Q : Skills for Success 2nd ED 3A, Reading & Writing : Students Book +iQ Online (P)

UNIT 1 Sociology
: How do you make a good first impression?

Reading 1: Small Talk: A Big Deal
Reading Skill: Identifying main ideas and supporting details

Reading 2: Job Interviews 101
Unit Video: Advice on a Good First Impression
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary to identify word forms
Writing Skill: Organizing and developing a paragraph
Grammar: Real conditionals: present and future
Unit Assignment: Write a "how to" paragraph

UNIT 2 Nutritional Science
Q: What makes food taste good?
Reading 1: Knowing Your Tastes
Reading Skill: Previewing a text Reading 2: Finding Balance in Food.
Unit Video: People Consume Almost a Billion Pounds of Spices Vocabulary Skill: Use of context to understand words.
Writing Skill: Using descriptive adjectives
Grammar: Use and placement of adjectives
Unit Assignment: Write a descriptive paragraph

UNIT 3 Information Technology
Q: How has technology affected our lives?
Unit Video: Digital Detox Reading 1: Cars That Think
Reading Skill: Taking notes..
Reading 2: Living Outside the Box
Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms Writing Skill: Writing a summary and a personal response
Grammar: Parallel structure.
Unit Assignment: Write a summary and a personal response paragraph

UNIT 4 Marketing
Q: Does advertising help or harm us?
Reading 1: Food Advertising Tricks You Should Know About
Reading Skill: Distinguishing facts from opinions Reading 2: In Defense of Advertising
Unit Video: Hard Sell
Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes.
Writing Skill: Writing an opinion essay.
Grammar: Compound sentences
Unit Assignment: Write an opinion essay

UNIT 5 Psychology
Q:Why do people take risks? Unit Video: Extreme Sport
Reading 1: Fear Factor: Success and Risk in Extreme Sports Reading Skill: Using referents to understand contrast
Reading 2: The Climb of My Life
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary to find the correct meaning
Writing Skill: Writing a narrative essay Grammar: Shifts between past and present time frames.
Unit Assignment: Write a narrative essay

UNIT 6 Philosophy
Q: Why do people help each other? Reading 1: A Question of Numbers
Reading Skill: Using a graphic organizer Reading 2: The Biology of Altruism
Unit Video: Lost and Found Honesty
Vocabulary Skill: Phrasal verbs
Writing Skill: Stating reasons and giving examples
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives Unit Assignment: Write an analysis essay with reasons and examples

UNIT 7 Economics
Q: How can a small amount of money make a big difference? Reading 1: How a Ugandan Girl Got an Education
Reading Skill: Using a timeline
Reading 2: How to Make the Biggest Difference When Giving to Charity Unit Video: Happiness Income
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with nouns
Writing Skill: Writing a cause/effect essay
Grammar: Complex sentences
Unit Assignment: Write a cause/effect essay

UNIT B Behavioral Studies
Q: What does it take to be successful?
Unit Video: Dymond Miami Soccer
Reading 1: Fast Cars, Big Money Reading Skill: Scanning a text
Reading 2: Practice Makes... Pain? Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with adjectives + prepositions
Writing Skill: Writing an argumentative essay Grammar, Sentence fragments
Unit Assignment: Write an argumentative essay