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This four-level series integrates survival English with academic content skills in social studies, science, math, and history. Lessons cover skills required on most middle school state-competency tests. Students interpret graphs and charts, read maps, solve math word problems, and learn library and study skills.
UNIT 1 Discovering Facts and Feelings
Choose the Best Word (Choosing the correct verb tense and form-
simple present and past, present and past progressive)
Small Talk (Reviewing verb tenses; understanding cause and effect,
building vocabulary; charting information)
Likes and Dislikes (Using like(s), doesn't/don't like plus gerund)
Interviewing: Getting to Know Each Other (Interviewing; giving
an oral report, asking questions; writing a paragraph)
Alternative Word Meanings (Choosing the correct definition;
building vocabulary)
200 Years of American History (Interpreting a time line; sequencing)
Affirmative and Negative (Forming negative sentences; asking questions)
More Than a Name (Reading comprehension; building vocabulary)
A Busy Morning (Using pictures to complete a story; distinguishing
between true, false, and ?)
Word Skills: Homophones (Distinguishing between homophones)
Dear Do (Reading comprehension; understanding words
through context; making judgments)
UNIT 2 Food, Diets, Nutrition
Sensible Sam (Adverbs of frequency; interpreting a chart)
Counting Calories (Using charts to solve word problems; devising a diet)
In the Kitchen (1) (Asking/answering questions-Are there any...? How
many ...?' using adverbs of quantity)
In the Kitchen (2) (Asking/answering quantity questions with non-count nouns)
Tony's Place (Interpreting a menu; solving mathematical word problems)
Food for Your Health (Reading comprehension; identifying main idea and
details; drawing conclusions; building vocabulary; charting information)
Beginnings and Endings (Noting cause and effect; using so, because)
Word Skills: Antonyms (Understanding antonyms; classifying)
Call the Doctor! (Building vocabulary; discussing illnesses and symptoms)
Follow the Directions (Reading medical prescriptions and labels)
Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions; understanding words
through context; making judgments)
UNIT 3 On the Job
Summer Jobs (Reading and comparing Help Wanted ads)
Work Places (Drawing conclusions; building vocabulary)
Application Forms (Filling out an application form)
Social Security (Learning about Social Security; answering
application form questions)
Let's Go! (Using the simple past tense, regular and irregular forms)
I'm Busy, You're Busy (Identifying main idea and details; making
mathematical calculations; building vocabulary)
Word Skills: Adding -ing (Constructing gerunds; applying rules
for spelling changes)
Thank You (Writing a thank you note)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; understanding
words through context; making judgments)
UNIT 4 Tasks and Travel
The Present Perfect Tense (1) (Using the present perfect tense; forming
regular and irregular past participles)
The Present Perfect Tense (2) (Using present perfect and past tense)
Have You Ever? (Using present perfect; interviewing;
writing an informative paragraph)
Reading a Map (Interpreting a transit map; writing and
following written directions)
Water, Water Everywhere (Identifying main idea and details;
interpreting and completing a chart)
The Declaration of Independence (Reading comprehension; drawing conclusioins; making judgments; recalling details; building vocabulary; completing an outline)
Word Skills: Adding -ed (Forming present, past, and past
participle forms; observing spelling changes)
What Have They Done? (Predicting outcomes; reviewing present perfect tense)
Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions; making
judgments; writing a letter)
UNIT 5 What About You?
