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ESL Textbooks- Middle School & High School

by Diane

Jan 29, 2010

Hi! I read the post about Inside and Edge, NatlGeographic. We are looking at that too. Is anyone using it in Colorado and could I come visit some classrooms?? Also, anyone using Visions or Cornerstone or know anything about them??

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esl teacher On 1/29/10, Diane wrote: > Hi! I read the post about Inside and Edge, NatlGeographic. > We are looking at that too. Is anyone using it in Colorado > and could I come visit some classrooms?? Also, anyone > using Visions or Cornerstone or know anything about them??

Inside is a re-packaging of High Point (well, that is true for Hi...See More

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Jenny I like Inside...I don't have time to cover it all because I'm also "layering" what the kids do in their mainstream classes, but when I need phonics or reading instruction, it's helpful. It helps those kiddos who don't have a good sense of decoding the language.

On 1/30/10, esl teacher wrote: > On 1/29/10, Diane wrote: >> Hi! I re...See More

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lynne On 1/29/10, Diane wrote: > Hi! I read the post about Inside and Edge, NatlGeographic. > We are looking at that too. Is anyone using it in Colorado > and could I come visit some classrooms?? Also, anyone > using Visions or Cornerstone or know anything about them??

If you want your middle and high school to use the same series, I...See MoreOn 1/29/10, Diane wrote: > Hi! I read the post about Inside and Edge, NatlGeographic. > We are looking at that too. Is anyone using it in Colorado > and could I come visit some classrooms?? Also, anyone > using Visions or Cornerstone or know anything about them??

If you want your middle and high school to use the same series, I'd recommend either Keystone (not Cornerstone) or Visions. If you're okay with middle and high schools using different texts, I'd recommend High Point or Inside for middle school and Edge for high school.

Edge is written at a higher level than the other books you mention, generally too advanced for middle school, but great for high school students who are transitioning to mainstream. If you do decide to use Edge, be sure to look at the levels carefully before ordering materials and placing students in levels - since Edge is more advanced, a student who might place into Level C of the other programs could place into Edge Level B, etc.

Visions is good for high school. I think it would be fine for middle school as well. There are two different beginning levels (Basic and Introductory); Introductory covers everything that's in Basic and then some, so I'd skip the Basic level altogether and go with Introductory and levels A, B, C.

High Point is aimed at middle school. Inside is the newer version, slightly reorganized (leveled differently and with some new material). I'm more familiar with High Point than with Inside, but from what I've seen, they're very similar and very appropriate for middle school students.

I would not use Cornerstone for middle or high school; it's an elementary program. But, Longman has a middle and high school equivalent called Keystone, which looks good although we've never used it - Keystone has a set of texts specifically for middle school, another set specifically for high school, which I see as a plus (material stays age- appropriate as students mature, and high school students don't have to repeat material that was used in middle school).

I've worked with the reps of all of these publishers and they've been very helpful in providing information, samples, etc., so I'd recommend that you contact them as well. If you need the websites for finding any of these materials or their reps in your area, let me know.

Jan 30, 2010

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