Blass, Laurie, 1952-

Reading for a reason 1 : expanding reading skills / Laurie Blass, Elizabeth Whalley. - Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c2006 - xviii, 221 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Welcome. - Scope and sequence. - To the teacher. - Thinking about your reading skills. - Unit 1. Psychology. Ch. 1. Friendship. Ch. 2. Finding lost loves. - Unit 2. Food and nutrition. Ch. 3. Food names. Ch. 4. Food and health. - Unit 3. Physics and history of sports. Ch. 5. The physics of sports. Ch. 6. Sports history. - Unit 4. Biology. Ch. 7. Nature or nurture? Ch. 8. Oddities in living nature. - Unit 5. Literature. Ch. 9. Urban legends. Ch. 10. Slam poetry. - Timed reading chart. - Vocabulary index. - Skills index. - Credits

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