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Fluency

Choosing the Right

Reading Book

Analysis

Thematic
Choosing the best Reading
Book for your class means
considering two things:
your students purpose
for studying English and
your preferred approach
to teaching language.

TITLE

CONTENTBASED

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AUTHENTIC
TEXTS

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UNIT 3
4 Strange Travels

UNIT

http://www.strangeplacestostay.com

The Worlds Strangest Hotels

1

Maybe you want a unique vacation. Maybe

you want to save money. Maybe you want
to be romantic. Or maybe you dont want
a boring hotel room. If so, try one of these
strange hotels!

Capsule1 Hotels, Japan: These unusual

hotels are common in big Japanese cities.
They have unusually small rooms. In fact,
there is only enough space to sleep! Each
10 capsule is less than 2 square meters
(21.52 square feet). Inside, youll nd a bed,
a light, an alarm clock, and maybe a small
TV and radio. There is a separate safe box
outside the capsule for your luggage. The
15 benet? The capsules cost less than $20 a
night, while a regular hotel room in Tokyo can
cost as much as $300 a night.
If sleeping in a capsule is not for you, consider
these other hotels:
20 Hostel Celica, Slovenia: This converted

hotel in downtown Ljubljana, Slovenia, used

to be a prison! Now, it has twenty rooms
and a modern art theme. In some rooms,
colorful paintings cover the walls. The doors
25 and windows still have metal bars on them.
Youll be safe at night for sure! And unlike
being in a real prison, you can check out
whenever you want.

T H I N K B E F O R E YO U R E A D
A.

Work with a partner. Look at the pictures. Ask and answer the questions.
If you dont know a word in English, ask your partner or look in your
dictionary. Then write your new words on page 216.
1. Do you know the places in the pictures? Where is each place?

Jumbo Hostel, Sweden: Youve probably

2. Why is each place famous?

30 slept on a plane before. Why not do it again,

3. Have you visited any famous places? Are there any famous places you
want to visit in the future? Name them.

B.

On a separate sheet of paper, draw a picture of a famous place in the

world. Dont write anything on your picture.

C.

Work in small groups. Look at one anothers pictures. Talk about the
places you see.

but in comfort? This hotel is a converted 747

airplane. It has twenty-ve rooms, each with
a TV. As in a regular airplane, you keep your

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Captivating unit openers elicit vocabulary and discussion to activate

prior knowledge.

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Learn the Vocabulary

Using a Dictionary: Stressing the Correct Syllable

High-interest readings include contemporary topics and a variety

of genres to pique student interest.
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Read with your eyes, not with your hands. That is, do not point your finger or
your pencil at the words you are reading. If it is difficult for you to do this, try
sitting on your hands when you read.
Read with your eyes, not with your mouth. That is, read silently. Do not say the
words out loud. If you read out loud, you will be reading every word, rather than
whole phrases. It will also slow you down.

EXAMPLES:
ben e FI cial

Do not try to translate every word you read into your native language. Instead,
focus on understanding the basic meaning of sentences.

main stress

When you learn a new word with more than one syllable, use your dictionary
to see which syllables are stressed. Dictionaries use different symbols to show
which syllable receives the primary stress and which syllable, if any, receives the
secondary stress. Heres how one dictionary The Longman Dictionary of American
English shows stressed syllables. Notice the stress marks within the phonetic
respellings of each word.
main stress mark

UNIT 4 Strange Travels

To read more fluently, you should not read word by word. You should read in phrases
(groups of words). Try these strategies to stop yourself from reading word by word:

When a word has more than one syllable, one syllable receives the main, or primary,
stress, or beat. The vowel sound in a stressed syllable is longer and louder than
vowels in other syllables. In some words, another syllable receives a secondary
stress, or less strong beat.

secondary stress

Jules Undersea Lodge,6 Florida: This is the

granddaddy7 of strange hotels. Originally
a research station, it is now an underwater
hotel. It can only be reached by scuba
60 diving.8 Dont worry; there are classes
for rst-time divers. Once there, the hotel
provides everything you need. Enjoy dinner
at the bottom of the ocean! Watch sh pass
by your window! The only problem: It may be
65 hard to send a postcard.

