In the Spotlight
Beginning to Low-Intermediate
Inspire students with the best biographies of
exciting well-known personalities
• Motivate students to read with stories of popular
figures
• Improve students’ comprehension, vocabulary, and
writing skills by building on prior knowledge
• Differentiate instruction from intervention through onlevel,
using four reading levels
Now you can motivate your students to read and improve
their reading proficiency with familiar subjects from popular
culture. Each consumable book features nine biographies of
music industry personalities, actors, sports figures, authors,
and artists, each one informative and inspiring. In each
graduated unit, students are guided before, during, and
after reading, with comprehension, skill, and vocabulary
reinforcement, as well as writing exercises.
Guidance through the entire reading process:
• Before reading exercises to activate prior knowledge
• Fun Facts, highlighted vocabulary words, and a Skill
Break during reading
• Follow-up comprehension questions
• Reading skill practice
• Vocabulary reinforcement
• Writing activity in “fun” real-life format
• Compare and contrast two celebrities in a unit
• Self-scoring to allow students to monitor their own
progress
• Personal dictionary to explore new vocabulary words
further
Inspiring biographies of famous personalities:
Will Smith
Grant Hill
Lance Armstrong
Shakira
Shaquille O’Neill
Hillary Duff
Lucy Liu
Jennifer Lopez
J. K. Rowling
Beyoncé Knowles
Michelle Wie
... and many more!
