Narrative Writing
A Sweet
Smell of Roses by
Angela Johnson
DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words
from Smart, Young Women
by The Extended Day Girls, Stacey Shubitz, and Christina L. Rodriguez
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of
Mistaken Identity
by Mo Willems
Personal Essay
DEAL
WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women by The Extended Day Girls, Stacey
Shubitz, and Christina L. Rodriguez
Persuasive Writing
Click,
Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
I
Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff
Earrings
by Judith Viorst
Literary Essay
These are texts students chose to examine
in their literary essays.
The
Other Side by
Jacqueline Woodson
“Slower
Than The Rest” by Cynthia Rylant
“My Side of
the Story” by Adam Bagdasarian
Four
Feet, Two Sandals
by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed
The
Wednesday Surprise
by Eve Bunting
A Chair
for My Mother by
Vera B. Willaims
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The
Paper Bag Princess
by Robert Munsch
The
Meanest Thing to Say
(Little Bill Series) by Bill Cosby
Uncle
Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding
by Lenore Look
Picture Book/Short Fiction Unit of
Study
Bad
Kitty by Nick Bruel
Grandmama’s
Pride by Becky
Birtha
Jamaica’s
Find by Juanita
Havill
Mia’s
Story by Michael
Foreman
Mutt
Dog by Stephen
Michael King
Not
Norman: A Goldfish Story
by Kelly Bennett
Edwina:
The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Hop
Jump by Ellen Stohl
Walsh
A
Frog Thing by Eric
Drachman
Poetry
42 Miles by Tracey Vaughn Zimmer
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Summer by Steven Schnur
Note: We read
many individual poems from poetry anthologies as well.
Memoir
What
You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan
When
the Relatives Came
by Cynthia Rylant