This text provides on-level content at a controlled reading level and is organized into manageable instructional units that build proficiency and mastery.
Features:
- Addresses the basics of speaking, reading, writing, and finding information
- Increases proficiency in skills related to home, community, consumerism, health, and safety
- Gives students the confidence for communicating orally and in writing
- Presents different real-life forms and situations for students to model
- Develops independent living skills
Table of Contents: Introduction to English Skills, Finding Information, Finding a Place to Live, Shopping, Cooking at Home, Keeping Track of Your Money, Using Public Transportation, Driving on Your Own, Voting, Paying Taxes, Keeping Yourself Healthy, and Staying Safe
The compact (6 1⁄2" x 8 1⁄2"), lightweight, softcover textbooks provide a unique and student-friendly design. POWER BASICS reviews and reinforces fundamental language arts skills and strategies in vocabulary acquisition; reading comprehension and retention; grammar and usage; and writing sentences, paragraphs and essays.
The student textbooks focus on one concept at a time, illustrate concepts with concrete models and examples, and provide ample practice to achieve proficiency and mastery. The activities reinforce complex sentence structure; analytical reading skills; writing and editing; sentences, and paragraphs.
POWER BASICS skills charts provide teachers an overview of the skills introduced and applied in each lesson. This at-a glance reference highlights important skills students need to achieve. The contents of this series adheres to the NCTE standards.
The Test pack includes reproducible tests for each chapter of the student textbook.
Each Classroom Set Includes: 10 student textbooks, 1 teacher’s guide, 10 student workbooks with answer key and 1 test pack.
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