Real Life - Böcker

From bestselling author Nancy Rue comes a YA contemporary novel that combines coming-of-age drama with a rom-com series of adventures as one girl deals with her complicated family and first love. Jesse Hatcher is used to keeping everything together—from trying to manage her thoughts amidst her ADHD to helping her mom through bipolar “phases” and keeping the reality of the highs and lows—and their living situation—a secret. But when her supposedly dead father, Lou, appears and her mother becomes suicidal, her taped-together life comes undone.Soon Jesse is placed in Lou’s temporary custody, where she has everything but control. As she works her Dad-mandated job learning to make sushi with a chef intent on torturing her, she concocts a plan to get back to her real home. But then a cute boy named Rocky and the thrill of riding his motorcycle complicate things, and the book she found seems to have all the answers she doesn’t want to hear. Torn between what her mom wants and a life she might actually enjoy, Jesse is forced to make a crazy decision.Motorcycles, Burritos & One Strange Book:features a vibrant and witty protagonist dealing with the realities of a divided family and mental illnessis a Christy award-winning novel that explores the ideas of self-worth and empowermentprovides an inspirational message for those dealing with tough circumstancesis the first book in the Real Life series

In this YA contemporary novel from bestselling author Nancy Rue, the issues of abuse and its emotional effects are explored as Bryn O’Connor struggles to find her voice while many of her one-time friends doubt she’s telling the truth and her ex-boyfriend won’t let go of their past.Bryn has learned to keep her mouth shut. But when a trip to the hospital following a car accident reveals bruises and injuries inflicted by her boyfriend days and months before, her biggest secret is unwillingly unleashed. And though a restraining order is meant to keep her safe from Preston, it seems nothing can protect her from her supposed friends, who refuse to believe Preston is capable of such violence and look to punish her for what happened to him. Making Bryn wonder if finally telling the truth only made things worse.The stress and loneliness leaves Bryn feeling crazy—especially when it seems like the leather book she picked up at the hospital is reading her thoughts. It doesn’t help that her visiting grandma, Mim, is convinced surfing lessons and homemade Mexican food will somehow help Bryn regain control and focus away from the bullying messages pinging her phone. Though when Preston breaks the restraining order yet again, and a trial date looms, it’s clear the only way out of the tsunami that is her life is to charge in and take control of the waves around her.Boyfriends, Burritos & an Ocean of Trouble: uses a fictional setting to explore the real-life issues of abuse and quieted voices young women facedelves into the concepts of finding your voice, overcoming difficult circumstances, and working past feelings of self-blameprovides an inspirational message for those dealing with tough circumstancesis the second book in the Real Life series, but can be read as a stand-alone novel

Interesting and relevant topics teenagers relate to Real Time photo story with related exercises using functional language, real contexts and situations Words2know provide clear focus on vocabulary and make revision easier. Also recorded on class CD and Skills Multi-ROM Grammar2know with rules of meaning and give focus Grammar input lessons with Grammar Focus Functional and situational language in Phrases2know Wide range of listening including exam task types Reading strategies with skills such as skimming, scanning, predicting meaning from context Emphasis on exam task types Quizzes that encourage students to give opinions and personal views Students encouraged to give opinions on issues that relate to them Active Study sections develop awareness of lexical features Mini Workbook at the back of the Students' Book The back cover flap of the Students' Book provides study tips for exam tasks

Interesting and relevant topics teenagers relate to Real Time photo story with related exercises using functional language, real contexts and situations Words2know provide clear focus on vocabulary and make revision easier. Also recorded on class CD and Skills Multi-ROM Grammar2know with rules of meaning and give focus Grammar input lessons with Grammar Focus Functional and situational language in Phrases2know Wide range of listening including exam task types Reading strategies with skills such as skimming, scanning, predicting meaning from context Emphasis on exam task types Quizzes that encourage students to give opinions and personal views Students encouraged to give opinions on issues that relate to them Active Study sections develop awareness of lexical features Mini Workbook at the back of the Students' Book The back cover flap of the Students' Book provides study tips for exam tasks

Interesting and relevant topics teenagers relate to Real Time photo story with related exercises using functional language, real contexts and situations Words2know provide clear focus on vocabulary and make revision easier. Also recorded on class CD and Skills Multi-ROM Grammar2know with rules of meaning and give focus Grammar input lessons with Grammar Focus Functional and situational language in Phrases2know Wide range of listening including exam task types Reading strategies with skills such as skimming, scanning, predicting meaning from context Emphasis on exam task types Quizzes that encourage students to give opinions and personal views Students encouraged to give opinions on issues that relate to them Active Study sections develop awareness of lexical features Mini Workbook at the back of the Students' Book The back cover flap of the Students' Book provides study tips for exam tasks

