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 2
Real Reading 3
Real Reading 4
Contents
The Real Reading Unit
Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 In the Water
Chapter 1 Just Add Water
Chapter 2 Phelps's Feet
Unit 2 Telling Stories
Chapter 3 Folktales
Chapter 4 Anansi and Turtle
Unit 3 What's for Dinner
Chapter 5 Dangerous Dining
Chapter 6 Wild Treasures
Fluency Practice 1
Unit 4 Funny Business
Chapter 7 The Science of Laughter
Chapter 8 Can't Take a Joke
Unit 5 Some of My Best Friends Are Animals
Chapter 9 The Best-Dressed Penguin
Chapter 10 Christian the Lion
Unit 6 Learning from Mother Nature
Chapter 11 Natural by Design
Chapter 12 Swarm Intelligence
Fluency Practice 2
Unit 7 Superstitions
Chapter 13 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Chapter 14 The Superstitious Gene
Unit 8 Staying Alive
Chapter 15 Trapped!
Chapter 16 Why Do Some Survive?
Unit 9 Truth or Lies?
Chapter 17 Do Animals Lie?
Chapter 18 Who Am I Today?
Fluency Practice 3
Unit 10 Twice as Good
Chapter 19 Two in One
Chapter 20 Identical Strangers
Unit 11 Illusions
Chapter 21 Hugging Bugs Bunny
Chapter 22 Is Seeing Really Believing?
Unit 12 Collective Madness
Chapter 23 Tulip Fever
Chapter 24 The Dancing Plague
Fluency Practice 4
New Words
Vocabulary Practice 1-12
Fluency Progress Charts
Fluency Practice Answer Key
Pronunciation Table
Vocabulary Index
MP3 Audio Tracking Guide
