READING / LITERATURE PROGRAMS Grade 2 (3rd Ed.) Grade 5 (2nd Ed.) In this 2015 revision, four Student Texts provide Reading comprehension and critical reading BOB JONES READING (1-6) interesting selections from a variety of genres and thinking skills are emphasized, although This reading program is the most comprehensive with emphasis on silent reading for comprehen- some remedial phonics is included. Selections I’ve seen, incorporating phonetic reading at the sion, the development of higher-order thinking, include excerpts from classic literature and lowest levels (correlated to phonics instruction), phonics instruction, oral reading, and literary quality stories from a wide variety of genres. The a full range of comprehension skill development, techniques. Home School Kit contains the Teacher’s Edition, and reading-related skills not usually found in a The Home School Kit includes the Teacher’s Student Text, Student Worktext, Teaching Visuals basal program (map skills, reading and making Edition (2 vols.), four Student Texts (All God’s Flip Chart, and the Worktext Teacher’s Edition. schedules, word skills, time lines, literary skills, Creatures, Hearts and Hands, Memories to Keep 236612 Home School Kit . 243.08 182.30 and many more). The Teacher’s Manual contains and Precious Treasures), the Student Worktext, 514851 ☼Teacher Edition . . 83.61 daily lesson plans, with a complete presentation and the Worktext Teacher’s Edition. 268763 Student Text ...... 59.44 of the lesson, and student reading pages, either as 501122 Complete Home School Kit 125633 Worktext . . . . . 33.89 a full size text, or in reduced size. Each reading ...... 229.15 171.85 125641 Worktext Teacher . . 33.89 lesson begins with skill development, the reading 514828 ☼Teacher’s Ed w/ CD 83.61 129296 Teaching Visuals Flip Chart 32.25 lesson, and optional enhancement or reinforce- 278911 Student Text 2A . . . 19.44 002760 *Favorite Poems Old ment activities. In the younger grades, many of 278929 Student Text 2B . . . 19.44 and New . . . . .26.99 17.95 the skill development sections reinforce phonetic 294231 Student Text 2C . . . 19.44 and decoding skills. Many of the lessons refer to 294249 Student Text 2D . . . 19.44 Grade 6 (2nd Ed.) the Flip Charts for reading lists of words with the 294256 Student Worktext . . . 33.89 Intended as a bridge to the BJU Literature pro- constructs being studied. The reading selections 294264 Worktext Teacher’s Edition 33.89 gram, this course emphasizes literary elements, are wholesome, engaging, and include all genres 228296 *Phonics Review Student 25.56 study skills, listening, strategies, vocabulary and - biographies, narrative exposition, historical fic- 228304 *Phonics Review Answer Key 26.94 critical reading skills. Selections remain a mix tion, Bible stories, imaginary (fantasy) stories, etc. 002760 *Favorite Poems Old of classic literature excerpts and quality stories These acquaint students with different types of and New . . . . .26.99 17.95 from other sources. The Home School Kit con- literature from the beginning - a feature lacking tains Teacher’s Edition, Student Text, Student in most other basal readers, which predominately Grade 3 (3rd Ed.) Worktext, Worktext Teacher’s Edition, and the seem to contain stories. As with all Bob Jones lines, The readers at this level include a variety of Teaching Visuals Flip Chart. The two-volume the content is tacitly Christian. Typeset used in the selections that encourage building positive vir- Teacher’s Edition now also includes the Message readers is age-appropriate and not eye-straining. tues and character qualities. Readers are exposed from Print DVD. Most reading comprehension is done orally, but to many genres, including poetry, fiction, histor- 236737 Home School Kit . 243.08 182.30 student worktexts contain skill practice pages and ical fiction, biographies, tall tales, adaptations of 514869 ☼Teacher Edition . . 83.61 some exercises to test or reinforce student under- Bible stories and more. Comprehension skills are 270884 Student Text (Revised) 59.44 standing. A Teacher’s Edition of the worktext has emphasized and phonics skills are reviewed. The 128330 Student Worktext . . 33.89 answers overprinted in red. The accompanying Home School Kit contains Adventures in Reading 128348 Worktext Teacher’s Edition 33.89 chapter-by-chapter study, along with background 3A and 3B student texts, Student Worktext, the 129304 Teaching Visuals Flip Chart 32.25 information and discussion questions, is contained Worktext Teacher’s Edition, and the two-volume 002760 *Favorite Poems Old in the Teacher’s Manual. Essential materials are Teacher Edition that also includes the Toolkit CD and New . . . . .26.99 17.95 listed first beneath each grade level, followed by and guides with novels for two BJ Booklinks. asterisked (*) support materials. Home School Kits 506014 Home School Kit . 229.73 172.25 BOB JONES LITERATURE (7-12) contain all essential materials to teach one child. 514836 ☼Teacher’s Ed w/ CD . 83.61 Once reading skills are mastered, the Bob Jones The Bob Jones reading program has been a 299172 Reading 3A Stdt Text . 39.17 reading curriculum becomes one of literature mainstay in our schooling for years, and we 299180 Reading 3B Stdt Text . 39.17 study from a Biblical perspective. Literary con- highly recommend it. 299198 Student Worktext . . 33.89 structs and techniques are learned and explored 299206 Student Worktext Key 33.89 in the context of both Christian and secular Grade 1 (4th Ed.) 123406 Teacher’s Visual Flip Chart 32.25 literary selections. There is increasing emphasis No longer part of the same package as the 228296 *Phonics Review Student 25.56 on the evaluation of literature against a Biblical Phonics and English 1 course, this reading course 228304 *Phonics Review Answer Key 26.94 standard. As in the lower grades, reading has a lot to offer and helps develop phonics 002760 *Favorite Poems Old selections are carefully chosen and represent a systematically. The course consists of a single and New . . . . .26.99 17.95 variety of genres at each level. Many of these student worktext, which is consumable and col- are excerpts or short stories. Grades 8 and up orful; and six reading books. The readers contain Grade 4 (2nd Ed.) also include one full-length work as part of the some new stories, some previously-included sto- Although some phonics review is provided course. In response to requests for more studies ries, and some rewritten ones. These introduce at this level, the emphasis is on preparing the of complete works, new Study Guides have been students to different genres, including fiction, student for more challenging work as compre- added for The Scarlet Letter and Julius Caesar. non-fiction, plays, poetry, and even choral read- hension is stressed and more advanced activities These can be used anytime during high school. ings. Many of the stories are centered around a are provided. Selections are from a mix of genres The Teacher’s Editions for these studies contain Christian family, and all are edifying and char- and include excerpts from classic literature. The the full-sized text with marginal notes as well as acter building. The new 4th edition pieces are Home School Kit contains Teacher’s Edition, background information, commentary, discus- compatible with the 3rd Ed. Student Text, Student Worktext, Teaching Visuals sion and/or essay questions, and project ideas. 283671 Home School Kit . 164.44 123.30 Flip Chart, and Worktext Teacher’s Edition, As the course emphasis at each level is a little dif- 275222 Teacher’s Ed. w/ CD . 74.44 236562 Home School Kit . 243.08 182.30 ferent, we’ve further described individual course 275131 Student Readers Set . 70.00 514844 ☼Teacher Edition . . 83.61 contents below. All of the Teacher’s Editions 275206 Student Worktext . . 20.00 260463 Student Text ...... 59.44 contain a complete copy of the student text. In 275248 *Service Word Cards . 21.94 122796 Student Worktext . . 33.89 the 9th and 10th grade books, these are full-col- 109363 *Starting Line Storybks 20.00 12.95 122804 Worktext Teacher’s Edition 33.89 or with marginal notes and answers. All other 087221 *Take Along Stories .20.00 12.95 128215 Teaching Visuals Flip Chart 32.25 grades have the reduced student pages in two- 182196 *Take-Along Stories 2 20.00 12.95 002760 *Favorite Poems Old tone, again with marginal notes and answers. It 002760 *Favorite Poems Old and New . . . . .26.99 17.95 seems like it would be difficult to share the stu- and New . . . . .26.99 17.95 dent text - especially during discussion time - but

218 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. it is possible to do so. Elements of Literature (2nd Ed.) (10) CHRISTIAN LIBERTY ACADEMY READING Testpacks include ready-to-use tests. Answers This level continues to build on the Biblical PROGRAM (K-6) are found in the Testpack Answer Keys. Essential and literary foundation provided in the 9th grade A God-honoring program of enriching and inter- materials that are included in Home School Kits text. Literary concepts are illustrated with bibli- esting reading. Several of the books are excellent are listed first by grade level, followed by aster- cal examples and analyzed and applied to key supplements to history and are also listed in that isked (*) support materials. Multigrade resources literary selections. Units include Imaginative section. Currently, the reading program covers are listed together at the end. Comparison, Sound & Syntax, Allusion & K-9. Some supplementary books are also listed Symbol, Irony, Folktale & Epic, Essay & Short below by grade level. Explorations in Literature (4th Ed.) (7) Story, Poetry and Drama. The course culminates Revised for 2013, this 4th edition includes with Romeo and Juliet. Although we found the Kindergarten Reader Set (K) new selections and additional teacher resources. selections to be rather depressing in the first ¾¾ It is Fun to Read Students transition from reading for pleasure edition, the course was updated for 2012 and ¾¾ Pals and Pets to reading for wisdom, in preparation for more includes new authors and selections. ¾¾ A Time for Home analytical study in grade 8. Establishes a Biblical 283937 Home School Kit . 161.62 121.20 ¾¾ It is a Joy to Learn perspective in six unit themes: courage, nature 277665 Teacher’s Ed. w/ CD . 73.61 A four-book set for earliest readers. The first and man, generosity, our land, humility, and 277624 Student Text ...... 59.44 two books focus on single-syllable short vowel family. Students interpret, analyze, and evaluate 277673 Tests ...... 16.63 words. The latter two progress into two-syllable authors, works, themes, and terms in light of 277632 Tests Answer Key . . 11.94 words and long vowels. Consonant blends are Scripture. 205930 *Romeo & Juliet DVD . 14.95 introduced throughout the four readers. Each 292730 Home School Kit . 161.62 121.20 205666 *Julius Caesar DVD . 14.95 book is about 60 pgs, with stories running from 291492 Teacher’s Edition . . . 73.61 046516 Great Expectations . . 13.00 1-3 pgs. Full-color, illust. by Vic Lockman. 291468 Student Text ...... 59.44 Course culminates with the optional study of 012252 ...... 21.00 14.95 291500 Testpack ...... 16.63 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. 291518 Testpack Key . . . . 11.94 Meeting New Friends (1) American Literature (3rd Ed.) (11) A series of short stories designed to reinforce Excursions in Literature (3rd Ed.) (8) A very thorough study of American literature and apply phonics instruction. This 150-page Selections are chosen for teaching moral and from the Colonial-Revolutionary period through book also includes phonics charts and vocabu- literary discernment. More analytical study here, Modern, including an examination of the works lary drill. in preparation for the in-depth critical study of in relation to the authors’ lives and beliefs and in 017535 ...... 