Unit 1 Business and Economics
Writing Skill Development
Basic Structure of an Argumentative Essay
Reading for Ideas
Text A Drain or Gain?
Text B Rent or Buy, a Matter of Lifestyle
Text C Comeback Kid-America's Economy Is Once Again Reinventing Itself
Unit Summary
Unit 2 Engineering
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation (l) Use of Reliable Sources (statistics, facts, quotation, illustrative incidents, etc.)
Reading for Ideas
Text A Altering the Forces of Nature: Genetic Engineering on Animals
Text B Genetically Modified Foods: A Solution to World Hunger or Potential Health Threat?
Text C Genetic Engineering and Cloning
Unit Summary
Unit 3 Science
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation (2) Cause and Effect
Reading for Ideas
Text A Can Animals and Plants Adapt to Global Warming?
Text B Intermittent Exercise-Factors That Effect Performance
Text C Stem Cell Research-Why Is It Regarded as a Threat?
Unit Summary
Unit 4 Information Technology
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation (3) Comparison and Contrast
Reading for ldeas
Text A iPads and Kindles Are Better for the Environment Than Books
Text B Stop Blaming the Internet
Text C We Should Not Permit Internet Censorship
Unit Summary
Unit 5 Philosophy
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation (4) Deduction and Induction
Reading for Ideas
Text A Argument, Truth and the Social Side of Reasoning
Text B Who Needs the Humanities?
Text C Experiments in Philosophy
Unit Summary
Unit 6 Social Science
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation (5) Clear Flow of Reasoning and Avoidance of False Arguments
Reading for ldeas
Text A The Many Career Opportunities for Recipients of Degrees in Mathematics
Text B Hidden Tigers: Why Do Chinese Children Do So Well at School?
Text C Why I Want a Wife
Unit Summary
Unit 7 Life SciencejHealth
Unit 8 Environment
Glossary