Introduction
1 Untruth and consequences
Theme: Media
Reading One: Peeping Tom Journalism,Nancy Day
Reading Two: Focus on Bomb Suspect Brings Tears and a Plea,Rick Bragg
Grammar: Passive Voice
Style: Topic Sentences
2 Crime and punishment
Theme: Justice
Reading One: Crimebusting:What Works?Metbods of Punishing,Jonhn Di Consiglio,James Anderson,and Patricia Smith
Reading Two: Micbael Fay's Caning,Sarah Fenske and Tram Kim Nguyen
Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives
Style: The Three-Part Paragraph
3 Dying for their beliefs
Theme: edicine
Reading One: Dying for Their Beliefs:Christian scientist Parents on Trial in Girl's Death,Jeffrey Good
Reading Two: Norman Cousins's Laugh Therapy
Grammar: Past Unreal Conditionals
Style: Opinion Essays
4 The calm after the storm
Theme: Natural Disasters
Reading One: My First Night Alone in the Caribbean,Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Reading Two: The Story of an Eyewitness,Jack London
Grammar: Identifying Adjective Clauses
Style: Descriptive Writing
5 From trash to treasure
Theme: Conservation
Reading One: St.Paul Couple Give Composting a Worm Welcome,Chuck Haga
Reading Two: Earthship Homes Catch Old Tires on Rebound,Eva Ferguson
Grammar: Advisability and Obligation in the Pats
Style: Cause and Effect
6 Give and learn
Theme: Philanthropy
Reading One: Justin Lebo,Phillip Hoose
Reading Two: Mandatory Volunteering
Grammar: Tag Questions
Style: Punctuation
7 Homing in on education
Theme: Education
Reading One: Teaching at Home Hits New High with Internet,Dorothy Lepkowska
Reading Two: The Fun They Had,Isaac Asimov
Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech
Style: Concessions
8 We've come a long way
9 The grass is always greener
10 Take it or leave it
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