Fluency Strategy

Some English words have only one syllable. For example, the target words host and
theme are made up of only one syllable. Other words have two or more syllables.
The target word local has two syllables (lo cal), and benefit has three (ben e fit).

main stress

Htel de Glace, Canada: This unique hotel is

made up entirely of iceeven the furniture!
Youll be given a special sleeping bag to keep
50 warm. Each year, artists re-create the hotel,
using 15,000 tons4 of snow and ice. Many
details are handmade. Be sure to see the
chandelier;5 its a true work of art! Reserve
a room soon, before this years ice hotel
55 disappears.

FLUENCY PRACTICE 2

Strategy

LO cal

bring your favorite copilot.3

Converted hotels are great if you want to try

something different. But for a real adventure,
try one of these hotels in extreme locations.
40 Ariau Amazon Towers, Brazil: Every part of
this hotelincluding the poolis near the top
of a tree. You can watch monkeys and birds
play outside your window. Walk among the
trees and feel the warm sun on your face.
45 Enjoy the sound of the Amazon River 100
feet below you.

1 capsule: a small container

2 cockpit: the part of the airplane where the pilot sits
3 copilot: a person who helps the main pilot (the person at the controls) fly an airplane
4 ton: a unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds
5 chandelier: a frame that holds lights or candles and hangs from the ceiling
6 lodge: a building where people can stay for a short time, especially to do a particular activity
7 granddaddy: the oldest, first, or best example of something
8 scuba diving: the sport of swimming under water while breathing from a container of air on your back

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It might feel strange or difficult to read this way at first, but as you practice, you will
get better at it. You will be reading more quickly and at the same time understanding
more. That is, you will be on your way to becoming a fluent reader in English.

READING 1

main stress mark

Before You Read

secondary stress mark

Preview Dangerous Dining on the next page. What do you think it is

about? Circle the letter of the correct answer.

Sometimes when a words part of speech (or form) changes, the stressed syllable
also changes.
main stress mark

a. how to cook exotic seafood dishes

b. strange Japanese restaurants

main stress mark

c. a poisonous fish that people like to eat

Sometimes the stressed syllable does not change when you change the words form.
main stress mark

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main stress mark

UNIT 4 Learn the Vocabulary

FLUENCY PRACTICE 2

Vocabulary strategies help students become more independent and

effective in learning new words.
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO

MISS NEW ORLEANS?
Do you know what it means to miss
New Orleans?
And miss it each night and day?
I know Im not wrongthe feelins
gettin stronger
The longer I stay away.
Miss the moss-covered vines, the tall
sugar pines
Where mockingbirds used to sing.
And Id like to see the lazy Mississippi
A hurryin in to spring.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG IN THE HABOOB

Oh, the Mardi Grass1 dear memories

Of Creoles2 tunes that fill the air.
I dream of oleanders3 in June,
And soon Im wishin that I were there.
Do you know what it means to miss
New Orleans,
When thats where you left your heart?
Theres something moreI miss the
one I care for
More than I miss New Orleans.

The singer says he misses New Orleans.

Then he names things he
1 PRE-READING
missesfor example, the moss-covered vines. What other things does
he miss? Listen to the song again and,
with your
classmates,
a map.
Look
at the
picture make
and the
list on the board. Next, think of a city or town you miss. What things do
Who Then
is theshare
manyour
in list
theinphoto?
Tell
you miss there? Make a list on your own
a
paper.
small group.
you know about him.

the class what

Sudan is the shaded country on the map. Tell the

1

Mardi Gras: a holiday people celebrate in New Orleans

Creole people: the descendants of French, Africans, and Native Americans

oleander: a flowering bush that grows in warm climates

class what you know about Sudan.

