ThePassword series uses readings about real people, places, and events to help high-beginning to intermediate students develop reading skills and increase their active vocabulary. Each book’s theme-based units feature engaging passages, carefully chosen vocabulary, and a variety of exercises to motivate readers.

With an emphasis on systematic vocabulary acquisition, this series includes engaging readings about real people, places, events, and ideas. Students are able to develop the reading skills essential for a solid reading foundation. The series uses carefully controlled sentence structure and targets the high-frequency vocabulary that will get students from the 600- to the 2,000-word level.

Features

• Pre-reading questions and tasks get students thinking about the topic band introduce relevant vocabulary.

• Post-reading exercises help students with comprehension and strengthen such skills as scanning, summarizing, discussion, and writing.

• Expansion activities include word families and collocations, word puzzles, and building dictionary skills.

• Vocabulary self-tests.