{"id":58,"date":"2015-05-19T23:01:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader5\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=58"},"modified":"2022-08-11T19:46:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:46:57","slug":"notes-to-the-instructor","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader5\/front-matter\/notes-to-the-instructor\/","title":{"raw":"Notes to the Instructor","rendered":"Notes to the Instructor"},"content":{"raw":"Having an uneasy relationship with one\u2019s\u00a0brain is probably a common human experience.\u00a0Who hasn\u2019t struggled to learn something new, forgotten an\u00a0important detail, or wished away a personality quirk?\u00a0I\u2019ve dealt with this struggle, and I\u2019ve seen it in my basic education students.\r\n\r\nThis reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to\u00a0accompany the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealf5\/\">BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 5<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0This level-5 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 6 to 7.5 in the K-12 system.\r\n\r\nNew vocabulary is highlighted throughout each story, and then summarized in a Glossary at the end of this book. 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