Unit 1 Skills and Abilities
Lesson 1: What skills do you want to learn?
Lesson 2: Skills for Success
Lesson 3: Are you listening?
Lesson 4: How well do you write?
Lesson 5: Do you know if shes here?
Family Application Lesson: What do teachers want parents to
do?
Community Application Lesson: Get Involved in Your
Community
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Making Inferences
Spotlight: Writing: Writing Business Letters
Unit 2 Getting Around
Lesson 1: It happened during rush hour.
Lesson 2: My insurance will cover it
Lesson 3: Could you tell me the arrival time?
Lesson 4: Planning a Trip
Lesson 5: I should have stayed home
Family Application Lesson: Whats there to do?
Work Application Lesson: Can you tell me how to get there?
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Identifying the Topic and Main Idea
Spotlight: Writing: Using Compound Subjects, Verbs,and
Objects
Unit 3 Your Health
Lesson 1: Call 911 !
Lesson 2: Whos your doctor?
Lesson 3: That was the 22nd, not the 28th
Lesson 4: Food Labels
Lesson 5: It hurts when I breathe
Work Application Lesson: This accident shouldnt
have happened
Community Application Lesson: Addiction is a problem
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Using Context Clues
Spotlight: Writing: Identifying Punctuation Marks
Unit 4 Rights and Responsibilities
Lesson 1: They marched on Washington
Lesson 2: Its your right
Lesson 3: Should high school be compulsory?
Lesson 4: Government Agencies
Lesson 5: He was elected in 1789
Family Application Lesson: What are a tenants rights?
Community Application Lesson: Voting Rights
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Skimming and Scanning
Spotlight: Writing: Identifying Purposes for Writing
Unit 5 Consumer News and Views
Lesson 1: Everything must go
Lesson 2: Are you an impulse buyer?
Lesson 3: Do you have your receipt?
Lesson 4: Best Buys
Lesson 5: Thats really expensive, isnt it?
Work Application Lesson: Do you sell greeting cards?
Community Application Lesson: Where can I get help?
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Using Context to Guess Meaning
Spotlight: Writing: Completing a Return Form
Unit 6 Rules and Laws
Lesson 1: She has jury duty
Lesson 2: Its a felony
Lesson 3: To hear this message again, press 9
Lesson 4: What to do when youre arrested
Lesson 5: It shows the amount that you must pay
Family Application Lesson: Laws protect children
Work Application Lesson: Laws protect workers
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Recognizing Cause and Effect
Spotlight: Writing: Organizing Your Ideas
Unit 7 Career Paths
Lesson 1: Whos in charge?
Lesson 2: Experience is preferred
Lesson 3: He spoke very clearly
Lesson 4: Performance Evaluations
Lesson 5: If l had known
Work Application Lesson: Whats happening to the
U.S. workforce?
Community Application Lesson: Keep on learning
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Identifying a Sequence of Events
Spotlight: Writing: Understanding the Writing Process
Unit 8 Money Matters
Lesson 1: Its not in the budget
Lesson 2: Do you have an IRA?
Lesson 3: Does this account earn interest?
Lesson 4: Preventing Consumer Fraud
Lesson 5: She said it was a good deal
Family Application Lesson: How can you teach
children about money?
Community Application Lesson: How much is the government in
debt?
Practice Test
Spotlight: Reading: Comparing and Contrasting
Spotlight: Writing: Using Transition Words and Phrases.
Big Picture Expansion
Key to Exercises (Workbook)
Key to Supplemental Translation Exercises