Nonfiction Reading
Reading Explorer
Foundations
Unit 1 How is nonfiction
reading different
Mysteries
from fiction?
Course Contents
Unit 1 Lesson 1 A Mysterious Visitor
Mysteries
Lesson 2 The Lost City of Atlantis
Unit 2 Lesson 3 The World of Speed Eating
Eating Extremes
Lesson 4 The Hottest Chilies
Unit 3 Lesson 5 Digging for the Past
Cool Jobs
Lesson 6 Getting the Shot
Unit 4 Lesson 7 I’ve Found the Titanic!
Shipwrecks
Lesson 8 My Descent to the Titanic
Unit 5 Lesson 9 The Disease Detective
Science Investigators
Lesson 10 At the Scene of a Crime
Unit 6 Lesson 11 Planting for the Planet
Plants and Trees
Lesson 12 Fatal Attraction
Which unit looks the most interesting to you?
Each Unit Includes:
Reading
comprehension
Vocabulary
Practice
A Video Listening
Exercise
Group Discussion
Mysteries
What is the most interesting mystery to you?
Do you think all mysteries can be solved?
Mysteries
Loch Ness Monster
Do you believe that Loch Ness
Monster is real or just a hoax?
Why?
Mysteries
The wild man of Shenglongjia Do you think the wild man still exist?
Why?
Oumuamua
pronounced “oh MOO-uh MOO-uh”
Definitions:
Astronomers:
Scientists who study objects in space.
Asteroid:
taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft
Artist's concept
Gist:
The general idea.
b
e c
d
a
Summary: a brief statement or account of the main points of something.
Scanning
Para A, line 1: … astronomers in Hawaii
Para A, line 2 and line 6: … something surprising
Para B, line 7: … a different theory
Para C, line 2: … a piece of alien technology
Para A, line 2: ... Moving through the solar system Para C, line 9: … came to explore our solar system
Para D, line 5: … will likely be
Scanning
October 2017
visitor from afar
after it passed the sun
professor
Harvard University
August 2017
315,800 km/h
33,000,000 km
Let’s watch a video about crop circles!
Out of all the
explanations in the
video, which do you
think is the most likely?
1. Magnetic pulses from the core
2. Aliens
3. Aquifers carry energy to surface
4. Portal to another dimension
[Link]
Let’s watch one more video
about crop circles!
Do you think
crop circles are
real or a hoax?
[Link]
Strange
Word Box
Maybe Strange
Technology
Thin Maybe
Thin
Technology
Your sentence:
Which of the mysteries discussed will be
the most difficult to solve? Why?
Vocabulary Review
Can you think of your own sentence using these vocabulary words?
Homework: Choose one of the mysteries we explored
today. Tell me if you think it’s real or a hoax. Defend your
answer with a good reason.
(1 paragraph)