Publisher: Compass Publishing (Reading, Young Learners)Year: 2011CEFR: A1+, A2, A2+Language: International English
Reading Wise by Compass Publishing is a three-level reading series designed for high beginner to pre-intermediate learners (CEFR A1+/A2 to A2+). Each book comprises 20 units featuring a variety of activities based on the main story, including reading, listening, writing, and speaking exercises. The series includes fictional stories, letters, articles, advertisements, and more, with accompanying audio recordings for listening activities. Ideal for young learners and adult beginners aiming to enhance their English reading skills.
Features
- Vocabulary Preview activities presenting synonyms and helpful contexts for key vocabulary
- Language Focus activities to develop learners’ understanding of usage and meaning of grammatical structures that appear in the reading passage
- Picture Story activities to support students oral retelling of stories and sentence writing
- Dialog activities to encourage practice of oral fluency and pronunciation
- Summary activities to reinforce key vocabulary acquisition
- Expansion activities to allow students to creatively practice language skills through group work
Unit Structure
- Pre-Reading: Think about and discuss 3 questions related to the picture prompt with a partner
- Vocabulary Preview: Match each underlined word with its meaning
- Understanding the Key Ideas: Multiple choice questions based on the reading passage
- Reading Comprehension: Further comprehension questions using True/False, multiple choice, and proverb selection
- Language Focus: Choose the best word to complete each sentence based on a salient grammatical structure from the reading
- Picture Story: Number the given pictures in the correct order according to the story, and then discuss each picture with a partner
- Act Out the Story: Fill in the blanks to complete a roleplay between the characters from the reading
- Summary: A paraphrased summary of the story, with an opportunity to re-order the sentences, or fill in the gaps, or replace incorrect information
- Expansion Questions: Opportunity to discuss further questions related to the reading theme using picture prompts and guided questions
