Bellafiore, Joseph.
English Made Easier
. New York: Amsco School Publications, Inc., 1974. Excellent grammar for skills but exercises may need supplementing.
Benner, Patricia Ann.
Troubleshooter
:
A Program in Basic English Skills
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. A good series of seven workbooks covering many grammar skills; could be supplemented by other exercises as needed.
Boning, Richard A. and Barnell Loft.
Specific Skill Series
,
Secondary Overview
. Baldwin, New York: 1977. Recommended by Title VII personnel at Hillhouse, the Specific Skill Series is a reading program designed to develop eight crucial reading skills. They are Getting the Main Idea, Using the Context, Drawing Conclusions, Locating the Answer, Getting the Facts, Following Directions, Working with Sounds, and Detecting the Sequence.
Heilman, Arthur W., et al.
The New Phonics We Use
. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1972. A good workbook for such basics as the alphabet, consonants, blends, etc.
Hinton, S. E.
The Outsiders
. New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1967. Good high-interest story of teen gang wars.
Moore, Dennis and Michael C. Flanigan, eds.
Sight Lines
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1969. High-interest stories and poems. Record also available.
Reasons, George and Sam Patrick, eds.
They Had a Dream
. New York: Signet Non-Fiction, 1969. Short biographies of 53 outstanding black Americans.
Robinson, Katherine, ed.
Scholastic Scope
Magazine. New Jersey: Scholastic Magazines, Inc., 1973. Published weekly during the school year except during school holidays and at mid-term, this magazine is a good supplement for high-interest selections, low-ability students.
Thompson, Edward T., et al, eds.
Reader’s Digest
. Pleasantville, N. Y. 10570. Published monthly by The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., this periodical is useful in teaching short non-fiction and current events. Available at school discount.
Twelve Angry Men and Other Plays
, ed.
Scholastic Scope
Magazine. New Jersey: Scholastic Magazines, inc., 197I. Includes Reginald Rose’s
Twelve Angry Men
, Paddy Chayefsky’s
The Big Deal
, Carroll Howe’s
The Long Fall
, and Budd Schulberg’s
On the Waterfront
. Simplified versions of fairly good plays.
Usage File of American English
. Ed. Editorial Staff. Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1972. Good resource for grammar rules, but exercises need to be added by the teacher. For the more advanced student.
Vidal, Gore, ed.
Best Television Plays
. New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. Eight teachable plays, including Paddy Chayefsky’s
The Mother
,
Reginald Rose’s
Thunder on Sycamore Street
, Tad Mosel’s
My Lost Saints
, Robert Alan Aurthur’s
Man on the Mountaintop
, Horton Foote’s
A Young Lady of Property
, Rod Serling’s
The Strike
, J. P. Miller’s
The Rabbit Trap
, and Gore Vidal’s
Visit to a Small Planet
.
Weinberg, Joel.
Troubleshooter II
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. A rather advanced series covering Word Recognition, Vocabulary, Spelling and Parts of Speech, Reading Rate and Comprehension, Reading in Specific Subjects, Reading and Study Skills. Perhaps a bit too challenging for slower students.
Wood, Phyllis Anderson.
Your Bird Is Here
,
Tom Thompson
. New York: Signet, 1972. Excellent selection for poor readers, this novel is written by a reading teacher.