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Unit 1 How do we express feelings?

Genre Key Words Reading Strategy
Fiction Realistic Fiction mean, drag (v), shove (v), Identifying Plot,
Homesick pretend, shocked, revenge, Setting, and
miss (v), grin (v) Characters
Nonfiction Personality Quiz react, conflict (n), outgoing, Using Background
Personality Test: concentrate (v), tolerant, fair, Knowledge
Different Colors, choice, cautious
Different Personalities!

Unit 2 What can space exploration teach us?

Fiction Science Fiction spacesuit, restrict, supervise, Predicting from
Mars-to-Natalie model (n), canyon, settlement, Pictures
technical, impressed
Nonfiction Informational lens, mirror, reflect, discover, Identifying the Main
Exploring the Text on Space astronomer, explosion, Idea and Details
Universe Exploration spiral (n), oval

Unit 3 Is technology good or bad?

Fiction Science Fiction / leftovers, nutritional, mess, Identifying the Main
Charlie the Chorebot Comedy Play promise (v), eliminate, Idea and Details
feature (n), trial, scan (v)
Nonfiction Report on New inventor, container, filter (v), Identifying the Main
Low Technology— Technologies germ, microscope, harm (v), Idea and Details
High Impact! connect, provide

Unit 4 How do we entertain ourselves?

Fiction Poetry wire (n), flame, saddle (n), kit, Understanding the
We’re Going to purchase (v), sore (adj), Meaning of Words
Learn to Build strum (v), selfie from Context
Robots; If You Buy
Me a Piano; Rules I
Must Remember
Nonfiction Fun Fact Quiz / game console, dice (n), Making Inferences
Let’s Play Historical headset, flat, produce (v),
Account video arcade, joystick,
blindfold (v)

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Unit 5 What can history teach us?

Genre Key Words Reading Strategy
Fiction Historical Fiction decade, broadcast (n), newscaster, Identifying Cause
One Small Step engine, recreate, powder, and Effect
launch (n), experiment (n)
Nonfiction Biography of code (n), replace, practical, Identifying a
The First Computer Inventor talented, logical, influence (n), Sequence of
Programmer original, calculator Events

Unit 6 Where does food come from?

Fiction Realistic Fiction savory, feast (n), guru, Using Open
#AbuelaCooks crunchy, channel (n), organic, Questions
traditional, hashtag
Nonfiction Pro/Con beef, protein, laboratory, cell, Identifying the
Are You Ready to Discussion requirement, reproduce, Author’s Purpose
Try … Meat Made in of Food lean (adj), predict
a Laboratory? Technology

Unit 7 Why is water important?

Fiction Greek Myth in trouble, ashamed, horrified, Identifying a
The Nereids maze, beneath, sink (v), Sequence of
fishermen, monument Events
Nonfiction Environment salt water, rod, rainwater, Identifying
Running Dry Science Report cistern, desalination, Reasons and
evaporate, liquid, cheap Evidence

Unit 8 How do numbers shape our lives?

Fiction Graphic Novel fraction, bother (v), slice (n), Identifying Plot,
Meghan’s Math Saves stuck, hold on, height, bend Characters, and
the Day! over, calculate Setting
Nonfiction Fun Fact Article / length, weight, measurement, Identifying
Measures, Measures, Historical Account pace (n), metric system, equal Conclusions
Everywhere! to, scale, equator

Unit 9 What makes the natural world so amazing?

Fiction Adventure Story shiver (v), cave (n), hidden, Understanding
The Secret of El Dorado legend, website, project (v), Characters
strict, diamond
Nonfiction Magazine Article mysterious, spine, shell, Understanding the
Under the Sea: Amazing on Marine camouflage (n), mimic, Meaning of Words
Aliens from Earth Biology predator, prey (n), twitch (v) from Context

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6 Where does food come from?

Key Words
1 Preview the Key Words.
6.1

savory feast (n) guru crunchy

channel (n) organic traditional hashtag

2 Complete the sentences with the Key Words.

a I like snacks, like cheese and crackers.

b They are doing a folk dance wearing clothes.

c She has a cooking TV show on four. You can find

her recipes online using this : #DianaCooks.

