Courses Offered:

Reading and Vocabulary

This course aims to develop reading skills and strategies using stories, text and articles while systematically increasing the active vocabulary of the learners.

Goals

1. Emphasize massive vocabulary acquisition.
2. Develop reading skills and strategies using simple stories, texts and articles.
3. Be able to comprehend passages of 150-200 words.
4. Become familiar with parts of speech in decoding process.
5. Improve oral reading fluency.
6. Discuss various topics from adapted works of fiction and non-fiction (current events, magazine articles).
7. Learn to enjoy reading in English.

Objectives

1. Identify and develop reading skills: predicting, skimming, scanning and guessing the meaning from context.
2. Recognize transition words.
3. Paraphrase short passages (orally).
4. Strengthen word/sound association through weekly oral reading sessions.
5. Identify and label parts of speech in the decoding process.
6. Expand vocabulary by 50-60 words per week: 200-240 words per month. Track in student’s booklet.
7. Build word families to increase vocabulary.

Learning Materials per Level

Junior
» Beginner: Intensive Reading 1& 2
» Intermediate: True Stories in the News
» Advanced: More True Stories

Senior
» Beginner: Can You Believe It? 1
» Intermediate: Can You Believe It? 2
» Advanced: Can You Believe It? 3

Professionals
» Beginner/ Intermediate/ Advanced: Business English articles/ Facts and Figures

Curriculum Offered:

Junior Beginner

Intensive Reading 1 and 2
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Month 1

Week
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2		 Week
3		 Week
4
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1		 Crayons A Frog in the Bath Swan Lake Test
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2		 Julia’s First Day Review Fresh Fish Mangoes
Day
3		 Kids and Skateboards Test Big Ben Autumn
Day
4		 Billy and the Bluebird A Fire Station The Police Officer and the Thief Bobby’s Big Birthday Party
Day
5		 Igloos The Surprise Review Carpenters

Month 2

Week
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4
Day
1		 Chicago London The Big Run Martin the Monkey
Day
2		 Dancers My Rocket Ship The Hottest Day Ever Bring your Bowling Shoes
Day
3		 Firefighters New York The Play National Baseball hall of Fame and Museum
Day
4		 Going on a Picnic Out to Lunch The Post Office Florida
Day
5		 Kidozine Sydney Tiffany’s Cookies Glass

Month 3

Week
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2		 Week
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1		 Christmas Halloween Fun Tom’s Day Art Class
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2		 World Food Lupita’s Day My Working day Jada and Jessie
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3		 Tom goes to eat breakfast Frank’s Busy Day Ana’s Great Day Jeffrey and Jessie
Day
4		 Tom’s Daily Routines Jerry’s letter A Perfect Beach Hat Jim’s Favorite Store
Day
5		 A Day at the Space Station Science News Dana’s Flower Garden Getting Ready for Christmas with Bobby bear
Junior Intermediate

True Stories in the News/ supplemental lessons
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Month 1

Week
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4
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1		 Unit 1- Dish Soap for Dinner Nasreddin and the Pot Unit 6- Lost and Found Nasreddin’s Visitors
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2		 A Special Christmas Present Unit 4- I Ran for Everybody Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup Unit 9- The Coin
Day
3		 Unit 2- Fifty Good Friends Nasreddin Goes Shopping Unit 7- A Little Traveler The Death Car
Day
4		 Two Sisters and the Cat Unit 5- The Love Letters Nasreddin the Ferry Man Unit 10- Buried Alive
Day
5		 Unit 3- A New Man Nasreddin and the Beggar Unit 8- Man's Best Friend The Choking Dog

Month 2

Week
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2		 Week
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4
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1		 Unit 11- The Winning Ticket The American Pepper Unit 16- Together Again Words Meanings From Context- Synonyms
Day
2		 The Carpet Fitter Unit 14- The Lucky Thief Wild Children III- The Wild Life Unit 19- This is the Place for Me
Day
3		 Unit 12- The Luxury Hotel Wild Children Part 1 Unit 17- Thanks a Million It’s Snow Fun
Day
4		 The Hitchhiker Unit 15- A Grandmother with Muscles Wild Children IV- Emily Carr Unit 20- A Strong Little Boy
Day
5		 Unit 13- The Long Minutes Tarzan of the Apes Unit 18- Don’t Eat the Furniture Word Meanings from Context

Month 3

Week
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1		 Unit 21- The Bottle Hotel Dialogue-Reordering The Silver Glove Henry Hudson
Day
2		 Free Answers The 1990’s Just Married Henry Matisse
Day
3		 Unit 22- Old Friends The Party Learning English Hyde park, New York
Day
4		 My Mansion Confused Letter Changes in Town The American Museum of Natural History
Day
5		 My Roller Coaster Crystal Cruises - Luxury Every Day Job Descriptions Mid Hudson Balloon Festival
Junior Advance

