Full Description
The new edition of For Your Information 2, by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root, helps high-beginning students become engaged, thoughtful, and confident readers of English. Each thematic unit features high-interest readings and an assortment of activities to increase students' vocabulary base and build reading skills.
Features of For Your Information 2, Second Edition:
New and updated reading selections motivate students to explore different aspects of each topic and develop a range of critical thinking skills.
Expanded reading comprehension and skill-building exercises help prepare students for academic competency and standardized testing
A variety of new vocabulary-building skills and word-attack activities increase students' vocabulary.
A companion DVD of ABC News excerpts, with accompanying activities, expands on the themes.
Contents
Unit 1 TUNE IN TO TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 1 New Robots on Display
Chapter 2 Online Shopping is Big Business
Chapter 3 Florida Family Gets Computer Chips
Tie It All Together
Unit 1 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 2 TRAVEL TALK
Chapter 1 Sailing Around the World
Chapter 2 A Suitcase Story
Chapter 3 Flying High but Feeling Low
Tie It All Together
Unit 2 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 3 ANIMALS IN OUR LIVES
Chapter 1 Can Animals Think?
Chapter 2 Crazy About Cats, or Just Crazy?
Chapter 3 Call the Medicine Man
Tie It All Together
Unit 3 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 4 SETTING GOALS AND FACING CHALLENGES
Chapter 1 People with Disabilities Find Challenge on Ski Slopes
Chapter 2 Breaking Records
Chapter 3 Sounds of Bali
Tie It All Together
Unit 4 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 5 BRAIN POWER
Chapter 1 Do You Know Your Right Brain from Your Left Brain?
Chapter 2 Albert Einstein: The World's Most Famous Scientist
Chapter 3 How Good Is Your Memory?
Tie It All Together
Unit 5 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 6 COMPANIES THAT CARE
Chapter 1 The Body Shop: A Success Story
Chapter 2 The Scoop on Ben & Jerry's
Chapter 3 A New Use for Old Bottles
Tie It All Together
Unit 6 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 7 FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Chapter 1 Space Muffin Wins Contest
Chapter 2 Chocolate: A Taste of History
Chapter 3 Do TV Commercials Affect Eating Habits?
Tie It All Together
Unit 7 Vocabulary Self-Test
Unit 8 HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Chapter 1 Are You SAD?
Chapter 2 Tornado Chaser
Chapter 3 Climate and Weather
Tie It All Together
Unit 8 Vocabulary Self-Test
Vocabulary Self-Tests Answer Key
Glossary
Map of the United States
Map of the World
Reader's Journal
