Synopses & Reviews
Authentic, high-interest passages are paired with reading, writing, comprehension, and discussion activities that integrate new skills and ideas into students' knowledge and experience.
Synopsis
Authentic, high-interest passages are paired with reading, writing, comprehension, and discussion activities that integrate new skills and ideas into students' knowledge and experience.
-- A thematic organization in each book allows for natural recycling and spiralling of concepts, vocabulary, and syntactic structures, and develops a comprehensive range of reading skills that promote critical thinking and writing skills.
-- Pre-reading activities activate background knowledge and set the stage for successful integration of new ideas and concepts.
-- Three interesting reading selections per unit, drawn from a variety of genres, promote the acquisition of a diverse and broad-based set of reading skills.
Readings and activities focus on The Rights of Children, The Changing Family, Education Around the World, How to Give a Speech (and Listen To One), The fascinating World of the Honeybee, and additional Expansion Activities for writing practice.
Table of Contents
I. The Rights of Children 1. Court Grants Boy Wish to Select His Parents 2. Old Too Soon, Wise Too Late? 3. Child Labor: A Dramatically Worsening Global Problem II. The Changing Family 1. What is a Family? 2. Families in a Changing World 3. The Family Today: Challenges and New Directions III. Education Around the World: Japan, the Netherlands, and Sweden 1. A Voice from Japan - An Outsider Looks In 2. In a World Growing Smaller, the Dutch Want to Speak to You 3. In Sweden, Youre Never Too Old to Learn Something New IV. How to Give a Speech (and Listen to One) 1. How to Give a Good Speech 2. Are You Really Listening? 3. The Heimlich Maneuver V. The Fascinating World of the Honeybee 1. Social Life in a Beehive 2. The Reigning Queen 3. The Honeybees Communication System