Side by Side Plus 4: Life Skills, Standards, & Test Prep - Softcover

Molinsky, Steven J.; Bliss, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135087597 ISBN 13: 9780135087596

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2009

About this title

From the Back Cover

This pack includes the ""Side by Side Plus 1 Student Book"" and the ""Activity & Test Prep Workbook 1."" ""Side by Side"" has helped over 25 million students worldwide persist and succeed as language learners. Now, in this special edition for adult learners in standards-based programs, "Side by Side Plus" builds students' general language proficiency and prepares them for their life-skill roles in the community, family, school, and at work. Easy-to-use teacher support materials include hundreds of multilevel activities and a wealth of supplemental worksheets, achievement tests, and other resources to assure learner persistence and success. Outstanding Features:

• Picture dictionary lessons introduce unit vocabulary in a clear, easy-to-use format.
• The program's guided conversation methodology integrates grammar, vocabulary, and topics through real-life communication practice that is student-centered, interactive, and fun.
• Standards-based lessons in each unit develop the competencies included in CASAS, BEST Plus, EFF, SCANS, Model Standards, and other major curriculum frameworks and assessment systems.
• Teamwork, critical thinking, and community tasks promote cooperative learning, problem-solving, and civics connections.
• Diverse reading and writing activities include realia, narrative readings, and journal-writing to develop skills for daily life, self-expression, and academic advancement.
• Built-in assessment in each unit includes a check-up test and vocabulary and skill checklists enabling students to assess their progress.
• "Side by Side"Gazette magazine sections promote learner persistence through high-interest material that students can use in class or on their own, building a bridge between the classroom and the home.
• A Bonus Gazette Audio CD included with the text offers entertaining radio program-style recordings of Gazette activities.
• The Activity & Test Prep Workbook offers all-skills practice, GrammarRaps, and unit achievement tests.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135087597
• ISBN 13: 9780135087596
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Hill Richard E.