11.75 8.50 literature beginning in grade 9. Quality literature light of the literary period in which they wrote. from authors around the world are assembled More than 70 authors are included, and critical Beautiful Stories for Children (2) under the themes of: choices, friends, view- attention is given to movements such as roman- At this level, it is assumed that children have points, adventurers, discoveries, and heroes and ticism, Darwinism, and religious liberalism. The a good grasp of phonics. Selections include villains. Teacher’s Edition includes a CD with content is very interesting, especially in conjunc- real-life stories demonstrating godly character reading quizzes, writing rubrics, additional work- tion with American History. Includes the com- traits and poems about children, families and sheets, test practice, and more. plete modern play The Happy Journey to Trenton nature. New vocabulary is introduced prior to 256370 Home School Kit . 161.62 121.20 and Camden by Thornton Wilder. each selection, but there are no comprehension 244046 Teacher’s Edtn w/ CD . 73.61 506154 Home School Kit . 161.62 121.20 questions. 190 pgs. 500728 Student Text (Updated 295915 Teacher Edition w/ CD 73.61 017534 ...... 11.75 8.50 Version) ...... 59.44 295881 Student Text ...... 59.44 233072 Tests ...... 16.63 295923 Tests ...... 16.63 Robinson Crusoe Reader (2) 233080 Tests Answer Key . . . 11.94 295949 Tests Answer Key . . 11.94 True to the original, but rewritten at a lower reading level and printed in larger type. Includes Fundamentals of Literature (2nd Ed.) (9) British Literature (2nd Ed.) (12) teaching suggestions for art/craft activities at the Rather than a thematic study, this updated This updated second edition discusses the end of the book. course concentrates on six important literary works of almost 70 authors and is fairly similar 010440 ...... 10.50 7.50 elements: conflict, character, theme, structure, to the first edition, with mostly cosmetic changes. (See also Lessons from the Farmyard in our point of view, and tone. Students delve more The text divides works into eight literary peri- Bible section for gr. PK-2.) deeply into literary analysis, enabling them to ods: The Middle Ages (Old English and Middle interpret and evaluate what they read in light of English), the Renaissance, Tudor period, Stuart History Stories for Children 3rd Ed. (3) God’s word. The DVD provides literary analysis period, the Age of Revolution (Neoclassical and Wholesome stories about and excerpts from the drama and is not included Romantic), the Age of Reform, Victorian, and various historical figures and in the Home School Kit. Newly revised. Modern. Author’s works and cultural issues are events in the Bible, U.S. and 271254 Home School Kit . 161.62 121.20 examined in light of Scripture. This course illumi- world history are offered in 259986 Teacher Ed. w/ CD . . 73.61 nates such religious developments as the English this 265-page reader. Print 259960 Student Text ...... 59.44 Reformation, Bible translation, nonconformity, is large for still-developing 259994 Test ...... 16.63 Methodism, and British hymnody. It provides an eyes. The book now features 259945 Test Key . . . . . 11.94 overview of English Christianity from its incep- vocabulary words with defi- 205534 *Cyrano de Bergerac DVD tion to the present while discussing important nitions, comprehension ques- ...... 14.95 works of literature. A part of this course includes tions and extension activities the study of the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth. after each story. Answers to Please note that this DVD is listed below but comprehension questions and instructions for is not included in the Home School Kit. The extension activities are found in the Teacher’s Teacher’s Edition is also revised from the original Manual. Student Exercises packet includes activ- and includes full-sized student pages with specif- ities like completing sentences, comprehen- ic analysis discussions and biblical application sion, research, coloring and more. Test packet suggestions. includes six multiple-choice tests on vocabulary 208033 Home School Kit . 161.62 121.20 and comprehension. 195842 Teacher’s Edition . . 73.61 012253 Book ...... 14.75 10.75 278424 Student Text ...... 59.44 000296 Teacher’s Manual . . 4.25 3.25 195859 Testpack . . . . . 16.63 064822 Student Exercises . . 4.25 3.25 195867 Testpack Key . . . . 11.94 064823 Tests ...... 4.25 3.25 205633 *Macbeth DVD . . . 14.95 continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 219 Stories of the Pilgrims (4) 230 pg, paperback reader includes all sorts of A rewrite of the original by Margaret Humphrey genres – excerpts (fiction, biographies, autobiog- (see our description in the History section). raphies), short stories, poetry, quotes, and Bible Comprehension questions are included in the stories – from all sorts of authors - classic, con- book, with corresponding answers located in the temporary, Christian. Through eight “Discovering answer key. a World of… Adventure, Heroic Faith, Family, 002125 Book ...... 11.75 8.50 etc.” units, the student is inspired and motivated 000299 Answer Key . . . . 4.25 3.25 to live a more purposeful Christian life. Each of the 45 selections includes a vocabulary segment, Finding a New Land (4) comprehension questions, and a suggestion for A completely revised and reworked version of an extension activity (literary analysis, maps, Boys and Girls of Colonial Days, this reader has timelines, and writing activities) along with a doubled in size! It now includes 8 units and 29 full-color illustration. Classic authors include reading selections, including some poetry. You Stevenson, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Benjamin will find some of the same selections as in Boys Franklin, Alcott, and Isaac Watts. The Text is the CHRISTIAN LIGHT READING (1-8) and Girls, but plenty of “new” material taken non-consumable student reader. The Workbook This series just might have everything you from other history books of yesteryear. Stories is not reproducible and includes activity pages are looking for in a reading program. With a involving famous figures, including Leif Ericsson, (often hands-on) for 25 of the extension activi- major goal of teaching children to think clearly Columbus, Jonathan Edwards, Paul Revere, Betsy ties. The Test Booklet is unusual in format (8.5 x and logically, the readers are highly readable Ross, and Phyllis Wheatley are mixed in with 11 sheets folded sideways and stapled) and non and include enjoyable anthologies of stories stories of colonial children. Many stories now reproducible. Tests (one for each unit) include and other prose selections as well as poetry feature full-color illustrations, and vocabulary vocabulary (matching) and comprehension (mul- and a generous dose of Bible selections (KJV). words are formatted in bold. After each story, tiple choice and true false) questions. A complete These selections have a strong character building you’ll find a list of vocabulary words with defi- answer key to the tests is included in the booklet. emphasis as well as a foundational biblical and nitions, five comprehension questions, and an The Teacher’s Manual is simply an answer key Christian worldview. Vocabulary development extension activity. A test packet and an answer for the comprehension questions found at the end is enhanced by boldfaced words that are listed key are also available. of each reading selection. (May I just say how in a glossary in each book along with literary 025536 Book ...... 14.75 10.75 much I love a publisher who keeps costs low by terms. On a practical note, the hardcover books 039613 Answer Key . . . . 4.25 3.25 providing just what is needed – answers – rather are a nice, just-right-for-small-hands size that lay 039994 Test Packet . . . . 4.25 3.25 than a whole lot of extra information that you feel flat with ease. As you would expect, font size guilty for not including?) ~ Janice gradually diminishes throughout the grade levels. Building a New Nation (5) 031309 Text ...... 14.75 10.75 Colorful covers and inside accent color produce The new fifth-grade reader from Christian 031287 Workbook . . . . .5.25 3.95 an inviting appearance, but there is a reminder Liberty picks up where Finding a New Land left 031306 Test Packet . . . . 5.25 3.95 of the program’s Mennonite origins visible in the off, introducing notable people and events from 031298 Teacher’s Manual . . 5.25 3.95 illustrations depicting their particular mode of America’s westward expansion through the 20th women’s apparel. century. Reading selections include historical Christian Liberty Nature Readers (K-5) Just reading through the program would be ben- fiction, folktales, biographical accounts, poetry Kids love to read about animals and nature, and eficial, but the support information is well done as and true stories. Most selections include color- Christian Liberty Press offers five readers chock- well. LightUnits accompany each reader. These ful, cartoon-like illustrations, a vocabulary list full of interesting stories and appealing illustra- are magazine-size worktexts that review phonics with definitions, comprehension questions and tions. Book K introduces an animal for each (lower elementary), competently cover reading an extension activity or two. While some exten- of the 26 letters of the alphabet, and includes comprehension (all levels), emphasize vocabulary sion activities send you to websites to discover a story on each one of them. Book 1 focuses development, and introduce literary analysis (mid- more, or provide topics for research, others will on Creation and reinforces phonics principles. dle school). Integrating these studies with practical direct you to the Student Exercises Booklet for a Book 2 emphasizes small creatures and lessons application of Bible verses, there is also bibli- corresponding worksheet. These activities might from nature. Books 3 and 4 discuss the daily cal review and an encouragement toward Bible include word puzzles, creative writing activities, routine and other aspects of animal life. Book 5 memorization. The LightUnits are designed so the research opportunities, story or character analysis has been completely rewritten and teaches about student can work somewhat independently, with and more. Directions for completing these activ- the earths hydrosphere and the multitude of crea- symbols to indicate when teacher help is needed. ities and answers to the comprehension questions tures that live in the ocean. Review questions are Each LightUnit has three sections; each section are found in the Teacher’s Manual. The test provided at the end of each chapter or section. has four lessons plus a quiz or self-check. To be packet provides unit tests (with multiple-choice, Answer keys are available for Books 1-5. These completed in 17 days, day 16 is a review and true/false and vocabulary questions) and an contain detailed answers to the review questions day 17 is a LightUnit test and extra reading time. answer key. - Jess found in the student text. LightUnit answers for grades 1-3 are found in the 052568 Book ...... 14.75 10.75 041413 Book K ...... 5.25 3.95 Teacher’s Guidebooks. In grades 4-5, answers to 052569 Student Exercises . . 4.25 3.25 002539 Book 1 ...... 