Free Audiobooks and eBooks - Librophile Titles for Reluctant and Struggling Readers - Perma-Bound Books How do you encourage your reluctant or struggling readers to read more and improve their reading skills? Give them books that: Feature high-interest topics Contain frequent, text-related illustrations Have low page counts Contain glossaries Are from publishers who specialize in High/Low reading materials YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers: Fiction Order#: Titles: Created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), this grouping of fiction titles represents some of the best new books for reluctant and struggling readers. YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers: Nonfiction Created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), this grouping of nonfiction titles represents some of the best new books for reluctant and struggling readers. Bluford Series Publisher: Scholastic Orca Soundings Orca With contemporary themes and exciting stories, the Orca Soundings for reluctant teen readers are books that teens want to read. Capstone Complicated Life of Claudia Cristina Cortez Rosen
Readability Test Contents Readability Tests Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease, and Flesch-Kincaid are reading level algorithms that can be helpful in determining how readable your content is. Reading level algorithms only provide a rough guide, as they tend to reward short sentences made up of short words. Whilst they're rough guides, they can give a useful indication as to whether you've pitched your content at the right level for your intended audience. [Back to the contents] Test the Readability of a Website Interpreting the Results This service analyses the readability of all rendered content. Philip Chalmers of Benefit from IT provided the following typical Fog Index scores, to help ascertain the readability of documents. Gunning-Fog Index The following is the algorithm to determine the Gunning-Fog index. The result is your Gunning-Fog index, which is a rough measure of how many years of schooling it would take someone to understand the content. Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid grade level Further Reading
ICDL - International Children's Digital Library I'll tell you a story - Audio Written by Anonymous "The Story of the Three Bears" (sometimes known as "The Three Bears", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" or, simply, "Goldilocks") is a fairy talefirst recorded in narrative form by British author and poet Robert Southey, and first published anonymously in a volume of his writings in 1837. The same year, British writer George Nicol published a version in rhyme based upon Southey's prose tale, with Southey approving the attempt to bring the story more exposure. Both versions tell of three bears and an old woman who trespasses upon their property. "The Story of the Three Bears" was in circulation before the publication of Southey's 1837 version. "The Story of the Three Bears" experienced two significant changes during its early publication history. (Wikipedia) Click on "Read more" to listen the audio book.
Fast Lane Books - About Fast Lane Books Bring your struggling readers up to speed! A comprehensive series of highly-motivating, finely-graded fiction and non-fiction books specially developed for 7 - 11+ year old pupils who are struggling to advance in reading. A complete reading scheme for struggling readersFinely-graded books ranging from level 6 to 25 and banded from Yellow to EmeraldExtensively researched and developed to meet the needs of pupils with literacy difficultiesNew words are introduced gradually and strongly reinforcedExciting texts and age-appropriate stories appeal to older childrenAudio versions of each book provide an excellent model of fluent reading Compelling themes, detailed illustrations and photos and a wide variety of styles and genres engage the most reluctant readersAssessment materials in the Teacher’s Guides ensure accurate levelling and progressionCan be used as a complete reading intervention programme, or as supplementary reading materialRead more Series contains:
Inference Riddle Game by Phil and David Tulga Inference Riddles- having fun with inference and prediction - Welcome to my page on inference riddles. It includes my free Inference Riddle Game that you can play right now on your computer. You will also find information on my expanded activity featuring 101 Inference Riddles . Inference Riddle Game 101 Inference Riddles Phil and his son, David, have developed an expanded version of their popular Inference Riddle Game. Riddles are an excellent way to practice interpreting figurative language, idioms, and homographs. In the “101 Inference Riddles” activity, your students progress through a graduated sequence of riddles, with riddle #1 being the easiest, and riddle #101 being the most difficult. “101 Inference Riddles” is a web-based application that is available to use on your computer, smartphone or mobile device. To purchase access to the “101 Inference Riddles” web activity, click the “Buy Now” button below. Home
English Interactive worksheets This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. More info Cookie Consent plugin for the EU cookie law About this Make interactive worksheets F.A.Q. terms of use Privacy policy Contact High School Readers Home Catalogue Books and Resources Engage your older students with these age appropriate, high-interest, low readability graphic novels, chapter books and illustrated short stories Includes: four New Kid graphic novels three Choice-Making chapter books, and Dynamite Emotions short stories book New Kid graphic novels explore many social issues facing teenagers: insecurity, sexual acting out, drinking and driving and bullying. 28 pgs. each, 2006 Choice-Making books are multicultural novellas cantered around the consequences of life choices, all with multiple endings to show the impact of different decisions. Dynamite Emotions is an illustrated book with true-to-life short stories that demonstrate how everyday adolescent emotions impact behaviour. High School Readers is targeted at the following age ranges: Secondary SchoolAdult High School Readers is designed to foster development in the areas of: CommunicationLife SkillsSOSE Attainment Company Tech Support Website