Advanced Reading and Writing. Develops the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills that students will require in content classes.

- Writing tasks centred around the major rhetorical modes common in academics, including description, comparison/contrast,
   cause/effect, argument, and critique.
- Extensive practice with key skills such as paraphrasing, summarizing, comparing information and perspectives, distinguishing
   fact from opinion, assessing bias, and documenting sources.
- The final chapter teaches students to assemble a research paper with multiple citations.

Chapter 1 Relationships: A New Definition of the Family
Chapter 2 Innovators: People Who Make a Difference
Chapter 3 Natural Disasters
Chapter 4 Roads to Justice
Chapter 5 Crossing Cultures
Chapter 6 Ethical and Social Issues
Chapter 7 Generations
Chapter 8 Life Online: The Impact of Social Networks