Overview

Skill Sharpeners, Third Edition, by Judy DeFilippo and Charles Skidmore, is a four-level series especially designed for students whose skills in English require strengthening. By introducing basic skills tied to classroom subjects in a simple grammatical framework, the series helps to prepare these students for academic success. The Skill Sharpeners series bridges the gap between English Language Learning and regular school subjects. With all students, it reinforces confidence and self-esteem. Each level of the series offers exercises to sharpen both language and subject-area skills. Students interpret graphs and charts, read maps, solve math word problems, and learn library and study skills. They sharpen comprehension skills as they read about history, science, and American culture. And they deepen their understanding of basic English structure. Lessons cover skills required on most middle school state-competency tests. The Third Edition of Skill Sharpeners preserves all the features of the earlier edition and updates content. A favorite with teachers nationwide, Skill Sharpeners remains dedicated to helping students sharpen their skills in all facets of English communication.Features *Higher-order thinking skills and writing. *Survival skills necessary for coping with a new environment. *Abundance of content area reading and writing activities. *Comprehensive review of language structures. *Self-contained lessons. *Test-taking strategies.

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Author:   Judy DeFilippo ,  Charles Skidmore
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson Education (US)
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.270kg
ISBN:  

9780131929944

ISBN 10:   0131929941
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   24 June 2004
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

