ESL 120/130                                                   Name_________________________

Spring, 2017                                                  Date_________________________

BOOK REPORT

 

STEP ONE - Choose your book.  Buy it new or used from a local store or on-line at Amazon.com, or borrow it from the library.  Begin reading as soon as you get your book.  This booklist is for 120 and 130.  Estimated levels are given after the title, but you can choose books for either level.

 

                        BOOK CHOICES

                        1.  *Colibr’, Ann Cameron 130

                        2.  *Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan 130

                        3.   Iqbal, Francesco DÕAdamo ?

                        4.  *Homeless Bird, Gloria Whelan 130

                        5.  *The Circuit, Francisco JimŽnez ?

                        6.  *Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott OÕDell 130/120

                        7.  *The Kidnapped Prince, Olaudah Equiano 130/120

            8.   The Land I Lost, Huynh Nhuong Nhuong 130/120

                        9.  *A Pebble for Your Pocket, Thich Nhat Hanh 130

                        10.  Silk Umbrellas, Carolyn Marsden 130

                        11.  In Her Own Words, Pocahontas, George Sullivan 120

                        12.  They Shall Be Heard, Kate Connell 120 (low 130)

                        13.  *A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park (Audio Tape available) 120 (low      

                        130)

                        14.  *The Year of the Dog, or The Year of the Rat Grace Lin 120 

                        15.  *The Year of No Rain, Alice Mead 130

                        16.   Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman ?

                        17.   *I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade, Diane Lee Wilson 130

                        18.   *In Her Own Words, Helen Keller, George Sullivan 120

                        19.   A Lion to Guard Us, Clyde Robert Bulla 130

                        20.  The Five Ancestors (Tiger, Monkey, Snake, Crane,  or Eagle) Jeff Stone

                           130 (referring to Book #20)

                        21.  The Diary of Ma Yan, by Ma Yan 120/130

                        22.   Center Court Sting, Matt Christopher 130

                        23.  The Breadwinner, (first of a trilogy) Deborah Ellis  130

                        24.  Slumgirl Dreaming, Rubina Ali  130

                        25.  My Life with the Chimpanzees, Jane Goodall  120/130

                        26.  Shadow Spinner, Susan Fletcher  ?

                        27.  Gentle Annie, Mary Francis Shura  ?

                       

*Books with this * are definitely available in the Rosenberg library. (More may have been added to the library.) All books are available at your local public library. 

Get your book from the library or order your book AS SOON AS YOU HAVE CHOSEN IT!!!                             

 

 

 

 

CHOOSING YOUR BOOK

 

1.  Choose a book on a subject you like.  Ask me if you donÕt know the subject.

 

2.  Read the front and back covers completely.  Make sure the print inside the book is a comfortable size for you.

 

3.  Read the first page and one page in the middle of the book.

            a.  Count the new vocabulary words you find on these two pages.  You should                 find about 5-7 new words, but no more.  See me if the books are too hard. 

 

            b.  Check the verb tenses and the grammar.  Do you get the ÔgistÕ of each                       paragraph, or are you confused and lost?  You should not be lost by the

                 grammar.  See me if the books seem too hard. 

 

4.  DonÕt be afraid of a long book.  Sometimes short books are hard and long books are easy.