Close Read Exemplars |

These were used as part of the Core Task Project, from 2011 through 2015. They were vetted both locally and nationally as teachers moved their instruction closer to the expectation of the Common Core.

Grade	Title	Genre	link
PreK-1	No, David!	Narrative	here
3	Because of Winn Dixie	Narrative	here
3	Fidgety Phillip	Poetry	here
4	Lou Gehrig Farewell Speech	Drama	here
4	Plastic Oceans	Informational	here
5	Casey at the Bat	Poetry	here
5	Eleven	Narrative	here
5	Lazarus	Poetry	here
5	The President’s Message	Prose	here
6	Making of a Scientist	Informational	here
6	The Great Fire	Informational	here
6	Freedman’s The Voice that Challenged a Nation	Informational	here
7	The Glorious Whitewashing	Narrative	here
8	The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas	Prose	here
8	The Long Night of the Little Boats	Informational	here
11-12	Living Like Weasels	Informational	here

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