Vocabureaders:
Wheels and Wings and The Zodiac
Level: Elementary, High School, and Adult/Intermediate proficiency

What are Vocabureaders?
They are readers with short articles on subjects of general interest written in simple English. Students are asked to determine the meaning of highlighted vocabulary from context. Then exercises teach the noun, verb, adjective and adverb forms of those words. There are an answer key and teaching suggestions in each book.





Wheels and Wings
Exploring the World of Transportation and Travel
by Raymond C. Clark and Susannah J. Clark.

Price: $5.00 Special ! ISBN:0-86647-053-0

Transportation and travel effect our lives in many interesting ways. There are many related cultural, environmental, and economic issues for discussion. This book describes walling, automobiles, airlines, railroads, buses, boats, taxicabs, subways, trucks, bicycles, motorcycles, and for fun, RVs and snowmobiles. The introductory reading gives some historical perspective. Special features: subway map charts crosswords.

The Zodiac
Exploring Human Qualities and Characteristics
by Mary Riddle Moore.

Price: $5.00 ISBN: 0-86647-080-8

The Zodiac is about astrology, but students learn important language while reading and discussing each sign, the language descriptive of personality, from "aggressive" Aries to "gentle" Pisces. Special features: for each Zodiac sign, there is a brief advice column and a list of famous people born under that sign a glossary suggestions for conversation starters, intercultural explorations, and class activities.