Grove City Christian School K-‐12 Literature List
Grove City Christian School Mission Statement “It The mission of Grove City Christian School to cultivate quality Christian leaders in a distinctively Christian atmosphere while providing a solid spiritual and academic foundation.”
Literature Lists
Italicize indicates Christian theme Yellow grade level suggestion by ELA team member Bold indicates CCSS recommendation strikeout indicates selection removed or changed grade level Informational texts updated as mapping continues Please keep in mind Social Studies and Science Content: 5th American History 6th World History 7th Geography. Life Science 8th American History-‐ Colonization to Civil War, Physical Science 9th World-‐ Reformation to Present Day, Biology 10th American-‐ reconstruction to present day, Chemistry 11th -‐12th Government, Civil War, Psychology, Physics, anatomy and physiology Key to reading Exemplar Text selections: Stories – Literature selected that is in the current Lexile range for that grade level. Literature is at an appropriate level so that student can read AND understand the text. Poetry -‐ Poetry selected that is in the current Lexile range for that grade level. Poetry is at an appropriate level so that student can read AND understand. Read Aloud Stories – Because students’ listening skills are above their reading level, literature selected is above the current grade’s Lexile range. Literature is only read TO the students so that students have an opportunity to experience more complicated and more interesting literature. Read Aloud Poetry -‐ Because students’ listening skills are above their reading level, poetry selected is above the current grade’s Lexile range. Poetry is only read TO the students so that students have an opportunity to experience more complicated and more interesting poetry. Informational text -‐ – Non-‐Fiction literature selected that is in the current Lexile range for that grade level. Literature is at an appropriate level so that student can read AND understand the text Read Aloud Informational text -‐ Because students’ listening skills are above their reading level, non-‐fiction stories selected are above the current grade’s Lexile range. These stories are only read TO the students so that students have an opportunity to experience more complicated and more interesting texts.
Kindergarten: Stories: Minarik, Little Bear Eastman, Are You My Mother Suess, Green Eggs and Ham Eastman, Go Dog Go DePaola, Pancakes for Breakfast Poetry: Reynolds, My Snow Greenfield, By Myself Reynolds, Batch of Hatches Reynolds, The Crayon Box Read-‐Aloud Stories: Biscuit Series (190) Frog and Toad Series (330)
Henkes,Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse Kraus, Leo the Late Bloomer Numeroff ,If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Young, Lon Po Po (Red Riding Hood from China) Read-‐Aloud Poetry: Langstaff, Over in the Meadow Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat Rosetti, Mix a Pancake Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle Brown, Bear, Brown Bear Informational Texts: Bulla, A Tree is a Plant Aliki, My Five Senses Hoban, Lilian, I Read Signs Emberly, The Wing on a Flea Read-‐Aloud Informational Texts: Pfefer, From Seed to Pumpkin Old, Wendie, To Fly -‐The Story of the Wright Brothers Gibbons, Gail, Fire! Fire! Brisson, Pat, Benny’s Pennies Spiritual Emphasis Informational Read-‐Aloud: Mackall, The Story of the Easter Robin Paterson, The Light of the World
DePaolo, Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland Thomas, if Jesus Came to My House
1st grade Texts Stories:
Frog and Toad Series (330)
Poetry Reynolds, My Snow Greenfield, By Myself Reynolds, Batch of Hatches Reynolds, The Crayon Box Read-‐Aloud Stories Charlottes’ Web (680) Henry and Mudge Series Magic Tree House Series Little House in the Big Woods (930) Mr. Popper’s Penguins (910) Cam Jansen (400-‐500) Nancy Drew (760)
Read-‐Aloud Poetry: Thirty Days Has September What Shall I Give Him? Poem of the Month Flip Chart Science Poems Flip Chart (Scholastic) Monthly Prayers/Hymns Informational Texts Read-‐Aloud Informational Texts: Johnny Appleseed, My Story Squanto, A Friend to the Pilgrims The First Thanksgiving Martin Luther King Jr Day A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr George Washington and the General's Dog Abe Lincoln's Hat Ben Franklin and His First Kite Thomas Edison Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train (910) Follow the Drinking Gourd The Drinking Gourd