Pre-reading
3 Look at the pictures on pages 77–81 and circle the correct options.
a The story is about a boy / girl who learns how to cook / scuba dive.
b There are many types of food / animals in the story.
c The characters in the story are happy / sad.
4 Listen and read.
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 #AbuelaCooks
By Kellie Dundon • Illustrated by Daniela Martín del Campo

I t was going to be the worst summer ever. Mom and Dad told me about a scuba
diving vacation in Mexico, where Mom grew up. The problem was that they were
the ones going scuba diving. I was going to stay with Abuela—that’s Spanish for
“Grandma”—in a small village in Mexico. The last time I was there, we didn’t even have
Internet access!
Don’t misunderstand me—Abuela is amazing. She makes the most delicious Mexican
food, and she gives the biggest hugs because she misses me most of the year. But my
best friend Andy was going to spend the summer in Europe. And my friend Paula was
going to New York! I was the only one who wasn’t going to do anything interesting.
A week later, we had taken a plane, two buses, and a taxi to get to Abuela’s house.
The taxi shook as it drove over the cobblestone roads. Every house on the street was
painted a different color. I ran up to Abuela’s door to be the first one to get a hug.
“Diego, mi amor!” (Diego, my love!) she said and wrapped me in her arms. We all sat
down to eat her delicious tamales. Tamales are dumplings made with corn flour. Abuela
makes savory ones with meat and red sauce. And for dessert, she makes sweet tamales
with lime and sugar.

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 Yesterday, Mom and Dad left. So now it’s just Abuela and me. Well, Abuela,
me, and lots of visitors. I think they just come over to the house to eat the feast she
makes each day. Most of the time, I sit on the couch playing games. I check a video
site for tips and Abuela looks over my shoulder.
“Is that your friend?”
“Who?”
“This one here, talking to you. Is that your friend?”
“No, Abuela. He’s a YouTuber.”
“What’s a YouTuber?”
“YouTubers post videos on YouTube. They know about lots of different things, like
video games, movies, art, makeup … whatever. They’re like gurus.”
Abuela looks at the screen. “He is very young to be a guru. Come,” she says, “put
your YouGurus away and come to the market with me.”
The local market isn’t anything like where we buy groceries in San Diego. Abuela’s
market is outside. There are no shopping carts, barcodes, or cash registers—just
colorful fresh produce, neatly piled in stands along the street. We pass someone
selling little bags of reddish-brown snacks. “Try one!” Abuela says. I pick one up and
pop it in my mouth. It’s crunchy and salty.
“Yum! What is it?”
“Fried crickets,” she says with a big smile.
“Insects?!”
She buys a small bag of them from the lady
and gives it to me. Maybe I’ll try just one more.

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 At the market, they call Abuela Doña Elsa—that means Lady Elsa. It sounds so
formal and polite. She points to all the things she wants, with both hands, like she’s
conducting an orchestra. The market vendors weigh the food. When they tell her it
costs 20 pesos, she says it should be ten, so they sell it to her for 15 pesos. They both
smile, like it’s a game. I’ve never seen that happen at the supermarket at home.
Later on, at her house, I’m playing the best round of Jungle Slayer in my life when
I hear a cry. I drop my tablet and run to see what has happened. Abuela is holding
her hand under running cold water. She says the neighbor’s cat bit her, but not too
hard. I remembered a first-aid channel I’d seen on YouTube a while ago. I run to get
the first-aid kit. Abuela watches me in surprise.
“You say you learned to do this a year ago? And you still remember?”
“Sure, I guess so.”
After I clean and cover the wound, Abuela says, “Come to the kitchen. We have
lots of cooking to do.”
“I don’t know how to cook! I’m ten!”
“Well, I can’t cook with my sore hand. You’re ten, but I’m 60. With my head and
your body, we can cook!”

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 In the kitchen, there are chopped organic tomatoes, corn kernels, avocados, and
freshly cut bright green limes. I can see tortillas in three different colors!
Now, this is where it gets a bit crazy. Abuela starts pointing to things and telling
me long sentences about what to do … in Spanish! And, oh boy, she is bossy in the
kitchen! It’s a lot of work, but it’s also a lot of fun. Abuela watches me and says, “If
only your mother could cook our country’s food like this!”
The next day, I have an idea. “Abuela, wait here!” I run to get my tablet. When she
sees it, she shakes her finger in the air. “No GameGuru now! We are cooking!”
“No, Abuela, you don’t understand. I’m going to make you a YouTuber!”
She’s too distracted tasting our red rice to listen. So I set up the tablet so we’re both
visible on the screen and hit the record button. “Today, we’re making mole,” she says.
“What’s that?”
“Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce with a lot, and I mean A LOT, of ingredients.
Our recipe uses chocolate, chili, tomatoes, dried fruits, spices, and nuts. Every family
has secret ingredients. We crush all the ingredients together until we have a powder,
or a paste. That’s mole. Then, we can cook meat in it.”
Abuela claps her hands. “Let’s cook!”

