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Page 1: On Point - Reading and Critical Thinking Skills

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Contents

• Overview

• Key Features

• Walkthrough

• Student Book

• Workbook

• Website and App

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Overview

On Point Critical Thinking Skills for

Reading teaches upper-intermediate and

advanced readers to analyze, critically

evaluate, and intelligently supported

opinions on a wide range of high-interest

topics, This series is built around articles

from popular media outlets, such as The

Atlantic, The Independent, and The

Telegraph.

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Key Features

• Engaging activities to build specific reading and

thinking skills

• Guided writing tasks related to each topic

• Systematic building of academic vocabulary

• Stimulating discussion activities to help

students form and support their opinions

• Margin questions and footnote definitions to aid

reading comprehension

• Online materials available

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UNIT TOPICS

Topics discuss a wide variety of

contemporary issues that are

cognitively appropriate and interesting

to learners in the target age group.

THINK ABOUT IT

A thought-provoking question serves

as focus for the entire unit.

QUOTE

Quotes can generate discussion and

interest in the unit topic.

Student Book

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LEAD-IN ACTIVITIES

Pre-reading exercises activate prior

knowledge and relate the topic to

students’ own lives.

Student Book

LEARNING GOALS

A clear outline of the learning

objectives help students to keep the

big picture in mind as they progress.

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VOCABULARY PREVIEW

Paraphrased sentences from the

reading passage present a preview of

key academic target words in context.

Activities get students to practice

using context clues to determine the

meaning of the key word before

encountering them in the passage.

READING PREVIEW

Short pair-work activity to predict

content, generate interest, and

activate prior knowledge.

Student Book

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REAL-LIFE READINGS

Reading passages from online

magazines, blogs, newspapers, and

textbooks explore a wide range of

engaging relevant topics.

GUIDING QUESTIONS

Questions in the margin encourage

students to pause and assess their

reading comprehension, annotate the

text, and apply critical thinking skills

that they have learned.

Student Book

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MAPPING IDEAS

Graphic organizers help students

organize the information and ideas

they have read and gain familiarity

with note-taking and common text

organizations.

FOCUS ON CONTENT

Comprehension questions consolidate

and assess students’ understanding of

the main ideas and key details in the

reading.

Student Book

READING SKILLS WORKSHEETS

A worksheet builds reading skills with

activities based on content from the

reading. Printed in a handy Skills

Workbook to facilitate marking.

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Student Book

FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION

A key passage from the reading

serves as taking-off point for a

discussion activity, enabling students

to think about and discuss the issues

presented in relation to their own lives.

Student Book

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Workbook

FOOTNOTE DEFINITIONS

Challenging words and expressions

are defined in the text to help students

improve comprehension an build their

vocabulary.

SECOND READING

A second, carefully-leveled reading

presents a different perspective on the

same topic.

Student Book

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Workbook

DIVERSE QUESTION FORMATS

Comprehension questions expose

students to a wide range of formats to

enhance their test-taking skills.

Student Book

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Workbook

BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Easy-to-understand lessons introduce

the fundamentals of critical thinking,

from recognizing and assessing

arguments to understanding evidence

and statistics.

Student Book

IDEAS IN ACTION

Ideas in Action gets learners to

answer questions about the overall

topic of the unit.

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WorkbookStudent Book

INTEGRATED WRITING ACTIVITIES

Students can make use of the critical

thinking skills and ideas they have

been exposed to in the unit to write a

response to the unit’s focus question.

A writing worksheet in the Skill

Workbook helps students formulate

their ideas.

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Workbook

DEVELOPING READING SKILLS

Lessons and activities in the Skills

Workbook help students improve their

reading comprehension by focusing

on key reading skills.

Skills Workbook

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Workbook

GUIDED WRITING

A writing worksheet provides guidance

and a framework for students to

express their own opinions about the

topic of the unit.

Skills Workbook

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Online

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