A great book for low readers or ESL students

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

I have a wonderful book from Scholastic.
Title: The Samurai - Fighters of Old Japan.
Author: Mel Friedman
Reading Level: 1.5-2.5.
ISBN number: 0-439-59786-2

The chapters are very short, about three pages or so. The pictures are drawings that are in black and white.

Below is the summary on the back cover:
Need someone to fight your battles? Better hire the best!

In old Japan, large families struggled for power. When a battle started, they hired the best fighters. They hired the samurai. They foughtj for the rich men and kings. But soon they ubattled their way to the top. But what do you think happened when the fighting finally stopped?"

This is a wonderful book for upper elementary students, ESL students, or struggling readers.

Thank you Scholastic!!!!

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much for the information on the Samurai book from Scholastic. My Special Education students love books that are easy and fun to read. This book sounds like it could fit the bill. Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

Dottie:

I appreciate the help.
It is nice to have resources for all of our students to have access to the amazing Asian culture.
Thank you for being on the lookout for our kids.

[Anonymous]

This book sounds like a great addition to my class library. But, where can you get it? I could only find the book information at Scholastic, but it was not available to order. Amazon was no luck either. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

So sorry that it took me so long to reply to you, but I just figured out how to read the replies to my posts!!!!
I regret that you are having rouble locating the books. I got them from my Literacy Coach and was not aware that you couldn't get them easily from Scholastic.
I havr the ISBN numbr and it should help. It is: 0-439-59786-2
You should be able to get it now.
Ae you in the Tues. class t Miliikan? Do you want me to bring the book on the 9th? Pleae use my personal email, as it iseasier for me to check. It is: [email protected]

[Anonymous]

From Tuesday's class on Korea, Professor Jung-Kim provided us with some handouts. One of them was an advertisement for "Shen's Books" multicultural books for children. There are many interesting titles. I am very thankful for the amazing literary suggestions to integrate into my classroom. I focused so much on having books in Spanish that I failed to realize that I have students from many places, and all children can benefit from the literature of all countries.

[Anonymous]

I noticed that as I was going through the materials.
It's nice having so many resources to draw upon.

[Anonymous]

I would like to borrow that book of yours to use in my social skills class. I have a bunch of students who are mesmirized by Japanese anime and any Asian cartoons and animation. After reading and getting the literature part of your story, I would like to challenge them to draw some characters based on what they see in your book. Oh by the way, they are excellent artists.

[Anonymous]

sounds great! What does reading level 1.5-2.5 mean? Does that mean 1st-2nd grade? I teach low level 11th & 12th graders who love fighting and violence. would this be too simple?

[Anonymous]

I was wondering if any of you know of any titles for higher level readers? I'm thinking I'm going to make up my own book list since by the time we finish this class, our library will already have the middle school and high school suggested books. I'm going to ask my librarian too, but I thought one of you might have a better idea?

[Anonymous]

You might try Lost Names that Prof. Jung gave us in the binder.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I find it fun and helpful to use even low-level books with older students (I teach high school too) because it lowers their anxiety level. Also, it opens up the discussion to talk about other text features (pictures, word placement, cultural choices) that might be more difficult for them to discover when comprehension is an issue. Also, research indicates that ANY kind of reading (even if it is below a students "grade level") is helpful for comprehension and overall reading skills. And, who doesn't love reading picture books every now and then?

[Anonymous]

Than you Dottie for finding another resource and I like using an example like the little samurai to create books as a student assignment in my classes. I usually have the students make a Lttle red book on Mao, so this can add to the creativity and learning process.
M. Herrera

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