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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