directions for newer teachers, as well as creative suggestions for more experienced instructors. More than 300 Expansion Activiites outline creative life-skill and academic tasks, many tied to the Big Picture PowerPoint CD-ROM and Color Overhead Transparencies. Warm-up activities activate background knowledge and engage learners in the content before each lesson. Community Connection and Academic Connection activities suggest ways to improve students' competence in navigating community and academic systems. Reproducible worksheets for Big Picture Expansion Activities provide additional practice with reading skills, grammar points and the use of graphic organizers. Culture/Civics, Grammar, Pronunciation and Vocabulary Notes provide additional teaching points that can extend learning. Two-page achievement tests for each unit assess listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar and writing skills. Listening passages for the tests are provided on the Student Book Audio CD programs. Answer keys and listening scripts for the Student Book, Tests, and Workbook are all provided in the Teacher's Edition.

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