Kid's magazines are great for persuasive type texts. I don't know which ones you might have available to you but you might ask this boy what his interests are and see if you can find one. Take for example a BMX bike magazine. It will have articles on best bikes, best tracks, best gear, whatever. Generally because the articles are short with pictures, high interest, they are good for the kids who struggle with anything longer. I tend to go for persuasive texts that are non fiction and work with those first and then look for how a text is 'more subtle' in it's persuasion in fiction. Hope this helps. And if all else fails, once you have found his interests, google and you'll find something at the right level. Hope this helps. Suzanne
--- On Sat, 20/9/08, Jennifer Olimpieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jennifer Olimpieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Persuasive texts > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Received: Saturday, 20 September, 2008, 11:46 PM > Hi I am trying to find titles for a fourth grade boy that is > reading on a low level. Can anyone suggest titles or a good > website to help? > > --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Diane Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > From: Diane Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Persuasive texts > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 10:44 PM > > I used the The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry with my > fifth graders it's > about a group of animals in the rainforest who persuade a > lumberjack to stop > cutting down the trees... > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Melissa Kile > Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 10:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] Persuasive texts > > > > Friends, > > I will be starting the "Writing for Change" unit > from *Second Grade > Writers*(Parsons) in a couple of weeks. I'm in need of > some persuasive > texts to > share w/ my 2nd graders. Here's what was in the list in > the book, all of > which I've just ordered from Amazon (and which I'm > hoping my principal > will > pay for!!): > Common Ground, Bang > Dear Children of the Earth, Schimmel > Why Should I Recycle?, Green/Gordon > The Peace Book, Parr > The Librarian of Basra, Winter > Dear World, Noda > > Our library has The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby, and > I'm still > researching where to find 2 books by Joy Cowley (The Smile, > and Sky to Sea). > > If anyone has taught this unit, or one like it, are there > any other > suggestions for mentor texts? > > Thank you! > Melissa/VA/2nd > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Make the switch to the world's best email. Get Yahoo!7 Mail! http://au.yahoo.com/y7mail _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