The Arabic word haboob is in the title of the next
story. If you know what it means, tell the class.

2 READING
Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician who died in 1971. In 2007almost 40 years later
his music helped a woman who was in danger in Sudan. What happened to her there?
How did the music help her?

Gwen Thompkins is a reporter. She is a citizen of

the United States, but she works in Africa. She was
working in a small town in Sudan when she ran into
trouble. She had a misunderstanding with some
men in uniform, and they took her passport.
What did the men want? Gwen didn't know. She
had a notebook with a lot of notes. Did they want
that? Did they want her laptop computer? Did they
want her tape recorder?
For 20 hours Gwen sat in a small office. Always a
man in uniform sat with her. One of the men spoke
a little English.
Where are you from? the man asked her.
Im from New Orleans, Gwen answered. She
got a piece of paper and drew a map of the United
States. She drew the Mississippi River and then,
next to the river, she drew an X. She showed her
map to the man. New Orleans is here, she said.
The man shook his head. He didn't know New
Orleans.
Do you know jazz music? Gwen asked. New
Orleans is the home of jazz music.
The man shook his head. He didn't know jazz
music.

Louis Armstrong? The jazz musician? Gwen

asked. Do you know Louis Armstrong?
The man shook his head. He didn't know
New Orleans, jazz music, or Louis Armstrong, and
he didn't want to learn about them. He wasn't
interested.
An important man in uniform walked into the
office. He was holding Gwen's passport in his hand.
You may go now, he said, and he handed Gwen
her passport.
Gwen found a car and driver to take her to the
city of Khartoum. She was on the road to Khartoum
when there was a sandstorm. It was a storm that
people call a haboob in Arabica storm so terrible
that it is difficult to see.
Gwen felt afraid and homesick. Why am I here
in Sudan? she thought. She missed New Orleans.
She wanted to go home.
The driver turned on the car radio. A man was
singing. It was Louis Armstrong, the jazz musician
from New Orleans. Gwen sat back in her seat and
listened to the music. She began to smile. She was
in a car, in Sudan, in a haboob, but she was with
Louis Armstrong. She was home.

3 VOCABULARY
Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.

Read the story to find out.

citizen

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handed

homesick

ran into trouble

1. Gwen has a U.S. passport. She is a

shook his head

citizen

2. Gwen had problems in Sudan. She

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in a small town there.

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5. Gwen was sad because she missed New Orleans. She was

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What A World Reading

Amazing Stories from Around the Globe
Second Edition
Beginning Intermediate

Milada Broukal
What A World is a six-book reading and listening series. Both
strands explore linked topics from around the world and
across history.
The stories in What A World Reading cover a diverse range of
high-interest topics, from biographical pieces to explorations
of cultures in various historical and contemporary periods.
Students are motivated to learn by the engaging material,
and their skills are reinforced with strategically developed
questions, discussions, writing activities, comprehension
exercises, and more.
In What A World Reading, each unit opens with a question that
is answered in the reading. The units continue with vocabulary,
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Pre-reading questions and activities ensure readers are highly
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Progress is assessed and reinforced with self-tests,
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Topic-related vocabulary and reading skills exercises help
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Topical content explores the lives of famous figures, historical
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Reading

Dialogs & Stories

Modern Dramas

Beginning Intermediate

Low-Beginning Low-Intermediate

Beginning High-Intermediate

Milada Broukal

William P. Pickett

Elizabeth Neblett

Each book in the What A Life! series takes

a multicultural approach, featuring 24
short biographies on inspirational figures
from all over the world.

This reading series features a variety of

themes, issues, and high-interest dialogs
and stories about ordinary people.
Students identify with the hopes, dreams,
and fears of these characters and enjoy
reading and discussing these stories and
dialogs as they link them to their own
experiences.

