Graded Readers

English E-Reader

This resource gives students free access to a wide range of graded readers online. I stumbled upon this resource when I wanted to start a book club for my students but was working with a very tight budget. There are a number of free resources for reading out there, but they pose a number of problems: many are illegal or they only have material that has ran out of copyright and thus very old. The older books use old English which can be really challenging for students. Then I found this website. It is legal, free, and seperates books by level. One thing to be wary of is that the books are released by the authors and thus do not always present quality literature. The teacher should always preview a book that they plan to use. These are great for extensive reading options for students. As a teacher, I might assign students to read for a certain amount of time each day and give them the choice of books from class materials or this site, so long as the reading is at an appropriate level.