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A Few Reasons for Adapting Books
(Boston Public Schools Access
Technology Center 9/25/03)
 | Provide Flexibility in presentation of book. |
| Enhance visual access to print by enlarging, changing font size or
color. |
| Provide better physical access. |
| Provide hands free access to the book for the teacher or student. |
| Promote focus/ increase student's attention to the book. |
| Promote independence. |
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Novels Already Adapted into Write Outloud or Kurzweil
| 5 People You Meet in Heaven |
| 12 Angry Men |
| A Walk to Remember |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Amittyville Horror |
| Angels and Demons |
| Animal Farm |
| And Then There Were None |
| Beowulf |
| Bridge to Terabitha |
| Call of the Wild |
| Car, The |
| Catcher in the Rye, The |
| Cay, The |
| Chosen, The |
| Contender, The |
| Crash |
| Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime |
| Ethan Frome |
| Fever 1793 |
| Freak the Mighty |
| Great Gatsby |
| Hatchet |
| Holes |
| Hoot |
| House on Mango Street |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer |
| Inherit the Wind |
| Journal of Patrick Seamus, The |
| Jurassic Park |
| Leaves of Grass |
| Lord of the Flies |
| Maggie Girl on the Streets |
| Maniac Magee |
| Milkweeed |
| My Brother Sam is Dead |
| Night |
| Of Beetles and Angels |
| Of Mice and Men |
| Old Man of the Sea |
| Old Yeller |
| Oliver Twist |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Ordinary People |
| Out of the Dust |
| Outsiders |
| Pearl, The |
| Pigman |
| Ransom |
| Red Badge of Courage |
| Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry |
| Runner, The |
| Sara Plain and Tall |
| Scarlett Letter |
| Shiloh |
| Short Stories |
| Snowbound |
| Solid Gold Kid |
| Son of the Mob |
| Sorry Wrong Number |
| Sounder |
| Speak |
| Stargirl |
| Taming of the Shrew |
| The Cay |
| The Giver |
| The Pearl |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
| To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Touching Spirit Bear |
| Tuck Everlasting |
| Tuesdays with Morrie |
| Walk Two Moons |
| Watson's go to Birmingham |
| Wave, The |
| Well, The |
| When the Emperor Was Devine |
| When the Legends Die |
| Where the Red Fern Grows |
| White Fang |
| Woodsong |
| Wuthering Heights |
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A Few Steps to Follow to Have A Book Adapted
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Discuss with me timelines, novel and how you would like
things set up. I will give you suggestions of things that worked for
other teachers. I will
need time to work on scanning or assist in getting materials ready for
your students. |
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Questions and Vocabulary worksheets can also be adapted
for use on the computer by students. |
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Quizzes and tests may also be given on screen. |
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I will be available to assist you and your class.
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When starting to use a novel with class or student please consider the
following:
| You will need to use the special education lab,
unless your classroom has Kurzweil installed onthe teacher's station. |
| You will need headphones if using voice output.
See your tech coordinator for supplies. |
| Students will print out their own answers. |
Accessiblebookcollection.org
District 211 has a subscription for this website that
will allow me to download books for you to use if your students qualify by
having a physical or visual disability that limits the student's ability to
effectively use standard print. To view the list of books click the
link above.
Please complete the attached form below, attach a
class roster, send it to me at PHS and I will download the novel of your
choice.
Eligibility form From Project Gutenberg, the
first producer of free electronic books (ebooks). These books from
this website are free downloadable books that are no longer copyright
protected.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Novels in Bold are
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