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Literary Essays: Writing About Reading

Grade: All

Reading and Writing are both intricately connected in all aspects of life. By sharing the Literary Essays Unit of Study with students they are able to tangibly recognize how this two subjects are linked. Furthermore, literary essays are able to engage learners at an incredibly personal level because of the content matter.

Book List For Literary Essays

A Little Peace

By Barbara Kerley

Guided Reading Level: –

Abuela

By Arthur Dorros

Guided Reading Level: K

Amelia and Eleanor…

By Pam Ryan

Guided Reading Level: P

Aunt Harriet Und…

By Faith Ringgold

Guided Reading Level: R

Brave Irene

By William Steig

Guided Reading Level: S

Ellington was Not…

By Ntozake Shange

Guided Reading Level: R

Every Living Thing

By Cynthia Rylant

Guided Reading Level: R

Fly High The Story…

By Louise Borden

Guided Reading Level: M

Free At Last Stories…

By Doreen Rappaport

Guided Reading Level: S

Freedom on the…

By Carole Weatherford

Guided Reading Level: N

Frog and Toad are…

By Arnold Lobel

Guided Reading Level: K

Henry Hikes To…

By Donald Johnson

Guided Reading Level: K

Henrys Freedom Box

By Ellen Levine

Guided Reading Level: Q

Honey I Love and…

By Eloise Greenfield

Guided Reading Level: M

I See The Rhythm

By Toyomi Igus

Guided Reading Level: –

Kids Like Me

By Judith Blohm

Guided Reading Level: T

Love that Dog

By Sharon Creech

Guided Reading Level: T

Memories of Survival

By Esther Krinitz

Guided Reading Level: T

Minute Monologues…

By Ruth Roddy

Guided Reading Level: N

Monkey Island

By Paula Fox

Guided Reading Level: V

My Brother Martin

By Christine Farris

Guided Reading Level: –

No More! Stories…

By Doreen Rappaport

Guided Reading Level: W

Tar Beach

By Faith Ringgold

Guided Reading Level: P

The Colors of Fre…

By Janet Bode

Guided Reading Level: T

The Giver

By Lois Lowry

Guided Reading Level: Y

The Little Engine…

By Watty Piper

Guided Reading Level: I

The Other Side

By Jacqueline Woodson

Guided Reading Level: M

The Wall

By Eve Bunting

Guided Reading Level: N

The Watsons Go to…

By Christopher Curtis

Guided Reading Level: U

When I was Young…

By –

Guided Reading Level: K

When Marian Sang

By Pam Ryan

Guided Reading Level: P

White Socks Only

By Evelyn Coleman

Guided Reading Level: N


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