Hi.. I'm trying to put together a program for a friend of mine that will help her improve her general reading/ English skills. I am a former (elementary teacher..) but I've never dipped into adult ed. I am looking for help in putting together a program that will meet her specfic needs. We tried the local Adult skills at the local college.. & wound up with a few great books.. but little else. ( She already has her HS diploma..) It was too generalized.. she needs me to help her in basic English rules ( a structured program, one that is outlined clearly, progressive and is comprehensive), phonics ,( basic.. but not childish, and comprehensive) and suffixes, prefixes, ROOT WORDS ( she had no idea that words derived from root woods). As you can see, I'm asking for a tall order. We have already have a few resources, some from the Basic Skills program, a few from the local library and I'm have a request in for getting input from the local HS English. we are doing Eng. exercises (but the workbooks are small & not a lot of info), reading aloud, reading a chapter book together also, I'm asking comprehension questions, doing easy puzzles,explaining dictionary skills, But I feel this is all slap-dash, a little from one SMALL source.. another from another SMALL source & not complete in any resource. I saw the short-coming of the Adult class being not enough focus on building skills and knowledge ( when I taught elementary it was a pyramid.. you taught base skills & built on those) and I am asking for resources that will be effective and comprehensive. I've looked online & there are sooo many books available.. but which ones are the best to fit our needs?? Any ideas?? HELP!!!