Even More True Stories
Even More True Stories

Author: Sandra Heyer

Publisher: LONGMAN

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780131751736

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Would you believe ... ? A pilot gets sucked out of his plane and survives, as does everyone else on board. A young American woman goes to Paris to find herself and finds her long lost family instead. Even More True Stories, Third Edition, by Sandra Heyer, continues the True Stories tradition with sixteen new or updated human-interest stories adapted from curretn newspapers and magazines. The universal appeal of these real believe-it-or-not tales ensures a motivating reading experience for intermediate-level students of English. It's a book they won't want to put down. Features of the Third Edition Revised exercises for vocabulary development, reading comprehension, discussion, and writing to help students develop language proficiency. New or updated Challenge pages with authentic reading selections to motivate students to read on their own. A new To the Teacher section with background information and teaching tips to help teachers make the reading class more interactive. The True Stories series includes: True Stories Behind the Songs More True Stories Behind the Songs Very Easy True Stories All New Very Easy True Stories Easy True Stories All New Easy True Stories True Stories in the News, Third Edition More True Stories, Third Edition Even More True Stories Beyond True Stories

More True Stories
More True Stories

Author: Sandra Heyer

Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9780201695168

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22 readings based on human-interest stories adapted from newspapers and magazines for ESL students.

Even More True Stories Student Book with Essential Online Resources Level 4, Silver Edition
Even More True Stories Student Book with Essential Online Resources Level 4, Silver Edition

Author: Sandra Heyer

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Published: 2018-07-18

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780135177945

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Since first published twenty-five years ago, True Stories has provided entertaining stories and effective reading-skill instruction to English language learners throughout the world, helping them build language skills through a carefully paced, step-by-step process. The Silver Edition continues to provide stories whose universal appeal ensures a pleasurable reading experience and motivates students toward reading fluency. New to this edition * New and updated stories maintain the high interest of the series and capture students' imaginations. * A colorful new design makes the readings inviting and enhance students' understanding and enjoyment of the stories. * A uniform unit structure runs across all six books* in the edition, making it easy for students to move seamlessly from one level to the next. * Audio recordings of every reading. Every story in the series has been recorded and made available online for students or teachers to download. * Digital Resources including: - audio recordings of every reading - teaching tips - answer keys - additional practice activities Other highlights * Pre-reading activities introduce the units visually to ease students into the readings. * Pre- and post-reading exercises develop vocabulary, reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills. * A structured discussion activity at the end of each unit prompts students to share their own "true stories." * Interactive activities for pair and group work are ideal for multilevel classes. * Mapped to the Global Scale of English

Telling True Stories
Telling True Stories

Author: Mark Kramer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-01-30

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1440628947

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Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists. The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including: • Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story • Gay Talese on writing about private lives • Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles • Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters • Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth • Dozens of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more . . . The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.

More True Stories Behind the Songs
More True Stories Behind the Songs

Author: Sandra Heyer

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780132468053

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More True Stories Behind the Songs, a high-beginning reader for students of English, continues the True Stories tradition - with a twist. The text features lyrics for eight popular songs along with real, believe-it-or-not stories about the songs and their songwriter. Companion stories related to the topic of the song around out the uints.

The Moth Presents: All These Wonders
The Moth Presents: All These Wonders

Author: Catherine Burns

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1101904410

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“Wonderful." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Celebrating the 20th anniversary of storytelling phenomenon The Moth, 45 unforgettable true stories about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best ever told on their stages Carefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of live storytelling, All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Alongside Meg Wolitzer, John Turturro, and Tig Notaro, readers will encounter: an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, an Afghan refugee learning how much her father sacrificed to save their family, a hip-hop star coming to terms with being a “one-hit wonder,” a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill’s “secret army” during World War II, and more. High-school student and neuroscientist alike, the storytellers share their ventures into uncharted territory—and how their lives were changed indelibly by what they discovered there. With passion, and humor, they encourage us all to be more open, vulnerable, and alive.

All New Easy True Stories
All New Easy True Stories

Author: Sandra Heyer

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780131182653

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All New Easy True Stories, by Sandra Heyer, continues the True Stories tradition with a companion book to Easy True Stories. Written at the same level, the text features all new stories and exercises. A man chokes on his favourite food, but his daughter saves him in a very unusual way. What is it? A lonely sailor puts a message in a bottle. A fisherman finds it and gives it to his daughter. What does she do with it? On a very hot day, a boy finds two puppies locked in a car. How does he keep them alive? The real believe-it-or-not tales are adapted from newspapers and magazines and are sure to captivate students of English. The stories are told as simply as possible and are written almost exclusively in the present tense. Nine pre-reading drawings introduce each unit visually and ease students into reading.