Bricks Reading With Reading Skills 1

Audio CD Inclu_d ed

Tom Helm | Nancy Hollman | Carrie Wilcox | Lindsay Irvine

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Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is a three-leveled reading course that enables learners to build their critical reading and comprehension skills. It is designed for pre-intermediate to intermediate learners who want to be successful readers.

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is written by native English speaker teachers who teach in primary schools in the U.S.A, Canada, and the U.K. The themes vary from familiar subject matters to culturally unique ones. In addition, the themes are based on cross-curricular approaches to expose learners to various subject areas: science, history, math, art, and more.

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills offers interesting and informative theme-based units with various formats and genres: fiction, nonfiction, letters, news articles, journals, plus more. The formats are designed to optimize understanding of the reading contents.

F E A T U R E S

●_{Written by native English speaker teachers who have worked for primary schools} ●Theme-based subject matters and topics

●Various formats for subject related reading contents ●_{Systematic vocabulary and reading strategy builders} ●_{Enough practice to check comprehension}

●Speaking and writing activities to extend reading skills ●Reliable levels by

C O M P O N E N T S

●Student Book ●_{Audio CD} ●_{MP3 files}

●Teachers’ Guide with answer keys ●Dictation and vocabulary worksheets

Download Resources : www.redbricks.co.kr

ISBN 89-5602-655-6

Bricks Reading

with Reading Skills

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with Reading Skills

A u t h o r s

T. Bradford Helm, Nancy Hollman,

Carrie Wilcox, Lindsay Irvine, RedBricks Contents Group

R e v i e w e r s

Ph. D Andrew Edward Finch, Benjamin Schultz

Unit

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Unit

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Unit

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New Family

What Ben Can Do

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Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies

Reading SkillMain Idea and Supporting Details

My New Best Friend

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Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies

Reading SkillPlaces and Events

Bath

Get Chubby to the Tub

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Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies

Reading SkillSequence of Events

How to Take a Bath

24

Nonfiction: Informational Story / Social Studies

Reading SkillOrganizing Details

My Race

The Odd Race

30

Nonfiction: Fairy Tale / Physical Education

Reading SkillCompare and Contrast

My First Race

36

Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Physical Education

Reading SkillUnderstanding Feelings

Kitten Stories

The Story of Miss Moppet

42

Fiction: Fairy Tale / Social Studies

Reading SkillVisual Imagination

Why Dogs Chase Cats

48

Fiction: Fairy Tale / Social Studies

Reading SkillContrasting Characters

Rain, Rain, Rain

Wet Walk

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Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Science

Reading SkillCause and Feelings

Questions about Weather

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Nonfiction: Informational Story / Science

Reading SkillGiving Titles

Enjoy Cartoons!

Calvin and Hobbes

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Fiction: Cartoon / Social Studies

Reading SkillInferring Personality

Famous Cartoon Character: Garfield

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Nonfiction: Informational Story / Social Studies

Reading SkillMaking a Prediction Based on Characters

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Unit

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Unit

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OVERVIEW

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is a three-leveled reading program that enables learners to

practice in-depth reading. It is designed for pre-intermediate to intermediate junior learners. Its content and formats are well planned to enable learners to build their reading comprehension, critical reading, and writing skills.

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills has interesting and informative reading content. It is written

by native English speaker teachers who teach in primary schools in the U.S.A, Canada, and the U.K. The theme selections are based on a cross-curricular approach, which exposes learners to various subject areas.

Two stories in each unit share a theme. Each story selection builds on content vocabulary and skills introduced in the selection. Reading two different stories with a shared theme helps learners explore the theme area in a creative and interesting way. The theme-based stories have various formats and genres: fiction, nonfiction, letters, news articles, journal entries, plus more. The formats are designed to optimize understanding of the reading contents.

