Features: Scope and Sequence that presents vocabulary, competencies, literacy skills, phonics, and grammar at a glance. Easy-to-use classroom procedures for key exercises. Illustrations that provide a clear context for model conversations. Correlations to CASAS Competencies, LAUSD Course Outline, and Florida Standardized Syllabi. Icons to facilitate use of the Audio CD and flash cards. Components: Teacher's Resource Book with Audio CD End-of-unit tests. Step-by-step teaching notes. Audio CD that provides authentic conversation models and opportunities for listening and speaking practice. More than 200 reproducible flash cards. Transparencies More than 150 transparencies for use with vocabulary, conversation, TPR and phonics pages, review activities, and tests.