Literary+Texts+vs+Basal+Readers

=Literary Texts =

Literary texts will demonstrate the following characteristics
 * They will have real, not controlled language that makes sense beyond sentence level
 * they will be rich in words and/or images
 * they will be multi-layered
 * they will be intellectually challenging
 * they will provocative of emotional responses
 * they will represent life in an artistic manner rather than an everyday one (Ewing, 2010)