Adult Books Written Below the 8th Grade Level

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Adult Books Written Below the 8th Grade Level

http://www.townsendpress.com/scholarships.aspx

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http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/index.php/reading-skills-for-todays-adults They have stories from level 0,7 - 8.0 They can be printed or the student can read them on the computer.

If you go to LingQ.com you will find over 5,000 English texts, complete with audio, built-in mouse-over dictionary that can be set to the desired language, sorted by difficulty level, and searchable by various criteria. All are available for free download, although users to have to register. Just help yourself. www.lingq.com

Prisoners of a hard life (Comic)
http://realcostofprisons.org/hardlife.pdf

Prisoners of the war on drugs (Comic)
http://www.realcostofprisons.org/materials/comics/war_on_drugs.pdf

Hair tips for sisters
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/practice/sisters-on-the-move/index.html

Sisters Together Move More Eat Better, Program Guide
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/sisterstogether/

Where there is life, there is hope: Women literacy students and discrimination
http://www.nald.ca/CLR/lifehope/cover.htm

Behind Closed Doors...: Stories of Survival
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/rwn/publications.htm

The Magic of Everyday Moments
http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/early-development/magic-of-everyday-moments.html

365/24/7 -- Moms on Duty with NO Pay: A Radio Program for International Women's Day, March 8, 2002
http://www.litwomen.org/learnwrite/RadioBook.pdf

How to Feel Good: Learning to Relax and Exercise - An Invitation
http://home.comcast.net/~djrosen/feelgood/feelgood.html

New Reader's Press
http://www.newreaderspress.com/
New Readers Press has an excellent selection and variety of books. They had contemporary fiction and non-fiction as well as the "classics" written at various reading levels. The books were challenging yet not daunting for the adult learner. The learners enjoyed the books, especially the classics.

Goodman's Five-Star Series
http://www.glencoe.com/gln/jamestown/reading_fiction/goodman_stories.php
This series is excellent as stories provide interesting fiction. Adapted short stories by traditional and newer multilcultural authors are good for struggling readers. The series encourages writing in response to reading and provides for vocabulary development. They books can be ordered CTB-McGraw-Hill, 1-800-334-7344

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