Interesting and relevant topics teenagers relate to Real Time photo story with related exercises using functional language, real contexts and situations Words2know provide clear focus on vocabulary and make revision easier. Also recorded on class CD and Skills Multi-ROM Grammar2know with rules of meaning and give focus Grammar input lessons with Grammar Focus Functional and situational language in Phrases2know Wide range of listening including exam task types Reading strategies with skills such as skimming, scanning, predicting meaning from context Emphasis on exam task types Quizzes that encourage students to give opinions and personal views Students encouraged to give opinions on issues that relate to them Active Study sections develop awareness of lexical features Mini Workbook at the back of the Students' Book The back cover flap of the Students' Book provides study tips for exam tasks

Interesting and relevant topics teenagers relate to Real Time photo story with related exercises using functional language, real contexts and situations Words2know provide clear focus on vocabulary and make revision easier. Also recorded on class CD and Skills Multi-ROM Grammar2know with rules of meaning and give focus Grammar input lessons with Grammar Focus Functional and situational language in Phrases2know Wide range of listening including exam task types Reading strategieswith skills such as skimming, scanning, predicting meaning from context Emphasis on exam task types Quizzes that encourage students to give opinions and personal views Students encouraged to give opinions on issues that relate to them Active Study sections develop awareness of lexical features Mini Workbookat the back of the Students' Book The back cover flap of the Students' Book provides study tips for exam tasks

 Reduced pages from the Students’ Book with teaching suggestions and answers.

•   Background notes on Culture2know sections on the content of the lesson.•   Answers to Students’ Book activities.•   Tapescripts for the Class and Workbook activities.•   Ideas for warm-up exercises, extension activities and discussion topics.•   Now your students can list summarising the points that students have learned in each lesson.•   Teacher’s notes and information on when to use the Mini Workbook, Multi-ROM exercises and photocopiable activities in the Active Teach.

The Teacher's Handbook provides all the support you need to effectively teach the course. With background notes, teaching suggestions and photocopiable material, the Teacher's Handbook is a valuable resource.

The Teacher's Handbook provides all the support you need to effectively teach the course. With background notes, teaching suggestions and photocopiable material, the Teacher's Handbook is a valuable resource.

The Teacher's Handbook provides all the support you need to effectively teach the course. With background notes, teaching suggestions and photocopiable material, the Teacher's Handbook is a valuable resource.

The Teacher's Handbook provides all the support you need to effectively teach the course. With background notes, teaching suggestions and photocopiable material, the Teacher's Handbook is a valuable resource.

Contains all the listening activities in the Students’ Book.

•   Recordings of the reading texts.•   Recordings of the Words to know and Phrases to know.

Contains all the listening activities in the Students’ Book. •   Recordings of the reading texts. •   Recordings of the Words2know and Phrases2know.

Contains all the listening activities in the Students’ Book. •   Recordings of the reading texts. •   Recordings of the Words2know and Phrases2know.

 Contains all the listening activities in the Students’ Book.

•   Recordings of the reading texts.•   Recordings of the Words2know and Phrases2know.

 Contains all the listening activities in the Students’ Book.

•   Recordings of the reading texts.•   Recordings of the Words2know and Phrases2know.

Grammar practice with grammar reference on the same page with simple explanations and examples. •   Exam practice tasks in the skills section. •   Extensive writing practice to build skills for typical exam text types, with model texts and explanations on the structure and content. •   6 self-assessment tests corresponding with the Active Study sections in the Students’ Book. The answer key is provided for students to assess their progress before attempting the tests in the Test Master. •   Exam trainer sections with the exam tests. The exam trainer provides comprehensive exams training and practice tests. •   Activities to build reading, listening, speaking and English-in-use exam skills. •   Exam tips on how to deal with exam tasks. •   Exam Test for every two Exam Trainers, with answer key for students to assess their progress. •   Includes a bank of language functions covered in the Students’ Book. •   A full word list organised by topic. •   Audio for the listening exercises is in the Skills Multi-ROM, which contains: -   Skills practice exercised for each of the twelve units, including interactive communication tasks where students can role play and record their part of the dialogue. -   Self-assessment tests (from the workbook) -   Mid-year and end-of-year tests to prepare students for the class tests -   Topic wordlists from the Workbook with audio and example sentences -   Practice exercises on the topic vocabulary -   Functions list from the workbook (with audio) -   The audio for the workbook -   Also included in the Active Teach so that the teacher can use the exercises in class.

