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Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanSnowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs MartinYang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey NamiokaShiloh by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonHatchet by Gary PaulsenA Long Way from Chicago by Richard PeckEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanWhen Marian Sang by Pam Muñoz RyanManiac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Abel's Island by William SteigKate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret WettererCharlotte's Web by E. B. WhiteLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Elementary Level

Books - Fiction and NonfictionTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittThrough My Eyes by Ruby BridgesOne Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong by Don BrownTornado by Betsy ByarsThe Stories Julian Tells by Ann CameronThe Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly ClearyRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearyBud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul CurtisJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaolaThe Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean FritzWhat's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean FritzMy Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettStone Fox by John Reynolds GardinerMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble Bunnicula by Deborah and James HoweRussell Sprouts by Johanna HurwitzWilma Unlimited by Kathleen KrullInterrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles by Kathryn LaskyMarvin of the Great North Woods by Kathryn LaskyElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry

"Research indicates that when reading and writing are taught

together, students achieve better in both areas."

- Tierney & Shanahan, 1991

The MY Access!® online writing instructional tool contains writing topics (prompts) based on more than 140 literary fiction and nonfiction classics (poems, plays and prose) that are typically part of the Language Arts curriculum. Teachers can use MY Access! to conduct student writing assignments based on the literature that the class is studying. Assignments range from an analysis of a story's title, plot or characters to comparing and contrasting works by various poets/authors.

In addition, all prompts within MY Access! are aligned to the following widely-used textbook series:

Glencoe Literature, The Readers Choice (Grade 10)Harcourt Trophies (Grade 5)Holt Elements of Literature series (Grades 6-12)McDougal Littell, Bridges to Literature series (Grades 6-8)Open Court series (Elementary)Prentice Hall Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes series (Grades 6-12)Scholastic Read 180, rBook - Stage B (Middle School) Scott Foresman Reading (Elementary)

Prompts are added to MY Access! at regular intervals and alignments are conducted on an ongoing basis in order to accurately reflect the current Language Arts curriculum in today's schools. A complete listing of the literary works on which MY Access! prompts are based follows.

The Writing and Reading Connection

The Writing and Reading ConnectionIncorporating MY Access!® into the Language Arts Curriculum

MY Access!®

Web-Delivered Writing Instructional Tool