9.50 6.95 LightUnit exercises are available in the LightUnit 052570 Teacher’s Manual . . 4.25 3.25 002540 Book 2 ...... 9.50 6.95 Answer Keys or in the Teacher’s Guide. In Grades 052571 Test Packet . . . . 4.25 3.25 000108 Book 2 Key . . . . 3.25 2.95 6-8, answers to LightUnit exercises are found in 002541 Book 3 ...... 9.50 6.95 the LightUnit Answer Key. Discovering New Worlds (6) 000109 Book 3 Key . . . . 3.25 2.95 Teacher’s Guidebooks (coil-bound) are designed Do you remember the wonder of discovering 000297 Book 4 ...... 9.50 6.95 to be used with the Reader and the Light Units literature? The realization that you could go 000298 Book 4 Key . . . . 4.25 3.25 to provide a guided reading program. Well- places, see things, and experience other lives 002542 Book 5 (3rd Ed.) . . 10.50 7.50 organized and laid out, the lessons are easy to just by opening the cover of a book? Christian 000173 Book 5 Key (3rd Ed.) .4.25 3.25 follow. Lessons are complete with an over- Liberty Press wants your young reader to join the view, detailed teacher’s instructions, and daily ranks of those who have made that discovery, The Story of Inventions (6) schedules. LightUnit answers are also provided and they’ve made it easy and inexpensive to See our complete review in Science. Extremely at grades currently in the Sunrise 2nd Edition. do so. This sixth-grade addition to their reading interesting 280-page reader about discoveries Helpful appendices include: study words, story program provides a solid, multi-faceted reader, and inventions from the 1600’s to the 1980’s. verses, an index of character traits, scope and extension activity workbook, tests, and a just-the- Comprehension questions included. 2nd Ed. sequence, index of skills taught, alternate repro- answers teacher’s manual – all for prices so low 008682 Book ...... 11.75 8.50 ducible tests with answers (LightUnits also contain you will be tempted to assume the program isn’t 000300 Answer Key . . . . 4.25 3.25 tests), books for extra reading, and alphabetical “up to snuff.” But you would be so wrong! The ~~~~~~~~~~~ lists of all stories and poems. ~ Janice 220 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Grade 1: I Wonder (Sunrise 2nd Ed.) Scott Foresman Reading Street (1-6) nics review, writing workshops (assignment, Note that the first part of Grade 1 is Learning to We’ve needed this series! A secular, graded, directions, checklist, and model), grammar and Read (see our Phonics section for details) reading anthology program that is also a com- vocabulary instruction, reading comprehension 016224 Reader ...... 8.50 7.75 plete language arts program. I have to admit that strategies, and fluency activities. The texts are 016225 Teacher Guide . . . 8.95 I’m pretty impressed with the scope, breadth, and brightly (one might even say brilliantly) full-col- IWNDLT LightUnits Only Set . 14.50 possibilities of this program. Considering that it’s or and literally packed with both stories and IWONDR Complete Set . . . 32.00 from a major textbook publisher, it is surprisingly information. I meant it when I said that going Includes all three items above. user-friendly if you take a little time to become through these texts together with your student familiar with the various components and decide will provide a well-rounded reading experience Grade 2: Helping Hands / Happy Hearts which ones you want to integrate into your as well as complete language arts instructions. By (Sunrise 2nd Ed.) course at home. the way, at the back of each text is a complete 016222 Helping... Reader . . 8.50 7.75 Incorporating an amazing array of reading glossary and a vocabulary handbook. 016223 Helping... Tchr Gd . . 8.95 material, practically every genre is represented However, this package provides much more. HPHDLT Helping... LightUnits – fiction: realistic fiction, drama, folktales, fan- The Guide on the Side will bring out the teacher Only Set . . . . . 14.50 tasy, fables, legend, tall tales, historical fiction, in you. Tab-indexed, this collection of teacher HLPHND Helping... Complete Set 32.00 and poetry, and nonfiction: expository, literary helps – scope and sequence information, pac- 016219 Happy... Reader . . .8.50 7.75 nonfiction, procedural text, biography, autobiog- ing chart, instructional strategies and example 016220 Happy... Tchr Gd . . 8.95 raphy, photo essay, and interview. Being a fan lessons, monitoring progress, scoring rubrics, HPHTLT Happy... LightUnits of word pictures, I have a special appreciation research-based “routines” (i.e. lesson plans), Only Set . . . . . 14.50 for the “Envision It!” feature of this series. Key and strategies for differentiation (suggestions for HPYHRT Happy... Compl Set . 32.00 concepts are depicted by graphics, often creating teaching both struggling and advanced students) fun and humorous mnemonic devices. These – is designed for easy access and support. 384 Grade 3: Doors to Discovery (Sunrise 2nd Ed.) graphics are incorporated into two handbook fea- pgs, hard back cover, spiral bound. 016213 Reader ...... 10.50 9.95 tures – the Visual Skills Handbook and the Visual The Teachers Resource DVD-ROM provides 016214 Teacher Guide . . . 11.95 Strategies Handbook – a part of each text. For an array of printable teacher and student support DRDSLT LightUnits Only Set . 29.00 instance, in the 3rd grade text the Visual Skills material in digital format – vocabulary, comprehen- DRDSCV Complete Set . . . 51.50 Handbook includes depictions of author’s pur- sion, writing and grammar activities. These include Includes all three individual items above. pose, cause/effect, classify/categorize, compare/ digital whiteboard transparencies, practice books contrast, draw conclusions, fact/opinion, gener- (printable PDF forms), a colorful lesson planner Grade 4: Bridges Beyond (Sunrise 2nd Ed.) alize, main idea/details, graphic sources, literary template, scoring rubrics, and vocabulary resources 016211 Reader ...... 10.50 9.95 elements, sequence, and steps in a process. The (printable Envision It! vocabulary cards). 016212 Teacher Guide . . . . 8.95 Visual Strategies Handbook includes background The ExamView CD-ROM provides printable BRBYLT LightUnits Only Set . . 14.50 knowledge, important ideas, inferring, monitor/ tests - weekly tests as well as unit and end-of-year 016209 LightUnits Ans Key . . 5.00 clarify, predict/set purpose, questioning, story assessments - and includes an option for creating 066181 Quizzes/Test Ans Key . 3.00 structure, summarize, text structure, and visu- your own tests. Minimum System Requirements: BBANST Answer Package . . . 8.00 alize. Windows XP, SP, Vista SP1, and 7. Mac OS Includes #016209 and #066181. The hardback Reading Street Texts (two vol- 10.5.8 or OS 10.6.4~ Janice BRGBYD Complete Set . . . . 42.00 umes in grades 2-6; five soft-backed readers in EACH HOMESCHOOL PKG .124.99 108.95 Includes all five individual items above. 1st grade) are the starting point. If you wanted 055754 Grade 1 055756 Grade 4 to keep things simple, I think you could “do” the 055755 Grade 2 055757 Grade 5 Grade 5: Open Windows (Sunrise 2nd Ed.) course with just these readers. At first glance, 037821 Grade 3 055758 Grade 6 016228 Reader ...... 10.50 9.95 they might seem a little “busy” – at least com- 016229 Teacher Guide . . . . 8.95 pared to some of our other reader series. But that OPWDLT LightUnits Only Set . . 14.50 busyness actually translates into the elements 016227 LightUnits Ans Key . . 5.00 that make up a complete course. Some of the 066182 Quizzes/Test Ans Key . 3.00 reading selections are on the inner two-thirds OPNWDW Complete Set . . . 42.00 of each page, and the text is interspersed with Includes all 5 individual items above. both illustrations and their labels. For instance, within an article titled “Meeting the Challenge of Grade 6: Calls to Courage (Sunrise) Collecting” (Grade 3.1), there is a picture of the 028098 Reader ...... 10.50 9.95 anthropologists being interviewed, Incan pottery 048758 Teacher Guide . . . 8.95 from Peru, tapa bark cloth from Papua New CLCRLT LightUnits Only Set .14.50 13.75 Guinea, a woven basket of the Wappo Indians, 048782 LightUnits Ans Key . . 5.00 and a mask from Cameroon. The outer third of CLSCRG Complete Set . . . 36.90 34.35 each page provides valuable sidebar information. PATHWAY READING PROGRAM (1-8) Includes all four individual items above. In this collecting article, one sidebar provides An Amish reading program which portrays a objectives and a short teaching sequence on the lifestyle in which people cherish Christian traits, Grade 7: Road Less Traveled (Sunrise) interview genre. The remaining three provide and in which children gain insights into how to 028100 Reader ...... 10.50 9.95 discussion questions (Let’s Think about . . .) on behave! Families are large and stories are cen- 028101 Teacher Guide . . . 7.00 both the interview content and its relationship to tered around the family and farm. The stories RDLSLT LightUnits Only Set . 14.50 a previous reading selection. One of these ques- are interesting to children, if our kids are any 019758 LightUnits Ans Key . . 2.90 tions suggests a writing activity. This is just one indicator! One of my favorites is a story from RDLSTR Complete Set . . . . 34.90 example - the reading selections are presented First Steps in which little Rachel discovers, after Includes all four individual items above. in a variety of ways. In the same text, there are attempting to help mother shell peas, that watch- some that are just well-illustrated stories without ing baby Miriam really is a good way to help Grade 8: Where Roads Diverge (Sunrise) any sidebar interruptions (fiction), and some mother with meal preparations! 034755 Reader ...... 10.50 9.95 that are text plus illustrations (non-fiction). After Although many of our customers use the readers 034756 Teacher’s Guide . . . 7.00 one of these, there are a series of five “think as a standalone, we carry the complete reading WRDSLT LightUnits Only Set . 14.50 critically” questions, a series of illustrations program, including teacher’s manuals and work- 034753 LightUnits Ans Key . . 2.90 to aid the student in retelling the story, and books. Please note that the teacher’s manuals WRDSDV Complete Set . . . 34.90 some biographical information on the author. are necessary for Before We Read, First Steps, Interspersed between the reading selections are and Learning Through Sounds 1 and 2. the language arts lessons. These include: pho- continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 221 Pre-Reading (1) Elson Readers (K-8) minimal, and include comprehension/vocabulary 007146 Before We Read Wkbk 2.25 2.00 Does the name William Harris Elson ring a questions for most stories, worksheets that focus Pre-reading exercises. 64 pgs. bell? If so, you probably remember him for on phonics, word word usage or simple story ele- 007150 Tchr Manual for Before We his Fun with Dick and Jane readers. However, ments, and some guidance on including phonetic Read & First Steps . .4.75 3.95 earlier in his career, he created this reading instruction into the lessons. 007147 Learning Through Sounds Bk 1 2.00 series, which first appeared in 1909. This series If you enjoy the feel and challenge of a “vin- This workbook introduces short vowel and has been reprinted from the 1920 edition of the tage” literature program, you’ll enjoy the Elson consonant sounds. Use for the first weeks in Elson readers, with the original format, layout, readers. Readers will be exposed to a variety school, before starting the readers. 