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Candlewick Press Common Core State Standards

alignment Candlewick Press books are a staple of the classroom. The alignments on this list will provide additional help to teachers looking for materials to teach to specific standards using their favorite books. The list has been prepared by Marla Conn MS Ed, an educational specialist, and includes links to the Common Core website for verification of the cited standards.

Fiction

Brand New Readers

Paperback Big Book

Beeper's Friends 9780763612443

Bravo, Kazam! 9780763613167

Eddie the Raccoon 9780763623340

Edna Elephant 9780763615567

Ethan Out and About 9780763610999 9780763648114

Fish and Frog 9780763624576 9780763648107

Here Comes Tabby Cat 9780763607722

Hey, Tabby Cat! 9780763608002

Hurray for Rosa! 9780763611279

Kazam's Magic 9780763613105

Monkey Business 9780763607739

Monkey Trouble 9780763607715

Mouse Goes Out 9780763613525

Mouse Has Fun 9780763613587 9780763642099

Otter Everywhere 9780763629229

Piggy and Dad 9780763613273

Piggy and Dad Play 9780763613334

Termite Tales 9780763639013

Termite Trouble 9780763625733

Three Little Bears 9780763623500

Three Little Bears Play All Day 9780763642303

Well Done, Worm! 9780763611477

Winnie All Day Long 9780763607746

Reading Foundation, Reading Literature Strands For Kindergarten RF.K.1, 1a, 1c, 3c, 4 RL.K.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of

print.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1a Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1c Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details

in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major

events in a story.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story

and define the role of each in telling the story.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between

illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and

experiences of characters in familiar stories.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and

understanding.

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/1/

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/1/a/

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/1/c/

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/3/c/

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/4/

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/K/1/









Judy Moody

Judy Moody Hardcover Paperback e-Book

Judy Moody (Book #1) 9780763648503 9780763648497 9780763651992

Judy Moody Gets Famous (Book #2) 9780763648541 9780763648534 9780763652005

Judy Moody Saves the World! (Book #3) 9780763648602 9780763648596 9780763652012

Judy Moody Predicts the Future (Book #4) 9780763648589 9780763648572 9780763652029

Judy Moody, M.D. (Book #5) 9780763648626 9780763648619 9780763652043

Judy Moody Declares Independence (Book #6) 9780763648527 9780763648510 9780763652050

Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days (Book #7) 9780763648640 9780763648633 9780763652067

Judy Moody Goes to College (Book #8) 9780763648565 9780763648558 9780763652074

Judy Moody, Girl Detective (Book #9) 9780763634506 9780763643492 9780763652081

Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (Book #10) 9780763657116 9780763657109 9780763654504

Reading Literature Strands Grades 1-3

RL.1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

RL.2.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10

RL.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of

their central message or lesson.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key

details.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or

appeal to the senses.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that

give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting,

or events.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in

stories.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and

how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and

determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/1/1/










CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and

challenges.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes,

repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the

beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by

speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital

text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories

and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high

end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text,

referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse

cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key

details in the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings)

and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,

distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking

about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part

builds on earlier sections.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the

characters.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is

conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by

the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including

stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently

and proficiently.
















Stink series

Title Hardcover Paperback e-book

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid (#1) 9780763663889 9780763664268 9780763628918

Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker (#2) 9780763663896 9780763664206 9780763632366

Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers (#3) 9780763663902 9780763664244 9780763628345

Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express (#4) 9780763663919 9780763664213 9780763628352

Stink: Solar System Superhero (#5) 9780763663926 9780763664251 9780763643218

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown (#6) 9780763663933 9780763664237 9780763643461

Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk (#7) 9780763663940 9780763664220 9780763656928

Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout (#8) 9780763661403 9780763663629

Reading Literature Strands 1-3

RL.1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

RL.2.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10

RL.3.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their

central message or lesson.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.



CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give

information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or

events.


stories.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to

demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.



















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by

speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text

to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.


and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end

of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring

explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and

explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events



CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about

a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on

earlier sections.


characters.



CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the

same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,

dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and

proficiently.













