Maroon Level is for students/children/adolescents/adults reading with a 3rd grade reading level and IQs as low as 35. Maroon Level is suitable for: Ages 16-Adults: early reading, beginning English Language Learners, at-risk, and special education populations: autism, learning disabilities, intellectually disabled, deaf/HH and dyslexics.
Life Skills teaches mastery of the critical vocabulary essential for reading success such as: the most common words and critical life skill vocabulary centering on four themes: getting an apartment, getting a driver’s license, getting the facts on drugs and getting a job.
Maroon Level is designed to:
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significantly enhance vocabulary, expressive fluency, comprehension and self confidence for the student
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teach mastery of critical 3rd grade academic English words
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teach complex text
When finished, your student/child will have completed
Maroon Level helps the Teacher/Parent by providing:
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access to the Maroon Level Electronic Library, which includes:
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Scripted Teacher/Parent Manuals for Instruction
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Independent Activities (pencil & paper printable activities)
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Flash Cards
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Complex Text Stories
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Criterion Reference Tests
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Parent Communication Packs
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Writing Composition Activities
Detailed Descriptions of Failure Free Reading’s Five Maroon Level Stories:
Life Skills Maroon Level – Story 1 - “Drug Abuse” is the first story from the third level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks dangers of drug abuse. It is designed to give a straightforward description of the dangers of drugs. Key words taught in this story are: drugs, misuse, people, abusers, problems, their, there, friends, serious, synthetic, behavior, changes, natural, substance, changes, around, daily, disease, discomfort, personal, health, misused, financial, capable, harmful. Key phrases taught are: people who misuse drugs, end up with serious problems, can cause changes, drugs are all around you, can be natural or synthetic, are used on a daily basis.
When finished with Maroon Level - Story I - “Drug Abuse”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 171 unique words, 309 sentences, and 3049 running words and a lexical density of 5.70
Life Skills Maroon Level – Story 2 - “Saying No to Drugs” is the second story from the third level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks why is it difficult to say no to drugs and the reasons for staying strong. It is designed to give a straightforward description of the dangers of drugs. Key words taught in this story are: saying, money, reasons, because, these, stupid, personal, bodies, expensive, caught, sick, ugly, sophisticated, rich, sound, dependent, addicted, bloodshot, choice, rough, price Key phrases taught are: saying no to drugs, is not easy, look like fun, rich and famous, make a smart choice, spend most of their money.
When finished with Maroon Level - Story 2 - “Saying No to Drugs”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 183 unique words, 319 sentences, and 3214 running words and a lexical density of 5.78
Life Skills Maroon Level – Story 3 - “Alcohol” is the third story from the third level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks the dangers of alcohol abuse. Key words taught in this story are: alcohol, brain, causes, teenagers, drinking, highway, quickly, killed, deaths, become, bloodstream, directly, liquid, digested, involve, leading, heart Key phrases taught are: goes directly to, other parts of the body, leading cause of highway deaths, carries the alcohol to the brain, goes directly to the bloodstream, because of drinking, goes directly into the blood stream.
When finished with Maroon Level - Story 3 - “Alcohol”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 208 unique words, 250 sentences, and 2925 running words and a lexical density of 7.24
Life Skills Maroon Level – Story 4 - “Cocaine” is the fourth story from the third level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks the dangers of cocaine abuse. Key words taught in this story are: cocaine, users, stimulants, amphetamines, nervous, caffeine, noses, high, spend, experiencing, crystals, physical, increase, irritable, sniffed, snorted, alertness, energy, restless, minutes. Key phrases taught are: over a long period, pick them up, start to feel down, increase their alertness, start to see and hear, many different forms, inject it or smoke it.
When finished with Maroon Level - Story 4 - “Cocaine”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 181 unique words, 226 sentences, and 2928 running words and a lexical density of 6.31
Life Skills Maroon Level – Story 5 - “Marijuana and Other
Drug Addictions” is the fifth and final story from third the level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks the dangers of marijuana abuse and other drug addictions. Key words taught in this story are: marijuana, distorts, perceptions, chemicals, hallucination, hundred, percent, dangerous, excess, cigarette, wheezing, cancer, dose, unfriendly, harmful, afraid, opiates, powder, illegal, strongest. Key phrases taught are: mind altering drug, does not mix, a drug that distorts perceptions, leads to hallucinations, stays in the body, comes from a plant, can be very dangerous.
When finished with Maroon Level - Story 5 - “Marijuana and Other Drug Addictions” your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 190 unique words, 214 sentences, and 2348 running words and a lexical density of 8.26
