Description

In Real Reading students focus on the meaning of readings, they also develop critical academic skills.  Reading and vocabulary skills help students understand the structure of written English and comprehend new words.  Additional vocabulary-learning strategies - based on the research of Paul Nation - provide students with the tools they need for long-term vocabulary acquisition.

Table of 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

Back Cover

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.

 

Click on the links below for the Teacher’s Manuals:

 

Real Reading 1 Teacher’s Manual

Real Reading 2 Teacher’s Manual

Real Reading 3 Teacher’s Manual

Real Reading 4 Teacher’s Manual

 

The four-level Real Reading series also includes: 

• Real Reading 1
• Real Reading 2
• Real Reading 3