Compass Classic Readers  (high quality PDF, audio)

Description

Compass Classic Readers

DEMO and list book: LINK

Benefits of Reading Classic Readers

Extensive Reading Practice
• Fundamental reading fluency practice
• Extension & consolidation of vocabulary
• Repeated exposure to common grammar structure

Acknowledged Education Value
• Accessible adaptations of the world’s greatest literary works
• Cultural and historical contexts for broader understanding of the world

Why Compass Classic Readers?
Grasp both Language Learning and Content Learning

Each Reader Includes:
• Carefully graded retold-stories using appropriate vocabulary and sentence structure
• Motivating full-color illustrations (excluding level 5 & 6)
• Discussion questions before and after each chapter
• A short playlet for fun classroom activities
• A glossary of key vocabulary words
• MP3 file

LEVEL	1	2	3	4	5	6
Family Words per Reader*	550	750	950	1150	1350	1550
Family Words per Level*	1500	2000	2500	3000	3500	4000

Preview Questions
help learners to think about the topic of the chapter before reading the story

Review Questions

check to see if learners have understood the story thoroughly

Playlet
engages learners in fun classroom performances.

What is Extensive Reading?
Extensive reading is fast, fluent reading of storybooks with high levels of comprehension. The focus is on comprehension and enjoyment, not language learning. The aim is to deepen learners’ confidence in already-acquired language through exposure. With extensive reading, learners choose books on their own at the appropriate level. They can choose from large a quantity of varied and appealing themes. Intensive and extensive
reading can be used together in a language learning program. New words and grammar can be introduced in a linear course structure focusing on intensive reading, while extensive reading can consolidate and deepen students’ knowledge of language by providing a language-rich environment.

Leveling:

A leveled reading series must have a number of levels, in which certain elements of the text become increasingly more difficult as the levels progress. Compass Readers are designed using both qualitative and quantitative measures to ensure appropriate grading and leveling of the readers.

List book:

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
• The Emperor’s New Clothes • Black Beauty • Grimm’s Fairy Tales • Favorite Asian Folk Tales • The Wind in the Willows • Doctor Dolittle • Just So Stories • The Jungle Book • Aesop’s Fables • The Happy Prince	• The Arabian Night • Robin Hood • Alice in Wonderland • The Wizard of Oz • The Railway Children • The Secret Garden • White Fang • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • Peter Pan • Anne of Green Gables	• The Merchant of Venice • Treasure Island • King Solomon’s Mines • The Time Machine • Robinson Crusoe • Romeo and Juliet • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Frankenstein • A Christmas Carol • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ( MISSING THIS BOOK)
Level 4	Level 5	Level 6
• David Copperfield • The Thirty-Nine Steps • Oliver Twist • Little Women • Sherlock Holmes • Tales of Mystery & Imagination • Around the World in Eighty Days • The Moonstone • The Prisoner of Zenda • Sense and Sensibility	• The Invisible Man • Shakespeare’s Tragedies • Shakespeare’s Comedies • A Tale of Two Cities • Vanity Fair • Pride and Prejudice • Moby Dick • The Importance of Being Earnest • More Tales of Mystery and Imagination • The Hound of the Baskervilles	• Wuthering Heights • Great Expectations • Nicholas Nickleby • The Three Musketeers • The Phantom of the Opera • Jane Eyre • Tess of the D’Urbervilles • Classic American Short Stories • Classic British Short Stories • The War of the Worlds