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The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of teaching the English reading-writing connection to six seventh grade students using children’s literature. Participating students wrote double-entry journals while reading two literary texts, and wrote a newspaper article and a book report after reading each one. Two research questions were proposed and data for qualitative analysis were collected from surveys, students’ writings, interviews, class reviews, and the teacher’s field notes. Data analysis revealed two major results. First, writing double-entry journals based on the literary texts provided a foothold for EFL learners’ writing, and the writing also had a complementary effect on strengthening reading. Second, students applied their own writing strategies to communicate with readers in the target language. They tried to communicate with readers by writing newspaper articles and to convey information efficiently by writing reports. Based on these results, some suggestions are provided.