--- title: Longer Works are here! description: Check-out our Longer Works today! --- [Blog | ThinkCERCA ](https://blog.thinkcerca.com) # [Longer Works are here!](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/longer-works) Written by [ThinkCERCA Team](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/thinkcerca-team) | May 04, 2024 ### ** ** ### **Why Volume Reading in the 21st Century? ** 1. Reading more helps students develop a deeper base of vocabulary and knowledge, so volume reading supports additional time on task. 2. Post-secondary learning demands longer works, so developing the stamina and understanding of these text structures supports College and Career Readiness. 3. Life-long learners enjoy longer works of fiction and nonfiction as a pastime and a way to connect and engage with others. ### **Program Overview:** ➜ ThinkCERCA’s platform provides a one-stop-shop for literacy resources, including Direct Instruction, Skills Practice, Additional Reading Practice, and Close Reading and Writing. Teachers can also make their own custom lessons. ➜ Assessments include professional evaluation services and ways of tracking student achievement. ➜ Longer Works are an important part of the educational journey from K-12, so offering students access to the same proven lesson design based on cognitive science within a framework designed to make collaboration across the team a breeze will allow more students to engage effectively with these longer texts and to enhance their joyfulness in learning. ➜ Like our other curricular units, Longer Works units offer Direct Instruction and Reading access Genres with a variety of blended learning experiences to promote collaboration. ➜ Assessments are woven in throughout the experience and a culminating task is available. **** ** ** ** ** **Explore our collection today:** 📚 [A Single Shard b](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/1011?grade=6)[y Linda Sue Park](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/1011?grade=6) [📚 Animal Farm by George Orwell](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/613?grade=9&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/879?grade=6) 📚 [Frankenstein by Mary Shelley](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/647?grade=11&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/978?grade=6) 📚 [Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/349?grade=6&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [Night by Elie Wiesel](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/580?grade=9&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/646?grade=9&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [The Call of the Wild By Jack London](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/481?grade=6&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [The City of Ember** **By Jeanne DuPrau](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/382?grade=6&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚[ The Giver by Lois Lowry](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/547?grade=6&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/680?grade=11&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/415?grade=6&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/514?grade=6&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/448?grade=6&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WNT0K0ZtcU9wOM5MRli4O5Og5zjxD7PDCX_D_mh12_xg6BOEhgEH08k-wOHXG4PLxGx25) 📚 [Wonder by R. J. Palacio](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lessons-and-units/units/945?grade=4) [View full post](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/longer-works) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "ThinkCERCA Team" }, "dateModified" : "2024-05-04T15:44:10.304Z", "datePublished" : "2024-05-04T15:44:10Z", "headline" : "Longer Works are here!", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 1000, "url" : "https://go.thinkcerca.com/hubfs/Product%20Update%20AI.jpg", "width" : 2000 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.thinkcerca.com/longer-works", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2442542/Logos/Logo-for-Email-Signature-ThinkCERCA.png", "width" : 553.75 }, "name" : "Blog | ThinkCERCA" } } ```