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Re: Authentic Literature for Struggling Adult Readers
Posted by Vic on 8/27/08
Have you seen the Junkyard Dan series (with workbooks) from
Nox Press? http://www.noxpress.com/Wkbk1.html
On 6/08/08, Mary wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for authentic, engaging literature for my
> adult (non) readers. Many of my developmental reading
> students have not read a book in years (if ever), and I
> currently use Elie Wiesel's Night and Lois Lowry's The
> Giver to help them become more engaged, strategic readers.
>
> However, this is my third consecutive quarter teaching
> these books, and I would appreciate any suggestions
> regarding possible texts that are approachable for such
> students (from the assessment perspective, these students
> often demonstrate "middle school reading levels," but the
> appropriateness of such labels is the subject of another
> post!) so that I can build a library of appropriate works;
> I am simply not very familiar with literature at this
> level.
>
> From a selfish perspective, I hope to find more books that
> are as engaging for me (a community college instructor
> with a literature background) as they are for my reading
> students! I hope that middle school and high school
> reading teachers will help me with this problem.
>
> Thanks in advance for your insights!
>
> Mary
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Authentic Literature for Struggling Adult Readers , 6/08/08, by Mary.
- Re: Authentic Literature for Struggling Adult Readers , 6/10/08, by Adrienne.
- Re: Authentic Literature for Struggling Adult Readers , 8/27/08, by Vic.
- Re: Authentic Literature for Struggling Adult Readers , 10/02/08, by Elise .
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