Addtional+Texts+that+May+be+useful

While I was looking for texts to review, I came across this series of leveled graphic historical fiction novels (aka Comic Books) that are published by a division of Houghton-Mifflin- Harcourt.

They are designed for reading levels 5-8 and to hold the interest of grades 6-12. Each of the books is based on a social studies topic, ranging from Ancient Empires to Modern American History. Each book comes with a teacher's guide with plans to help develop the target comprehension and critical thinking skills. I thought it would work well for ESL b/c it contains so many pictures, and the series covers a wide range of cultures. Through LYNX they also provide lesson plans that pair some of the graphic novels with leveled nonfiction readers.

Here is a link for previews of the books http://www.timelineseries.com/usa/

and here is the publisher site with more info: http://steckvaughn.hmhco.com/en/timeline_home.htm

another book about using comics specifically in a multilingual classroom - ttp://www.amazon.com/Going-Graphic-Comics-Multilingual-Classroom/dp/0325004757/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c

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I recently found the following new resources in the Rowan (Glassboro) University Library

Teaching Children to Listen - Liz Spooner & Jacqui Woodcock activities based on a whole school approach to listening, teaches what good listeners do Collaborative Units That Work: Teams Award Winners kate Vande Brake (ed)

lesson/unit plan ideas based on collaboration between the schools media specialist & a teacher or teachers. Some very good ideas, though much planning and implementation time is usually involved

Reading the World with Picture Books- Nancy J. Pollette

Provides a list of picture books by continent/country and has corresponding worksheets/activities for each. It's great to identify storybooks that relate to the parts of the world that your students hail from.

Mary Glasgow http://maryglasgowplus.com/ a subsidiary of Scholastic publishes magazines meant specifically for ELLS.