Written Expression Resource Books Project Read Books
Literature books used with Language Circle's Project Read
Written Expression
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The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing by Thomas Armstrong
Straight Talk About Reading by Susan Hall, et. al
Brian Compatible Strategies by Eric Jensen
Barrons Essentials of English
Sentence Frame
Baby Sleeps by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - add capitals and periods
Look Look by Peter Linenthal - add periods
Predicate Words
Wag Wag Wag by Peter Hansard - pre-cross referencing skills
Buy Wag Wag Wag Jiggle Wiggle Prance by Sally Noll - great for subject/predicate agreement
Bare Bones Books
One Stormy Night by Ruth Brown - find the bare bones within the sentences for
older children
Buy One Stormy Night Who Hops? by Katie Davis - especially good to introduce series
Who Hoots? by Katie Davis - especially good for use after "Who Hops" to write
bare bones
Mice Squeak, We Speak by Tomie dePaola
In a Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming - great for writing simple, compound, series predicates
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming - great for writing simple, compound,
series predicates
Mouse Creeps by Peter Harris - narrative told in bare bones sentences
You Push, I Ride by Abby Levine - substitute namers
Buy You Push, I Ride At the Laundromat by Christine Loomis - which are real sentences
At the Library by Christine Loomis - which are real sentences
Buy At The Library At the Mall by Christine Loomis - which are real sentences
In The Diner by Christine Loomis - great for older students
Buy In The Diner Crabs Grab by Kees Moerbeek - pop-up: wonderful for teaching action
Buy Crabs Grab Owls Fly by Kees Moerbeek - pop-up: wonderful for teaching action
Buy Owls Fly Worms Wiggle by David Pelham - pop-up: wonderful for teaching action
Mouse Chase by Vivian Sather - narrative told in bare bones sentences
Where Predicate Expansion
Outside, Inside by Carolyn Crimi - where, particularly good for diagramming
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming - rearrange words to make sentences with where
Along the Road by Jill Hassall and Emily Bolam - good for recognition of where
predicate expanders
Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
Watch You Where You Go by Sally Noll - excellent for teaching predicate expanders
Jigsaw by Miriam Moss - great for where, inferencing skills, introduce Story Form
Goodnight by Jan Pienkowsi - pop-up book; good for recognition of where
predicate expanders
How Predicate Expansion
A Snake is Totally Tail by Judi Barrett - -ly vocabulary development for older
students
Buy A Snake is Totally Tail I'm As Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood - with similes for older students
Direct Object Predicate Expansion
Bullfrog Pops by Rick Walton
Reinforcement Practice for All Predicate Expansion
Morning, Noon, and Night by Jean Craighead George - practice all predicate expanders
Looks Like Subject Describers
Rainbows of the Sea by Meredith Thomas - outstanding for diagramming
Behavior/Personality Subject Describers
Toad by Ruth Brown - excellent to illustrate how vocabulary can depict mood
Buy Toad Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day - for building vocabulary
about feelings
Naming the Cat by Laurence Pringle - naming animals appropriately using physical
characteristic and behavior/personality characteristics
Number Subject Describers
While You Were Sleeping by John Butler - great for diagramming
Ownership Subject Describers
Whose Feet? By Jeannette Rowe - introduces the idea of ownership
Reinforcement Practice of All Subject Describers
Caption Writing
100 Years in Photographs by George Sullivan
Descriptive Writing
Thundercake by Patricia Polacco - descriptive paragraphs
Thunderstorm by Nathaniel Tripp - narrative and nonfiction combined with
descriptive imagery
Buy Thunderstorm
Procedural Writing
Thundercake by Patricia Polacco - descriptive paragraphs
Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens, et. al.
Transitioning to Formal Grammar
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun? by Brian P. Cleary
Hairy, Scairy, Ordinary: What is an Adjective? by Brian P. Cleary
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb? by Brian P. Cleary
Under, Over, by the Clover: What is a Preposition? by Brian P. Cleary
A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller
Behind the Mask, A Book About Prepositions by Ruth Heller
Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal! A Book about Interjections and Conjunctions by Ruth Heller
Kites Sail High, A Book About Verbs by Ruth Heller
Many Luscious Lollipops, A Book About Adjectives by Ruth Heller
Merry-Go-Round, A Book About Nouns by Ruth Heller
Mine All Mine, A Book About Pronouns by Ruth Heller
Up, Up and Away, A Book About Adverbs by Ruth Heller