The Story of Ruby Bridges (770) Spiritual Emphasis Informational Read-‐Aloud : Beginners Bible What Would Jesus Do? Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam Silver Boxes The Miracle of Squanto The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey The Story of St. Valentine The Story of St. Patrick Tattle Tale Tilly
2nd grade Texts Lexile Range 450L–790L Stories (used in Reading Groups) The Stories Julian Tells Magic Tree House Series Pulling together With Wings as Eagles The Treasure of the Pelican The Courage of Sarah Noble Poetry: Read-‐Aloud Stories: Flat Stanley (640) Sarah, plain and Tall (560) Ramona Quimby age 8 (870) Muggie Maggie (730) Chester the Worldly Pig (1000) Nim’s Island (930) Hello, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (930) Stuart Little (920) Read-‐Aloud Poetry: Moses and Heroes for young readers Informational Texts: Magic Tree house Non-‐fiction Read-‐Aloud Informational Texts Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (860) Scholastic Biographies
Spiritual Emphasis Informational Read-‐Aloud Legend of the Candy Cane Easter Lilly Pumpkin Patch parable
3rd grade Texts Lexiel range 450L–790L Stories Donovan’s Word Jar (670) Chocolate touch 770 Gadget Wars 540 Poetry Read-‐Aloud Stories: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1000) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (810) Because of Winn Dixie (610) Stone Fox (550) The Best Christmas pageant Ever (930) Read-‐Aloud Poetry Mama, Where Are You from? Your World Fireflies Informational Texts Martin Luther King A brother remembered Read-‐Aloud Informational Texts Abraham Lincoln, A photographic story of a life (960) Spiritual Emphasis Informational Read-‐Aloud Joni Erikson Tada
Best Christmas Pageant Ever (930)
4th grade Texts Lexile range 770L-‐980L Stories Cricket in Time Square (780) Shiloh (890) Homer Price (1000) Poetry Aesop Fables Take me Out the The Bathtub – Jack Preluscky New Here Who Are You Read-‐Aloud Stories Alice in Wonderland (860) Tuck Everlasting (720) The Black Stallion (680) Maniac Mcgee (820) My Father’s Dragon (990) Homesick 860 Shiloh 890 Cricket in times square (780) Homer Price (1000) Read-‐Aloud Poetry Shel Silverstein China Collection
Informational Texts Seymour Simon Science Collection With Daring Faith-‐ Amy Carmichael Biography Time for Kids Famous Ohioans Spiritual Emphasis Legend of the…series Benjamin’s Box Informational Read-‐Aloud Reader’s Theater – Johnny Appleseed
5th grade Texts Lexile Range 750-‐950 Stories Sign of the Beaver (770) Number the Stars, Lowis Lowry, Lexiel 670 The Cay, Theodore Taylor, Lexile 860 Lion Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S Lewis, Lexile 940 *Bud Not Buddy, 950 Tuck Everlasting, 770 Book Club selections *Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper, Lexile 700 Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan, Lexile740 *The Underneath, Kathi Appelt?? *Granny Torrelli Makes Soup?? Short Stories Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rudyard Kipling, Lexile 800, ages 9-10 (Amy, we added in as this comes up later in 7th on a different level- these stories are available in the anthology in 7th grade books) Just Once –Thomas Dygard
Ta-‐Na_E-‐Ke – Mary Whitebird The All American Slurp – Lensey Namioka La Bamba – Gary Soto (830) Storm – Gary Paulsen The Gold Cadillac – Mildred D. Taylor (650) Zlateh the Goat – Isaac Singer (850) Poetry Dust of Snow – Robert Frost Casey At Bat – Ernest Thayer Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf – Roald Dahl Informational Text Underground Railroad, Henrietta Buckmaster Drama Summer Before 5th Grade Reading List The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (700
6th grade Texts Lexile Range 850-‐1100 Stories Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls, Lexile 700 Dragonwings, Yep Lawrence, Lexile 870 Island of the Blue Dolphins , Scott O’Dell, Lexile 100 Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor, Lexile 920 Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatly Snyder, Lexile unknown 6.6 Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff, Lexile 1300, Reading Level 6.2 Christian Heros (1000) Short Stories The Gift of the Magi, O Henry, Lexile 940 (in 7th grade anthology book)- this was moved down from 8th My Papa – Mark Twain Jackie Robinson; Justice at Last Exploring the Titanic The Shuta
