Living with Nature

Wise & Wide is a 6-level English reading program that consists of 60 books and each level is
systematically divided by Lexile Ⓡ measures. The Lexile Ⓡ Framework for Reading is the most popular reading measuring system in American formal education curriculums and many English programs.
Over 20 out of 50 states in the U.S. mark Lexile Ⓡ measures directly on students’ final report cards and over 300 well-known publishers adopt and use Lexile Ⓡ measures.
Experience many kinds of readings written by professional writers from the U.S. and England. They used interesting topics that were carefully chosen after analyzing elementary curriculums from around the world including Korea, the U.S., England, and Australia among many others.

Before Reading

Living with nature

The earth, sea, and sky are part of nature as are plants, trees, and flowers.
All of those are part of nature and humans and animals also belong to nature. In other words, we are always with nature.
Without nature, we humans couldn’t exist. However, many people who live in cities often forget the existence of nature. Let’s explore nature itself and our relationship with nature through The Persimmon Tree and The Grandmother Diver. Let’s check out how a pretty persimmon tree is in harmony with its surroundings and how it goes through the four seasons and what the life of a Jeju diver is like.The Grandmother Diver
Ji-hye is a girl who lives on Jeju Island. She loves the sea and her dream is to become a diver.
Therefore, she always watches carefully her grandmother and her grandmother’s friends who are divers. Meanwhile, Ji-hye’s mother who lost her husband in the sea is very worried that Ji-hye may become a diver. On her eighth birthday, Ji-hye gets a diving suit for her birthday present.
Can she dive well?

The Persimmon Tree

In a pretty forest where many trees and animals live, a persimmon seed falls to the ground. The persimmon seed sprouts and grows into a beautiful persimmon tree. Every autumn, it is laden with shiny and delicious persimmons. One day, some people come to the forest and cut down trees and built a house. Then, one family moves into the house. The persimmon tree becomes a friend to a kid from the family and has a happy life. But this time, a big city is built around the persimmon tree. What will happen to the persimmon tree?