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| STUDENT COMPOSITIONS FROM THE ISALCThese stories were written by ESL students from the ISALC. First Choose a Reading Comprehension passage. Then click on “Start Reading Now” to start the timed reading.Level 100 and upStory 1: Halloween – by Makoto NakazawaReading ComprehensionJumbled SentencesGap-fill ExerciseMatching ExerciseStudent ReviewsStory 2: The Hours That Count in My Life – by Essa Al-DhaheriReading ComprehensionJumbled SentencesGap-fill ExerciseMatching ExerciseStudent ReviewsStory 3: Stuck in the Desert – by Saeed Al-QamziReading ComprehensionJumbled SentencesGap-fill ExerciseMatching ExerciseLevel 200 and upStory 4: Losing Identity – by Howard KimReading ComprehensionJumbled SentencesGap-fill ExerciseMatching ExerciseStory 5: I Will Never Get My Innocence Back – by Sharon DeMayoReading ComprehensionJumbled SentencesGap-fill ExerciseMatching ExerciseStory 6: You Can Be a Singer! – by Aya KatayanagiReading ComprehensionJumbled SentencesGap-fill ExerciseMatching ExerciseTop of PageBack to Reading IndexADVANCED PASSAGES FROM LINCS AND CNNThese stories are from CNN-SF, Literacyworks, and Western/Pacific LINCS. Choose FULL STORY,ABRIDGED STORY (short version), or STORY OUTLINE. Read the story. You may listen to the passage by clicking on the RA icon, or watch the VIDEO. Then click on the activities in the blue margin to the left of the passage. Read the story again if you have time.NEWEST LINKS:Amateur Rocketeers Try To Make It Into SpaceAstronomers Discover Solar SystemChinese Spiritual RevivalDeep Space Radio InterferenceDeveloping Robotic BirdsEarliest Human Remains Found In EthiopiaFight to Keep Bison Inside Yellowstone(The) Future Of CommunicationsHuman Genome Project UpdateKeiko Adapts To Life In Iceland WatersLinks between Child Vaccines and Autism?Living Fossil FishMarine Scientists Get The PictureNASA’s Chief Calls for Bold Vision in AviationNo More Eye Charts?Nurse Tracking TechnologyPanhandler Controversy Takes to the Street-SignsPermits to Prevent Fortune-Telling ScamsPrimate Researchers Sent Booby-Trapped LettersPutting Up With PainSea Otter Census Shows Big Population JumpSETI SearchSolar FlyerSound Technology Helps Police Locate GunfireUsing Dogs to Sniff Out Mold in HomesWhale Talk OTHER LINKS:20th Anniversary Of Mt. St. Helens EruptionAbortion Web Trial EndsAfghan Reaction in the United StatesAmerican Captured as Taliban FighterAncient BeautyAutomakers Try To Get Electric Car Mandate RescindedBike Messengers Vote To Join UnionBlack Panther DisputeBlackouts Hit CaliforniaBuffalo WarsCalifornia Power Surplus CityComputers and GirlsCondor Reintroduction Program Putting Birds in DangerCourt of Appeals Rules Against Napster(A) Day in the Life of a ProtesterDeath Row Inmate Nominated For Nobel PrizeDebate Over Supermarket Club Cards InformationDeregulation of Power Sends Prices SkywardDespite Precautions ‘Controlled Burns’ Can Get Out Of ControlDoctor Found Guilty of Elder AbuseDonating Houses to the Community Instead of DemolitionDreams of New Ways To FlyDrunk Driving Laws Making Impact In CaliforniaEarthquake ScienceEnergy Regulation DebateExxon Valdez Ten Years LaterFederal Judge Rules Against NapsterFoster AdoptionsFuel Cell Technology for CarsGrand Canyon CrowdingGrand Jury Indicts Couple in Dog MaulingHackers Flood Web SitesHistory Repeats? 1916 Election Parallel(The) Iditarod Sled Dog RaceInternet Watchdog Could Stop Collegiate CopycatsJapanese Freighter Grounded Off Oregon CoastKennewick Man Skeleton DisputeKinkel Sentenced To 111 YearsKip Kinkel Pleads Guilty In Oregon ShootingsLaid Off Workers Giving Back to CommunityLate Season Fire Hits Redding AreaLong Term Effects of DivorceMakah Indians Hunt Gray WhaleMan Growing Medical Marijuana Sent To Jail By FedsMatthew Shepard Murder Trial Opens In Laramie WYMobile Live Fire TrainerMonarch ButterfliesNational Parks Crumbling?Off the Grid with Solar PowerOlympic Hero HomecomingOregon Mom Forced To Treat Baby For HIVOregon Opens Adoptive Birth RecordsOregon Woman Takes Advantage of Assisted Suicide LawOscar Nomination for Palestinian TeenOwl InvadersParole Board Logjam in CaliforniaPeanuts Creator Schulz Dies On Eve Of Last StripPrison Abuse InvestigatedPuzzling Deaths of Gray Whales Off California Coast ProbedQuake Engineering: Looking At The Turkish Earthquake Damage(The) Reality Of HIV in 1999Ringling Brothers Trainer on Trial for Animal AbuseRising Oil Prices Prompts Call for Alaska DrillingRoadless Area Plan Draws FireSaving AIDS Drugs for African VictimsSchool Voucher Initiative Battle in CaliforniaSea Marshals Ride ShotgunSecret Japanese-American MissionSenior Citizens Surf The Web For Health of Mind And BodySikh Family Takes PrecautionsTornado Survivors”Trashed” Books May Help Fight Illiteracy, AIDS in UgandaTreatment not TimeUnwanted Research Chimps(The) View From SpaceWhat A Chance To Race With The Pros!(The) World Trade Organization in SeattleY2K Readiness Test For Power GridZodiac Killer Stalked Victims Much Like DC Sniper |