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 For the next hour, she shouts orders at me in Spanish, waving her arms. We make
the best mole sauce. And I record the funniest mole cooking lesson ever. I upload it to
YouTube and send the link to Mom and some of my friends. The next day, I record
Abuela’s tamales-making lesson. The day after, I record her making peppers stuffed
with meat and nuts, and a cream sauce on top.
It’s almost the end of my vacation in Mexico. I check my tablet to see if Mom has
watched the cooking lessons. I nearly drop the tablet when I see the screen! There are
more than 3,000 likes! I guess people think Abuela is as much fun as I do! A lot of
people are trying her recipes and posting the photos. Someone has even given her a
hashtag: #AbuelaCooks.
The next time we go to the market, some tourists see us, and one yells out, “Look, it’s
AbuelaCooks!” A week after that, Abuela and I are interviewed on a morning TV show.
And now that I’m back at school, everyone keeps asking about my famous Abuela!
So I guess my summer wasn’t so bad after all. Abuela tells me it wasn’t becoming
a “YouGuru” that makes her so proud. She’s proud because her grandson showed the
whole world how to cook the food of our ancestors.

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 Fiction
Key Words
1 Read the definitions and write the Key Words.
a adjective hard and making a loud noise when eaten
b adjective grown without artificial chemicals
c noun a person who knows a lot about a particular subject
d noun a special meal with large amounts of food and drinks

Comprehension
2 Circle the correct option to complete the questions. Then, write the answers.
a Where / Who is going to New York for the summer?

b Who / What are tamales?

c Where / What do Abuela and Diego buy groceries?

d How / Why old are Diego and Abuela?

e What / When does Diego check his tablet to see if Mom watched the video?

f Why / Who are Abuela and Diego interviewed on TV?

3 List the ingredients for each of the following dishes in the story.
a Savory tamales
b Mole
4 Read and write D (Diego) or A (Abuela).
a gives great hugs d plays a computer game
b eats something for the first time e knows first aid
c gets bitten by a cat f knows people at the market

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Digging Deeper
5 Write questions about something in the story you want to know more about.
Then, research the information and write the answers.

Why ... ? How ... ? Who ... ? What ... ?

        
What other traditional foods are from Mexico?

6 Read the section of the story on pages 80–81 again. Then, complete the
graphic organizer.
#AbuelaCooks Chain of Events
This happened …
A cat bites Abuela’s hand.

Causing this to happen …

Finally, this happened …

Personalization
7 Describe a YouTuber you watch or want to watch.
a What’s the name of the YouTuber or program?
b What is it about?
c Why do you like it?
8 Imagine you are a YouTuber. Give yourself a hashtag name. Be inventive!

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 Nonfiction

6 Where does food come from?

Key Words
1 Preview the Key Words.
6.3

beef protein laboratory cell

requirement reproduce lean (adj) predict

2 Read the glossary entries and write the Key Words.

a noun something that is needed
b noun a place where science experiments are done
c noun a very small part that forms all living things
d verb to make a copy of something; to make a baby

Pre-reading
3 Look at the pictures and read the captions on pages 85–87. Then, mark (✔)
the themes of the article.
a The effects on the environment caused by eating meat
b Burgers made from vegetables
c Buying a new kind of meat
d Making meat in a laboratory
4 Listen and read.
6.4

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Are You Ready to Try …
Meat Made in a Laboratory?
By Susana Ramírez Félix

Do you love a juicy hamburger? Have you ever

considered not eating meat? Would it be easy
or difficult for you to stop eating it?

Some people worry about the negative effects that

raising animals for meat has on our planet. Others
worry that animals suffer. And some say there will not
be enough food to feed everyone. All these things have
inspired people to look for new ways to produce meat.

Did you know?

An estimated 15,944 liters of water are needed to

produce just one kilogram of beef . This is what is
called the water footprint of beef production. Environmental destruction
caused by meat production

Raising animals for meat pollutes the environment and

uses up valuable resources. It causes a huge amount
of greenhouse gas emissions. Approximately a quarter
of the world’s land is used to produce food for the
livestock that gives us meat. That means we cut down
forests and there are fewer trees to make oxygen.

In addition, researchers say that we eat four times more

food than we did 50 years ago. In 2018, people around
the world ate about 59 billion kilograms of beef. By 2050,
specialists say we will need around 455 billion kilograms
per year to feed everyone! Can you imagine all the land
and water we will need to produce that much meat?
Think of all the damage this does to the environment!