UNIT 1 Discovering Facts and Feelings Choose the Best Word (Choosing the correct verb tense and form-simple present and past, present and past progressive) Small Talk (Reviewing verb tenses, understanding cause and effect, building vocabulary, charting information) Likes and Dislikes (Using like(s), doesn't/don't like plus gerund) Interviewing: Getting to Know Each Other (Interviewing, giving an oral report, asking questions, writing a paragraph) Alternative Word Meanings (Choosing the correct definition, building vocabulary) 200 Years of American History (Interpreting a time line, sequencing) Affirmative and Negative (Forming negative sentences, asking questions) Getting to Know You (Reading comprehension, building vocabulary) A Busy Morning (Using pictures to complete a story, distinguishing between true, false, and ?) Word Skills: Homophones (Distinguishing between homophones) Dear Dot (Reading comprehension, understanding words through context, making judgments) UNIT 2 Food, Diets, and Nutrition Sensible Sam (Adverbs of frequency, interpreting a chart) Counting Calories (Using charts to solve word problems, devising a diet) In the Kitchen (1) (Asking/answering questions-Are there any ..? How many ..?, using adverbs of quantity) In the Kitchen (2) (Asking/answering quantity questions with non-count nouns) Sam's Place (Interpreting a menu, solving mathematical word problems) Food for Your Health (Reading comprehension, drawing conclusions, building vocabulary, identifying main idea and details, charting information) Beginnings and Endings (Noting cause and effect, using so, because) Word Skills: Antonyms (Understanding antonyms, classifying) Call the Doctor! (Building vocabulary, discussing illnesses and symptoms) Follow the Directions (Reading medical prescriptions and labels) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, understanding words through context, making judgments) UNIT 3 On the Job Summer Jobs (Reading and comparing Help Wanted ads) Work Places (Drawing conclusions, building vocabulary) Application Forms (Filling out an application form) Your Social Security (Learning about Social Security, answering application form questions) Late Nate (Using the simple past tense, regular and irregular forms) Busy Body (Identifying main idea and details, building vocabulary, making mathematical calculations, recalling details) Word Skills: Adding -ing (Constructing gerunds, applying rules for spelling changes) Thank You (Writing a thank-you note) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, understanding words through context, making judgments) UNIT 4 Tasks and Travel The Present Perfect Tense (1) (Using the present perfect tense, forming regular and irregular past participles) The Present Perfect Tense (2) (Using the present perfect and past tenses) Have You Ever? (Using the present perfect tense, interviewing, writing an informative paragraph) Reading a Map (Interpreting a transit map, writing and following written directions) The Water Cycle (Identifying main idea and details, interpreting and completing a chart) The Declaration of Independence (Reading comprehension, building vocabulary, drawing conclusions, recalling details, completing an outline) Word Skills: Adding -ed (Forming present, past, and past participle forms, observing spelling changes) What Have They Done? (Predicting outcomes, reviewing present perfect tense) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) UNIT 5 What About You? Can You? Could You? (Using modals can/can't, could/couldn't) Inventors (Reading comprehension, making inferences, building vocabulary, reading for details, drawing conclusions determining cause and effect) Do You Have To? (Using have to, has to, had to) Word Skills: Synonyms (Identifying synonyms) By Myself (Reviewing subject and reflexive pronouns) What's on TV? (Reading a TV schedule) Marvelous Microwaves (Determining cause and effect, sequencing) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) UNIT 6 People, Places, and Progress I Am Pilar (Simple past tense: regular and irregular forms, reading for details, writing an autobiographical paragraph) People and Places (Using adjective clauses with who and where, discussing occupations and community places, drawing conclusions) A Nation of Immigrants (1) (Interpreting graphs, writing a paragraph) A Nation of Immigrants (2) (Reading tables, using an encyclopedia, graphing statistics) What Did You See? (Combining sentences with who) Word Skills: Prefixes (Understanding prefixes) Travel by Rail (Reading comprehension, drawing conclusions, building vocabulary, reading for details, making inferences, discussing opposing viewpoints, making a study chart) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) UNIT 7 Voyage to the Moon A Trip to the Moon: 1865 (Completing a cloze exercise) A Trip to the Moon: 1969 (Reading for details: reviewing verb tenses) Space Exploration (Using the present perfect with already and yet) Present Perfect vs.Past (Contrasting present perfect and past tenses, asking questions) Word Skills: Irregular Plurals (Constructing irregular plurals, using the dictionary to check spelling) Fourth Rock from the Sun (Reading comprehension, interpreting idiomatic expressions, building vocabulary, reading for details, drawing inferences, sequencing, paraphrasing information from an encyclopedia or the Internet) Library Catalog Cards (Using the card catalog) The Future with Will (Constructing the future tense with will) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) UNIT 8 Now and In the Past What Did She Tell You? (Reporting a speech) The Present Perfect Progressive Tense (Describing periods of time with for and since, writing sentences with present perfect progressive tense) Answering Questions Correctly (Reviewing present, past, future, and present perfect progressive tenses) How Long and How Many? (Comparing present perfect progressive and present perfect) An Important Science (Reading comprehension, identifying main idea, building vocabulary, reading for details, drawing conclusions, understanding cause and effect, researching, writing a report) Paul Pantella (Reviewing present perfect progressive and present perfect, simple past, plans to/wants to, constructing questions) Word Skills: Category Labels (Classifying) She and Him and They and Them (Reviewing subject and object pronouns) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) UNIT 9 Anything and Everything Something, Anything (Using indefinite pronouns and adjectives) I Just Ate! (Using just with present perfect and simple past) Why Did It Happen? (Determining cause and effect, writing sentences) Using Reference Books (Comparing the uses of different reference books) The Peopling of the Americas (1) (Reading comprehension, inferring character traits, building vocabulary, predicting outcomes, making inferences, sequencing, researching and writing a short report) It's Your Choice (Contrasting present perfect with present and past tenses) Word Skills: Analogies (Completing analogies) Two Careers (Interpreting a chart, reviewing verb tenses, answering and writing questions) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) UNIT 10 Odds and Ends Which Tense? (Reviewing all tenses taught to this point) Word Skills: Categories (Classifying, reviewing vocabulary) The Peopling of the Americas (2) (Reading comprehension, drawing conclusions, identifying main idea, building vocabulary, sequencing, making inferences) Crossword Puzzle (Reviewing past tense of irregular verbs) High Hopes (Reading for details, reviewing verb tenses, writing and answering questions) Stormy Weather (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, interpreting and writing about a weather map) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) UNIT 11 Good, Better, Best Comparisons with Adjectives (Learning rules for forming comparatives) Superlatives with Adjectives (Learning rules for forming superlatives) Fact or Opinion? (Discriminating between fact and opinion) The U.S. Government (Reading comprehension, building vocabulary) Vacation Time (Using comparatives and superlatives) Vacation Deals (Constructing comparatives and superlatives using more and the most) Tour the Sunshine State (Reading for details, distinguishing between true, false, and ?) Biggest, Largest, Longest! (Reading comprehension, restating information, building vocabulary, reading for details, drawing conclusions, classifying) Dear Dot (Reading for details, drawing conclusions, making judgments, writing a letter) Verb Review End of Book Tests Completing Familiar Structures Reading Comprehension Index of Language Objectives

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Judy DeFilippo is a coordinator of ESL in the Intensive English program at Northeastern University. She is author of Lifeskills 1 and 2 and Lifeskills and Citizenship, and is co-author of Grammar Plus, all published by Longman. Charles Skidmore is an ESL teacher at the secondary level in the Boston, Massachusetts, schools and at Boston University's CELOP program. He is co-author of In Good Company, published by Addison-Wesley.

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