More True Stories: A Beginning Reader - Couverture souple

Heyer, Sandra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801302234 ISBN 13 : 9780801302237

Editeur : Pearson Education Ltd., 1990

Synopsis

Book by Heyer Sandra

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Imagine ...

 

• waking up every night to a voice saying “Come and catch me”!

 

• being on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a terrible storm!

 

• finding millions of dollars on a busy highway!

 

These stories and more — humorous, poignant, astounding — and all true!

 

More True Stories, Third Edition, by Sandra Heyer, consists of 22 new or updated human-interest stories adapted from news sources around the world. The universal appeal of these believe-it-or-not stories ensures a pleasurable reading experience and encourages high-beginning-level students to read with fluency and confidence.

 

Features:

• A photo and pre-reading questions introduce each story.
• Average story length is 470 words.
• Stories are told in the past and past progressive tenses.
• Revised and improved exercises for vocabulary development, reading comprehension, discussion, and writing help students develop language proficiency.
• Background information and teaching tips in an expanded To the Teacher section help make the reading class more effective.
• An audio CD with recordings of all stories is included in each textbook.
• A perfect partner with More True Stories Behind the Songs.

 

The True Stories series includes:

 

True Stories Behind the Songs

More True Stories Behind the Songs

Very Easy True Stories

All New Very Easy True Stories

Easy True Stories, Second Edition

All New Easy True Stories

True Stories in the News, Third Edition

More True Stories, Third Edition

Even More True Stories, Third Edition

Beyond True Stories

 

Présentation de l'éditeur

• Have you heard the one about the girl who was run over by a train and lived -- unharmed -- to tell about it?
• Or the cancer patient who needed money for medical costs? She tried to sell her lamb at a farm auction -- and came back home with her lamb and $16,000!
• Or the two elderly piano players who make music together -- one can only use her left hand and the other can only use her right hand?

These stories and more -- humorous, poignant, astounding -- and all true!

 

More True Stories, Second Edition, by Sandra Heyer, consists of 22 readings based on human-interest stories adapted from newspapers and magazines -- including new, updated, and improved material. The universal appeal of these stories ensures a pleasurable reading experience and motivates students toward reading fluency.

Vocabulary, reading skills, discussion, and writing exercises have been refined and improved based on classroom experiences with the highly successful first edition.

 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801302234
• ISBN 13: 9780801302237
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible