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| Black Cat Green
Apple is a 3-level
series (Starter, Step 1, Step 2) of richly illustrated graded
readers recommended for teenagers. It offers a wide range
of both classic and original stories in a variety of genres such
as history, crime, mystery and horror, ghosts, human interest
and more. Each title in the series integrates a
story with activities in the four skills, as well as informative
background information to provide students with an enjoyable
and rewarding, all-in-one reading experience. |
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Integrated activities: |
The stories are divided into several
chapters that are interspersed with a wide variety of stimulating
activities that develop the
four skills. These provide opportunities for students to check
their understanding, practice grammar patterns and use new vocabulary.
The format of many of the activities is similar to that found
in the Cambridge ESOL Examinations (YLE Flyers; KET; PET) and
provides useful additional practice for students preparing for
these exams.
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Starter: YLE (Young Learners English) Flyers / KET (Key
English Test) |
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Step 1: YLE Flyers / KET |
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Step 2: PET (Preliminary English Test) |
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Color
illustrations: |
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All titles feature rich, full-color illustrations and photographs
to aid comprehension and add visual stimulation. |
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Vocabulary
support: |
| Story pages feature
extensive footnotes with explanations and definitions of difficult
words used in the story. Pictures are used wherever possible
to depict certain vocabulary. |
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Background
information: |
| Informative dossier
sections included throughout the books present useful background
information to the stories, their related themes and their authors. |
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Internet
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Some titles contain Internet projects that are designed to encourage
students to do further research on the story or themes presented
if they wish. |
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Exit tests: |
| An exit test is included at the back
of many titles to allow students to check their overall understanding
of the story, the characters and the themes introduced. |
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Audio/visual
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| All titles are available with or
without CDs. The CDs contain dramatic recordings of the stories and
the additional listening activities. Some titles are available with
specially-enhanced CDs that operate both as audio CDs and as CD-ROMs.
When used in a computer (Windows/Macintosh), they present a number
of games, activities and film clips, in addition to the recording
of the text, to help learning in an innovative and enjoyable way. |
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Teacher’s
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| Complimentary teacher’s notes for
all titles are available from IPI on request. These contain answer
keys to the exercises and exit tests, and for many titles, also contain
an additional photocopiable exit test with answers. |
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| How is the language content organized? |
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| The Green
Apple series
is based on internationally recognized standards of lexical and
structural control. Click
here to view a list of the grammatical
structures covered at each level. |
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| What
do the books look like? |
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Click the links below
to view examples of a selection of story pages, activity pages
and dossier sections from the titles indicated.
Starter |
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titles to read based on their current language ability. There are
three levels in the series that cover a range of abilities from
beginner to elementary. Another way to choose is to consider the
genre, that is, the general theme of the stories. In this way,
students can choose stories from genres that interest them the
most. Genres represented in the Green Apple series are: Fairy tale
and fantasy, History, Fact, Mystery and horror, Legend, Adventure,
Ghosts and Human interest. Click
here to view a list of titles
categorized according to genre. |
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| What titles are available? |
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| Are there graded readers for
other ages? |
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