Instructional Text Resources
Digital Text
Learner-Generated
Literacy Level
- The Change Agent – Online publication by and for adult learners. Contact the PDN for the Aspire subscription details.
- A Digital Workbook for Beginning ESOL - This free online book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning ESOL students. The grammar section includes a select set of YouTube videos, and the three original readers include short picture or chapter stories. Each lesson is accompanied by self-correcting exercises.
- English Literacy Content – Interactive resources including stories, activities, handwriting guide, phonics, assessments and other resources.
- ESL Story Bank - A collection of short stories written specifically for adult ESL learners as part of the Minnesota Literacy Council’s Adult ESL Curriculum with Transitions Skills.
- Pathway to Literacy Theme-based Stories – a compilation of literacy level readers at 4 foundational literacy levels that were created by the Pathway to Literacy team or adapted from stories produced by Literacy Minnesota, Bow Valley School of Global Access, We Speak NYC, and Calgary Immigrant Women's Association (CIWA).
Short Stories
- Beginnings Books – Outstanding writing of Ohio Aspire ABE and ESOL students published annually. Also available in hardcopy; contact the for copies.
- News for instruction
- Reading Skills for Today’s Adults – A collection of stories at 16 levels with activities for before, during and after reading.
Print Materials
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