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Grade Language Arts Core/Short Stories Correlation

These high interest stories come from a collection compiled by Burton Goodman,
called 5 Star Stories. Each story includes comprehension, vocabulary and story
structure questions. There are 10 sets of leveled collections, 1 st-10th grade, and most
grades have two volumes. I have only included the first volumes of levels C-J. The
publisher is Jamestown Education and books are available on Amazon for around $10
each. Each volume includes about 15 stories. I have indexed the stories according to
the relevant 6th grade theme wherever possible. In my class I photocopied the stories
and made an answer sheet for the questions, so they were easy to use and grade. (I
have the masters for the answer sheets if anyone is interested.) I used the lower
grade level stories for my struggling readers in skill based groups and the higher
grade level stories for my advanced readers. I LOVE THE STORIES IN THE 6TH AND 7TH
GRADE COLLECTIONS. They specifically target inferencing skills, since most of them
contain unexpected endings. Some of the stories could be used in more than one
unit, and some of them dont match any unit very well. But they are a good and
inexpensive resource.

I
Wont
Grow
Up
Gra
de
Lev
el

Reflecti
ons on
Childho
od

3rd
C

Mean
Rocky by
George
Shea
His Best
Time by
Elizabeth
Van
Steenwik

Folklo Figur
re: A
e It
Blast
Out
from
the
Past
Folklor Myster
e
ies
Reveal
s
World
Culture
s
The
Three
Brothers
and the
Treasure
by Jose
Maria Eca
de queiroz

The Old
House by
W. W.
Jacobs
Uneasy
Homecomi
ng by Will
F. Jenkins

The
Cricket
retold by
Joe Hayes

The Attic
Doorby
Judith
Bauer
Stamper
The
Ghost of
Wan Li
Road by
Kara
Dalkey

Embrac
ing
Heritag
e

Courag
eous
Characte
rs

Wing
ing It

About
the
United
States

Fiction
and
History

Aviato
rs and
Scienc
e of
Flight
Its So
Wonderful
Here by
Bill
Pronzini

The
Family by
Anton
Chekhov
A Helping
Hand by
Janet
Ritchie

4th
D

The
Southpaw
by Judith
Viorst
A White
Heron by
Sarah Orne
Jewett
Pops Boy
by Irvin
Ashkenazy

Ooka and
the Stolen
Smell by
I.G.
Edmonds
The
Woodcutte
rs Child
by
Manuela
Williams
Crosno

The
Shop by
H. G. Wells
A Secret
for Two
by
Quentin
Reynolds

His Fathers
Boots by
Charles
Land

The Gift of
the Magi by
O. Henry

The
Romance
of a Busy
Broker by
O. Henry
Mrs.
Packletide
s Tiger by
Saki
The
Piping-Hot
Pizza
Mystery
by
Elizabeth
VanSteen
wyk
The
Angel by
Carol
Chapman
One
Thousand
Dollars
by O.
Henry
Setup by
Jack
Ritchie

5th

Dear
Amanda by

The CowTail

GoldMounted
Guns by
F.R.
Buckley
The
Monkeys

The
Invaders by

The
Cog by

Linnah Gary
The
Scholarship
by
Minfong Ho

Switch
folktale
from
Liberia
Matrimon
y Inn by
Lin Yutang
The
Donkey
Goes to
Market by
Alice Geer
Kelsey

Paw by
W.W.
Jacobs

Jack Ritchie

Charles E.
Fritch
The
Snakes of
Bera by
Celelia
Rathbone

The Love
Powder
by O.
Henry
The
Expression
by Jose
Frances

Of
Missing
Persons
by Jack
Finney

Blue Eyes
Far Away
by
MacKinlay
Kantor
Rain,
Rain, Go
Away by
Isaac
Asimov

6th
F

The Big
Day by
Jack Ritchie
Charles
by Shirley
Jackson
Underwate
r Test by
Robert
Zacks

The
Precious
Stones of
Axolotyl
by
Manuela
Williams
Crosno

The Wind
in the
Rosebush
by Mary
Wilkins
Freeman
Cemetery
Path by
Leornard
Q. Ross
Two
Thanksgivi
ng Day
Gentlemen
by O.
Henry
The
Open
Window
by Saki
The
Getaway
by John
Savage
The Lion
Roared
by Virginia
Eiseman
The
Cage by

