Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g56IbtO01243; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:37:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:37:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <fc.004c566901fbb37b3b9aca00c74e2fc4.1fbb6be@sad17.k12.me.us> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Betsy Cornwell" <Betsy_Cornwell@sad17.k12.me.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1161] Re: Low Level High Interest Novels X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 1480 Lines: 32 In Maine we are blessed to have a program called "New Books New Readers." A visiting scholar will come once a month for four months to conduct a book discussion. It's much like a book discussion group you might find in your local library except that the participants are all adults who are working to improve their reading skills and their teachers. We have read several novels that were written for teens. Some of our favorites: Make Lemonade (already mentioned) The Not-Just-Anybody Family by Betsy Byars The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman (deals with domestic violence from a young child's point of view) I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson (deals with sexual abuse) Then, of course, there's A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck I have been surprised to find that the book discussions we have with our adult learners are in many ways richer and more enlightening than class discussions in undergrad and graduate courses. I think it's partly due to the fact that we have a much richer variety of life experience in the New Books New Readers crowd. I have also been surprised to see that GED reading scores seem to improve even with students who are receiving little or no reading instruction beyond what they do for the discussion group. Betsy Cornwell, coordinator West Paris Family Learning Project Agnes Gray School 170 Main St. West Paris ME 04289 (207) 674-2332 betsy_cornwell@sad17.k12.me.us
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