Extensive reading is essential for improving fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, low-level reding material for younger learners. The Ice Age films are popular with children around the world for their humorous, lovable charcters and their themes of friendship. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Popcorn ELT Reader is based on the second film in the franchise.
The heroic trio from Ice Age, Manny, Sid and Diego, realise their valley is under threat from flooding as temperatures rise and the ice around them begins to melt. They set out to find a boat which is said to be at the end of the valley.