Modern Dramas is a fast-paced

contemporary story series that improves
students reading skills while reading for
pleasure. Each book tells the lively story
of a memorable hero and other
remarkable characters.

Stories of Amazing People

These high-interest biographies focus

on the less-known facts about famous
figures, rather than the chronology of
events typical of most biographies.
Subjects range from historical and political
figures to athletes, artists, entertainers,
and humanitarians.

Features:
Pre-reading questions and activities
motivate students to predict the
contents of the story and involve the
students' own experiences.
Vocabulary exercises encourage
students to determine meanings
through the storys context.

Features:

Features:

Varied reading comprehension activities

assess understanding.

Pre-reading and follow-up questions

check comprehension and generate
conversation.

Meaningful and practical vocabulary

exercises reinforce new language.

Word banks build basic vocabulary.

Lifeskills activities help students connect

to the real world.

Individual and pair-work activities

develop reading skills and fluency.

Dialog practice promotes oral fluency.

Role-playing of dialogs improve student

pronunciation and intonation.

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An Audio CD of the complete story is

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Comprehension activities develop

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Contact USA

All About the USA

American Ways

Reading and Vocabulary

Cultural Readers

An Introduction to American Culture

Third Edition

Beginning Intermediate

Beginning Intermediate

High-Intermediate Advanced

Paul Abraham and Daphne Mackey

Book 1: Milada Broukal

Books 2 & 3: Milada Broukal and Peter Murphy
Book 4: Milada Broukal and Janet Milhomme

Maryanne Kearny Datesman,

JoAnn Crandall, and
Edward N. Kearny

The cross-cultural perspectives of the

Contact USA series engage and educate
students who can read and comprehend
more English than they can produce.

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High-interest readings cover U.S.

culture, customs, and conventions, and
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All About the USA features informative

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people, places, and events, and promotes
discussion and cross-cultural exchange.
Vocabulary is carefully controlled at each
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and lively. Topics include U.S. geography,
rock music, the film industry, inventions,
famous people, and new technology.

Vocabulary is presented and recycled to

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Features:

Focused tasks quickly build reading skills

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Vocabulary exercises encourage students

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Discussion activities give students the

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Comprehension exercises help students

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A host of challenging exercises encourage
students to reflect on their own values
and experiences in relation to the ideas
in the text.

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Writing activities help students expand
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Expanded emphasis on academic

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Internet activities build students'
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Reading

A World of Fiction
Twenty Timeless Short Stories
Second Edition

Beginning Advanced

Advanced

podcast

C. G. Draper

Sybil Marcus

The popular Great American Stories series features adaptations

of classic stories that progress in difficulty throughout each
collection.

Twenty unabridged short stories provide the basis for

student exchange and debate. Students sharpen their reading,
speaking, vocabulary, and writing skills as they discover the
pleasure and reward of reading fiction.

DVD-ROM

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Pre-reading exercises lead students into the story.
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A Key-Words Summary highlights vocabulary to aid student
comprehension of the story.

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O. Henry Jack London Kate Chopin William Saroyan
Edgar Allan Poe Mark Twain Sarah Orne Jewett
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Virginia Woolf, James Thurber, Bernard Malamud, Alice
Walker, Nadine Gordimer, and D. H. Lawrence represent
a variety of themes and literary and linguistic styles.

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Students have the opportunity to do literary analysis and

connect the stories to their own experience.
Through oral debates, students demonstrate their mastery
of the language.
A wide variety of writing assignments, from expository to
descriptive writing, gives students the opportunity to apply
the skills they have learned.

Book 2
O. Henry Paul Laurence Dunbar Bret Harte Willa Cather
Susan Glaspell Herman Melville Henry James

Book 3
John Steinbeck Ernest Hemingway Edith Wharton
Washington Irving Nathaniel Hawthorne James Thurber
Stephen Crane Eudora Welty

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