Developing Reading Skills: Intermediate 1 (Answer Key)

Authentic, high-interest passages are paired with reading, writing, comprehension, and discussion activities that integrate new skills and ideas into students' knowledge and experience.-- A thematic organization in each book allows for natural recycling and spiralling of concepts, vocabulary, and syntactic structures, and develops a comprehensive range of reading skills that promote critical thinking and writing skills.-- Pre-reading activities activate background knowledge and set the stage for successful integration of new ideas and concepts.-- Three interesting reading selections per unit, drawn from a variety of genres, promote the acquisition of a diverse and broad-based set of reading skills.Readings and activities focus on The Rights of Children, The Changing Family, Education Around the World, How to Give a Speech (and Listen To One), The fascinating World of the Honeybee, and additional Expansion Activities for writing practice.