An important aspect of Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is that it is designed to promote strategic comprehension. Learners build reading strategies through post-reading activities using graphic organizers. These activities also help learners build strong reading habits: to read the content with a critical eye, to read between lines, to appreciate reading content, and to read content with an academic purpose.

The post-reading tasks with graphic organizers allow learners to link reading skills with thinking and writing skills; learners have to write down answers to complete each task while they plan answers in a creative way.

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is an optimal guide for reading practice; learners with

confidence in reading can show high performance on tests. Bricks Reading with Reading Skills invites learners to take successful steps into the reading world. With Bricks Reading with

Reading Skills, learners will become global leaders who have superior language skills and

thinking power.

TO TEACHERS

The two stories in each unit are connected to each other based on a common theme. You can invite learners to read the two reading selections while considering the theme. In addition, you can point out the typical formats of each genre. You can point out the vocabulary words in bold face and then illustrate, or invite learns to guess, the meanings. Also, you can present a reading

strategy by referring to the ‘Reading Skill Up’ section on the following page of each story selection. The reading strategies illustrated in the ‘Reading Skill Up’ sections help learners understand the story fluently by using comprehension cues.

The stories in Bricks Reading with Reading Skills were reviewed by ATOSTM_{. You can find out}

additional reading materials such as ‘chapter books’ at http://www.renlearn.com/store/quiz_ home.asp. Refer to the reading ability ranges of each volume:

Title Reading Ability Word Count

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills 1 1~1.5 250

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills 2 1.6~2.0 300

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills 3 2.1~2.5 350

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills offers various activities enabling learners to improve

language skills, such as vocabulary, reading comprehension, reading strategy, and speaking and writing skills.

Vocabulary Build Upprovides learners opportunities to practice vocabulary at pre-reading and post-reading stages. The first activity, a matching activity, invites learners to match words from the selections to the correct definitions. The second activity, a ‘filling in the blanks’ activity, invites learners to review the learned words in a different context. These tools check word comprehension.

Comprehension Check Upoffers three types of objective questions enabling learners to check their reading comprehension: true and false, multiple choice, and simple writing questions. The variety of post-reading questions helps learners feel confident and improve their

comprehension skills.

Reading Skill Uphelps learners comprehend the selections in a creative way based on a reading strategy. The strategic comprehension activities introduce a new reading strategy, help learners use their previous reading skills, and help learners build strong reading habits.

Story Summary Upis a ‘filling out the gaps’ activity. Summarizing is an important habit that helps readers progress through reading. This activity allows learners to summarize the reading by filling out information gaps using words and sentence patterns from the story.

Think and Act Outis an activity that can be completed during, or after, the reading. There are two questions related to the reading content that can be used for extended speaking and writing lessons. These questions offer in-depth studies on reading and opportunities to connect the reading content to prior knowledge.

A Read Along Audio CDis included so that learners can listen to the speech of native speakers. Learners can listen to the stories exclusively or dictate the recording inclusively with dictation worksheets. The dictation worksheets are available from the Teacher’s Guide Book or at http://www.redbricks.co.kr.

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My brother Ben is a ten-month-old

boy. He can’t walk. He can’t talk.

But he can do many things. Do you

know what Ben can do?

Ben can go walking with us. He can

ride in a stroller. He watches many

things with his eyes open. He takes a

nap with his eyes closed.

Ben can express his feelings. He cries

when he is hungry or unhappy. He

laughs when he is full or happy. He

frowns when he goes number two.

Ben can fly in the air. He plays with

Dad. Dad lifts him up. Ben controls

Dad. Dad is a plane. Ben is a pilot.

What Ben Can Do

Unit 1. New Family

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Ben can make a mural. He draws pictures

on the walls. He uses crayons and lipstick.

Nobody knows what the pictures mean. He

is an artist.

Ben can make

a song. He

plays the

piano. He makes songs. He does not look

at the notes. He is a pianist and a

composer.

Ben can keep my secrets. He just listens to them.

