self publishing 2018

The two potential drafts of the cover for the book:

Homework 2 Hi all. Just wanted to share my work in progress and a first shot at an ePub: The link for the content is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kNZf0vGBqxKHHGONQ3lz3KBb9v3U3KmwZUnMFZaOpJg/edit?usp=sharing two potential covers: 1) https://drive.google.com/file/d/17xo9e-dX_oox4QOSWRJ5SiTS0eKXfZAW/view?usp=sharing 2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qPEdNWMwKoLMS1R6B4fc3dzDuF6QvN3g/view?usp=sharing And the link for the pub document with a first stab at a cover is here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AFHXgokn3ldaypoHZhNY7fsAfzVyI2xR/view?usp=sharing The epub file needs to be downloaded and opened in an e-reader program to be read. Thanks for your feedback in advance

Homework #2 Can it be done? Absolutely! •What will the final product look like—text? images? size? format? length? For this class, I want to finish one chapter of the book. There will be 1 or 2 images for the story itself (looking forward to learning about options for images), probably text only for the theory (perhaps graphs which I would do in excel), and text and JPEGS of worksheet with links to PDFs online for the lesson activities. •How much have I already written? How much is left to do? The short story is written. The theory is written but scattered here and there in various blog posts (which might actually mean, not written yet). The activities are about 50% done. •How much of the thinking/planning have I already done? How much is left to do? For the chapter, most of what I want to do is planned out as far as content. Images, style, etc., is not something I have a clear picture of yet. •When do I plan to write? I've got an hour commute from and to work. That is going to be ...

Homework #1 Should it be done? Each chapter of the book would be broken up into 3 sections: 1) very short story composed of high frequency words, but with a literary (I hope) quality and focus on character 2) reading theory and research about how people learn to read 3) activities to use with the story and tied to the research. I think there might be room for a book which brings together EFL/ESL materials, theory/research, and practical activities all in one package. •Who would read/use my material? Students would use the stories. Teacher/parents would read the theory sections as well as the activities which they would use with their students/children •Why? What would they gain from it? The stories themselves would be useful because they would be EASY TO READ, but not childish. So I hope it would give second language readers a chance to enjoy reading, primarily for meaning. Teachers and parents would read the stories as well. They would also read the theory sections and perhaps have...

Hi Everyone, I'm very happy to be here. My name is Kevin and I'm a high school English teacher here in Japan. I used to blog a lot and sometimes write short stories for English language learners. I also am interested in basic reading research. So I was thinking about combining all of this together to try and put together a sample chapter of a book which contains: 1) a very short story of 500-1000 words with ~90% of the vocabulary consisting of the most frequent words of English 2) two to three pages of theory about how reading skills are developed and how reading the short story can help develop those skills 3) a series of activities to be used in lessons, or by a parent with their child, or by a group of friends which is also based on the theory in part 2. The completed chapter will, I hope, be about 8 to 10 pages and will serve as the template for the rest of the book. I'm also really excited to spend time with other teachers who are interested in material development and...