Course 1 (grade 6) includes literature from authors such as Julia Alvarez, Jack London, Toshio Mori, William Wordsworth, Susan Nanus, and Rudyard Kipling. The literary genres covered are:
- Unit 1:Â Fiction and Nonfiction
- Unit 2: Short Stories
- Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
- Unit 4: Poetry
- Unit 5: Drama
- Unit 6: Themes in Folk Literature