Book Club Selections: Old Yeller, Fred Gibson, Lexile 910 Hatchet, Gary Paulsen, Lexile 1020 Poetry The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost Informational Text Letter On Thomas Jefferson – John Adams Narrative on the Life of Frederick Douglas an American Slave – Frederick Douglas Drama Summer Reading incoming 6th Graders Old Yeller (910)
7th grade Texts Lexile Range 925-‐1130 Stories The Pearl, John Steinbeck, Lexile 1010 Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, Lexile 950 Door in the Wall, De Angeli, Marguerite, Lexile 990 ???? (do I have correct author?) Three Golden Apples,Nathaniel Hawthorn Authors? Ar e we keeping these title remove it not Thor’s Wonderful Journey The Midas Touch Short Stories *The Last Leaf, O Henry, Lexile 490- ages 7-10 ??? Caddie Woodlawn Exerpts, Carol Ryrie Brink, Lexile 980 Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rudyard Kipling, Lexile ?
The Gift of the Magi, O Henry, Lexile 940 Poetry If, Rudyard Kipling Paul Revere’s Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Informational Text *Harriett Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, Ann Petry, Lexile 950 Besty Dowdy Short Story, Author Ellis Credle Helen Keller, The Most Important Day, Run Boy, Run, biography about Glenn Cunningham author William Herman Drama Seventh Grade Language Class Read Alouds-‐ The Giver Summer Reading incoming 7th Grader
8th grade Texts Lexile Range 950-‐1155 Stories October Sky, Homer Hickman, Lexile 900, YA Suggested addition to your list Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lexile 1100 A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Lexile 1080 Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes, Lexile 910, YA, abridged from anthology The Hiding Place, Corrie Tenn Boom, Lexile 900, YA Ben Hur Adaption, Lew Wallace 990 The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton, Lexile 750
Short Story Weep No More, M’Laday, Excerpts After Twenty Years, O Henry Little Women Louisa May Alcott, Lexile 1300 Poetry O Captain! My Captain, Walt Whitman Lincoln Monument: Washington, Langston Hughes Informational Text No More Bullies (Wounded Spirit) The Hiding Place, Corrie Tenn Boom, Lexile 900, YA Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940 Drama Summer Reading incoming 8th graders Eighth Grade Honors Lexile range 955-‐1155 Eighth Grade Stories David Copperfield, Charles Dickens, Lexile 1070 Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes, Lexile 910, YA, abridged from anthology Short Story: Where Love Is, There is God, Also, Leo Tolstoy Three Questions, Leo Tolstoy Excerpt A Fight with an Octopus, from Toilers of the Sea, Victor Hugo DVD Les Miserables Poetry Dreams, Langston Hughes
Freedom’s Plow, Langston Hughes Informational Text The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom, Lexile 900, YA Drama *Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare Diary of Anne Frank: A Play Summer Reading for incoming 8th Grade Honors
9th grade Texts Lexile range 1000-‐1200
Stories Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, Lexile 630 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, Lexile 900, YA For One More Day, Mitch Albom, Lexile unkown, YA Cry of the Beloved Country, Alan Paton, Lexile 860 The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, Lexile 730??? All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot, Lexile 990 The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemmingway, Lexile 610 Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd, Lexile 840 Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, Lexile 850-‐ reading level 8.2 grade 9 interest Poetry The Book Thief Antigone Informational Text Drama Antigone Summer Before Ninth Grade Reading Ninth Grade Honors Lexile range 1080-‐1305 Stories Animal Farm, George Orwell, Lexile 1370, YA The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck, Lexile 1530, YA Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom, Lexile 830, Adult Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, Lexile 990, YA *The Chosen, Chaim Potok, Lexile 970 –interest level 9 reading level 8 plus Dream Deferred The Listeners Beware: Do Not Read This Poem Echo The Road Not Taken I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud The Raven Ecclesiastes 3:1-‐8 The Odyssey Informational Text
Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. Georgia O’Keeffe Arthur Ashe Remembered From a White House Diary From Lincoln Preface Cows on Parade-‐ Article Veteran Returns, Becomes Symbol The Wrong Orbit Drama Twelve Angry Men, Rose Reginald, Lexile unknown Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, Lexile NP The Inspector-‐ General, Gogol, Nikolai, Lexile unknown, adult The Dancers, Summer Reading for incoming Ninth Grade Honors
10th grade Texts Lexile range 1080-‐1305 Please indicate which titles go in honors Stories Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, Lexile NP For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway, Lexile 1040 The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lexile 1420 Rebecca, Beowulf, Gareth Hines, Lexile 1090 Adventures of Huck Finn, Mark Twain, Lexile 990 Death Be Not Proud, John Gunter, Lexile 990 (can go to 9th or early 10th ) Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane, Lexile 1100 Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemmingway, Lexile 940 9th and 10th interest , 8/9 reading level Poetry Informational Text Address to Students at Moscow University, Ronald Regan Drama Summer Reading Incoming Tenth Graders
10th grade Honors Texts Stories Poetry Informational Text Address to Students at Moscow State University, Ronald Regan I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou Novel
Drama Summer Reading incoming Tenth Grade Honors A Separate Peace, John Knowles, Lexile 1110, YA
11th grade Texts Lexile range 1100-‐1300 Stories Catch 22, Joseph Heller, Lexile 1440, YA (Could stay or go up to AP) The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Lexile 1070 The Crucible, Nathaniel Hawthorn, Lexile NP In Cold Blood, Truman, Capote, Lexile 1060 The Ox bow Incident, Walter Van Tilberg Clark, Lexile 890, Adult Poetry Informational Text Black, Blue and Gray, Jim Haskins possible novel to go with a history collaborative project? Drama Our Town, Thornton Wilder, Lexile, NP The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams, Lexile NP Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry, Lexile NP, YA Summer Reading incoming Eleventh Graders
11th grade honors grade Texts 1100-‐1355 Stories The Jungle, Upton Sinclair, Lexile 1170 *Billie Bud, Herman, Melville, Lexile, 1450, Adult (could stay or go up to AP) *The Awakening, Katie Chopin, Lexile 960, Adult – in 12th grade anthology
Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin, Lexile 750 *The Three Musketeers, Lexile 960 Possibility?????-‐ would need to look into content and themes Poetry Informational Text Back Blue and Gray, Jim Haskins, Jim Haskins possible novel to go with a History collaborative project Drama Summer Reading for incoming Eleventh Grade Honors
12th grade Texts 1100-‐1355 Stories The Rape of the Lock, Alexander Pope, Lexile, unkown, adult Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Lexile 1050 Othello, William Shakespeare, Lexile 770 Canterbury Tales, Barbara Cohen, Lexile, NP *Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, Lexile 980 Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as in classic tragedy, Okonkwo's downfall results from his own character as well as from external forces.
Poetry Informational Text Drama Hamlet, William Shakespeare, Lexile 1390 MacBeth, William Shakespeare, Lexile 1350
AP English grade Texts 1100-‐1355 Stories 1984 George Orwell, Lexile 1090 Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, Lexile 1100, Adult A Doll’s House, Henrick Ibsen, Lexile 780, reading level 8.6 The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini, Lexile 840
Fences, August Wilson, Lexile, NP, Adult Tess of the D’Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy, Lexile 1160 Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zorah Neale Hurston, Lexile 1080 Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett, Lexile, NP Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, Lexile NP, YA A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines, Lexile 750 Reading level 7.5 interest level grade 9 Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift, Lexile 1330 Last of the Mochicans, James Fenimore Cooper, Lexile 1350 The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo, Lexile 1340 Moby Dick, Herman Melville, Lexile 1230 We’ll need one more??? Poetry Informational Text Drama Updated 6/8/12