He never tells them to anyone. When I broke the window, Ben

did not tell Mom. He is an honest

baby.

And he can be my best friend. Ben

is only ten months old. But he can

do

many

things.

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A. Match the words to the correct definitions.

1. nap

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• a fact that is not told to anyone else

2. express

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• to say or show what a person thinks

3. feeling

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• a picture painted on a wall

4. frown

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• someone who makes music

5. lift up

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• an emotion such as love and anger

6. mural

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• a short sleep

7. composer •

• not lying or cheating in one’s friendships

8. secret

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• to bring upward; raise

9. honest

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• to winkle the face to show unhappiness

1. He is a _____________. He wrote great songs.

ⓐ pilot

ⓑ policeman

ⓒ nap

ⓓ composer

2. Our class is making a _____________ on the wall. It will be a great picture.

ⓐ pet

ⓑ song

ⓒ mural

ⓓ friend

3. Shh... Don’t say it to anyone. Please keep my _____________.

ⓐ food

ⓑ friend

ⓒ secret

ⓓ stroller

4. Are you okay? I want to know your _____________.

ⓐ feeling

ⓑ saying

ⓒ sleeping

ⓓ listening

5. He never tells a lie. He is an _____________ man.

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Unit 1. New Family

A. Check True or False.

1. Ben plays with Dad.

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F

2. Ben frowns when he is happy.

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1. Who is telling the story?

ⓐ Ben’s brother

ⓑ Ben’s mother

ⓒ Ben’s father

ⓓ Ben

2. What is the story mainly about?

ⓐ classmates

ⓑ brother’s baby ⓒ Ben

ⓓ school

3. What can Ben not do?

ⓐ make a song

ⓑ talk

ⓒ keep secrets

ⓓ draw pictures

4. What is true about the story?

ⓐ Ben can fly a plane.

ⓑ Ben has no friend.

ⓒ Ben is a baby.

ⓓ Ben can run.

C. Write the best answers.

1. How old is Ben?

________________________________________________________________

2. What does Ben use when he makes a mural?

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

A story is about a main idea. Supporting details tell many things about the main idea.

Choose and write what Ben can do.

Ben can do many things.

Main Idea

Ben can do many things.

•lift Dad up •express his feelings •make a mural

•walk •talk •fly in the air

•make a song •look at the notes •keep my secrets

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Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. brother can do ten many months

My ______________ Ben is only ______________ ______________ old, but he

______________ ______________ ______________ things.

Write or say your own opinions.

What is number two in the story?

Ben can’t walk. But he can go walking with his family. How does this make sense?

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I get up. I go to the kitchen. Only Grandma is there.

“Where are Mom and Dad?” Grandma smiles and answers,

“Oh, my girl. Do you know you will have a new best friend soon?”

“No. I have no idea.”

I already have many friends: Karen, Boe, Noa, and my classmates.

I don’t need more friends. I just miss my mom and dad! I have breakfast

and I go to school.

After school, I find my grandma at school. She is waiting for me in the

car. My mom is supposed to be here. What’s going on?

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“Cynthia, let’s go to the hospital,” says Grandma.

“No, I don’t want to go to hospital! I am perfectly okay,” I cry out.

Grandma says, “Calm down, baby. You will see your new best friend.”

She starts driving.

When I get to the hospital, I see my

dad! My dad and grandma go to a room.

I follow them. There is a bed in the

room. My mom is in the bed. “Are you

okay? You look exhausted,” I say.

My mom says, “I am fantastic, dear.”

I look around the room. My best friend

Karen is not there. Karen is at her home!

I find something cute and small with

my mom.

“What is it? It’s so cute and small,”

I ask my mom. My mom says,

“It’s your new best friend. Cynthia, she is your baby sister.”

“Is she my baby sister? I like her!” I say.

“I will love my best friend forever. Hey, little girl, I am your sister.

Nice to meet you.”

And I kiss my baby sister.

