Skills from Units 1-4

Sorry to go so quickly through the skills in class today. Remember that we will be able to slow

down and spend more time on each unit as we move forward in the course. You might want to go back and review some of the skills we briefly discussed. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Unit 1 – Social Relationships

Reading and Critical Thinking Skills

                  Evaluating supporting arguments (p. 8)

                  Identifying main and supporting ideas (p. 9)

Writing Skills

                  Making comparisons (pp. 17-18 and 22)

                  Reviewing paragraph writing (p. 19)

Unit 2 – Science and Detection

Reading and Critical Thinking Skills

                  Distinguishing fact from speculation (p. 30)

                  Identifying a sequence of events (p. 31)

Writing Skills

Review of modals of obligation and possibly (pp. 41-42 and 46)

                  Writing an opinion paragraph (p. 42)

Unit 3 – City Solutions

Reading and Critical Thinking Skills

                  Evaluating sources (p. 55)

                  Identifying reasons (p. 56)

Writing Skills

                  Using the simple past and used to (pp. 64 and 68)

                  Writing a thesis statement (p. 65)

Unit 4 – Danger Zones

Reading and Critical Thinking Skills

                  Analyzing and evaluating evidence (p. 76)

                  Organizing your notes (p. 77)

Writing Skills

                  Using parallel structure (pp. 87-88 and 92)

                  Writing an introductory paragraph (p. 88)

You might also want to read the example paragraphs and essays in Lesson C of each unit (pp. 19-20, pp. 44-45, p. 67, and p. 90).