With 64 chapters and 368,017 words, Charles Dickens' David Copperfield can prove to be a challenge for young readers. Help them out with a resource that not only provides the complete text but an audio version as well.

Concepts

charles dickens, british literature, novels, realism, audio recording

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide struggling readers with the audio and have them read along

Classroom Considerations

• 7.5 Flesch-Kincaid reading level
• 368,017 word count
• Audio clips range from 10 to 45 minutes; click the chapter title to view the length of the recording

Pros

• A timeline indicates the length of each recording
• Listeners can pause, restart, and rewind the recordings

Cons

• Some may find the narrator's voice lacking in expression

Common Core

RL.7.10 RL.8.10 RL.9-10.10a