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[Enigma]

I teach mostly adults, but I have one kids' class that I see 4 times a week for 40 minutes a class. It's a tiny class, consisting of just 2 boys who are in grades 5 and 6. We're nearing the end of Side by Side 2 and I'll probably switch them to Side by Side 3 when we finish.
My boss has suggested we add a storybook, and so I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have. They're good kids, but they love computer games so their favorite English words are probably "kill," "die," and "sniping." So I don't think a cute little fairy tale will interest them.
I'm in a small city nowhere near Seoul, so there's no big bookstore for me to go to browse titles.
I'd appreciate if you could suggest a few titles you think they might enjoy as well as any ideas about using story books in class (e.g. 10 minutes every day, twice a week, etc.) At my last school, my boss wanted me teaching the storybook for about 10 minutes every day and you could tell the kids were just sick of it.

Thank you

[OculisOrbis]

Graphic novels?

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=188230

Just read and talk about a couple pages with them each class -- from the sounds of your students, they will prob go ahead independently outside class with a graphic novel and you could just be answering questions about what they read at home.

[ddeubel]

I've taught this age group before and what they go for is "content" - I wouldn't go for a storybook unless it was really goofy. (like Diary of a grade 4 nothing)

Guinness book of world records they'd devour. See my blog post here about using it. http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2010/04/14/using-the-guinness-world-records-book-as-a-textbook/

However, on EFL Classroom are hundreds of audio books or leveled readers. Lots that could interest them and I'd recommend if possible with EFL students, to use audio books.

Cheers,

DD
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