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A. Match the words to the correct definitions.

1. get up

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• to stay to see something or someone

2. classmates •

• for all time; always

3. need

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• to want

4. miss

•

• to want to see

5. wait for

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• to come or go after

6. follow

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• very pretty

7. cute

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• to wake up; get out of bed

8. forever

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• students who are in the same class

1. I don’t _____________ more food. I am full.

ⓐ miss

ⓑ need

ⓒ drink

ⓓ hate

2. Nancy will _____________ you here. She wants to see you.

ⓐ come from

ⓑ ask for

ⓒ wait for

ⓓ go to

3. Linda is a good mother. She will love her son now and _____________.

ⓐ never

ⓑ forever

ⓒ only

ⓓ really

4. I want to see my mom and dad. I _____________ my parents.

ⓐ like

ⓑ get

ⓒ miss

ⓓ ask

5. The dog _____________ me to the house.

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A. Check True or False.

1. Cynthia does not have Mom and Dad.

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F

2. Cynthia’s grandmother can drive a car.

T

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1. What is not true about the story?

ⓐ Grandma knows what’s happening. ⓑ The girl is a student.

ⓒ Mom is sick.

ⓓ Dad goes with mom.

2. Who usually picks Cynthia up?

ⓐ Grandma

ⓑ Mom

ⓒ Dad

ⓓ baby sister

3. How does the baby look? Choose two answers.

ⓐ small

ⓑ tall

ⓒ cute

ⓓ beautiful

4. How does Cynthia think at the end of the story?

ⓐ ‘I will love my sister for all time.’

ⓑ ‘I will love my mom more.’

ⓒ ‘I like to have more classmates.’

ⓓ ‘My best friend is Boe.’

C. Write the best answers.

1. What are the names of Cynthia’s friends?

________________________________________________________________

2. Where are the mom and baby?

________________________________________________________________

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Places and Events

Events happen in specific places. You can understand the event of the story by the places.

Where the events happen in the story? Choose and fill out the chart.

•Cynthia gets up. •Cynthia kisses her baby sister.

•Cynthia cannot find mom and dad. •Cynthia sees her mom and a cute baby.

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Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. baby forever grandma hospital new sister

One day, Cynthia can not see her mom and dad. Her ____________ just tells her she

will have a ____________ best friend. After school, Cynthia goes to a ____________

to see her mom and dad. There is a ____________ with them. The baby is her new

best friend. Cynthia says she will love her ____________ ____________.

Write or say your own opinions.

Who was the new best friend?

How does Cynthia’s feeling change?

Audio CD Inclu_d ed

Tom Helm | Nancy Hollman | Carrie Wilcox | Lindsay Irvine

1

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is a three-leveled reading course that enables learners to build their critical reading and comprehension skills. It is designed for pre-intermediate to intermediate learners who want to be successful readers.

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is written by native English speaker teachers who teach in primary schools in the U.S.A, Canada, and the U.K. The themes vary from familiar subject matters to culturally unique ones. In addition, the themes are based on cross-curricular approaches to expose learners to various subject areas: science, history, math, art, and more.

Bricks Reading with Reading Skills offers interesting and informative theme-based units with various formats and genres: fiction, nonfiction, letters, news articles, journals, plus more. The formats are designed to optimize understanding of the reading contents.

F E A T U R E S

●_{Written by native English speaker teachers who have worked for primary schools} ●Theme-based subject matters and topics

●Various formats for subject related reading contents ●_{Systematic vocabulary and reading strategy builders} ●_{Enough practice to check comprehension}

●Speaking and writing activities to extend reading skills ●Reliable levels by

C O M P O N E N T S

●Student Book ●_{Audio CD} ●_{MP3 files}

●Teachers’ Guide with answer keys ●Dictation and vocabulary worksheets

Download Resources : www.redbricks.co.kr

ISBN 89-5602-655-6

Bricks Reading

with Reading Skills

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1