Weslandia

Weslandia 9780763600068 9780763610524

RL.K.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 RL.2.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 RL.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

SPARKS for beginning readers

SPARKS Early Readers Paperback

A Birthday for Bear: An Early Reader 9780763645793

Annie and Simon 9780763646325

Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends at Halloween

9780763625856

Houndsley and Catina 9780763666385

Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise 9780763666392

Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time 9780763645335

Houndsley and Catina Plink and Plunk 9780763666408

Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels 9780763666415

Joe and Sparky, Superstars! 9780763666422

Monkey and Elephant 9780763662615

Squirrel's World 9780763666446

Tales from the Waterhole 9780763633158

The Monster in the Backpack 9780763666439

Zelda and Ivy 9780763632618

Zelda and Ivy and the Boy Next Door 9780763637996

Zelda and Ivy: Keeping Secrets 9780763666361

Zelda and Ivy: The Big Picture 9780763666378

Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways 9780763666354

Reading Literature Strands Grades K-3

RL.K.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 RL.2.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 RL.3.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10








Kate DiCamillo Titles

Hardcover Paperback e-Book

Because of Winn-Dixie 9780763650070 9780763644321 9780763649456

Because of Winn-Dixie: Movie Tie-In 9780763625580

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 9780763660406

The Magician's Elephant 9780763644109 9780763652982 9780763649418

The Tale of Despereaux 9780763617226 9780763625290 9780763649432

The Tiger Rising 9780763652708 9780763618988 9780763649449

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 9780763625894

digest pb 9780763643676 / trade pb 9780763647834 9780763649425

Reading Literature Strands 3-7

The Tiger Rising

RL.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 RL.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

Because of Winn-Dixie

RL.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 RL.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

The Tale of Despereaux

RL.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 RL.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

The Magicians Elephant

RL.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 RL.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7























CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse

cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key

details in the text.





CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking

about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part

builds on earlier sections.


characters.



CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by

the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text

says explicitly and whendrawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text;

summarize the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama,

drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).


including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to

the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters,

settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are

narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or

oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and

directions in the text.
















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g.,

opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional

literature from different cultures.


stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as

needed at the high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly

and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text,

including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem

reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a

story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).


including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to

provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how

events are described.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning,

tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and

adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.



and proficiently.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as

well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed

through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of

episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.


including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on

meaning and tone
















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the

overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or

speaker in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem

to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they

“see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and

poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and

topics.


stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as

needed at the high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the

text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development

over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how

setting shapes the characters or plot).


including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of

sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of

different characters or narrators in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed,

staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g.,

lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).












Social Studies-Language Arts Cross-Over

Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon


Zora and Me 9780763643003 9780763658144 9780763652135

Reading Literature 5-8 Strands

RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10

Reading Literature Standards Grade 8:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over

the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective

summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama

propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.


including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning

and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the

differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the

audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or

humor.


dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.











Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts


Kizzy Ann Stamps 9780763658953 9780763669768 9780763662004


RL.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

Around the World by Matt Phelan

Hardcover Paperback

Around the World 9780763636197

Reading Literature Strands 6-12 RL.6.1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce Hardcover Paperback

The Unforgotten Coat 9780763657291

Reading Literature Strands 5-8 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 RL.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10

Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani


Same Sun Here 9780763656843 9780763664510 9780763657475

Reading Literature 5-8

RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 RL.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10








Fiction 9-12

Feed by M.T. Anderson


Feed 9780763662622 9780763651558


RL.9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 RL.11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10

Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories edited by

Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant Hardcover Paperback e-Book

Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories 9780763648435 9780763657970 9780763656386


RL.9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 RL.11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10

Beowulf, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, The Odyssey

Graphic Novels by Gareth Hinds

Hardcover Paperback

Beowulf 9780763630232

King Lear 9780763643430 9780763643447

Romeo and Juliet 9780763659486 9780763668075

The Merchant of Venice 9780763630249 9780763630256

The Odyssey 9780763642662 9780763642686

Reading Literature 9-12

RL.9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what

the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its

development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by

specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or

conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance

the plot or develop the theme.

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/9-10/1/



CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the

text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word

choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets

a formal or informal tone).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text,

order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such

effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.6 Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a

work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7 Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different

artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée

des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a

specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later

author draws on a play by Shakespeare).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the

grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the

high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.


high end of the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what

the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text

leaves matters uncertain.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze

their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to

produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop

and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the

characters are introduced and developed).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the

text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on

meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh,

engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure

specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a












comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic

impact.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6 Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires

distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or

understatement).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g.,

recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version

interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American

dramatist.)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9 Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-

twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the

same period treat similar themes or topics.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.10

By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the

grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the

range.


high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.


high end of the grades 11–CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.





