Full Description
Lynn Bonesteel, Series Editor
Paul Nation, Series Consultant
A four-level reading skills series for beginning through advanced students, Real Reading provides 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 Reading Features
Two thematically-related readings per unit encourage students to make connections.
Reading and vocabulary skill building and vocabulary learning strategies based on Paul Nation'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 students' comprehension.
Fluency Practice units improve reading speed and comprehension.
The four-level Real Reading series also includes:
Real Reading 1
Real Reading 2
Real Reading 3
Contents
The Real Reading Unit
Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 The Science of Sound
Chapter 1 Earworms
Chapter 2 How We Use Sound
Unit 2 In the Garden
Chapter 3 Tokyo Farmer
Chapter 4 My Invisible Garden
Unit 3 Children and Manners
Chapter 5 Manners: Do Children Really Need Them?
Chapter 6 The Nanny Diaries
Fluency Practice 1
Unit 4 Tall Trees
Chapter 7 The Biggest Trees on Earth
Chapter 8 Up a Tree
Unit 5 The Time of Your Life
Chapter 9 On Turning Ten
Chapter 10 A New Take on the Golden Years
Unit 6 Food for Thought
Chapter 11 Feeding the Children Well
Chapter 12 Meat Under Fire
Fluency Practice 2
Unit 7 Astronomy: Is Anybody Out There?
Chapter 13 Another Earth
Chapter 14 Seeing Is Believing
Unit 8 Less Is More
Chapter 15 The Small House Movement
Chapter 16 Twenty-four Rooms in One House
Unit 9 Face-to-Face with Big Cats
Chapter 17 How to Survive a Mountain Lion Attack
Chapter 18 Life of Pi
Fluency Practice 3
Unit 10 Sustainability
Chapter 19 Reaching Our Limits: Welcome to 2100
Chapter 20 Desert State Puts Oil Wealth into the World's First Sustainable City
Unit 11 Multitasking: Can You Handle It?
Chapter 21 Keeping an Eye on the Sky
Chapter 22 The Effects of Multitasking
Unit 12 Doing Business in the Developing World
Chapter 23 The Next Billion
Chapter 24 A Company Prospers by Saving Poor People's Lives
Fluency Practice 4
New Words
Vocabulary Practice 1-12
Fluency Progress Charts
Fluency Practice Answer Key
Pronunciation Table
Vocabulary Index
MP3 Audio Tracking Guide