The Dinner
Party by
Mona
Gardner

People of
the Third
Planet
by Dale
Crail
Zoo by
Edward D.
Hoch

Martin
Raim
Two Were
Left by
Hugh B.
Cave
The
Immortal
Bard by
Isaac
Asimov
Appointm
ent at
Noon by
Eric frank
Russell
A Trick of
the Trade
by
Dorothy S.
Pratt
The Right
Kind of
House by
Henry
Slesar

7th
G

The Marble
Champ by
Gary Soto
A Days
Wait by
Ernest
Hemingway
All the
Years of Her
Life by
Morley
Callaghan
Fly Like an
Eagle by
Elizabeth
Van
Steenwyk
Dont
Tread on
Me by
Walter Dean

The
Empty
Drum by
Leo Tolstoy
The Story
of the
Widows
Son by
Mary Lavin

Three
Skeleton
Key by
Geourge
G.
Toudouze
The
Pimienta
Pancakes
by O.
Henry
Phut Phat
Concentra
tes by
Lilian
Jackson
Braun
The Love
Letter by
Jack
Finney

The
Sentimentali
ty of William
Tavener by
Willa Cather
Testimony
of Trees by
Jesse Stuart

Say It with
Flowers by
Toshio Mori

Myers

8th
H

Raymonds
Run by Toni
Cade
Bambara
Split
Cherry
Tree by
Jesse Stuart
The StoryTeller by
Saki

You Cant
Take It
with You
by Eva-Lis
Wuorio

Rikkitikki-tavi
by
Rudyard
Kipling

The Most
Dangerous
Game by
Richard
Connell

Martinez
Treasure
by
Manuela
Williams
Crosno

The
Mother
Goose
Madman
by Betty
Ren
Wright

Ta-Na-EKa by Mary
Whitebird

Spelling
Bee by
Laurene
Chambers
Chinn

The Tigers
Heart by Jim
Kjelgaard
The Revolt
of a Mother
by Mary E.
Wilkins
Freeman

All
Summer
in a Day
by Ray
Bradbury

The Ransom
of Red Chief
by O. Henry

The Bet
by Anton
Chekhov
Love of
Life by
Jack
London

9th
I

Antaeus
by Borden
Deal
Rules of
the Game
by Amy Tan
Who Am I
This Time
by Kurt
Vonnegut Jr.
The
Treasure of
Lemon
Brown by
Walter Dean
Myers
Mother
and
Daughter
by Gary
Soto
Somebody

The Inn
of Lost
Time by
Lensey
Namioka
Aunty
Misery by
Judith
Ortiz Cofer
AND
Those
Three
Wishes
by Judith
Gorog

To Serve
Man by
Damon
Knight

American
Sandwich
by Edite
Cunha

Kims
Game by
M.D. Lake

This Farm
for Sale by
Jesse Stuart

The
President
Regrets
by Ellery
Queen
The
Adventure
s of the
Speckled
Band by
Arthur
Conan
Doyle

Somethi
ng Green
by
Frederic
Brown

s Son by
Richard
Pindell

10th
J

Sunday in
the Park by
Bel
Kaufman
Initiation
by Sylvia
Plath
Geraldine
Moore the
Poet by
Toni Cade
Bambara
The Scarlet
Ibis by
James Hurst

The Force
of Luck
by Rudolfo
Anaya

The
Smuggler
by Victor
Channing
The
Street of
the
Canon by
Josefina
Niggli
The
Inspiration
of Mr.
Budd by
Dorothy
Sayers
The Case
of the
Perfect
Maid by
Agatha
Christie

The Horse
of the
Sword by
Manuel
Buaken
Chees
Daughter
by Juanita
Platero and
Siyowin
Miller

Tom Edisons
Shaggy Dog
by Kurt
Vonnegut Jr.
By the
Waters of
Babylon by
Stephen
Vincent Benet

The Piano
by Anibal
Monteiro
Machado
The Good
Deed by
Pearl Buck

The RedHeaded
League
by Arthur
Conan
Doyle
The
Widow
and the
Parrot by
Virginia
Woolf
The
Possibility
of Evil by
Shirley
Jackson

Volume Titles
Level C: Chills
Level D: Surprises
Level E:
Shocks
Level F: Sudden Twists
Level G: Encounters Level H:
Conflicts

Level I: Choices

Level J: Discoveries