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by: Wiese, David

ISBN: 9780138146276 | 0138146276

Lynn Bonesteel,Series Editor Paul Nation,Series Consultant A four-level reading skills series for beginning through advanced students,Real Readingprovides students with a meaningful and authentic reading experience. Compelling readings in a variety of genres have been carefully written or adapted from authentic sources and feature a principled approach to vocabulary development. Real ReadingFeatures Two thematically-related readings per unit encourage students to make connections. Reading and vocabulary skill building and vocabulary learning st... MORErategies based on Paul Nationrs"s research help students become more confident and successful in preparation for academic reading and reading on standardized tests. Controlled vocabulary based on the General Service Word List, the Academic Word List, and the Billuroglu-Neufeld List ensures studentsrs" comprehension. Fluency Practice units improve reading speed and comprehension. The four-levelReal Readingseries also includes: Real Reading 2 Real Reading 3 Real Reading 4

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The Online Teacher's Manuals include: A Model Lesson Plan with alternative ways to present activities, Unit Notes with suggested follow-up activities for each unit, and the Student Book Answer Key. Tests to evaluate students' progress and to identify areas where students might have problems developing their reading and vocabulary skills. Answer keys are provided to make marking the tests as straightforward as possible

 

The Real Reading Unit

 

Scope and Sequence

 

Unit 1  The Truth About Shyness

            Chapter 1         Why Are We Shy?

         &... MOREnbsp;  Chapter 2         It’s All an Act

 

Unit 2  The Good Guys in Sports

            Chapter 3         A Tall Order

            Chapter 4         Hull City Tigers Discussion Board

 

Unit 3  It’s Not Easy Being Green

            Chapter 5         A Cleaner Way to Shop?

            Chapter 6         Green Airplanes

 

            Fluency Practice 1

 

Unit 4  Strange Travels

            Chapter 7         The World’s Strangest Hotels

            Chapter 8         Small Town, Strange Festival

 

Unit 5  The Food We Love

            Chapter 9         What Is American Food?

            Chapter 10       Why Chilies Are Hot

 

Unit 6  Music

            Chapter 11       All About Music

            Chapter 12       Can’t Name That Tune?

 

            Fluency Practice 2

 

Unit 7  The Movie Business

            Chapter 13       Famous Flops

            Chapter 14       Sleeper Hits

 

Unit 8  All In the Family

            Chapter 15       Rebel with a Cause

            Chapter 16       About The Nurture Assumption

 

Unit 9  Haiku

            Chapter 17       The Haiku Master

            Chapter 18       So You Want to Write Haiku?

 

            Fluency Practice 3

 

Unit 10  Big Buildings

            Chapter 19       Race for the Sky

            Chapter 20       Anybody Want to Buy a Stadium?

 

Unit 11  Body Language

            Chapter 21       Pheromone Perfume

            Chapter 22       The Language of Pheromones

 

Unit 12  High Seas, High Tech

            Chapter 23       The Chronometer

            Chapter 24       The Treasure of the SS Central America

 

            Fluency Practice 4

 

 

Unit 3 Quiz: How Green Are You?

New Words

Vocabulary Practice 1-12

Fluency Progress Charts

Fluency Practice Answer Key

Pronunciation Table

Vocabulary Index

MP3 Audio Tracking Guide