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New Keystone

SECONDARY

New Keystone accelerate English language proficiency and
academic success. The series, designed for students aged
10 to 14, is the third edition of the highly successful
reading and language development program. It offers
scaffolded, sustained instruction combined with an explicit
focus on language development. This proven approach
accelerates language acquisition, literacy, and transferable

academic skills simultaneously.

Academic rigor is assured through alignment to the
Common Core State Standards. The series also develops
transferable academic skills.

FEATURES

• Drives student progress: a flexible reading and language development program
that accelerates student achievement through scaffolded, sustained instruction
and language development strategies.

• Thematic units: each level has 6 thematic units organized around a Big Question.

• Mapped to the Global Scale of English (GSE): provides focused learning
objectives that facilitate greater precision in performance assessment.

• Aligned to the Common Core State Standards: offers the rigor of a first language
course, while care has been taken to scaffold learning, so it is an appropriate pace
for second-language learners.

• Reading is at the heart of every unit: each reading focuses on comprehension,
reading strategies, and building fluency.

• Authentic readings: lessons center on a wide range of genres, including
biographies, informational texts, and poems, as well as classic and contemporary
literature.

• Reader+: a digital copy of the book with audio and video embedded. It is possible
to highlight text, make notes, bookmark pages, and zoom.

• EXAMVIEW™: allows teachers to create and customize a test, edit and delete
questions from a question bank, and print tests.

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