Copyright © by Vantage Learning, 2006. Vantage Learning 110 Terry Drive, Suite 100, Newtown, PA 18940 Phone: 800.230.2213 Fax: 215.579.8391 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours by Jane Goodall Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Bone Detectives by Donna M. Jackson The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg Beyond The Divide by Kathryn Lasky To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle The Call of the Wild by Jack London The Giver by Lois Lowry Sitting Bull and His World by Albert Marrin Hoops by Walter Dean Myers Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Woodsong by Gary Paulsen Holes by Louis Sachar Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Middle School Level Poems "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Short Stories "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros "A Rice Sandwich" by Sandra Cisnero "The Monkey's Paw" by WW Jacobs "The Tree" by Sarah Orne Jewett "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan Books - Fiction and Nonfiction Watership Down by Richard Adams Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado by Marc Aronson Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark by Rhoda Blumberg The Examination by Malcolm Bosse Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer Flour Babies by Anne Fine Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman "Reading and writing are interdependent processes that are essential to each other and mutually beneficial." - Holt & Vacca, 1984 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 Connection Incorporating MY Access!® into the Language Arts Curriculum MY Access! ® Web-Delivered Writing Instructional Tool

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Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours by Jane GoodallOut of the Dust by Karen HesseThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Bone Detectives by Donna M. JacksonThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe View from Saturday by E. L. KonigsburgBeyond The Divide by Kathryn LaskyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Giver by Lois LowrySitting Bull and His World by Albert MarrinHoops by Walter Dean MyersMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellWoodsong by Gary PaulsenHoles by Louis SacharLord of the Deep by Graham SalisburyRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainDicey's Song by Cynthia VoigtSo Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima WatkinsMiracle's Boys by Jacqueline WoodsonDinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

Middle School Level

Poems"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes

Short Stories"Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros"A Rice Sandwich" by Sandra Cisnero"The Monkey's Paw" by WW Jacobs"The Tree" by Sarah Orne Jewett"Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan

Books - Fiction and NonfictionWatership Down by Richard AdamsShipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer ArmstrongSir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado by Marc AronsonAshes of Roses by Mary Jane AuchThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviA Gathering of Days by Joan W. BlosThe Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark by Rhoda Blumberg The Examination by Malcolm BosseOver Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechA Girl Named Disaster by Nancy FarmerFlour Babies by Anne FineIda B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom FradinThe Diary of Anne Frank by Anne FrankHomesick: My Own Story by Jean FritzEleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell FreedmanLincoln: A Photobiography by Russell FreedmanThe Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman

"Reading and writing are interdependent processes that are

essential to each other and mutually beneficial."

- Holt & Vacca, 1984

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