80 pgs. study questions, and illustrations retained. The of quality writers, excellent nature and history 007148 Learning Through Sounds Bk 2 2.00 only updating you’ll find here is in some of the writing, and a great love for our country. As Continuing in phonics, including blends, text, which has been updated and edited “only mentioned, comprehension and clarity in reading long vowels, consonant and vowel digraphs, where necessary” in terms of spelling and punc- are the main focus of the series, and although an and others. Use before starting the readers. tuation. All poetry has been untouched, and the effort has been made to incorporate literary struc- 007149 Learning Through Sounds Tchr 3.95 end result of the book is an edition very faithful ture and elements, you may wish to supplement 007101 Helping Yourself . . .2.25 2.00 to the original. Like other readers from the time with a program or workbook that spends more Seatwork book for first grade. Designed period, the selections will be more advanced time on these elements. - Jess to be used along with Learning Through than we are used to seeing in similarly-graded 038052 Primer ...... 14.95 10.95 Sounds; however, you may definitely use this editions of today, but whatever difficulty may be 038053 Primer Teacher . . . . .14.95 10.95 book with any phonics program to reinforce encountered in reading is more than made up for 038044 Book One Reader . .15.95 11.75 letter-recognition skills. in the quality reading selections, many by great 038045 Book One Teacher . 14.95 10.95 PTHPR1 Package of Above . .16.25 13.25 authors. Where else can you be introduced to 038050 Book Two Reader . .16.95 12.50 pieces by Davy Crockett, John James Audobon, 038051 Book Two Teacher . 16.95 12.50 Grade 1 Sir Walter Scott, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ralph 038048 Book Three Reader .17.95 13.25 001951 First Steps Preprimer .6.00 5.75 Waldo Emerson at this level? The selections also 038049 Book Three Teacher .17.95 13.25 006312 First Steps Workbook .2.25 2.00 tend to focus on our country, nature, U.S. and 007758 Book Four Reader . .18.95 13.95 001952 Days Go By (Primer) .6.00 5.75 world history, classic literature, the Bible, biogra- 007778 Book Four Teacher .17.95 13.25 007151 Days Go By Workbook 2.25 2.00 phies of great men, classic fairy tales and adven- 007728 Book Five Reader . .19.95 14.75 005107 More Days Go By . .6.00 5.75 ture stories, and more. Readers for grades seven 007747 Book Five Teacher . 18.95 13.95 007152 More Days Go By Wkbk 2.25 2.00 and eight incorporate more “classic” American 038046 Book Six Reader . . 21.95 16.25 007153 Days/More Days Tchr 4.75 3.95 literature, from well-known authors. The overall 038047 Book Six Teacher . .20.95 15.95 020324 Flashcards for Grade 1 12.50 flavor is a very patriotic, conservative, academic 007782 Book Seven Reader .22.95 16.95 PTH1PK Package of Above . .42.00 37.95 feel that lovers of history and great literature are 007790 Book Seven Teacher 21.95 16.25 sure to appreciate. Selections include a mix of 007712 Book Eight Reader . 23.95 17.75 Grade 2 prose and poetry, and longer selections are often 007723 Book Eight Teacher .19.95 14.75 006647 Busy Times (Reader 2-1) 7.00 6.50 divided into more manageable portions to retain 007154 Busy Times Workbook .2.25 2.00 comprehension. At the lower levels, reading MCGUFFEY READING SERIES 004244 More Busy Times (Rdr 2-2) 7.00 6.50 selections feature folk tales, poems (including 007155 More Busy Times Wkbk 2.25 2.00 Mother Goose), and simple, wholesome stories. McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers (K-AD) 004245 Tchr Manual Busy Times and Each grade level consists of a paperback reader Over 100 years of educational More Busy Times Wkbk 4.75 3.95 and a teacher’s guide. The readers contain read- use and still making a worth- 004246 Climbing Higher (Rdr 2-3) 7.00 6.50 ing selections and a glossary. Readers for Grade while contribution to homes- 007156 Climbing Higher Wkbk .2.25 2.00 3 and above also feature a “Helps to Study” sec- chooling! Well-Trained Mind 007157 Teacher’s Manual Climbing tion with suggested comprehension questions for suggests using the McGuffey’s Higher Workbook . . .4.75 3.95 each reading selection. The teacher’s guide con- as read aloud material for stu- PTH2PK Package of Above . .37.25 31.95 tains objectives for each section, answers to the dents starting with the Third comprehension questions, and extension activ- Reader after completing pho- Grade 3 ities, which often involve writing assignments, nics instruction. And why not? 006434 New Friends (Rdr 3-1) 7.00 6.50 using graphic organizers, hands-on activities, or The introductory material in each reader is an 007158 New Friends Wkbk . .2.25 2.00 answering comprehension questions for a piece elocution course in and of itself. That’s “elo- 006435 Workbook Tchr Ed. . 4.75 3.95 that did not originally include study questions. cution” as in “the skill of clear and expressive 006648 More New Friends (Rdr 3-2) 6.50 Vocabulary exercises are included at the end of speech”. To give you an idea of the breadth 007159 More New Friends Wkbk 2.25 2.00 each unit in the teacher’s guides for upper ele- and scope of the readings in these books, here 007160 Workbook Tchr Ed. . 4.75 3.95 mentary/junior high levels, while vocabulary is is a sampling from the Fifth Reader: history - The PTH3PK Package of Above . .28.00 23.75 incorporated into the comprehension questions Battle of Blenheim (Southey), poetry - The Village at lower levels. In upper elementary grades, Blacksmith (Longfellow), character education EACH READER (4-8) . . . . .8.00 7.50 vocabulary worksheets are strictly word-defini- - Do Not Meddle (unknown), science - The EACH WORKBOOK . . . . .2.25 2.00 tion exercises, where the word is supplied, and Passenger Pigeon (Audubon), and literature - EACH TEACHER EDITION . . 4.75 3.95 the student must write a definition. As the orig- Squeere’s Method (Dickens). There are delightful EACH PACKAGE (4-8) . . . 15.00 12.75 inal readers and teacher’s guides focus primarily period illustrations such as The Fish I Didn’t on reading skill and comprehension, the updated Catch throughout (albeit sparsely) the books. Reader Workbook teacher’s guides attempt to fill in the gaps as Don’t be fooled by the “Revised Edition” on Building Our Lives (4) 006646 007161 far as literature study is concerned. Therefore, the covers. The revision happened somewhere Living Together (5) 006645 007163 some of the extended activities focus on teaching between the original copyright date of 1879 and Step by Step (6) 007165 007166 concepts like conflict, plot, characterization, the last copyright date of 1920. These hardcover Seeking True Values (7) 007168 007169 cause-effect, poetic meter, rhyme schemes, and reprints from John Wiley & Sons are authentic. Our Heritage (8) 007171 007172 more. An appendix at the end of the upper ele- 019178 Primer ...... 12.95 10.75 mentary teacher’s guide offers advice on silent 025733 First ...... 14.95 11.95 Teacher Package and oral reading, graphic aids for oral presenta- 035463 Second . . . . . 14.95 11.95 Building Our Lives (4) 007162 PTH4PK tions and the writing process, a brief description 035551 Third ...... 12.95 10.75 Living Together (5) 007164 PTH5PK of World War I (often referred to in the readers, 026427 Fourth ...... 14.95 11.95 Step by Step (6) 007167 PTH6PK due to the publication date) and a copy of the 029219 Fifth ...... 14.95 11.95 Seeking True Values (7) 007170 PTH7PK glossary included in the reader. Primer, Book 029220 Sixth ...... 14.95 11.95 Our Heritage (8) 007173 PTH8PK One , and Book Two teacher’s guides are more 020887 Complete Set . . . 94.95 62.95 222 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. McGuffey’s New Eclectic Readers (with instruc- McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers 1836 Ed. (K-12) You won’t find any intensive phonics in this tions for use with Charlotte Mason teaching Homeschools have sometimes been compared series – or even much phonics at all – but you methods) (PK-12) to old-fashioned one room schoolhouses. And will find a carefully structured reading program Homeschool families have cherished the Mc- it’s a comparison to be proud of. Back when that provides an increasing vocabulary plus a Guffey Readers for years. Yet, if you are like me, it we were a nation of one-room schoolhouses the systematic presentation with a planned absorp- can be a struggle to effectively use these classics in literacy rate was considerably higher than it is tion of new words. At first glance, you might your children’s education. Thankfully, Janice Camp- today. And, interestingly enough even without decide to have your student just read through the bell has provided us with an edition of the readers today’s emphasis on “standards”, there was a books in order. While I’m sure there would be with detailed instruction for integrating them into a uniformity among curriculum materials largely value in that approach, you would be in danger Charlotte Mason methodology. Focusing on Miss because there were so few being produced. of under-appreciating this program. Mason’s guiding principles of copywork, narration, School children all across America learned to There is a pattern to the books – and even recitation and dictation, Mrs. Campbell provides read using the McGuffey Readers, first published to the stories within the books. First of all, it’s nearly 20 pages of teaching notes on the McGuffey in 1836. This edition is a reprint of the original important to note that not all the books in the Readers as a core language arts curriculum for to- edition. As you would expect, there are some series have been reprinted. Secondly, although day’s students (she also notes that families are wel- dated elements, but the stories often have strong the books each have a grade designation, reprints come to simply enjoy the beauty of the McGuffey moral messages that are timeless. The upper appear to have been given new names different Readers for reading practice, without embracing readers include many classic selections. from the originals of this series (referenced in the Miss Mason’s language arts ways). 018315 Primer (K-1) . . . . 9.99 8.15 Word Lists in the back of each book). Thirdly, Each volume contains the original text, graph- 018312 Pictorial Primer (1-2) .13.99 10.95 the multiple books in the early grades each have ics, and diacritical markings from McGuffey’s 018296 First Reader (2-3) . .13.99 10.95 a different purpose. As we try to unpack all that, 1857 edition, which was selected for numerous 018331 Second Reader (3-5) 16.99 12.50 let’s look first at the Word Lists located at the end reasons. The 1857 editions were the first edi- 018332 Third Reader (6-8) . 