LeBron+James+texts

LeBron James texts

As I have looked at these pages, I have realized that many of the pages have a very small amount of text (one or two sentences) and a lot of statistics. These pages would be really good for a student who just needs to connect with the idea of looking up a hero on the web. Also, the longer articles are often very well written with a really good vocabulary--in other words, great texts to work with in terms of being worth the effort.

[] Wikipedia article Reading level: Flesch scale: 35.4

[] This web page presents a picture of LeBron and some captions other people have written about the picture. With a page like this, a student might be able to write his or her own caption, which would be a natural writing genre. Reading level: Flesch scale: 84.3

[] This is a sports article on a recent game Reading level: Flesch scale: 55.0

[|http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/3704/] This is an example of a page that is mostly statistics. The words to read here would be "age," "born," etc. Very few words and these words have clues next to them (e.g., height or date of birth) that would help a student figure out these words. The fact that the page is mostly statistics means that the page looks sophisticated; it is the kind of page that real sports fans look at. A very beginning reader could tackle this page.

[] This is another statistics page. If you scroll down, you see information on awards LeBron has won and the times when he has been declared Most Valuable Player. It's a minimal amount of text with the maximal meaning.

[] This is a biography of LeBron James, somewhat easier to read than the wikipedia article. Flesch scale: 61.8