Features:
Unit Structure
l Thematically paired fiction and non-fiction unit topics
l Full-color illustration accompanying all fiction passages and activities
l Full-color photographs accompanying all non-fiction passages and activities
l Comprehension activities in both textual and graphic formats
l Repeated recycling of high-frequency vocabulary
l Pull-out full-color workbook includedUnit Structure
l Warm-up: questions to activate student schema related to title, images, and topic
l New Words: list of target vocabulary with accompanying photos that “define” usage in the unit
l Reading: target passage
l Checking: comprehension questions including a main-idea question and two detail questions
l Listening: sentence-based listening activity featuring target vocabulary of unit
l Mapping: comprehension reinforcement activity based on graphic organizer representing passage content
l Vocabulary Review: various activities to reinforce target vocabulary usage
l Summary: short texts to support reinforcement of passage content and unit target vocabulary