More True Stories/ Supplemental Lessons
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Month 1

Week
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2		 Week
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4
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1		 Unit 1- Puppy Love The Effect of Stress Unit 6- The Twins of Siam Word Meanings from Context
Day
2		 The Positive Effects on Children of Owning a Dog Unit 4- The Gift Wild Children V- Culture Shock Unit 9- Everybody’s Baby
Day
3		 Unit 2- Surprise! It’s Your Wedding Why people Get Tattoos Unit 7- The Baby Exchange Word Meanings from Context Part II- Main Idea
Day
4		 From Carrots to Renovations: How I Spent $10,000 without Really Trying Unit 5- Oh Boy, What a Ride! Presidential Elections Unit 10- Please Pass the Bird Brains
Day
5		 Unit 3- The Train The Causes of Floods Unit 8- Why Can’t They Quit Word Meanings from Context III

Month 2

Week
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1		 Unit 11- Margaret Patrick… Meet Ruth Eisenberg The Alien story Unit 16- The Auction Maintaining your Automobile
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2		 Word Meanings from Context IV Unit 14- Parents at School A Siberian Winter Unit 19- A Long Fishing Trip
Day
3		 Unit 12- The Bed Contradictory Proverbs Unit 17- Money to Burn Veterans
Day
4		 Reading Gap Fill Unit 15- Finders Keepers? Snake Bites Boy Unit 20: A Surgeon Again
Day
5		 Unit 13- Dear Mr. Andropov Future Historic Air Base Unit 18- A Chance to Live Again Cells

Month 3

Week
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1		 Unit 21- the Mermaid Balloon Martin Luther King Hanukkah Missing Hikers found in Alaska
Day
2		 Museum of Fine Arts St. Patrick’s Day Winter Outdoor Activity Injury Statistics
Day
3		 Unit 22- The Two Lives of Mary Sutton Animals Airlines Cut Flights, Routes Gas Stations - No More Credit Cards?
Day
4		 The Food We Eat Dinosaurs Major US Banks increase overdraft charges Global Warming
Day
5		 The Mists of Avalon Christmas Making the United States a less bilingual place A White House Dog's Best Friend
Senior Beginner

Can You Believe It? 1
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Month 1

Week
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4
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1		 Please Get Rid of that Smell Review: Lessons 1-5 Neighbors Fed Up with Loud Music Girl Wants More Body Art
Day
2		 Red in the face Toy Saves Man's Life Review 6-10 One in A Million
Day
3		 Leopard Makes Himself at Home Hat Lady Wants to Cheer you Up Prison Escape is as Easy as Pie Review: 11-15 Can You Believe It? 2
Day
4		 Heart Patient Walks Home Fast Asleep Bear Goes on vacation Smart Pig Saves the Day It’s No Wonder
Day
5		 Businessman Freaks Out Man Hangs On for Dear Life Lazy Mailman Hides Letters It’s About Time!

Month 2

Week
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2		 Week
3		 Week
4
Day
1		 A Heart of Gold Spaniards Paint the Town Red Robber Chicken Out Review: 11-15
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2		 Fit as a Fiddle Man Dances at His Own Funeral Lovesick Elephant Man Tries to Turn Over a New Leaf
Day
3		 The Longest Hair in the World Fish Turns the Tables on Fisherman Shoplifter Gets a Dose of His Own Medicine Gorilla Lends a Helping Hand
Day
4		 Review: 1-5 The Ringing Dog Crow Commits Crime Money Rains from the Sky
Day
5		 Lost Skier Dances All Night Long Review: 6-10 On The Cutting Edge Janitor’s Dream Comes True

Month 3

Week
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1		 Bullfighting is in Her Blood On To of the World Emu Falls Madly in Love Cyber Romance Leads to Cross Cultural Marriage
Day
2		 Review: 16-20 Can You Believe It? 3 Boy Fight Lion Tooth and Nail Man Ties the Knot with Stranger Solo Sailor Operates on Himself- via E-mail
Day
3		 Engineer is Enthusiastic about Odd New Home Face to Face after 56 Years Graffiti Makes Him See Red Review: 8-14
Day
4		 Man Eats Out and Gets More than He Ordered Globe-Trotting Frog Comes Home Family Hits the Road with a Horse, a Wagon and a Dream Exercises
Day
5		 Out On a Limb Review: 1-7 A One-of-a Kind Hotel Exercises
Senior Intermediate

Can You Believe It? 2
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Month 1

Week
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4
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1		 It’s No Wonder Review: 1-5 The Ringing Dog Crow Commits Crime
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2		 It’s About Time! Lost Skier Dances All Night Long Review: 6-10 On The Cutting Edge
Day
3		 A Heart of Gold Spaniards Paint the Town Red Robber Chicken Out Review: 11-15
Day
4		 Fit as a Fiddle Man Dances at His Own Funeral Lovesick Elephant Man Tries to Turn Over a New Leaf
Day
5		 The Longest Hair in the World Fish Turns the Tables on Fisherman Shoplifter Gets a Dose of His Own Medicine Gorilla Lends a Helping Hand

