English lesson in which students relate

a text to a real-world problem

If I work with special needs students, what could I do?

2 answers

I'd decide on a "real-world problem" first and then find newspaper and/or news magazine articles that report and analyze it.
Be sure you check the reading level of whatever newspapers and/or news magazines you choose from. For example, I went to www.google.com and entered reading level of nytimes and learned it's considered grade 10 level.

The search results here will help you, too:
http://www.google.com/search?q=reading+level+of+various+newspapers&oq=reading+level+of+various+newspapers&aqs=chrome..69i57.6070j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8