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 If we continue eating as much meat as
we are eating now, there soon will not be
enough land or water to feed the animals. By
2050, there will be enough food to feed only
half of the world’s population!

Instead, the land and water that is being used

to raise animals could be used to grow plants.
That way we would have enough plant-based
food, like fruits and vegetables, and do much
less damage to the planet. Easy, right?

Well, no. Many people around the world

like meat and want to keep eating it. They
say it tastes delicious, and they like it better
than fruits and vegetables. Or at least they
don’t want to only eat plants. Meat also
has a lot of nutrients, like proteins, fat, and
minerals. It can be hard to get enough of
those nutrients in plant-based foods. That
is especially the case with iron, which we
need for our blood. Meat has iron, but not a lot of plants do.

If we can’t or don’t want to give up meat, what can we do?

The answer might be to make meat in a

laboratory! Around a decade ago, scientists
started to think about how to produce real meat
that uses fewer resources and without harming
the environment so much. They came up with
the idea of cell-based meat.

Making meat in a lab

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What is cell-based meat? Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like—meat that grows from meat
cells like any other meat. But, instead of growing in an animal on a farm, it grows in a
laboratory. Imagine eating a hamburger, and, while you are eating it, the cow the meat
comes from could still be alive, looking at you! Although it might sound a little bit weird, it’s
not science fiction. In 2013, scientists produced the first burger made from cell-based meat.

How is cell-based meat produced?

There are four basic requirements to grow cell-based meat:

1 A sample of cells from an animal—this sample only

has to be the size of a sesame seed, but it contains
millions of cells that can reproduce many times.
2 Something the cells can stick to.
3 Some food for the cells to “eat” so they grow and
reproduce themselves.
4 Something for the meat to grow in.

Specialists say that this cell-based meat tastes the same

as lean meat we get from traditional sources because it is,
well, meat. The only difference is that it does not grow like a
muscle of an animal, it grows in a lab. We’d no longer need
to hurt an animal to eat its meat. We just have to borrow
some of its cells. We’d no longer need to use up so much
land for farm animals. We wouldn’t use thousands of liters of
Looks like meat, water. And we wouldn’t generate so much pollution. That’s
tastes like meat!
why cell-based meat is also called clean meat.

It sounds pretty good, right? So, what are we waiting

for? Some companies say they are ready to sell
cell-based meat in markets around the world. They
are just waiting for the governments to approve it.
Scientists predict that cell-based meat will be found
in stores by 2022. Are you ready to try it?

Coming to a store near you!

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 Nonfiction
Key Words
1 Find the Key Words. Then, complete the sentences.

P T Z B D I P a is the meat from a cow.

R R X M V R R b The doctor told me I can eat

meat—meat without fat.
E D C L R Q O
c There is a lot of in meat,
D F B E E F T milk, eggs, and beans.
I C B A R M E d The weather forecasters can
C W D N H Q I the temperature.
T V W T A F N

Comprehension
2 Match the sentence halves.
1 One quarter of the world’s land … a than we did 50 years ago.
2 We eat four times more food … b is used to raise livestock.
3 It is difficult to get enough nutrients … c from plant-based foods.
4 To grow cell-based meat, … d you need cells from an animal.
3 Circle the correct option to answer the questions.
1 What is the name for the amount of water we use to produce beef?
a water production b water footprint c water emissions
2 By 2050, how many people in the world will not have enough food?
a 50 percent b all of them c those who don’t eat meat
3 What do we need to grow cell-based meat?
a sesame seeds b iron c a container
4 Read the article on pages 85–87 again. Circle the author’s purpose.
a The author wants to give you facts about how much meat we need to eat.
b The author wants to make you think about the advantages of cell-based meat.
c The author wants to encourage you to stop eating all types of meat.
d The author wants to show you how to buy cell-based meat.

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5 Complete the Venn diagram.

tastes like meat   uses a lot of water   grows in a lab

grows on an animal   doesn’t use land   contains animal cells

Cell-Based Meat Both Meat

6 Circle the correct option to complete each sentence.

1 The author of the article says that regular meat is …
a delicious. b bad for the environment. c expensive.
2 The author of the article says that cell-based meat is …
a not tasty. b good for the environment. c in stores now.
7 Write three advantages of cell-based meat.
a
b
c

Personalization
8 Do you think cell-based meat is a good idea? Why or why not?

9 Do you want to try cell-based meat? Why or why not?

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