18.99 13.95 of each book. This list shows the words that are tions with 6 readers (with readers 5 and 6 added 018302 Fourth Reader (7-12) 24.99 19.95 introduced and developed in the book along with to provide high school literature, reading and 018319 Progressive Speller (1-12) 13.99 10.95 the page number on which the word first appears. elocution practice), and they were the last edi- 018303 Parent-Teacher Guide 9.99 8.15 Comments are included with these Word Lists to tion with which Mr. McGuffey was personally 018329 8-Volumes (w/ Gd) 113.99 85.95 indicate how many words are newly introduced involved in reviewing. These readers reflect the in the book. It’s in these comments that the books values and ideas of the 19th century, which are Classic Curriculum Reading Workbooks (1-4) are referenced with new names. The comments clearly taught from a Christian perspective. One These workbooks corresponds to the first four and Word Lists appear to be part of the original belief that is glimpsed is the idea that being good years of reading instruction using the McGuffey publication so I assume the rename designations or kind is a prerequisite for being loved, and on Readers. Each workbook is designed for nine were important to the program. I’ve included these these rare occasions, Mrs. Campbell counsels weeks of instruction. The student completes a name changes parenthetically in the list below. parents to stress that negative behavior does have lesson per day for four days each week with the New words are introduced in a specific consequences, yet children are always loved. fifth day being review and/or quiz. A final test order. In the Primers and Readers there are This edition also contains additional teaching completes each workbook. Answer keys are “Presentation Units” and “Absorption Units.” notes with a greater focus on articulation and elo- included. The workbooks cover phonics, reading Each unit is a series of stories and there are multi- cution for all ages, something that is sadly miss- comprehension, and language arts. Series One ple units in each book (6 - 10 in the early books). ing from today’s language arts curricula. Mrs. and Two are used with McGuffey’s Pictorial The largest portion of new words is introduced in Campbell shares her long-held personal belief Eclectic Primer, the Eclectic Progressive Speller, the Presentation Units. Then, in the Absorption that many spelling and reading difficulties can be and Phonics Made Plain. Series Three is used Units, fewer new words are introduced and attributed to incorrect or unclear pronunciation; with the Pictorial Eclectic Primer, the Eclectic the student is given the opportunity to read and while not guaranteed, her premise of focus- First Reader, the Progressive Speller, and Phonics additional stories utilizing the new words from ing on clear pronunciation and proper expression Made Plain. Series Four is used with the Eclectic the previous presentation units. So, the student may be especially helpful to struggling students. First Reader, the Eclectic Second Reader, and is constantly practicing and strengthening new 5” x 7.5” softcovers with 102-448 pgs. ~ Deanne Phonics Made Plain. vocabulary, alternating between the Presentation 065507 First Reader . . . . 9.99 EACH WORKBOOK . . . . 13.49 10.75 and Absorption units. Deceptively simple, this Begins with the alphabet and moves quickly Wkbk 1 Wkbk 2 Wkbk 3 Wkbk 4 routine gives the student the opportunity for con- to spelling, reading, and writing short words, Series 1 017950 017971 018017 018041 tinual review and repetition. sentences, stories & poems (57 lessons). Series 2 017951 017977 018027 018048 Stories in the Grade 1 Day In and Day Out have 065509 Second Reader . . . 10.99 Series 3 017962 017982 018035 018049 3-4 word sentences and are typically one-half Begins with articulation, covers stories, Series 4 017970 017989 018037 018058 page of type, coupled with a half-page picture. essays and poetry. Focus: reading and spell- ~~~~~~~~ Font size is large –about 18 points – and classic ing (71 lessons). style. Towards the end of the book, sentences 065511 Third Reader . . . . 11.99 Alice and Jerry Basic Reading Program (1-5) increase to 5-9 words with 10 sentences or so Emphasis on articulation and punctuation, Are you looking for stories that will foster a on some pages. There is a full page of text every with language arts lessons based upon char- lifelong love of reading? That’s the testimony of 2-3 pages. In each of grades 1-3, there are three acter building stories, essays and poetry. one “graduate” of the Alice and Jerry Reading readers. The first book for each grade level can Focus: reading and spelling (86 lessons). Program – a grade school student in the 60’s now be used in four ways for different student pur- 065508 Fourth Reader . . . 11.99 rejoicing in the re-printing of this winsome series. poses: as a quick review of the previous year’s Punctuation, editor’s marks, articulation, These books are pure mid-20th century Midwest vocabulary; as independent reading for accom- accent and inflection. Focus: vocabulary, and absolutely, delightfully so. No political cor- plished readers; to provide new challenges for spelling and articulation (86 lessons). rectness here – but there is bountiful evidence of average readers; and as a regular teaching book 065506 Fifth Reader . . . . 12.99 a more carefree childhood lifestyle, a freedom for less proficient students. The second book in Reading and Recitation as a rhetorical exercise. and innocence that seems to have been lost a grade’s sequence presents the bulk of the new Focus: reading and spelling (101 lessons). somewhere along the line. Originally published vocabulary. The third book is a parallel reader 065510 Sixth Reader . . . . 14.99 in 1957, the stories are full of the wonderful designed to apply vocabulary to new content Articulation, Rhetoric and use of the voice. experiences of children who are happy, interest- and to develop confidence, power, and pleasure Includes classic works by Shakespeare, ed in life and those around them, and sometimes in reading by supplying content well within the Milton, Longfellow and others. Focus: rhe- just a bit naughty. The children and the adults in range of a pupil’s reading ability. torical reading. (179 lessons) their lives are involved in the everyday joys of Illustrations are delightful and plentiful, espe- MNER13 Readers 1-3 Set . . . . 32.97 29.00 pre-computerized, pre-nanny-state, pre-regulated cially in the lower level books. Even in the upper MNER46 Readers 4-6 Set . . . . 39.97 35.00 America. Be careful! You might enjoy the stories level books, where illustrations take a backseat to MNER16 Readers 1-6 Set . . . . 72.94 60.00 more than your children. continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 223 the text, they still engage the reader. Sweet, nos- Grade 4 reduced-size version of the student text, sans talgic and colorful: they remind you of a gentler, 060658 Singing Wheels . . . 14.75 color. It also contains additional background more friendly and peaceful life. (Fourth Reader) 532 new words. Glossary in information about the selection and general liter- The Fourth and Fifth Reader are special. By this back. 383 pgs. hb. ary information as well, such as comments about time the student is on his way to reading inde- setting and plot. Discussion questions (with pendently and these readers (one per grade level) Grade 5 Readers answers), which are different from and more provide quality information as well as practice 060652 Engine Whistles . . . 14.75 detailed than the end-of-selection questions, are in their stories. The Fourth Reader – Singing (Fifth Reader) 1042 new words. Glossary in given along the way. Answers to the end-of-se- Wheels – is about life in an earlier time – pio- back. 383 pgs. hb. lection questions and workbook questions are neer days, to be exact. In addition to the same also provided, as are pointers to aid with the enjoyable (although less numerous) illustrations, Creating and Writing assignments. the book is full of little educational drawings of The workbook format differs slightly from animals, equipment, etc. It’s sort of like a living grade to grade. The 6th grade workbook con- museum wrapped up in a book, reminding me tains vocabulary activities, graphic organizers, of Greenfield Village in MI. The Fifth Reader – and space to write answers to the In-depth Engine Whistles – contains stories that trace the Comprehension Questions and the Creative development of transportation and inventions. Writing exercises, plus 25 additional Creative This one also has small drawings of the com- Writing tasks which incorporate language arts ponents of different types of inventions such as components and facets of each type of literary automobile parts (i.e. lamps or horns). genre. It also contains 25 prose pieces with com- As a reading program, this has much to offer. prehension questions to help prepare students There is a great opportunity for vocabulary expo- for standardized tests. The 8th grade workbook sure and mastery as well as out-loud reading fluen- contains Vocabulary Exercises, graphic organiz- cy (stories the whole family will enjoy). More than ers, and a research or creative writing activity. just another reading program, however, this series Answers to the questions are included in the back is a walk through history. From the snapshots of of the Teacher’s Editions. everyday life in the 50s and 60s, to the historical A CD-ROM for each level is available which journeys of the upper levels, this series contributes Mosdos Press Literature Series (3-8) contains all the test masters for prose selection, to an understanding of our American culture and Mosdos Press bills its literature courses as intel- unit tests, vocabulary tests and essay questions. heritage. Note: The order of readers listed below lectually challenging with positive moral values. Use them as tests or as extra assignments. is the recommended order of progression. Please We used the Gold book for Mark’s literature As an instructor, I really liked this program. I note there are some books in the original series course for one year, and we would agree with (Bob) was doing a fair amount of Mark’s instruc- that are not available at this time. ~ Janice their assessment. tion at this point, and I don’t always get a chance So that students will see the full range of literary to preview the material before discussing it with Grade 1 works, each level in the program is comprised of Mark. The teacher’s manual really fills in the 060650 Day In & Day Out . . 12.95 several types of literature: short stories, poetry, gaps in this situation, although it is always better (Basic Primer) In the original series, this is nonfiction essays, plays, songs, drama selections, for me to read the selections prior to discus- the fifth 1st grade book with previous ones and even a complete novel. Selections are from sion. Mark is not a big fan of canned literature designated as pre-primers. 78 words from top-notch authors. A review of the table of con- programs (although he reads a great deal), but those previous books are repeated in the first tents in Pearl reveals selections from such well- in general he liked the stories included in the unit of this book. Additionally, there are 102 known authors as Irene Hunt, Langston Hughes, program. words introduced in this Primer. 160 pgs. hb. Alex Haley, T. S. Eliot, Jack London, Leo Tolstoy, One final note. The program is written so that it 060657 Round About . . . . 12.95 James Thurber, Robert Frost, James Herriot, Carl can be used in a secular setting, so you won’t see (Basic First Reader) In the original series, First Sandburg, and Aesop. many references to God or the Bible. However, Grade #6, this book introduces 195 new Each level consists of three components: a the selections do maintain a high moral tone words. The entire vocabulary of the Basic hardcover student book, a softcover spiral-bound that should be pleasing to a broad spectrum of Primer is repeated. 208 pgs. hb. teacher edition, and a softcover workbook. The users. All things considered, we believe that this 060649 Anything Can Happen . 12.95 student book is quite visually appealing, with a program compares favorably to programs like the (Parallel First Reader) Only 66 new words mixture of color photographs, color drawings, Bob Jones literature program, which we have introduced. 192 pgs. hb. b&w line drawings, and watermark backgrounds also used at various levels. and borders. The desire for visual appeal is EACH STUDENT TEXT . . . . 