Ready to Read Now

by Blanchard, Karen; Root, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780131776470
• ISBN10: 0131776479
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-22
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

Ready to Read Now: A Skills-Based Reader, by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root, is a part of a three-level series designed to develop reading and vocabulary building skills. In Ready to Read Now, intermediate students progress step by step through task-based activities that promote reading competency and fluency.

 

Features

• Sharpen Your Reading Skills provides explicit instruction as well as extensive practice and recycling.
• Be an Active Reader features high-interest readings that allow students to apply their skills.
• As You Read activities, including completion of charts, graphs, and outlines, encourage reading with a purpose.
• Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills includes word-attack skills ranging from Using a Dictionary to Using Context Clues.
• Express Your Ideas and Explore the Web extend and enrich the reading experience.
• Read Faster helps build reading fluency and accuracy.

 The Ready to Read series also includes Get Ready to Read and Ready to Read More.

Author Biography

Karen Blanchard and Christine Root each have taught English language instruction at the university level for more than twenty years. Karen has an M.S.Ed in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania, and Christine has an M.Ed in English Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. They began their textbook collaboration with the Ready to Write series while they were lecturers at the University of Pennsylvania. They have since written many reading and writing skills books and continue to enjoy working together to create English language textbooks for students around the world.

Table of Contents

Scope and Sequence

Get the Picture: Identifying Topics and Main Ideas

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Identifying Topics, Identifying Main Ideas

Be an Active Reader: It Happened by Accident

Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Using a Dictionary Guidewords

Take a Closer Look: Identifying Supporting Details

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Identifying Supporting Details

Be an Active Reader: Unusual Fads of the 1920s

Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Using a Dictionary

Parts of Speech

Make Guesses: Previewing and Predicting

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Previewing and Predicting

Be an Active Reader: Funny Business

Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Word Parts Prefixes

Read Quickly: Skimming and Scanning

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Skimming and Scanning

Be an Active Reader: Bear Necessities

Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Synonyms and Antonyms

Figure it Out: Using Context Clues

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Using Context Clues to Guess Meaning

Be an Active Reader: Idioms and Proverbs

Put Things in Order: Recognizing Sequence

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Recognizing Sequence

Be an Active Reader: The Story of the Two Brothers

Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Word Parts Suffixes

Believe it or Not: Facts vs. Opinion

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions

Be an Active Reader: The Godfather: A Movie Classic

Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Using Word Maps

Read Between the Lines: Making Inferences

Sharpen Your ReadingSkills: Making Inferences

Be an Active Reader: Swimming Buddies

Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Compound Words

Become a Better Reader

Answer Key Keep Track of Your Progress

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