Heather Two come to mind: "The Mouthful" and "The Escape." The Mouthful is a little off color, but my 6th graders and 7th graders loved it. The Escape is about a prisoner in solitary who attempts an escape with a gruesome twist at the end. I don't know if they are available on-line. I got them from a Scolastic Book: Read-Aloud Anthology, by Janet Allen and Patrick Daley. The stories are listed as Grades 5 & Up. If you don't find them and are still interested in using them at a later date let me know. I use bothe these stories to practice kids predictinf and questioning strategies.
Linda Recchio 7th Grade Reading Ramblewood Middle School Coral Springs, Florida "Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