55.00 Grade 2 even more obvious in Pearl (6th grade, copyright EACH WORKBOOK (except noted) 18.00 060651 Down the River Road . 12.95 2003) than in Gold (8th grade, copyright 2001), EACH TEACHER EDITION . . 80.00 (Readiness Second Reader) 55 new words. showing that visual quality is quite important EACH TEST CD-ROM . . . . 69.95 160 pgs. hb. to the publisher. But quality is much more Opal (3) 060654 Friendly Village . . . 14.75 than skin-deep. In addition to the literary work 045666 Student Text 045725 Workbook (Basic Second Reader) 396 new words. 254 itself, each piece is proceeded by a Blueprint for 045791 Teacher Ed. 045664 Test CD pgs. hb. Reading. This includes a brief bio of the author, Ruby (4) 060656 Neighbors on the Hill . 12.95 an introduction to the story, and an explanation 046265 Student Text 046266 Workbook (Parallel Second Reader) 124 new words. of some facet of literature. A Word Bank lists 046267 Teacher Ed. 046264 Test CD 192 pgs. hb. vocabulary words to know; however, pronun- Coral (5) ciations and definitions of the more challenging 034851 Student Text 034852 Workbook Grade 3 words are given at the bottom of the page where 034853 Teacher 037740 Test CD 060659 Through Green Gate . 12.95 each first appears in the story. Selections end Pearl (6) (Readiness Third Reader) No new words. 192 with Quick Review, In-depth Thinking, and 005458 Student Text 040660 Test CD pgs. hb. Drawing Conclusions questions. A Focusing On 005461 Teacher Ed. 060655 If I Were Going . . . 14.75 section asks the student to examine some literary 005460 Workbook . . . . . 20.00 (Basic Third Reader) 545 new words. Glossary aspect of the selection. Creating and Writing lists Jade (7) and Pronunciation of Foreign Words in back. a few possibilities for some type of writing related 005454 Student Text 030605 Workbook 348 pgs. hb. to the story. 005455 Teacher Ed. 040658 Test CD 060653 Five-and-a-Half Club 14.99 14.75 While the teacher edition lacks the color of the Gold (8) (Parallel Third Reader) 114 new words. 256 student book, it contains a wealth of information 005449 Student Text 005450 Workbook pgs. hb. to aid the instructor. For starters, it contains a 005453 Teacher Ed. 040656 Test CD 224 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Mosdos Short Stories Anthologies (6-9) samples, a Reader’s Toolbox (reading strategies), and critical thinking questions with some sugges- A perfect opportunity! That’s what this excellent graphic organizers to organize their assignment, tions for writing assignments. collection of short stories represents. If you’ve Ruminate sections (for higher-order thinking) The Student Workbook is composed of the been wondering about the Mosdos literature and comprehension questions, vocabulary and reproducible (for families only) student work- program, this 160 page collection provides you English writing rules, progress logs, and tips for sheets. The Teacher’s Edition contains the same the perfect opportunity to sample. If you’ve been starting their own book club (5 total book club worksheets with answers filled in, plus two looking for a short story unit to add to your whole suggestions as an option). A Sowing Seeds sec- valuable appendices. One is a collection of lit- book literature studies, this is the perfect oppor- tion pulls from the reading assignment to connect erature and vocabulary games that will appeal tunity. Compiled and structured with the same with spiritual truths. Student samples aid students to all learning styles. These can be incorporat- thoughtfulness and moral content that marks their in their answers and writing. The text layout is ed into any book’s study. The other is a set of literature courses, Mosdos presents twelve stories appealing with a good balance of color, graphics Supplemental Worksheets that can be used as from contemporary (such as Gary Paulsen) and and text. assessments or for extra credit activities. Most classic (such as Anton Chekhov) authors along Units alternate between an assigned book in are graphic organizers and focus on literary with a discussion question framework designed the specified genre and then an On Your Own elements. to provoke quality teacher-student interaction. (OYO) unit providing students the opportunity to Books studied include: The Golden Goblet, The paperback text includes the stories preceded apply the skills they’ve learned in the previous Mara Daughter of the Nile, Tirzah, The by a “Consider This” segment that provides an unit to a book of their own choosing (within the Children’s Homer, D’aulaire’s Book of Greek introduction to some aspect of the story. Each specified genre). Myths, Detectives in Togas, and The Bronze story includes vocabulary notes and “Thinking It The second component, the 232-page, non-re- Bow. If you want to add a historical reference to Over” questions. There are intriguing pen and producible Vol. 1 Answer Key, contains much the study, you could incorporate the rhymes of ink illustrations for each story. The spiral-bound more than just answers. You’ll have the tools Time Rimes – The Ancient World by the same Educator’s Guide provides talking points for the you need to more accurately gauge reading skill author. Students using this course plus a grammar Consider This segments and answers for the development and comprehension. The key helps course such as Saxon Grammar & Writing will Thinking It Over sections. ~ Janice you make a daily schedule, explain assignments, complete middle school language arts require- 042720 Silver Collection . . . 12.95 keep track of your child’s progress—and prob- ments. Student – 81 pgs, pb. Teacher – 102 pg, 042721 Silver Educator’s Guide 16.00 ably most importantly—evaluate your child’s pb. ~ Janice work. Be aware that the key provides answers 067462 Student Workbook . 19.95 18.95 Readers in Residence Vol 1: Sleuth (4-6) (color-identified) only when one correct answer, 067463 Teacher Edition . . 22.95 21.95 Your child can read independently; congrat- varied answers, and example or inference-type 067464 Time Rimes . . . .19.95 18.95 ulations! But he/she is not done learning to answers are required. Therefore, there are no Collection of rhymes describing historical read—and our job as reading teacher isn’t done answers provided for modules 5, 10 and 14, but events and cultures. Includes a set of anno- either! This Debra Bell curriculum from Apologia you’ll be able to easily discern these yourself. I tated timeline figures that serve as brief helps you coach your student to become expert love that this curriculum provides project-specific biographical sketches and correspond to the readers. Through step-by-step processes with an rubrics (6-point gradated checklist for evalua- rhymes. 116 pgs, pb. emphasis on progress—not perfection—students tion). With these, both student and teacher can acquire reading skills to learn, to organize infor- easily understand a project’s requirements and Read with the Best (8-12) mation, ask questions and make inferences, and students learn to evaluate their own progress. You expect an excellent college-prep high to progressively become more skilled in using The Volume 1 Student Text and Answer Key can school literature course to provide exposure to a more advanced reading skills. The curriculum be purchased as a Set. The specifically required comprehensive cross-section of literature, serious provides detailed instruction on using context reading books are listed below for your conve- vocabulary study, extensive literary analysis, clues for vocabulary, reading for inferences, and nience. ~ Ruth thorough reading comprehension coverage, and close reading. Students will also learn literary 019281 Student Text/Wrkbk . 80.00 53.95 insightful writing instruction and assignments. terms, to identify genre and to use genre-spe- 019295 Vol. 1 Answer Key . 18.00 12.95 This course delivers! With its emphasis on vocab- cific strategies to evaluate that literature. They RDRRS1 Vol. 1 Sleuth Set . .98.00 64.95 ulary and composition, it provides prep for the will recognize and evaluate the author’s style, 005901 Sarah, Plain & Tall . .7.99 5.95 SAT/ACT as well as the AP Literature Exams or the author’s intent and how the author crafts 005790 Charlotte’s Web . . .8.99 6.75 the Literature CLEPs. The author has chosen to language to achieve his goal. For the target-au- 018720 Because of Winn-Dixie 7.99 6.25 divide American Lit into two years instead of the dience student, this is considered a one-year typical one in order to provide more thorough program. Reading assignments are aimed at 4-6 author/works coverage, noting that many of grades, but the program builds in flexibility for these works provide excellent vehicles for the different ages and abilities by allowing you to introductory literature and composition skills pick and choose assignments based on your usually found in first year high school cours- student’s needs. The author’s intent is that older es. Interestingly, there is enough background struggling learners or those who are new to ana- research required that each course can also be lytical reading can benefit from the course. Your counted as a 1/4 credit in American history. goal as teacher is to provide targeted feedback Read with the Best (RWTB) coordinates with emphasizing quality and effort. The goal for the Write with the Best (WWTB) (by the same author, student is to become an “expert reader.” Jill Dixon). Volume 1 is occasionally referenced The course requires two components and spe- ☼Read with the Best for Middle Grades (4-8) but Volume 2 is heavily drawn from to provide cific editions of Sarah, Plain and Tall; Charlotte’s Looking for a roadmap through some of the instruction and illustration for writing assign- Web, and Because of Winn-Dixie. In the con- reading options for middle school students? ments in RWTB. What that means in practical sumable Volume 1 combined student text/ That’s exactly what Read with the Best for terms is that for some of the writing assignments workbook, students focus in on three types of Middle Grades delivers. The Ancient World in RWTB, the student is told to read specific narrative fiction styles, each represented by a covers seven well-known options for children’s pages in WWTB and complete a series of daily specific book: historical, animal fantasy and literature (historical fiction, myths, epics, etc.). assignments from WWTB leading to a particular contemporary realistic. The full-color, 562-page, Assignments are made to study each selection in type of written work. spiral bound, reinforced softcover student text/ 3-6 weeks (32 weeks total). Vocabulary studies The course is organized into 34 weekly study workbook is consumable and non-reproducible. (based on the reading assignments with an eye units which include one or more literature selec- The material easily guides the student along. Six to ACT/SAT advanced preparation) are used as tions. The two remaining weeks are reserved for different units are divided into smaller portions a pre-reading study while a series of questions review and tests. Each selection’s study includes called modules. Each unit includes an introduc- (literary elements and critical thinking) follow author/setting background information (student tion, a creative project, a grading rubric, starter each reading. Student materials are in the form of researches); a “Words to Know” section that questions, preview of learning goals, student worksheets, and include recall, literary analysis, continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 225 requires the student to determine the part of Required Resources for Read with the Best: have introductory lessons/lectures, and all units speech, provide synonyms, and use in sentences; 019034 Write w/ the Best V2 29.95 27.95 have summative assessments. The Novel unit and questions for both literary analysis and critical 035790 American Heritage Dictionary also has a culminating activity. reading. Each week the student is challenged to and Thesaurus . . .19.95 14.50 Lessons follow a pattern – typically a 5-6 day “make it real.” For instance: “Think of two exam- 054413 Writing a Research Paper-Step pattern (except for the Novel Study Unit). There ples of foils in literature or movies” or “Name at -by-Step Approach . . 