High-Interest/Low-Readability Today's Far-Fetched News

Title

en_US High-Interest/Low-Readability Today's Far-Fetched News

Description

en_US Sherrill B. Flora and Jo Browning-Wroe

Creator

en_US Browning-Wroe, Jo See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Anderson, Julie

Date

2016-01-25T20:14:48Z

en_US 2012-06

en_US 2009

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:14:48Z

Date Issued

en_US 2009

Abstract

en_US The title goes on: Ten Fables & Folktales Rewritten as High-Interest Front Page News Articles with Comprehension Activities and Audio CD. Whew! Here are ten stories written for students who are reading below grade level or have disabilities or are discouraged about reading. The stories are written between early first-grade and early-third grade reading levels. Three of the stories are fables. GA reverses the traditional ending by having the ants give the grasshopper a job. As one ant is quoted to say, Lazy Legs may be rude (and lazy), but oh, can he sing! (5). The second story presents The Fox and the Goat. Its headline reads Gary Goat Beats Fred Fox in Court! The two seem to be going off to a party after the trial. Let's hope Gary knows what he's doing (9). Stone Soup forms the basis of newspaper #6. Its headline is Chef Leaves Town--Takes Magic Stone with Him! (27). Two or three pages of activities follow each newspaper. The cartoons are adequate for this presentation. This seems like a clever idea for lagging readers, but will they get interested in these old stories? The accompanying audio CD apparently presents these articles in the form of news broadcasts after a little musical introduction each time. Clever!

Identifier

en_US 9781602680425

en_US 8004 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83255

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Key Education Publishing Company LLC,

en_US Minneapolis, MN

Subject

en_US LB1050.5.F56 2009 See all items with this value

en_US Classroom Help See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole