On the Edge: Against the Odds, Student Text
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe, 2001
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Librería: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de AmericaWorld of Books (was SecondSale)
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Part of the "On the Edge" reading series, which engages students with stories in three broad categories: Supernatural/Paranormal; True crime; and Unexplainable events, this work features amazing stories of survival and medical miracles that can make you wonder how those people beat the odds of life.
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- Título
- On the Edge: Against the Odds, Student Text
- Autor
- Henry Billings
- Editorial
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Año de publicación
- 2001
- Estado
- Good
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 007285197X
- ISBN 13
- 9780072851977
- Supernatural/Paranormal
- True crime
- Unexplainable events
On the Edge content was derived from popular news items. Selections include topics about out-of-body experiences, alien abductions, escaped killers, strange outbreaks of diseases, and much more.
Every story was developed at a 4 - 6 reading level, and ranges from 800 to 900 words.
Each selection concludes with comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking activities, and provides tools for recording and calculating reading speed.
Against the Odds features amazing stories of survival and medical miracles that will make you wonder how these people beat the odds of life. Read selections such as "Icicle Baby," "Survival on a Desert Island," "A Hole In His Head," and "Trapped in a Cave"!
Activities and Exercises Featured In Each Book:
- Comprehension
Each reading selection concludes with a Comprehension activity designed to build an understanding of the concepts presented. - Vocabulary
Each unit ends with a Vocabulary exercise that uses words from both reading selections. - Critical Thinking
The Critical Thinking activities at the end of each unit are formulated to stimulate higher order thinking skills. - Reading Speed Calculating and Charting
Each reading selection provides tools for recording and calculating reading speed. Students calculate and record their reading time for each story, then use the Words-per-Minute table to look up their reading speed. Students can chart their progress by using the convenient graph in the back of each book. Because of the consistency of the range of the number of words in each story, as well as the reading level, progress charting of students' reading speed is easy and accurate.
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- Supernatural/Paranormal
- True crime
- Unexplainable events
On the Edge content was derived from popular news items. Selections include topics about out-of-body experiences, alien abductions, escaped killers, strange outbreaks of diseases, and much more.
Every story was developed at a 4 - 6 reading level, and ranges from 800 to 900 words.
Each selection concludes with comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking activities, and provides tools for recording and calculating reading speed.
Against the Odds features amazing stories of survival and medical miracles that will make you wonder how these people beat the odds of life. Read selections such as "Icicle Baby," "Survival on a Desert Island," "A Hole In His Head," and "Trapped in a Cave"!
Activities and Exercises Featured In Each Book:
- Comprehension
Each reading selection concludes with a Comprehension activity designed to build an understanding of the concepts presented. - Vocabulary
Each unit ends with a Vocabulary exercise that uses words from both reading selections. - Critical Thinking
The Critical Thinking activities at the end of each unit are formulated to stimulate higher order thinking skills. - Reading Speed Calculating and Charting
Each reading selection provides tools for recording and calculating reading speed. Students calculate and record their reading time for each story, then use the Words-per-Minute table to look up their reading speed. Students can chart their progress by using the convenient graph in the back of each book. Because of the consistency of the range of the number of words in each story, as well as the reading level, progress charting of students' reading speed is easy and accurate.
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Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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