More True Stories: A High-Beginning Reader [With CDROM]

By Sandra Heyer

Book Overview

Imagine ...

waking up every night to a voice saying "Come and catch me"! being on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a terrible storm! finding millions of dollars on a busy highway!

These stories and more -- humorous, poignant, astounding -- and all true!

More True Stories, Third Edition, by Sandra Heyer, consists of 22 new or updated human-interest stories adapted from news sources around the world. The universal appeal of these believe-it-or-not stories ensures a pleasurable reading experience and encourages high-beginning-level students to read with fluency and confidence.

Features:

A photo and pre-reading questions introduce each story. Average story length is 470 words. Stories are told in the past and past progressive tenses. Revised and improved exercises for vocabulary development, reading comprehension, discussion, and writing help students develop language proficiency. Background information and teaching tips in an expanded To the Teacher section help make the reading class more effective. An audio CD with recordings of all stories is included in each textbook. A perfect partner with More True Stories Behind the Songs .

The True Stories series includes:

True Stories Behind the Songs

More True Stories Behind the Songs

Very Easy True Stories

All New Very Easy True Stories

Easy True Stories, Second Edition

All New Easy True Stories

True Stories in the News, Third Edition

More True Stories, Third Edition

Even More True Stories, Third Edition

Beyond True Stories

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138143420
• ISBN13: 9780138143428
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

just right for its title

I use this for my adult ESL students as they go beyond the need for lots of accompanying pictures to help them understand the stories. The version is well-placed and, as usual, most of the stories are quite fun. The amount of student work is appropriate for the level.

Excellent resource

This is one more of an excellent series of true stories written for ESL learners. The stories are presented in separate chapters with a photograph of the subjects of the story and then exercises following the story which test specific and general comprehension. I use this for students who have a good grasp of past tense and who have begun learning the present and past perfect tenses, although those are used lightly and that knowledge isn't essential. The stories are of high interest and after each one my students look at me amazed and ask me the same question - "Is it true?" (They are!) At the end of the book is some more information the author provides that fleshes out the story a bit more. Even my most reluctant learners always brighten up when I pull the book out and they are even willing to do the exercises. This book and the entire series has added enormously to my classes.

Great resource!

I use Heyer's True Stories series with my high school ELD classes. The stories are varied levels (this one is suitable for early intermediate students), and very high interest. I don't use them as primary texts, but to supplement our curriculum. They can be used for reading comprehension, class discussion, and writing topics.