Textbook- Glencoe’s Reader’s Choice
Supplemental Textbook- Great Source: The Reader’s Handbook

 Overview:

In this class, students will read and experience literature in a variety of genres. We are using a new textbook series and implementing a newly aligned curriculum.  Students will be expected to read many novels, short stories, poetic works, and various expository texts, as well as participating in a  year long study of language structures and word analysis. In addition, approximately 7-10 book reports will be assigned throughout the school year. Students are expected to participate in class activities and discussions. Completion of classroom assignments and homework is mandatory to pass this course.

Classroom Novels:
(Students may be asked to read any combination of the novels listed. Other novels may be included as deemed necessary by the teacher.)
 

Adam of the Road

Cathrine Called Birdy

The Clay Marble

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

The Door in the Wall

Flight #116 Is Down

The Golden Goblet

Hatchet

I, Juan de Pareja

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Joey Pigza Swallows a Key

Journey to Jo'Burg

Julie of the Wolves

Letters from Rifka

Loser

Mara, Daughter of the Nile

Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure

The Music of Dolphins and related non-fiction

Not Just Anybody Family

The Phantom Tollbooth

Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

Regarding the Fountain

Skeleton Man

Song of the Gargoyle

There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock

Tuck Everlasting

The Year of the Panda

Various books by Roald Dahl

Wrinkle in Time