Common Texts (Stories, Poems, Essays, Plays)

Common Texts are pieces of writing that are shared with the class. We read these texts together to look for key literary elements and to practice our reading comprehension strategies. They often serve as models for writing techniques that we may wish to use in our own writing.

Should students lose their original handouts for these texts, PDF files can be found below for MANY of these poems, stories, plays, or articles.