Hot
Topics
HOT
TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke
conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial
topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus
encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
• Three
readings per chapter explore the same hot topic from different points of view.
The readings in each chapter vary by genre and increase in difficulty to support
reading development.
• A focus
on reading skills and reading comprehension through pre-reading questions,
skimming and scanning activities, the use of context clues, vocabulary analysis,
and the development of critical thinking skills helps students increase their
reading fluency.
•
Open-ended questions at the end of every chapter encourage students to voice
their opinions and defend their viewpoints either through discussion or in
writing.
Hot
topics 3 differs from the preceding two levels in that the majority of readings
are authentic or only slightly adapted from sources such as the New York Times.
CNN, and the BBC.
The
Instructor's Manual supports Hot Topics 1-3 through teaching notes with
additional classroom and Internet activities, answer keys, video scripts and
video clip summaries, theme and chapter summaries, cultural and historical
background information, and audio tracking for each
reading.
Hot Topics 1
Book
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Audio
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Audio 2 ( 18 files; wma )
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Brief Contents ( Hot Topics 1 )
Contents
iv
To
the Teacher vi
Chapter
1 Pampered Pens: Love me? Love my dog! 1
Chapter
2 Silly Sports: Can you really call this a sport? 13
Chapter
3 Modern Marriage: Until death do us part? 25
Chapter
4 Shopping: The new drug of choice 37
Chapter
5 Las Vegas: Sin City 49
Chapter
6 Shoplifting: Why is the price tag still on your hat? 61
Chapter
7 Gluttony: You are what you eat! 73
Chapter
8 Get-Rich-Quick Scams: Have I got a deal for YOU! 84
Chapter
9 Sports Doping: Does it matter if you win or lose? 96
Chapter
10 White-Collar Crime: When А LOT just isn't enough! 108
Chapter
11 The Homeless: Its not their choice 121
Chapter
12 Beauty Contests: The business of beauty 132
Chapter
13 Drug Trends: Legal but lethal 144
Chapter
14 Nature: Paradise Lost—Can we get it back? 156
Appendix
CNN® Video Activities 169