Can You? Could You? (Using modals can/can't, could/couldn't)
A True Genius (Reading comprehension; making inferences; determining
cause and effect; drawing conclusions; building vocabulary)
Do You Have To? (Using have to, has to, had to)
Word Skills: Synonyms (Identifying synonyms)
By Myself (Reviewing subject and reflexive pronouns)
TV Tonight (Reading a TV schedule)
How Does It Work? (Determining cause and effect; sequencing)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; making judgments;
writing a letter)
UNIT 6 People, Places, and Progress
The Party (Simple past, regular and irregular forms; reading for details;
writing an autobiographical paragraph)
Persons and Places (Using adjective clauses with who and where; discussing occupations and community places; drawing conclusions)
A Nation of Immigrants (1) (Interpreting graphs; writing a paragraph)
A Nation of Immigrants (2) (Reading tables; using and encyclopedia;
graphing statistics)
What Did You See? (Combining sentences with who)
Word Skills: Prefixes (Understanding prefixes)
The Iron Horse (Reading comprehension; drawing conclusions; making inferences; discussing opposing viewpoints; making a study chart)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; making
judgments; writing a letter)
UNIT 7 Voyage to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon: 1865 (Completing a cloze exercise)
A Trip to the Moon: 1969 (Reading for details: reviewing verb tenses)
Space Exploration (Using the present perfect with already and yet)
Present Perfect vs. Past (Contrasting present perfect and
past tenses; asking questions)
Word Skills: Irregular Plurals (Constructing irregular plurals;
using the dictionary to check spelling)
Our Closest Neighbor (Reading comprehension; interpreting
idiomatic expressions; drawing inferences; sequencing;
paraphrasing information; building vocabulary)
Library Catalog Cards (Using the card catalog)
The Future with Will (Constructing the future tense with will)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; making
judgments; writing a letter)
UNIT 8 Now and in the Past
What Did She Tell You? (Reporting speech)
The Present Perfect Progressive Tense (Describing periods of time with for
and since; writing sentences with present perfect progressive)
Answering Questions Correctly (Reviewing present, past, future,
and present perfect progressive tenses)
How Long and How Many? (Comparing present perfect
progressive and present perfect)
An Important Science (Reading for main idea and details; drawing conclusions; understanding cause and effect; researching; writing a report)
Martha Miller (Reviewing present perfect progressive and present
perfect; simple past; plans to/wants to; constructing questions)
Word Skills: Category Labels (Classifying)
She and Him and They and Them (Reviewing subject and object pronouns)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; making judgments;
writing a letter)
UNIT 9 Anything and Everything
Something, Anything (Using indefinite pronouns and adjectives)
I Just Ate! (Using just with present perfect and simple past)
Why Did It Happen? (Determining cause and effect; writing sentences)
Using Reference Books (Comparing the uses of different reference books)
Here to Stay (1) (Reading comprehension; inferring character traits; predicting outcomes; making inferences; sequencing; researching, writing a report)
It's Your Choice (Contrasting present perfect with present and past tenses)
Word Skills: Analogies (Completing analogies)
Two Careers (Interpreting a chart; reviewing verb tenses;
answering and writing questions)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; making
judgments; writing a letter)
UNIT 10 Odds and Ends
Which Tense? (Reviewing all tenses taught to this point)
Word Skills: Categories (Classifying; reviewing vocabulary)
Here to Stay (2) (Identifying main idea; drawing conclusions; sequencing;
making inferences; building vocabulary)
Crossword Puzzle (Reviewing past tense of irregular verbs)
Two Couples (Reading for details; reviewing verb tenses; reviewing
verb tenses; writing and answering questions)
Stormy Weather (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; interpreting
and writing about a weather map)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; making judgments;
writing a letter)
UNIT 11 Good, Better, Best
Comparisons with Adjectives (Learning rules for forming comparatives)
Superlatives with Adjectives (Learning rules for forming superlatives)
Fact or Opinion? (Discriminating between fact and opinion)
Make Some Comparisons (Writing sentences with comparatives;
interpreting a chart)
Vacation Time (Using comparatives and superlatives)
More Vacation Time (Constructing comparatives and superlatives
using more and the most)
The Sunshine State (Reading for details; distinguishing between true, false, and?)
Biggest, Largest, Longest (Reading for details; restating information;
drawing conclusions; classifying; building vocabulary)
Dear Dot (Reading for details; drawing conclusions; making
judgments; writing a letter)
Verb Review
End of Book Test
Completing Familiar Structures
Reading Comprehension
Skills Index