Reading Coursework   Come prepared for class: pencil, planner, literature book, and Reading Journal (everyday). Reading Journals are to help with organization and studying for Reading tests. We use the literature book Signatures  by Harcourt Brace. There are six themes within Signatures. These stories are excerpts from authentic literature. They include fiction and nonfiction stories, poems, biographies, plays, and author studies. Each story has new vocabulary and particular skills to be mastered.