low level reading

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Date: Fri Nov 22 1996 - 09:15:23 EST 

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Dear Carol,

A colleague passed your message along and suggested I contact you. I
believe that Signal Hill publications has just the type of material you
are looking for. Signal Hill is a division of New Readers Press, the
publishing arm of Laubach Literacy International. Our books are designed
for low-literacy and new readers. We also have materials for teaching
ESL (tho that is not a specialty). If you would like to see a catalog,
please reply with a mailing address and I will send one out promptly.

BTW--As to your query about workshops. I, too, am a teacher (currently
at the college-level, but I spent five years teaching English in
secondary schools). I often use workshops in teaching composition. I
find that it usually works well, tho (as you note) a ratio of 1 to 20 is
very demanding. The best advice I ever received for conducting these is
to make sure the students have structure. The more specific the tasks,
the more productive the workshops. I have them annotate the texts they
read and also do a separate comment page. 

Sincerely,
Matt Henry

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