Literature/informational text

Read and Wonder series

Title Paperback Paperback with

CD Big Book

ALL PIGS ARE BEAUTIFUL 9780763614331 9780763638665

BAT LOVES NIGHT 9780763624385 9780763638634

BEARS IN THE FOREST 9780763645229

BIG BLUE WHALE 9780763610807 9780763638221 9780763612825

CATERPILLAR CATERPILLAR 9780763642631 9780763640026

CHAMELEONS ARE COOL 9780763611392

EMPEROR'S EGG 9780763618711 9780763638252 9780763622336

FIELD FULL OF HORSES 9780763614348 9780763638283

GENTLE GIANT OCTOPUS 9780763617301 9780763638696

GROWING FROGS 9780763620523 9780763622329 9780763638313

I LOVE GUINEA PIGS 9780763614355

ICE BEAR 9780763641498 9780763638788

INSECT DETECTIVE 9780763658168

JODY'S BEANS 9780763617134

MY GOOSE BETSY 9780763617141

ONE TINY TURTLE 9780763623111 9780763638344

SEA HORSE 9780763641405 9780763646509

SURPRISING SHARKS 9780763627423 9780763638375

T REX 9780763631772 9780763639990

THINK OF AN EEL 9780763615222 9780763639945 9780763624705

TIGRESS 9780763633141 9780763638726

TRACKS OF A PANDA 9780763647377

WALK WITH A WOLF 9780763618728 9780763638757

WHITE OWL BARN OWL 9780763641436 9780763639969

YUCKY WORMS 9780763658175

Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text Strands K-3

RL.K.1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 RL.1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 RL.2.1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 RL.3.1, 1, 3, 4, 7, 10 RI.K.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.2.1, 4, 5, 6, 88, 9, 10 RI.3.1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10





http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/K/1/

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/1/1/



Reading Literature Standards K-3

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details

in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major

events in a story.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story

and define the role of each in telling the story.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between

illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and

understanding.


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of

their central message or lesson.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key

details.



CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that

give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting,

or events.


stories.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and



















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and

challenges.





CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital

text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.


and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high

end of the range.











and proficiently.

Reading Informational Text Standards K-3

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details

in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details

of a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two

individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown

words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in

presenting the ideas or information in a text.

















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between

illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an

illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.8 With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to

support points in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences

between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and

understanding.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.3 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces

of information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.4 Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of

words and phrases in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents,

glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations

and information provided by the words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.8 Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.9 Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the

same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately

complex for grade 1.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade

2 topic or subject area.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print,

subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text

efficiently.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to

answer, explain, or describe.



















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.8 Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts

on the same topic.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10 By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including

history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band

proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text,


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how

they support the main idea.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words

and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and

the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key

events occur).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and

paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details

presented in two texts on the same topic.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts,

including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text

complexity band independently and proficiently.

What Color is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors by

Kareem Abdul Jabar


What Color Is My World? 9780763645649 9780763664428 9780763664411

Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text Strands 2-5

RL.2.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 RL.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 RL.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RI.2.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 RI.3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 RI.4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10











Biography/ memoir

Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron by Mary Losure Hardcover Paperback e-Book

Wild Boy 9780763656690 9780763663698

RI.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 RI.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10

When I was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up edited by Amy Ehrlich


When I Was Your Age 9780763658922

RI.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10

The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy by Laura Amy Schlitz Hardcover Paperback e-Book

The Hero Schliemann 9780763622831 9780763665043

RI.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 RI.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 RI.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 RI.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Candlewick Biographies - series Hardcover Paperback e-Book

A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet 9780763664275 9780763660918

Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire 9780763664602 9780763662158

Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald 9780763664596 9780763664589

Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker 9780763664282 9780763660925

RI.2.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.3.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 RI.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Historical non-fiction

Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure by Martin

Sandler Hardcover Paperback e-Book

Impossible Rescue 9780763650803 9780763659691

RI.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared To Dream by Tanya Lee Stone


Almost Astronauts 9780763636111 9780763645021 9780763656096

RI.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul B. Janeczko


Dark Game 9780763629151 9780763660666 9780763662097

RI.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RH.9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RH.11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 910

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RH/6-8/1/





Courage Has No Color: The True Story of Triple Nickles, America’s First Back

Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone Hardcover Paperback e-Book

Courage Has No Color 9780763651176 9780763668204


Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust

by Doreen Rappaport


Beyond Courage 9780763629762


Terezin: Voices From the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson


Terezin 9780763649630 9780763664664

RI.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RI.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10








Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies by Marc

Aronson Hardcover Paperback e-Book

Master of Deceit 9780763650254 9780763656195


Reading Informational Text Standards 6-12

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through

particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced,

illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,

including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into

the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it

is conveyed in the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g.,

visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,

distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.9 Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of

another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the

grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text

says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2 Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their

development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3 Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text

(e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).


