College Reading Program:
Kits 1, 6, 7 and 8
Kits 2, 3, 4 and 5

1968

Reading kit and workbook. Designed to increase reader’s speed and comprehension rates. Broken down into the following sections: short Booster Readings, Timed Readings, “Realife” Readings such as newspaper or articles, and practice exercises test student’s comprehension of specific reading skills. Reader’s advance to higher levels as their scores improve. Answer key available.

Fry Reading Drills – Advanced

1989

Book. Designed to help readers improve their reading speed and comprehension. Each book emphasizes timed reading passages followed by two types of comprehension questions, two types of cloze passages and a vocabulary in context drill. Thirty passages are divided into three sets of ten each. Set C is the easiest to read, Set A is a medium difficulty, and Set B is the most difficult

Jamestown Timed

Reading

1989

Book Series. Timed Readings are books of fifty 400-word passages with ten comprehension questions for each passage. Organized by levels of increasing difficulty. The fifty passages within each level are at the same level of difficulty. Gives readers practice in reading relatively short passages and answering comprehension questions.

Skimming and Scanning

1989

Book. Helps readers increase their reading speed and accuracy by using skimming and scanning techniques. Readers read a selection and record their skimming or scanning time on a words-per-minute basis. Practice exercises test reader’s comprehension of the selection.

Timed Readings

1989

Book. Helps readers become faster and more efficient readers. Students use pacing drills to time their reading. Review questions test students understanding of the passage previously read. Answer key and a pacing graph to record progress are included.

Vocabulary Skills Improvement

Jamestown’s
Signature Reading
K
L

Book. Designed to improve reading comprehension and vocabulary skills. Strategies for summarizing, understanding sequence, making predictions, drawing conclusions, identifying main ideas and supporting details, understanding cause and effect relationships and vocabulary building are offered. Graphs for charting progress are offered.

Two-Word Verbs in English2002

Book. Helps readers understand and use over 400 of the most common two- and three word verbs in English. In fifteen brief stories about one American family, readers’ will encounter verbs in context. Glossary defines new verbs. A cumulative review section tests readers’ understanding of concepts.

Upper Intermediate
Vocabulary In Use

1999

Book. Reference and practice book for students of English at the upper intermediate level. It contains 2,500 useful words and expressions in an easy format that gives vocabulary, explanations, and practice exercises. Demonstrates the proper use of new words and phrases in context, and suggests strategies for learning the new vocabulary.

Vocabulary Drills
      Advanced

1986-1989

Book. Helps readers improve their vocabulary and reading comprehension through use of context clues and analysis of the roots of unfamiliar words. Group discussion is encouraged for reviewing exercises. Glossary of vocabulary terms and answer key provided.

Word Bank

1993

Workbook and 12 Audio Tapes. Helps develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking vocabularies. Readers choose a word list and listen to the corresponding 15 minute tape. Readers take brief notes from the tape and then answer questions based on the words reviewed. Answer key provided.

Word Clues
      Book D
      Book E
      Book G
      Book J
      Book L
      Book M

Book series. Letters indicate increasing level of difficulty. Uses a step-by-step, programmed method to teach students meanings of words. Each unit starts with a story. Then students are given 10 words to master from the story. Words are reintroduced and reiterated in separate frames where the first frame introduces the word, the second frame gives clues as to the words meaning and the third frame gives the dictionary definition. Answer key is provided.

Word Forms
      Book I
      Book II

1991
1982

Two book set. Offers concrete strategies for learning and using a stronger vocabulary. Readers will use the author’s “five-at-a-time” method, take words apart, understand unusual word usage, and find context clues. Readers practice all strategies on excerpts from college textbooks, newspapers, magazines and short stories.