Read and Understand Folktales & Fables Grade 2-3
In addition to the practical wisdom they can impart, the stories contained in Read & Understand, Folktales & Fables are filled with all-too-human creatures whose appeal for young readers makes them ideal focal points for learning and discussion.
This volume features 21 one- and two-page stories of varied reading difficulty. They are designed to meet a range of reading levels from beginning second through beginning fourth grade.
These exercises challenge students to recall details, draw conclusions, make inferences, make comparisons, and consider word meanings.
Bill Bryson follows his Appalachian amble, A Walk in the Woods, with the story of his exploits in Australia, where A-bombs go off unnoticed, prime ministers disappear into the surf, and cheery citizens coexist with the world's deadliest creatures: toxic caterpillars, aggressive seashells, crocodiles, sharks, snakes, and the deadliest of them all, the dreaded box jellyfish. And that's just the beginning, as Bryson treks through sunbaked deserts and up endless coastlines, crisscrossing the "under-discovered" Down Under in search of all things interesting.
THE WAY IT IS has been prepared with the beginning student of EFL in mind. The "diary" type readings used in many of the chapters are designed to help the student better identify with the people or events depicted. The illustrations are general in scope and are more representational than specific but they might be used as a point of reference to develop vocabulary, as an expansion upon the reading, or as the basis for a simple oral or written composition. THE WAY IT IS has been prepared at the beginning level by maintaining the 750-word level.
Supplementary exercises allowing students to master their language skills at A-2 level (elementary). Technical information - following pages were skipped; 1 (title), 2 (acknowledgements), 4 (blank). A list of irregular verbs was put at the beginning to refresh students' memory. The archive contains recovery record.
