5

UNIT

The Information Age

Academic Track: Interdisciplinary

Academic Pathways: Lesson A: Scanning for key details
Guessing meaning from context
Lesson B: Reading a passage related to images
Lesson C: Writing sentences about information
technology

Unit Theme
In this information age, digital technology allows users to do amazing thingsfrom
crowdsourcing research to faking photographs.

Unit 5 explores the topic of the Information Age as it relates to:

crowdsourcing to find Genghis Khans tomb how citizen scientists can be used
faked images how students use information technology

Think and Discuss (page 73)

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IDEAS FOR Recycling

Exploring the Theme

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Answer Key
A1. 

A2. 

B1. and B2.

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 LESSON A

Preparing to Read (page 76) Exercise C. | Using Vocabulary

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WARM-UP
The Lesson A target vocabulary is presented in two
ways. In the first exercise students read definitions and Exercise D.|Brainstorming
then complete sentences. In the second exercise students
match sentence parts to make definitions, using a
dictionary.

Exercise A. | Building Vocabulary

Exercise E.|Skimming/Predicting

A
Remind students that a good way to
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expand vocabulary is to make a note of track 2-01
words that have an opposite meaning. In this
vocabulary set, students should notice these opposite
pairs: modern-old, difficult-easy, unusual-usual/
typical, special-normal.
Overview of the Reading
Vocabulary Note
detail

Answer Key
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Exercise B. | Building Vocabulary

Word Link
-er

IDEAS FOR Expansion

Answer Key
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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 Understanding the Reading Exercise C. | Critical Thinking: Guessing
Meaning from Context
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Exercise A. | Understanding the Gist

E

Answer Key

Answer Key
1. 2. 3. 4.

Exercise D. | Critical Thinking: Evaluating

Exercise B. | Identifying Key Details Reasons

Answer Key

Answer Key
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
4. Exercise E.|Personalizing
5.

IDEAS FOR Expansion

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 LESSON A

Developing Reading Skills

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Answer Key
Reading Skill: Scanning for Key Details
1.
2.
What do you 3.
do when you scan? 4.
What are things you can scan for? 5.

Exercise B. | Scanning for Key Details

Exercise A. | Scanning for Key Details
CT Focus

introduced brought something into

use for the first time; stretched covered the Answer Key
space
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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 LESSON B

Viewing: Citizen Scientists While Viewing

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Overview of the Video

After Viewing
Exercise A.

Before Viewing
Exercise A. | Using a Dictionary
Answer Key
1. 2. 3.
4.

Exercise B. | Critical Thinking: Synthesizing

One of the phrases, out of the ordinary, is

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an idiomatic expression. Students may not
find it in their dictionaries under out, but rather under
Answer Key
ordinary, where it will appear as a collocation.
One was a 3,000-year-old tomb.

Answer Key
IDEAS FOR Expansion
1. 2. 3. 4.

Exercise B. | Thinking Ahead

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 LESSON B

Preparing to Read Exercise C. | Using Vocabulary

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WARM-UP
The Lesson B target vocabulary is presented in two
exercises. In the first exercise students read definitions
and then complete sentences. In the second exercise
students use meaning from context to complete
definitions. Word Link -ed
Exercise A. | Building Vocabulary
Exercise D. | Expanding Vocabulary

Vocabulary Note Word Link

contest I was amazed when I saw the lions.
The circus was amazing.).

Answer Key Answer Key

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Exercise B. | Building Vocabulary

Exercise E.|Predicting

Word Partners A

track 2-03

Answer Key
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Overview of the Reading

IDEAS FOR Expansion

How do you know when youre going in the wrong

IDEAS FOR Expansion
direction? When was the last time this happened
to you?
Do you have any childhood friends who are now going
in a different direction from you?

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 Understanding the Reading Exercise C. | Identifying Key Details
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Exercise A. | Understanding the Gist Answer Key
E

Answer Key

Exercise D. | Critical Thinking: Evaluating

Reasons

Exercise B. | Identifying Key Details

Answer Key

1. 2.
3.

Exercise E. | Critical Thinking: Synthesizing

Answer Key
a.
b. IDEAS FOR Expansion
c.
d.
E
e.
f.
g.
h.

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 LESSON C

Exploring Written English

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and, but, Answer Key

or

Exercise A.
Language for Writing
Exercise C.
What is an infinitive?
What question does an infinitive
of purpose answer?

Answer Key

Answer Key
1.
1. 2. 3.
1. 2.
2.
Exercise D.
3.
Language for Writing
and, but, or.

You may want to point out that students What do we call all three words?
TIP What can you use the conjunction
saw this structure, to + base form, in
Unit 4. They need to be careful in using the base to connect?
formit does not take the endings -s, -ed, or -ing. What does the conjunction show?
What does the
conjunction show?
IDEAS FOR Grammar Expansion What punctuation do you use when
you connect two sentences with a conjunction?

to + base verb

why.

Answer Key
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Exercise E.
Exercise B.
A
I usually look for clues to decide if a photo
is fake.

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 Answer Key
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6.

Exercise F.
Exercise C. | Draft 1

Answer Key
1.

2.
3. Exercise D. | Editing Checklist

4.

5.

6.
Exercise E. | Draft 2

Writing Task: Drafting and

Editing (page 90)
Exercise A.|Brainstorming
You can use students sentences to collect
TIP
(anonymous) examples of good sentences
and common errors for the next class.

IDEAS FOR Further Research

Exercise B.|Planning

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