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WHAT'S THE POINT? Book One, Beginning to Read for Meaning = 158-Page Student Text
ISBN 978-1-891077-02-9 24.00 USD
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WHAT'S THE POINT, BOOK ONE, Beginning to Read for Meaning = 158-Page Student Text with Inbound Answer Key
Because the WHAT’S THE POINT? reading-skills system encourages text-users to read for meaning from the start, there is no instruction in decoding words or analyzing grammar. Book One: Beginning to Read for Meaning is a unique "Reading Skills & Strategies Primer." That's because it teaches text-users how to read and understand a variety of adapted reading-matter types--like "Signs & Symbols," "Visuals" (Photos, Drawings, Cartoons), "One-Liners" (Proverbs, Quotes), "Short Fiction," "True Stories," "Humor," "Personal Communication," etc. before they are presented with the "Factual Text-Like Information" of expository prose.
This adapted reading material is not only low-level and high-interest but also highly varied; some of its content (icons, billboards, cartoon strips, folk tales, short bios, anecdotes, riddles, greeting cards, and so on) is likely to surprise and delight. The book ends with Multiple Choice + Essay "Final Tests." There is an illustrated inbound (removable) Answer Key. Two 70-minute CDs are available.
ISBN 978-1-891077-02-9 $18.00
(The sequel to this unusual reading-skills WorkText is a bit more traditional. WHAT'S THE POINT? BOOK TWO: Learning to Learn from Real Reading [ISBN 978-0-9627878-9-8] consists mostly of paragraphed discourse; it concentrates on basic "academic" reading strategies: getting main ideas and important supporting details, paraphrasing, summarizing, study skills, etc.)
Because the WHAT’S THE POINT? reading-skills system encourages text-users to read for meaning from the start, there is no instruction in decoding words or analyzing grammar. Book One: Beginning to Read for Meaning is a unique "Reading Skills & Strategies Primer." That's because it teaches text-users how to read and understand a variety of adapted reading-matter types--like "Signs & Symbols," "Visuals" (Photos, Drawings, Cartoons), "One-Liners" (Proverbs, Quotes), "Short Fiction," "True Stories," "Humor," "Personal Communication," etc. before they are presented with the "Factual Text-Like Information" of expository prose.
This adapted reading material is not only low-level and high-interest but also highly varied; some of its content (icons, billboards, cartoon strips, folk tales, short bios, anecdotes, riddles, greeting cards, and so on) is likely to surprise and delight. The book ends with Multiple Choice + Essay "Final Tests." There is an illustrated inbound (removable) Answer Key. Two 70-minute CDs are available.
ISBN 978-1-891077-02-9 $18.00
(The sequel to this unusual reading-skills WorkText is a bit more traditional. WHAT'S THE POINT? BOOK TWO: Learning to Learn from Real Reading [ISBN 978-0-9627878-9-8] consists mostly of paragraphed discourse; it concentrates on basic "academic" reading strategies: getting main ideas and important supporting details, paraphrasing, summarizing, study skills, etc.)
