Overview of Voyager
Voyager: Reading and Writing for Today’s Adults stands alone in the way it engages and empowers students.
- Students understand what they will be learning in each lesson and why, with Learning Goals presented at the beginning of every lesson.
- Pre-reading segments in every lesson allow students to share their experience and knowledge and relate them to the upcoming reading selection.
- Students apply active learning strategies in each reading and writing activity.
- Think About It and Write About It pages contain activities that continually reinforce the active learning strategies and develop specific skills.
Voyager: Reading and Writing for Today’s Adults provides a solid foundation of balanced instruction to ensure success.
- The series balances direct and indirect instruction in skills, strategies, and processes.
- It balances meaning emphasis and skills emphasis.
- It balances the type of readings that are part of each lesson, from literature and poetry to documents and informational selections.
Voyager is highly appealing and keeps students involved in every lesson.
- Student books 1-8 are each divided into four units. Every unit has its own theme, such as Everyday Heroes, Family Ties, A Sense of Community, and Success on the Job.
- Integrated reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities in each lesson focus on the theme of the unit.
- Short stories, student writing, contemporary literature, biographies, informational selections, and documents (charts, graphs, etc.) provide variety and relevance.
- Multicultural readings appeal to a wide audience and cross age barriers.
- Readings present characters who are good family members, citizens, and workers.
- Each page is inviting, non-intimidating, and adult-looking to keep your students reading.
Voyager provides teacher support throughout and meets accountability standards.
- Lesson-by-lesson teacher’s notes, extension activities, and photocopy masters provide a complete road map for teaching critical reading and writing skills.
- Flexibility allows for individual as well as group instruction.
Voyager: Meeting Accountability Standards
- The series is compatible with standardized tests such as informal/portfolio assessments.
- It reflects and integrates elements from balanced instruction, SCANS, and EFF (Equipped for the Future).
- Free TABE, CASAS, and SCANS correlations are available upon request.
Voyager Series Organization
Voyager: Series Organization and Reading Levels
Voyager: Reading and Writing for Today’s Adults is a four-stage program. Each stage reflects a separate stage of reading and writing development. Thus, each stage has its own emphasis and design.
First stage: Learning to Read
Emphasizes literacy and informational reading selections containing common words; phonics instruction; and writing, speaking, and listening activities.
Foundation Book Reading level 0.5 - 1.5
Voyager 1 Reading level 1.0 - 2.5
Second stage: The Emerging Reader
Emphasizes literary and informational reading selections; phonics and other word recognition strategies; comprehension and critical-thinking strategies; and writing, speaking, and listening skills.
Voyager 2 Reading level 2.0 - 3.5
Voyager 3 Reading level 3.0 - 4.5
Third stage: Reading to Learn
Emphasizes expanding students’ reading, thinking, writing, and oral communication skills, using reading materials typically found at home, at work, at school, and in the community.
Voyager 4 Reading level 4.0 - 5.5
Voyager 5 Reading level 5.0 - 6.5
Voyager 6 Reading level 6.0 - 7.5
Fourth stage: Reading for Work and Life
Emphasizes having students learn and apply reading, thinking, writing, and oral communication skills through themes and readings that are work-and life-oriented.
Voyager 7 Reading level 7.0 - 8.5
Voyager 8 Reading level 8.0 - 9.5
Sample pages
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 Download sample pages from Voyager Foundation and Student Book 1 in Adobe PDF.
Voyager Pricing
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