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Life Skills Blue Level – Story 5 - “Dinner with a Friend” is the fifth story from Blue Level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about a person who going out to get dinner with a friend. This story describes the many different items that are on the dinner menu and what he/she sees in the restaurant.

Key words taught in this story are: friend, dinner, compromise, crackers, butter, decide, cream, waiter, salad, dessert, hostess, seafood, where, follow, bread, ready and the Key phrases: going to have dinner,  we decide to compromise, are ready to order, asks us to follow her, ready to order, going to have dinner, ice cream sundae with hot fudge

When finished with Blue Level - Story 5 - “Dinner with a Friend” your student/child will have completed:

• 10 pages, 92 unique words, 168 sentences, and 1491 running words and a lexical density of 6.43

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Life Skills Purple Level – Story 1 - “Things to Watch for on the Road” is the first story from second level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks driving a car and the things a driver needs to watch out for on the road while driving.

Key words taught in this story are: elderly, daylight, traffic, closely, stopped, vehicle, enough, blind, laws, white, pedestrians, school, bicyclists, emergency, yield, killed. Key phrases taught are: yield the right of way, flashing lights or sirens, drivers must not move, when a school bus stops, pedestrians have been killed.

When finished with Purple Level - Story I - “Things to Watch for on the Road”, your student/child will have completed:

• 10 pages, 84 unique words, 164 sentences, and 1200 running words and a lexical density of 7.00

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Life Skills Purple Level – Story 2 - “Road Emergencies” is the second story from second level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about the type of emergencies drivers need to watch out for while driving in the car.

Key words taught in this story are: passengers, while, tire, disabled, emergency, flashing, control, pedal, skid, direction, accidents, hundred, injury, dollars, curve, carry. Key phrases taught are: should ease up on the gas, when the car starts to slide, get their cars off the road, tell the police about accidents, try to warn.

When finished with Purple Level - Story 2 - “Road Emergencies”, your student/child will have completed:

• 10 pages, 84 unique words, 106 sentences, and 898 running words and a lexical density of 9.68

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Life Skills Purple Level – Story 3 - “Bad Weather” is the third story from the second level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about the dangers caused when driving in bad weather.

Key words taught in this story are: weather, prevent, glasses, watch, lights, down, foggy, dangerous, ahead, caution, engine, storm, overpasses, following, ahead, freeze, started, following, first. Key phrases taught are: turn on their low beams, must watch the tail lights of cars, roads become slick, oil and dust, are most dangerous, should be careful, poor driving conditions, poor driving conditions.

When finished with Purple Level - Story 3 - “Bad Weather”, your student/child will have completed:

• 10 pages, 94 unique words, 110 sentences, and 996 running words and a lexical density of 9.43

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Life Skills Purple Level – Story 4 - “Car Accidents” is the fourth story from the second level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about the causes of car accidents such as falling asleep, not concentrating while driving or taking drugs and alcohol.

Key words taught in this story are: chance, accident, injured, avoid, mistakes, defensively, physical, health, fatigue, emotions, medicine, affect, crashes, upset, excited, rude, performance, doctor, performance, wheel, drug, society, quickly, traffic, deaths, leading, children, alcohol. Key phrases taught are: one in three chance, avoid the mistakes, driving defensively, good physical and mental health, asleep at the wheel, concentrate on driving, Medicine and drugs, widely used drug, a drug that acts quickly, taken away from them, the leading cause of death.

When finished with Purple Level - Story 4 - “Car Accidents”, your student/child will have completed:

• 10 pages, 99 unique words, 132 sentences, and 1146 running words and a lexical density of 8.63

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Life Skills Purple Level – Story 5 - “Night Driving” is the fifth and final story from the Purple Level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about the dangers associated with driving at night including the rise of drunken drivers, being blinded by oncoming headlights and difficulty seeing at night.

Key words taught in this story are: dangerous, drinkers, people, because, tired, alert, blinded, oncoming, headlights, headlights, pull, low, beam, behind, night, high, when. Key phrases taught are: may be blinded, pull off the road, on the open road, do not see well, driving is dangerous, oncoming headlights.

When finished with Purple Level - Story 5 - “Night Driving”, your student/child will have completed:

• 10 pages, 52 unique words, 96 sentences, and 743 running words and a lexical density of 7.13

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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:

• 10 pages, 171 unique words, 309 sentences, and 3049 running words and a lexical density of 5.70

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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:

• 10 pages, 183 unique words, 319 sentences, and 3214 running words and a lexical density of 5.78

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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:

• 10 pages, 208 unique words, 250 sentences, and 2925 running words and a lexical density of 7.24

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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:

• 10 pages, 181 unique words, 226 sentences, and 2928 running words and a lexical density of 6.31

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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.

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Life Skills Yellow Level – Story 1 - “Setting Career Goals” is the first story from the fourth level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks importance of setting career goals. It is designed to help understand the concept of goals and why they are important in life.

Key words taught in this story are: career, goals, some, achieve, choose, involve, counselor, person, helping, examples, happen, trained, professional, living, requires, qualifications, policemen, mechanic, architect, artist, firemen, auto, layer, technician. Key phrases taught are: short term goals, who is trained, helping people choose, knowing the skills and qualifications, going to visit, deciding on a career.

When finished with Yellow Level - Story 1 - “Setting Career Goals”, your student/child will have completed:

• 10 pages, 185 unique words, 212 sentences, and 2598 running words and a lexical density of 7.12