Online Resources
Reading Materials - Storybooks and Read Aloud
International Children’s Digital Library ChildrensLibrary.org
1000’s of children’s books from around the world , sortable by age level and book type. Best to use advanced search.
Story Online Storylineonline.net
Videos of famous people reading storybooks. Includes printable handouts with activities, but not the original text of the books.
FreeKidsBooks Freekidsbooks.org Free stories to view online or download as pdf's. storybooks.
StoryBird Storybird.com
Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
Illustrated books sorted by level (young children, older children, young adults)
Archive.org Children's Library http://archive.org/details/iacl
Thousands of copyright-free children’s books in a variety of formats (e.g.pdf, mobi, html).
List of Children's Books for Reading http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-children
Links to many sources of free children’s books and reading material
ESLFast http://www.eslfast.com/eslread/A collection of 365 short stories for language learners. Each story include a slowly read audio and there are also quiz and dictation activities for each story. .
ER Central http://er-central.com/
Dedicated to developing an Extensive Reading and Extensive Listening approach to foreign and second language learning. Lots of potential resources - many still ‘coming soon’.
Tarhell Reader Tarheelreader.org
Hundreds of easy-to-read user-generated books illustrated by using Flickr photos.
EastoftheWeb Children’s Short Stories - good source of text for several dozen stories.
An assortment of stories, poems, and tongue twisters - some with audio recordings.
American ESL Folklore http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/esl-reading/
Comics
Free comics sorted by type and age level
Batoto http://www.batoto.net
International comics translated into different languages (mostly English)
Comixology http://comixology.com
Large selection of comics for sale, but with a decent selection of free ones which change weekly. Some might not be appropriate for middle schoolers.
Newsarama Free Comics http://newsarama.com/topics/free-online-comic-books/
Book Reviews, Recommendations, and Discussions
TeenReads.com http://www.teenreads.com/reviews
KidsReads.com http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews
Affiliated sites that provide book reviews, author interviews, and reading lists.
Reviews, recommendations, ‘best of’ lists, and discussions of recent books
TheChildrensBookReview.com
Sorted by age, level, and topic
Sorted by age, level, and topic
In class task
- Partner storybook reading practice.
- Whole group read aloud and usage discussion
Assignments
- Contribute as many books that you really like as possible to our Class Resources Google Doc. Look through the online resources and review sites shared during class if necessary.
Have a wonderful (loooooong) 개천절 Weekend. See you October 10!
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