Introduction
Welcome to Unique—an English Reading and Vocabulary Program!

Unique was written especially for you. Raising communication skills to a higher, more fluent level is the overarching goal of the Unique series. To this end, each of the worktexts has been carefully designed to review and reinforce the fundamental skills and concepts that enhance reading comprehension and boost vocabulary development. There are four thematic books in the series: Science and Technology; Everyday Living; Workplace and Career; Media and Marketplace.

Pre-reading inspires student enthusiasm for new vocabulary and themes, as well as preparing them for the lessons.

Vocabulary lists the important words to acquire in each lesson. It is composed of both high-frequency and challenging vocabulary to enrich your word bank.

Reading includes high interest excerpts from real-world documents, forms, advertisements and how-to instructions, as well as academic sources (approximate reading level 4.0). Diagrams and other graphics support instruction and maintain interest.

Reading Comprehension not only offers activities to reinforce student reading skills, such as skimming and scanning, but also introduces referencing techniques essential to reading fluency. The series covers 16 basic grammar rules (in Everyday Living and Science and Technology) and 10 advanced rules (in Workplace and Career and Media and Marketplace).