I realized two months ago that I needed to come up with a plan about what books my kids are going to read for assigned reading in grades 3-8. Books in our house are free to be read and so I knew that if I didn't hide these particular books away, they would be read before their time. No prediction practice, no "in the moment" inference practice, no surprise or expectation. So, my first page was to make a chart with the grades and genres listed. Then, I plugged books into the genres for each grade. I came up with a pretty full list. Next, I put together my generic literature unit that could be used with any book. I want to use this with half of the books, but not with all. I want some specific literature guides that will help them think specifically about that text. My hope (goal) is to find as many free resources for these units as I can. I wanted to share my list (and findings) with you in this post in case it might be helpful. I use...