19.50 are Before You Read lessons (meet the author, least one stereotype or stock character that Irving 054414 Writing a Research Paper analyzing literature lectures, vocabulary, story portrays in Rip Van Winkle.” Writing assignments Tchr Edition (3ED) . . 17.95 background), While You Read lessons (reading are also part of each week’s study. As previously focus), and After You Read lessons (analyz- mentioned, these are typically coordinated with ing literary elements, comprehension checks, Write with the Best. There is also a weekly “cul- vocabulary, and analyzing figurative language). minating activity”. These activities vary greatly but Independent Practice activities summarize the tend to be more hands-on and often something instructional emphasis from the lessons and give that will be more meaningful and fun if done in the student literary composition practice. a group. Vocabulary and Literary Terms Tests are Combo sets include the spiral-bound Student given every six weeks. Workbook, a small Teacher Handbook, the Many of the literature selections are taken from teaching DVDs for the course, and a print copy Norton Anthologies although they can also be of the course novel. The Student Workbook is found online. Additionally, one or more whole both instructional text for the course and ana- book studies are covered in each course. For lytical worksheets for completing many of the the British Literature course, the author highly non-composition assignments. The instructional suggests that parents or students access audio information is thorough and comprehensive, versions of all literary works online or purchase Essentials in Literature (7-10) reflecting the content from the teaching DVDs. them in audio format, noting that many can be Reflecting on Life Through the Mirror of The Teacher Handbook is packed with important downloaded free from the Internet. Literature. Can you think of a better mission for information. There is a general overview of the The Student Worktext is consumable and a comprehensive and substantive literary analysis course, some instructions for handling content designed to provide both an excellent study tool program? This series takes its mission seriously, (particularly difficult or questionable content), and comprehensive test-prep review material. and when you combine that with excellent orga- a course syllabus, and a detailed answer key. Introductory material and a weekly schedule nization, ease of use, and informational video Lesson plans are a combination of the course syl- (in the form of a checklist) communicate to the instruction, it’s compelling. Course author and labus and the student workbook’s clearly marked student the course’s independent study nature. video instructor Matthew Stephens has the heart daily lessons which include DVD cues and all Writing space for all assignments is provided of a teacher (in fact, he was a teacher before he needed student worksheets. The instructional although some students may prefer to complete started producing amazing homeschool curric- DVDs are a significant component of the course the composition assignments on the computer. ulum) as well as an obvious love for beautiful, and are very well done. Formatted for ease of The Teacher’s Edition is essentially a full-text written language. Like the companion series, use and parental confidence that the student is answer key but also includes vocabulary and Essentials in Writing, these courses will be favor- receiving quality instruction. literary terms test masters (reproducible for fami- ites. We understand this program will eventually ly) along with their answer keys. There is also a “Connecting” is emphasized in the program, have courses for grades 4-12 (we can’t wait!). In research paper checklist that can be reproduced and students are taught to analyze literature “as a the meantime, these middle school courses are for the student. way to connect with authors, characters, events, excellent and a great first step. ~ Janice Born out of the author’s experience teaching and places.” This is not faith-based, although EACH COMBO ...... 107.00 a home school literature class, these books are the author is a Christian. Occasionally literary EACH WORKBOOK . . . . . 50.00 ideal for classes and co-ops, providing a good selections are “edgy,” such as the 8th grades’ vehicle for meaningful discussion and skill mas- coverage of Night by Elie Wiesel, an autobiog- Level 7 tery: essay-writing, oratory, etc. ~ Janice raphy of a young Jew who was in Auschwitz. 150 class periods; 108 video lessons; 211 work- The content is always handled with discernment book pages. 8 Fiction lessons; 6 Nonfiction les- American Literature, Volume 1 (1500-1860) and discretion, and the parent is given advance sons; Novel Study (20-25 days): Roll of Thunder, 053158 Student Workbook . 29.95 27.95 notice of anything that might be considered Hear My Cry; and 6 Poetry lessons. 053159 Teacher Edition . . 35.95 32.95 graphic content. 066467 Combo 054493 Norton Anthology Am Lit., Vol. 1 Courses have a consistent organizational struc- 066466 Workbook Only Shorter 8th Ed. . . . 89.95 ture. There are four units – fiction, nonfiction, Please note that the Norton Anthology of novel, and poetry. Lessons in the Fiction Unit Level 8 American Literature – Shorter 7th edition is focus on short stories and cover plot, conflict, 120 class periods; 91 video lessons; 204 work- the one that is referenced, but it has been mood, tone, setting, theme/symbol, characters, book pages. 6 Fiction lessons; 5 Nonfiction replaced by the 8th edition. point of view, foreshadowing, and flashback as lessons; Novel Study (22-29 days): Night; and 5 American Literature, Volume 2 (1860-1950) well as author/story background and figurative Poetry lessons. 056104 Student Workbook . 29.95 27.95 language (onomatopoeia, simile, imagery, per- 066469 Combo 056105 Teacher Edition . . 35.95 32.95 sonification). Lessons in the Nonfiction Unit - 066468 Workbook Only 054493 Norton Anthology of Am. Lit. excerpts from biographies/autobiographies, infor- Shorter 8th Ed. . . . 89.95 mative, propaganda techniques, and narrative Level 9 019905 Red Badge of Courage 4.95 3.95 nonfiction - cover bias, tone, purpose, types of 150 class periods; 101 video lessons; 219 work- 046091 Autobiography of an nonfiction, research, letters, informative articles, book pages. 7 Fiction lessons; 5 Nonfiction les- Ex-Colored Man . . .4.00 3.50 book reviews, taking notes, self-monitoring, per- sons; Novel Study (31-38 days): The Hobbit; and 008924 Crucible . . . . . 15.00 10.95 spective, and structure. Lessons in the Novel Unit 8 Poetry lessons. 025027 Our Town . . . . 14.99 10.95 cover character development, skimming/scan- 066471 Combo ning, setting/mood, internal/external conflict, 066470 Workbook Only British Literature making inferences, problem/solutions, foreshad- 033258 Student Workbook . 29.95 27.95 owing, making predictions, and theme. Lessons ☼Level 10 033284 Teacher Edition . . 35.95 32.95 in the Poetry Unit cover elements of poetry, poet- 069877 L10 Combo . . . . 117.00 054493 Norton Anthology English Lit ry structure, sound devices, figurative language, Includes DVD,Student Text,Resource Book, Major Authors 8ED . 89.95 metaphor, mood/tone, dialect, simile, rhythm, Novel 057470 Macbeth (No Fear) . .5.95 4.75 symbolism, voice, rhyme scheme, hyperbole, 069875 Additional Resource Bk 50.00 011110 Screwtape Letters . .14.99 10.95 personification, diction, and imagery. Units often 069876 Additional Student Txt 50.00 226 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. ALPHA OMEGA LITERATURE COURSES (7-12) MASTER BOOKS LITERATURE COURSES Master Books High School Literature (9-12) Now in its fourth edition with a new copyright, American Literature Skills for Literary Analysis (7-12) these literature and critical thinking courses by This course is designed to be a supplement to This course is intended for use in middle school Dr. James Stobaugh remain academically chal- the LIFEPAC Language Arts Curriculum which or the Freshman level of high school. Although lenging with an underlying biblical/Christian introduces students to prominent American it used to be a 15 week course, it has been worldview. With the revision, the courses have writers. In one semester, students will study expanded upon and now contains 35 weeks of become geared more toward student indepen- Early American Literature, Growth of a Nation, lessons. It can be used stand-alone or in con- dent work. When paired with the author’s com- American Renaissance, War and Reconciliation, junction with its companion volume, Rhetoric: plementary history courses, they provide integrat- Realism and Naturalism, the Modern Age, and A Classical Writing and Speaking Course (see ed history/literature/writing credits. Modern to Post-Modern. Available in print for- English). As with its sister upper-level courses, American, British, and World Literature are mat (LIFEPAC), software format (Switched-On Literary Analysis has a strong written component survey courses characterized by rigorous, col- Schoolhouse) or online course format (Monarch). as the student is required to compose an essay lege-prep academics with an emphasis on effec- The Boxed Set includes five LIFEPACs and for each lesson. In this same vein, your child will tive composition that are worthy of an Honors Teacher’s Guide. A set of LIFEPACs only (no need a copy of the Writer’s Inc. Handbook which designation. The author clearly believes that teacher’s guide) is also available for addition- is used as a reference in almost every assignment. accomplished rhetorical skills are at the heart al students.Switched-On Schoolhouse is USB Each of the lessons focuses on a specific literary of apologetics – a systematic argumentative dis- flashdrive format available for Windows only. construct as students read through full-length course in defense of Christianity and that high Monarch is Win/Mac compatible and is a sub- novels or excerpts of larger works. In some cases, school literature courses are a necessary training scription for 1 student for 18 months. the author provides significant portions (or the ground. 004767 LIFEPAC Boxed Set . 54.95 49.46 entire work) in the text. After reading Call of the The scope and breadth of the literature selections 012904 LIFEPACs Only . . .37.50 33.75 Wild, lessons refer to that novel for studies on is... well, not for the faint-hearted. Masterful, 010931 Switched-On Schoolhs 56.96 51.26 setting, narration, and theme. Lessons 5 and 6 comprehensive; and challenging; selections System requirements: Windows Vista Service study characterization and plot through reading include short stories, historical narratives, epic Pack 2/Windows 7/ Windows 8 & 8.1 and of the Joseph Narrative (excerpt from Scripture poetry, essays, poetry, novels, and plays. Many Windows 10. CD-ROM drive and printer. provided in text). Humor is analyzed in the con- of the smaller works (poetry, essays, historical 039511 Monarch® Online . 