Reading Levels: 3-8
Endeavor is a research-based reading series designed specifically for adult learners.
This easy-to-use program builds reading and writing skills with emphasis on fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Structured lessons
- Builds skills and competencies in vocabulary, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and writing
- Lessons are nonsequential and can be used in any order
- Lesson openers include objectives and key vocabulary to stimulate interest
- Motivational prereading activities and mid-reading questions keep students engaged
- Special vocabulary in reading passage is defined at the point of instruction
- Reading comprehension, vocabulary building, and writing exercises follow the reading
- Writing process instruction includes using graphic organizers
Relevant themes
- Every level centers on these 10 themes important to adults
- Health
- Work
- Family
- Community
- School & education
- Civics & government
- Sports & recreation
- Housing & transportation
- Food
- Consumerism & money
- Lesson themes are consistent across levels, so you can focus on a particular theme while differentiating instruction to meet students' needs in your multilevel classroom
Teacher support
- Comprehensive Teacher's Guides at each level include
- Lesson plans with preteaching activities, lesson notes, and extension activities
- Special section on building fluency
- Reproducible grammar mini-lessons
- Reproducible Vocabulary Knowledge Rating Chart. Writing Rubric, and Revising & Editing Checklist
- Endeavor is teacher-friendly, student-friendly, and ready to use
- Endeavor is adaptable to any classroom setting-full class, small groups, tutoring, or self-study