including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word

choice on meaning and tone.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the

major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how

the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.7 Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of

the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects

the impact of the words).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing

whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.9 Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their

presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different

interpretations of facts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the

grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the

course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the

text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.3 Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between

individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).


including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices

on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including

the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how

the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums

(e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,

assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize

when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9 Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information

on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the

high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over

the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide

an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3 Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or

events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed,

and the connections that are drawn between them.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a

text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of

specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from

that of a newspaper).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.5 Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and

refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze

how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a

person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each

account.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,

assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false

statements and fallacious reasoning.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.9 Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance

(e.g., Washington’s Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech,

King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”), including how they address related themes and concepts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.10

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literacy nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity

band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.





http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/9-10/1/










By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9-10

text complexity band independently and proficiently.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what

the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text

leaves matters uncertain.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their

development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to

provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain

how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a

text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and

refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines

faction in Federalist No. 10).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.5 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author

uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear,

convincing, and engaging.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the

rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power,

persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in

different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a

question or solve a problem.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8 Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including

the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court

majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public

advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.9 Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century

foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of

Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural

Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.10

By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text

complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11-

CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.











Reading History Standards 6-12

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and

secondary sources.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary

source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3 Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to

history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a

text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially,

comparatively, causally).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or

purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs,

videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on

the same topic.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies

texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.


secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.


source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine

whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.


text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or

advance an explanation or analysis.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat

the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective

accounts.

















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research

data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text

support the author’s claims.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary

and secondary sources.




secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as

a whole.


source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and

ideas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine

which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters

uncertain.


text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of

a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured,

including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6 Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical

event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in

diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.8 Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by

corroborating or challenging them with other information.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and

secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.


texts in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.















Historical Fiction

“The History News” series

Paperback

Aztec News 9780763642006

Explorers News 9780763609856

Revolution News 9780763612955

Egyptian News 9780763641986

Greek News 9780763641979

Roman News 9780763641993

Reading Literature, Reading History Strands Grades 6-8

RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 RL.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Reading History Grades 6-8 Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary

sources.


source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3 Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to

history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,

including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively,

causally).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose

(e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or

maps) with other information in print and digital texts.


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the

same topic.











CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in

the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Reading Literature Standards Grades 6-8

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through

particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of

episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.


including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning

and tone

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the

overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in

a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to

listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and

“hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and

poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.


dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the

high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text

says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.


the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting

shapes the characters or plot).


including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of

sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet)

contributes to its meaning
















CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different

characters or narrators in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.9 Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a

historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter

history.


dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the

high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the



the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective

summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama

propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.


including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning

and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the

differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the

audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or

humor.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or

character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing

how the material is rendered new.


dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.












Castle Diary, Roman Diary, Pirate Diary

Hardcover Paperback

Castle Diary

9780763621643

Egyptian Diary Spring 14

Pirate Diary

9780763628659

Roman Diary 9780763634803 Spring 14

Reading Literature 4-7 Strands, Reading History 6-8 RL.4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

Reading History Standards Grade 6


secondary sources.


source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.


text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially,

comparatively, causally).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or

purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs,

videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on

the same topic.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.










Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy

Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd Hardcover Paperback Digest PB

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! 9780763615789 9780763643324 9780763650940

Reading Literature/ Reading History Strands 6-8

RL.6.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 RL.8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10

Our White House: Looking in Looking Out, by National Children's Book and

Literacy Alliance Hardcover Paperback

Our White House 9780763620677 9780763646097

Reading Literature 5-8 Strands, Reading History Strands 6-8

RL.5.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.6.1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 RL.8.1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 8, 9, 10

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic, by Allan Wolf

Hardcover Paperback

The Watch That Ends the Night 9780763637033 9780763663315

Reading Literature 6-12, Reading History 6-12 Strands

RL.6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 RL.8.1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 RL.9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 RL.11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 RH.6-8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 RH 9-10.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 RH 11-12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants, edited by Don Gallo

Hardcover Paperback

First Crossing

9780763632915

Reading Literature, Reading History Strands 9-12

RL.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,10 RL.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,10 RH.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910


secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.


source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine

whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.


text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or

advance an explanation or analysis.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat

the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective

accounts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text

support the author’s claims.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary

and secondary sources.




secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as

a whole.


source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and

ideas.












CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine

which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters

uncertain.


text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of

a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured,

including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6 Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical

event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in

diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a


CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.8 Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by

corroborating or challenging them with other information.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and

secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.


texts in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

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