- Self-selected DLT novels: classroom library; other sources
- Selected short stories: Elements of Literature
- Flowers for Algernon
- Author Study: Ray Bradbury
- Johnny Tremain
- Literature Circle/Book Club Novels
- Selected nonfiction readings: Elements of Literature and supplemental texts
- Selected poems: Elements of Literature
- Selected Holocaust readings: Elements of Literature and supplemental texts
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- Holocaust Individual Novels
- Civil War Readings: Elements of Literature and supplemental texts
- Across Five Aprils
- Native American/Greek Mythology: supplemental texts
small group, and individual discussions about the reading material. From time to time, reading guides will be used.