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A Time to Sleep
A Time to Sleep is an expository text about how and where animals go to sleep. This book focuses on animals that sleep for a long time, a short time, in the day, standing up, and with their eyes open...
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A Wild Race In the Sun
A Wild Race in the Sun is a narrative about a girl named Peta who gets a wild pony for her birthday. At first, the pony will not let listen to Peta and Peta's parents want to send the pony back...
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Accidental Discoveries
Accidental Discoveries is an informational report on how accidents – and imaginative thinking – produced some of the most familiar items in everyday life, from Penicillin to Super Glue to bubble gum...
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Action: Defence
Action: Defence is an informational report that explores the defense mechanisms of various animals such as camouflage, flight, and chemical defenses. The book also discusses text connections,...
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Actors Wanted
Actors Wanted is a narrative story about a director trying to choose actors for a film based on descriptions. The book also discusses features of a description. The story unfolds in first - person...
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Advertisements
Advertisements is a collection of advertisements about various fictional products. The book also discusses text connections, planning an advertisement, and features of an advertisement. The text is...
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Air Traffic Control
Air Traffic Control is an informational report about the responsibilities of air traffic control including information about controlling the airspace and about what happens at every stage of a flight...
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Albatross
Albatross—The Survivor is an informational report about albatrosses including information on their ability to fly long distances, their eating habits, and their offspring. The book also discusses...
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Gentle Genius is an expository nonfiction text about the famous physicist Albert Einstein and some of his work that changed the world. The text includes a section on physicist Persis...
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Alfred Wegener: Uncovering Plate Tectonics
Alfred Wegener Uncovering Plate Tectonics is an expository nonfiction text about meteorologist and astronomer Alfred Wegener. It covers topics such as Wegener becoming a scientist, Earth’s...
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Aliens.
Aliens is the humorous, realistic story of a brother and sister playing good-natured tricks on each other. Jack tries to scare Milly by banging on her door and shouting “Aliens, aliens!” When the...
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All About Light and Sound
All About Light and Sound is an expository nonfiction text that explores the importance of light, what light is, reflection, refraction and absorption, the importance of sound, the Doppler effect,...