More True Stories: A High-Beginning Reader, Second Edition

\* 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. Imagine scuba diving near the Florida coast and suddenly getting sucked into the huge pump of a nuclear power plant! Or writing love letters to someone every day for a year, only to see that person marry the mail carrier!The universal appeal of these real-life, human-interest stories engages beginning ESL students with humor, poignancy, or astonishment, and helps them to become fluent readers.Each book features:-- Pre-reading questions.-- Exercises in vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, and writing.-- Carefully controlled vocabulary and structures.-- A variety of essential reading skills.-- Activities for pair or small-group work.A proven success made even better in a new edition. Exercises have been refined and improved based on classroom experiences with the first edition. Contains 22 readings based on human-interest stories adapted from newspapers and magazines. Includes vocabulary, reading skills, discussion and writing exercises designed to promote reading fluency. 1997 More True A High-Beginning Reader Second Edition (P) by Sandra Heyer *** 9780201695168 ***96 Pages