evaluate advantages and disadvantagesof living longer

Make predictions

Compare characters’ views to realworld views

Scan for details

Make inferences based on a text


Identify cause and effect in a text

Identify connecting themes betweentexts

Draw a cause and effect diagram

Give and Learn

Theme: PhilanthropyReading One: Justin LeboAn excerpt from a book

ReadingTwo: SomeTake theTimeGladlyA newspaper op-ed column

MandatoryVolunteering for High SchoolDiploma Not a Good IdeaA newspaper op-ed column

Re-evaluate personal attitudes andvalues

Infer information not explicit in a text

Identify an author’s opinions

Identify motivations of characters


Relate specific examples to broadthemes

Analyze concessive language

Make predictions

Paraphrase main ideas


Identify contrasting arguments in a text

Make inferences

Expres opinions

Complete a chart as a note-takingdevice

Homing in on Education

Theme: EducationReading One: The Satisfied Learner:How Families Homeschool Their TeensA magazine article

ReadingTwo: The FunThey HadAn excerpt from a science-fictionnovel

Re-evaluate personal assumptions

Evaluate and classify information

Compare and contrast models ofeducation

Infer information not explicit in a text

Relate specific situations to broadthemes


Predict content

Read and interpret bar graphs

Paraphrase main ideas in a reading

Scan for details

Compare the content of two texts

Use a chart as a note-taking device

View ideas from differing perspectives

Express opinions

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Develop descriptive writing skills

Write a descriptive essay

Write cause and effect sentences

Use figurative language

Use an idea web as a pre-writing device

Summarize research in a report

Categorize vocabulary


Learn adjective suffixes

Contrasting the simple past, presentperfect, and present perfectcontinuous

Use commas, semicolons, colons, anddashes

Write a persuasive essay

Use concession clauses

UseT-charts as a pre-writing device

Practice writing introductions andconclusions


Recognize word forms


Concessions

Write a classification essay

Use parallel sentence structure

Classify information as a pre-writingdevice



Identify word forms

Direct and indirect speech

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Eat to Live or Liveto Eat?

Theme: FoodReading One: The Chinese KitchenA cook’s narrative

ReadingTwo: “Slow Food”MovementAims at Restoring the Joy of EatingA newspaper report

Re-evaluate personal attitudes andvalues

Compare and contrast information

Infer meaning not explicit in a text

Identify different perspectives withinone text

Support opinions with information froma text

Analyze techniques in narrative voice

Identify connecting themes betweentexts

Make predictions

Restate main ideas

Scan for specific details in a text

Relate the text to personal culinaryexperiences

Express opinions


Use a chart to compare and contrastbeliefs

The Grass Is AlwaysGreener . . .

Theme: ImmigrationReading One: PoorVisitorAn excerpt from a novel

ReadingTwo: NostalgiaA poem

Classify observations and lifeexperiences

Identify similarities in three different lifehistories

Interpret imagery in a text

Compare and contrast imagery in a text



Make predictions

Scan for information

Identify main ideas

Relate text to personal experiences

Make inferences

Interpret a poem


Express opinions

Complete a chart

Take It or Leave It

Theme: TechnologyReading One: Inside the HouseAn excerpt from a book

ReadingTwo: Thoreau’s HomeAn excerpt from a book

Interpret a cartoon

Compare and contrast concepts oftechnology

Evaluate personal standards intechnology



Classify information

Support answers with examples from atext

Recognize organization of a text

Make predictions

Summarize main ideas

Locate examples and details in a text

Make inferences

Express opinions


Relate a text to personal values

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Write a narrative essay

Evaluate a classmate’s narrative using arubric

Practice parallel structures and sentencevariation

Take notes to organize information

Write sentences with varying sentencelengths

Use chronological sequencing showinghow events relate to each other intime



Phrasal verbs

Write a comparison and contrast essay

Use transitional expressions andsubordinating conjunctions to combinesentences

Write comparison and contraststatements

Organize ideas in different frameworks

Make a comparison and contrast chart

Find multiple definitions of words


Understand and use analogies

Past perfect

Write a cause and effect essay

Take notes in outline form

Develop an essay from an outline

Use signal words

Brainstorm ideas using a graphicorganizer

Write and respond to interviewquestions

Use a flow chart as a pre-writing device



Recognize word forms

Future progressive

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