Each book features:
-- Relevant story topics that relate to student's lives.
-- Pre-reading and follow-up questions to check students comprehension and generate classroom conversation.
-- Word banks that precede each dialog and story to build basic vocabulary.
-- A cassette(s) that includes all the dialogues and stories from the text.

This newest young adult reader features 33 dialogues and 8 stories about events in the lives of newcomers to the United States -- ordinary people and famous people -- their joys and struggles, their hopes and fears, their light moments and serious ones.
-- Pre-reading questions activate students' prior knowledge on the topic.
-- High-interest topics maintain student interest.
-- Word previews and vocabulary building activities provide meaning in context.
-- Reading skills are developed through individual and pair work activities.
-- Role playing and discussion activities offer opportunities to increase fluency in English.
-- A Workbook provides additional practice in building vocabulary and reading skills.
-- An audio program includes dialogues and stories from the text.