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UNIT 7 CHAPTER 1 Ask Emma

Before You Read A Think about answers to these questions.
I Need Some Advice
1 Read the dialog below. Amy is giving Jenna some advice. Do you think it
is good advice?

2 What advice would you give Amy. Tell a partner.

B Look at the passage on the next page. What does Emma do? Why do
people write to her? Discuss your answers with a partner.

Reading Skill A Look at the advice column on the next page. Who wrote the letter

Skimming for the Main to Emma?
Idea
a a teenager who has problems with his parents
You skim to get a b a father who has problems with his son
general idea about a c a high-school student who has problems with his school
passage. When you
skim, look quickly at B What advice do you think Emma will give? Complete the sentence with
the title, the photos, your ideas.
and the first and last I think Emma will tell him to _______________ _
sentences of each
paragraph. Then you
can use this general C Now read the passage closely. Were your answers in A and B correct?
information to predict Answer the questions on page 90.
what a reading is
about.

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