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Real Reading 1 Teacher's Manual, Creating an Authentic Reading Experience

This manual, "Real Reading 1: Creating an Authentic Reading Experience," is a teacher's guide for the Real Reading 1 student book.

Here's a breakdown of its contents:

• Copyright and Credits: Information on the publication year (2011), publisher (Pearson Education, Longman), and the team involved in its creation.
• Contents: A table listing the main sections: Scope and Sequence, Model Lesson Plan, Unit Notes, and Student Book Answer Key.
• Scope and Sequence: Details the units and chapters, including the reading skills, vocabulary skills, and vocabulary strategies covered in each, along with the corresponding chapters and their themes.
• Model Lesson Plan: Provides a generic guide for teaching any unit in the Student Book, outlining suggested methods for instruction, activity timings, and variations for different sections like "Think Before You Read," "Prepare to Read," "Reading Skill," "Read," "Vocabulary Check," "Comprehension Check," "Discuss," "Vocabulary Skill Building," "Learn the Vocabulary," and "Fluency Practice."
• Unit Notes: Offers an overview of each of the 12 units, including the unit theme, a summary of each chapter's reading, target vocabulary, and specific skills and strategies taught. It also includes follow-up activities (speaking, writing, or vocabulary) for each unit.
  • Unit 1: In the Water (Aquatic Exercise)
  • Unit 2: Telling Stories (Folktales)
  • Unit 3: What's for Dinner? (Unique Food)
  • Unit 4: Funny Business (Laughter and Humor)
  • Unit 5: Some of My Best Friends Are Animals (Human-Animal Interactions)
  • Unit 6: Learning from Mother Nature (Innovations Based on Animal Behavior)
  • Unit 7: Superstitions (Reasons people believe in them)
  • Unit 8: Staying Alive (Survival in extreme situations)
  • Unit 9: Truth or Lies? (Deception, human and animal)
  • Unit 10: Twice as Good (Identical Twins)
  • Unit 11: Illusions (Why we can't always trust what we see or remember)
  • Unit 12: Collective Madness (Mass psychogenic illness)
• Tests: Information about reproducible tests available online for each unit to evaluate student progress in reading and vocabulary skills.
• Student Book Answer Key: Provides answers to exercises in the student book, organized by unit and chapter. This section covers "Think Before You Read," "Prepare to Read," "Vocabulary Check," "Comprehension Check," "Vocabulary Skill Building," "Learn the Vocabulary," and "Vocabulary Practice" exercises.