Why HIP novels work for reluctant readers
Many books claim to be written for reluctant readers, but only the titles from High Interest Publishing have the meticulous development, classroom testing and careful design to "work" for reluctant readers. These novels offer
- exciting stories that keep readers hooked, page after page, chapter after chapter
- topics and characters to which young teens can relate
- illustrations that help students visualize characters and events
- stories tested and revised with feedback from regular students and reluctant readers
- reliable reading-level control with less than a .5 grade-level variation in readability per chapter
- careful introduction of any difficult vocabulary - no difficult words are ever used in isolation, and 98% of all words in the text are within a basic list of 800 common words and phrases
- pages designed to eliminate hyphenated words and awkward white space
- teacher's guides with before-reading articles and introductory materials, during-reading activities and discussion points, and after-reading projects to bring students back into the text
And yet these books look just like the trade novels already in your classroom library. There is no stigma in reading a HIP novel - no questions at the end of the chapter, no grade level indicators, nothing to show that these books have been designed specifically for reluctant readers.