Month 2

Week
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2		 Week
3		 Week
4
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1		 Money Rains from the Sky Man Eats Out and Gets More than He Ordered Globe-Trotting Frog Comes Home Family Hits the Road with a Horse, a Wagon and a Dream
Day
2		 Janitor’s Dream Comes True Out On a Limb Review: 1-7 A One-of-a Kind Hotel
Day
3		 Bullfighting is in Her Blood On To of the World Emu Falls Madly in Love Cyber Romance Leads to Cross Cultural Marriage
Day
4		 Review: 16-20 Can You Believe It? 3 The Ringing Dog Man Ties the Knot with Stranger Solo Sailor Operates on Himself- via E-mail
Day
5		 Engineer is Enthusiastic about Odd New Home Face to Face after 56 Years Graffiti Makes Him See Red Review: 8-14

Month 3

Week
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2		 Week
3		 Week
4
Day
1		 Unit 1: Lesson 1- The Kiwi Review Lesson 5- How Do Hearing-Impaired People Talk? Lesson 4- Oranges
Day
2		 Lesson 2- The Camel Unit 2: Context Clues/ Lesson 1- Why are Elevators Important? Review Lesson 5- Guayule
Day
3		 Lesson 3- The Polar Bear Lesson 2- Why is the Sea Salty? Unit 3: Context Clues/ Lesson 1: The Date Palm Review
Day
4		 Lesson 4- The Hippopotamus Lesson 3- How Can a Plant Kill? Lesson 2- The Water Hyacinth Unit 4: Context Clues/Lesson 1- Classical Music
Day
5		 Lesson 5- The Dolphin Lesson 4- How Can We Have Farms in the Sea? Lesson 3-Rice Lesson 2- Blues and Jazz
Senior Advance

Can You Believe It? 3/ Facts and Figures
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Month 1

Week
1		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4
Day
1		 Engineer is Enthusiastic about Odd New Home Face to Face after 56 Years Graffiti Makes Him See Red Review: 8-14 Facts and Figures
Day
2		 Man Eats Out and Gets More than He Ordered Globe-Trotting Frog Comes Home family Hits the Road with a Horse, a Wagon and a Dream Unit 1: Lesson 1- The Kiwi
Day
3		 Out On a Limb Review: 1-7 A One-of-a Kind Hotel Lesson 2- The Camel
Day
4		 On To of the World Emu Falls Madly in Love Cyber Romance Leads to Cross Cultural Marriage Lesson 3- The Polar Bear
Day
5		 Boy Fight Lion Tooth and Nail Man Ties the Knot with Stranger Solo Sailor Operates on Himself- via E-mail Lesson 4- The Hippopotamus

Month 2

Week
1		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4
Day
1		 Lesson 5- The Dolphin Lesson 4- How Can We Have Farms in the Sea? Lesson 3-Rice Lesson 2- Blues and Jazz
Day
2		 Review (pages 26-32) Lesson 5- How Do Hearing-Impaired People Talk? Lesson 4- Oranges Lesson 3- Rock and Roll
Day
3		 Unit 2: Context Clues/ Lesson 1- Why are Elevators Important? Review (pages 62-68) Lesson 5- Guayule Gorilla Lends a Helping Hand
Day
4		 Lesson 2- Why is the Sea Salty? Unit 3: Context Clues/ Lesson 1: The Date Palm Review (pages 97-104) Lesson 5- Latin Music and Salsa
Day
5		 Lesson 3- How Can a Plant Kill? Lesson 2- The Water Hyacinth Unit 4: Context Clues/Lesson 1- Classical Music Review (pages 134-141)

Month 3

Week
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2		 Week
3		 Week
4
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1		 Unit 5: Context Clues/ Lesson 1: An Environmental Engineer Review ( pages 171-177) Lesson 5- The Maori of New Zealand Lesson 4- The European Raja of Sarawak
Day
2		 Lesson 2- A Human Resources Manager Unit 6: Context Clues/ Lesson 1- The Sami of Northern Europe Review (211-218) Lesson 5- The Iditarod
Day
3		 Lesson 3- A Computer Information Specialistr Lesson 2- The Ainu of Japan Unit 7: Context Clues/ Lesson 1- The Polynesian Review (pages 248-255)
Day
4		 Lesson 4- A Firefighter Lesson 3- The Yanomani of the Amazon Lesson 2- A Giraffe in Central Asia
Day
5		 Lesson 5- A Chimney Sweep Lesson 4- The Hopi of Arizona : Lesson 3- The First Woman on Mt. Everest

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