Fran's Story

This photostory is suitable for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) students who are learning to read. In this story, a single mother hits her son in a grocery store. She loves her son and is afraid he will be taken away. This open-ended story will invite discussion around child discipline and child abuse as students are called upon to be the judge. The photographs reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary reader is suitable for adolescent and adults who are beginning readers. This title is one of eight in the Be the Judge series. Lexile level: 60L