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More True Stories Student Book with Essential Online Resources Level 3, Silver Edition
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Description
Since first published twenty-five years ago, True Stories has provided entertaining stories and
effective reading-skill instruction to English language learners throughout the world, helping them
build language skills through a carefully paced, step-by-step process.
The Silver Edition continues to provide stories whose universal appeal ensures a pleasurable
reading experience and motivates students toward reading fluency.
New to this edition
• New and updated stories maintain the high interest of the series and capture students’ imaginations. • A colorful new design makes the readings inviting and enhance students’ understanding and enjoyment of the stories. • A uniform unit structure runs across all six books* in the edition, making it easy for students to move seamlessly from one level to the next. • Audio recordings of every reading. Every story in the series has been recorded and made available online for students or teachers to download. • Digital Resources including: – audio recordings of every reading – teaching tips – answer keys – additional practice activities
Other highlights
• Pre-reading activities introduce the units visually to ease students into the readings. • Pre- and post-reading exercises develop vocabulary, reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills. • A structured discussion activity at the end of each unit prompts students to share their own “true stories.” • Interactive activities for pair and group work are ideal for multilevel classes. • Mapped to the Global Scale of English
• New and updated stories maintain the high interest of the series and capture students’
imaginations.
• A colorful new design makes the readings inviting and enhance students’ understanding and
enjoyment of the stories.
• A uniform unit structure runs across all six books* in the edition, making it easy for students to
move seamlessly from one level to the next.
• Audio recordings of every reading. Every story in the series has been recorded and made
available online for students or teachers to download.
• Digital Resources
UNIT 1 Puppy Love
UNIT 2 Surprise! It’s Your Wedding!
UNIT 3 Bad News, Good News
UNIT 4 The Twins of Siam
UNIT 5 The Baby Exchange
UNIT 6 The Ghost
UNIT 7 The Way Home
UNIT 8 Everybody’s Baby
UNIT 9 Pay It Forward
UNIT 10 Please Pass the Bird Brains
UNIT 11 Margaret Patrick . . . Meet Ruth Eisenberg
UNIT 12 Finders Keepers?
UNIT 13 The Husband
UNIT 14 The Auction
UNIT 15 Money to Burn
UNIT 16 The School and the Stamp
UNIT 17 A Long Fishing Trip
UNIT 18 The Surgeon
UNIT 19 Customer Service?
UNIT 20 The Mermaid Balloon
UNIT 21 The Two Lives of Mary Sutton
UNIT 22 Two Strangers
Answer Key
Credits
• Pre-reading activities introduce the units visually to ease students into the readings.
• Pre- and post-reading exercises develop vocabulary, reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills.
• A structured discussion activity at the end of each unit prompts students to share their own “true stories.”
• Interactive activities for pair and group work are ideal for multilevel classes.
• Mapped to the Global Scale of English
True Stories is a six-level reading series that uses news stories to build and develop language skills through a carefully paced, step-by-step process. True Stories is a highly successful reading series that teachers and students have relayed on for the last 25 years. The series provides high-interest news stories—some astounding, some inspiring, some poignant, some humorous, but all of them true.
The underlying premise in True Stories is that when learners are engaged in a pleasurable reading experience, then language learning will take place effortlessly and effectively. The stories in this series are fascinating and surprising. They engage learners, making language learning effective and fun.
Imagine . . .
. . . going for a walk in the forest and getting lost for a week.
. . . buying a shirt in a thrift store and finding thousands of dollars in the pocket.
. . . meeting your spouse by responding to a letter in a bottle found in the ocean.
These stories and more—humorous, poignant, astonishing—are true!
True Stories 1A, Silver Edition, consists of 20 human-interest stories adapted from newspapers
and magazines. The stories are told in simple yet natural language. Pre-reading drawings tell
the stories visually and help students get ready for reading.
Features of the Silver Edition
– New and updated stories maintain the high interest of the series and capture students’
imaginations.
-A colorful new design makes the readings inviting and enhances students’ understanding
and enjoyment of the stories.
-A uniform unit structure runs across all six books in the edition, making it easy for students
to move seamlessly from one level to the next.
– Digital Resources include:
– audio recordings of every reading.
– answer keys.
– teaching tips.
– additional practice activities.
Additional information
| Dimensions | 0.35 × 8.30 × 10.95 in |
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| Subjects | World languages, ESL / EAL, English Language Teaching |