Grammar practice with grammar reference on the same page with simple explanations and examples. •   Exam practice tasks in the skills section. •   Extensive writing practice to build skills for typical exam text types, with model texts and explanations on the structure and content. •   6 self-assessment tests corresponding with the Active Study sections in the Students’ Book. The answer key is provided for students to assess their progress before attempting the tests in the Test Master. •   Exam trainer sections with the exam tests. The exam trainer provides comprehensive exams training and practice tests. •   Activities to build reading, listening, speaking and English-in-use exam skills. •   Exam tips on how to deal with exam tasks. •   Exam Test for every two Exam Trainers, with answer key for students to assess their progress. •   Includes a bank of language functions covered in the Students’ Book. •   A full word list organised by topic. •   Audio for the listening exercises is in the Skills Multi-ROM, which contains: -   Skills practice exercised for each of the twelve units, including interactive communication tasks where students can role play and record their part of the dialogue. -   Self-assessment tests (from the workbook) -   Mid-year and end-of-year tests to prepare students for the class tests -   Topic wordlists from the Workbook with audio and example sentences -   Practice exercises on the topic vocabulary -   Functions list from the workbook (with audio) -   The audio for the workbook -   Also included in the Active Teach so that the teacher can use the exercises in class.

Workbook provides:

 •   Grammar practice with grammar reference on the same page with simple explanations and examples.

•   Exam practice tasks in the skills section.

•   Extensive writing practice to build skills for typical exam text types, with model texts and explanations on the structure and content.

•   6 self-assessment tests corresponding with the Active Study sections in the Students’ Book. The answer key is provided for students to assess their progress before attempting the tests in the Test Master.

•   Exam trainer sections with the exam tests. The exam trainer provides comprehensive exams training and practice tests.

•   Activities to build reading, listening, speaking and English-in-use exam skills.

•   Exam tips on how to deal with exam tasks.

Grammar practice with grammar reference on the same page with simple explanations and examples. •   Exam practice tasks in the skills section. •   Extensive writing practice to build skills for typical exam text types, with model texts and explanations on the structure and content. •   6 self-assessment tests corresponding with the Active Study sections in the Students’ Book. The answer key is provided for students to assess their progress before attempting the tests in the Test Master. •   Exam trainer sections with the exam tests. The exam trainer provides comprehensive exams training and practice tests. •   Activities to build reading, listening, speaking and English-in-use exam skills. •   Exam tips on how to deal with exam tasks. •   Exam Test for every two Exam Trainers, with answer key for students to assess their progress. •   Includes a bank of language functions covered in the Students’ Book. •   A full word list organised by topic. •   Audio for the listening exercises is in the Skills Multi-ROM, which contains: -   Skills practice exercised for each of the twelve units, including interactive communication tasks where students can role play and record their part of the dialogue. -   Self-assessment tests (from the workbook) -   Mid-year and end-of-year tests to prepare students for the class tests -   Topic wordlists from the Workbook with audio and example sentences -   Practice exercises on the topic vocabulary -   Functions list from the workbook (with audio) -   The audio for the workbook -   Also included in the Active Teach so that the teacher can use the exercises in class.

The Workbook that works alongside Real Life Upper Intermediate Students' Book, has grammar and vocabulary practice with easy access to relevant reference information, step by step guidance for writing specific text types, skills practice and exam training. It is accompanied by a Multi-Rom with the audio for the workbook listening exercises and a range of interactive skills practice, designed to build language and exam skills.

Placement Tests (Elementary/Pre-intermediate and Pre-intermediate/Intermediate. •   12 short tests (one per unit), in version A and B. •   Six language and skills tests (one every two units), in version A and B. •   Speaking tests (for every unit) •   Writing tests (one for every two units). •   Mid-year and end-of-year progress tests. •   Audio for the listening comprehension tasks.

Placement Tests (Elementary/Pre-intermediate and Pre-intermediate/Intermediate.

•   12 short tests (one per unit), in version A and B.•   Six language and skills tests (one every two units), in version A and B.•   Speaking tests (for every unit)•   Writing tests (one for every two units).•   Mid-year and end-of-year progress tests.•   Audio for the listening comprehension tasks.

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