Dear Etni -ites I am starting to teach a Mehina program: i.e. a group of students who did a very weak bagrut, or no bagrut at all. They are highly motivated. We began with 8th level bet texts; I had to explain what 'S means, to have, to be, there is/ there are; In short, I need to choose a textbook that can start from very basic and go to approx. 3 pt level. It should include stuff like pronouns, the basic tenses, irregular past forms, parts of speech, as well as a lot of texts. Recycled vocabulary would be a nice feature too. and phonics practice. Am I asking too much? What about a book called "Up to 3" which was used in pre NBA days? I have a copy in my school, I think, but I'm on shabbaton and they've changed the administration, the cleaning lady and the locks. I have to teach Sunday from 8:30, so i f you have any bright ideas, tell me now. Barry It has been suggested that I just steal a book prepared by the staff of another college, but it has also been suggested that this is a DO NOT commandment on par with slipping your number to another person standing at the back of the line. Knock, knock, Who's there. Vashti . Vashti who? Vashti dishes ! -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 42 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message