49.95 44.96 text of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A large works and some excerpts) are included in the This is for one student for an 18 month sub- portion of Idylls of the King (by Tennyson) is student texts with the larger works usually avail- scription period. included in the text for lessons 8-9 which look able at the public library, in audiobook versions, at allegory and characterization. Students also or online. Chapters (one per week; 34 per year/ British Literature read Treasure Island (plot and tone), How Green course) typically cover several smaller works (or This semester-long course introduces stu- Was My Valley (narration), Alice in Wonderland one larger work) and include five lessons. Only dents to important British authors. Periods cov- (theme and parody), Oracle of the Dog (dia- occasionally will a literary work span more than ered include: the Middle Ages; Tudor, Stuart, logue), Screwtape Letters (humor vs. satire), one week. Students should be prepared to read Restoration and Neoclassical Period; Romantic Uncle Tom’s Cabin (propaganda and allegory), 200 or so pages per week and it’s recommended Period; Victorian Age; and the Modern Era. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (char- they also get a jump ahead by reading through Available in print format (LIFEPAC), software acter development and setting), Silas Marner the whole book’s list the preceding summer. format (Switched-On Schoolhouse) or online (coincidence, irony/sentimentality, and theme), Since reading classic and well-written literature is course format (Monarch). Boxed Set includes The Religious Life of the Negro (precis), Anne the best means of increasing vocabulary, students five LIFEPACs and a Teacher Guide. A set of Green Gables (characterization and theme), are also encouraged to create vocabulary cards. of LIFEPACs only (no teacher’s guide) is also Ivanhoe (world views exemplified in charac- Each course is designed as a two credit course available for additional students. Switched-On ters), Shane (suspense and internal conflict), A in writing and literature. The courses do not call Schoolhouse is USB flashdrive format available Midsummer Night’s Dream (drama), Letters (let- themselves “honors”; however, these rigorous for Windows only. Monarch is Win/Mac com- ters), The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (poetry), courses are worthy of the designation. Likewise, patible and is a subscription for 1 student for 18 and a short story, “Lady or the Tiger”. Each lesson while not calling themselves AP lit courses, a stu- months. includes an explanation of the literary term (often dent who has competently completed all three of 004782 LIFEPAC Boxed Set . 54.95 49.46 accompanied by reference to Writer’s, Inc.), the these courses could feel confidant that they have 012905 LIFEPACs Only . . .37.50 33.75 Assignment (a literary analysis essay), a Writing acquired many, if not most, of the skills required 010949 Switched-On Schoolhs 56.95 51.26 Style component, Peer Evaluation (have a sibling for those exams. However, if a less intense System requirements: Windows Vista Service evaluate one of your essays), Vocabulary (con- course is desired, it would be possible to “tweak” Pack 2/Windows 7/ Windows 8 & 8.1 and sisting of student making/keeping index cards the assignments and still have solid college prep Windows 10. CD-ROM drive and printer of unknown words), Journal Writing (following courses, as long as you were careful to preserve (recommended). a format supplied in the appendix - really more the breadth and depth of the reading and writing 039579 Monarch® Online . 49.95 44.96 a Bible study/devotion), Biblical Application requirements. This is for one student for an 18 month sub- discussion/question, and usually a Challenge A significant focus of each course is interacting scription period. Question. The last lesson is a final project in with a biblical and Christian worldview. Students which students write an essay on a book not are encouraged to keep a daily prayer journal included in the course. and are routinely challenged to consider literary Another substantial revision is in the teacher’s components in light of that worldview. Essay edition, which used to be just a partial solu- questions often ask the student to compare/con- tion manual to help evaluate responses. Now trast/relate various aspects of the reading assign- weighing in at over 375 pages, the teacher book ment to the Bible, Christianity, or a biblical worl- contains lesson plans, teacher helps, suggested dview. The first chapter in American Literature weekly schedules, student lesson assignments is a short worldview survey and analysis course. (with answers), literature excerpts, appendices, Students are encouraged to work independently. and a DVD with additional information from the This is a change from earlier editions which were author. The student book is smaller and includes somewhat dependent on teacher-student inter- suggested weekly schedules, lesson assignments, action. Discussion is always a significant aspect literature excerpts and appendices. of vibrant literary education (in my opinion), but 001434 Student . . . . . 34.99 24.95 format changes in this edition prompt the student 001435 Teacher . . . . . 24.99 18.75 to complete much of the preliminary analysis 057868 Package . . . . . 59.98 43.95 on his/her own. Each lesson includes a Concept continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 227 Builder. These utilize a graphic organizer format Concept Builder answer keys, essay answer EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE (IEW) and include a wide range of literary analysis summaries, and chapter test answer keys. Essay techniques. For instance, in World Literature, CB options for each chapter and chapter tests (repro- Excellence in Literature Guides (8-12) 20-B compares the different views of hell held by ducible for families and small classes) are avail- We’ve come to expect excellence in the writing Dante, Goethe, and Sartre. British Literature’s CB able in the back of the Teacher Guide (and online programs from IEW. Should we expect anything 14-E uses an arrow graphic to trace the develop- as downloads). Around 350 pgs, three-hole less in their literature programs? Well, this series ment of Crusoe’s Christian maturity. In American punched, looseleaf. proves that we won’t have to. Designed to both Literature’s CB 6-D the student cites passages from Supplies needed by the student include: note- teach students to read with discernment and to a short story to illustrate humorous and serious pad/computer for writing assignments, pen/pencil train them to be independent, self-motivated aspects of the story’s tone. Although a student for taking notes and for essays, a prayer journal, learners, they will likewise be introduced to could complete these courses with relatively daily concept builders, weekly essay options, great literature from the Western tradition and little interaction with either a teacher or fellow and weekly tests (available either in the Teacher provided with tools to strengthen their writing students, I think a discussion group or a weekly Guide or as free downloads). Literature needed skills. In other words, they will be well-prepared “mentor” meeting with a parent/educator would is either included in the Student Book (shorter for college classes. be a wonderful addition. pieces) or listed below. ~ Janice Each course is a nonconsumable, spiral-bound Chapters and Lessons follow a pattern. As an manual with outlines for nine units of study each example, let’s look at Chapter 8 from American American Literature with four weeks of assignments. Students read Literature. (Chapter 8 covers Romanticism through The History of Plimoth and respond to great literature – great because the New England Renaissance:1840-1855.) Plantation, The Navajo the selections reveal truth through the power of An introduction to the chapter includes “First Origin Legend, The Iroquois story. And although each unit has a focus text, Thoughts” – an overview – and “Chapter Constitution, Religious additional reading is also expected – contempo- Learning Objectives” stated in a general form and Affections, The Autobiography rary poetry, essays, biographical sketches, etc. then in detailed specifics. The student looks over of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Also provided are suggestions for additional read- the Weekly Essay Options (found in the Teacher Henrys Speech in the Virginia ing and writing assignments for those wanting to Guide) and is told what reading they should be Convention, The Declaration count the course as an Honors English course. doing to stay ahead of the Lessons. Daily Lessons of Independence, Abigail Assignments follow a typical path but they have focus on either a specific literary selection (i.e., Adamss Letter to her Daughter from the New been carefully chosen so that knowledge and short story, part of a novel, poetry, essay, etc.) White House, Thanatopsis, The Devil and Tom skills build sequentially although a competency or on background or supplemental information. Walker, works by Edgar Allen Poe, The Scarlett level of literary analysis and writing skills are Daily assignments include a Warm-Up (inter- Letter, Walden, Billy Budd, Negro Spirituals, assumed. If the student is unsure about these, acting with a reading selection), completing a The Gettysburg Address, I Will Fight No More he should consider two resources as prerequi- Concept Builder, reviewing required reading, Forever by Chief Joseph, The Narrative of the sites (or do them concurrently) – Teaching the and working on an assigned essay. It is expected Life of Frederick Douglass, The Adventures of Classics and Elegant Essay. Although the student that the teacher will assign (or the student will Huckleberry Finn, Red Badge of Courage, Ethan is expected to do his own contextual research select) one essay to be completed each week, Frome, A Farewell to Arms, Their Eyes Were (information about author and story background), but the student will likely be asked to outline Watching God, The Unvanquished, The Pearl, directed paths are provided in the form of web other essays (from the suggested list) as well. The Emperor Jones, the Little Foxes, The Glass links and research suggestions – and these Lessons are varied and may include: background/ Menagerie, The Crucible, A Separate Peace, are extensive (audio, video, visual arts, music, author or period information; analysis aspects Cold Sassy Tree, The Chosen, and select poetry. historic/geographic context, places to go, and of specific works; or related essays or poetry. 001313 Student . . . . . 39.99 28.95 relevant quotes). Essays are due at the end of each five-lesson 001317 Teacher . . . . . 24.99 18.75 During the completion of each four-week unit, chapter, and chapter tests are assigned weekly. 057851 Package . . . . . 64.98 46.75 students will complete a number of written Tests include objective questions, discussion assignments including author profiles, approach questions, and short answer questions. While Dr. British Literature papers, historical papers, and 750 –word essays Stobaugh suggests the lessons can be completed Beowulf, Ecclesiastical History of the English usually from a choice of topics. Not to worry, in 45-60 minutes, I think it will take somewhat People, “Pardoner’s Tale and Nun Priest’s Tale” though. A Formats and Models section provides longer unless the student has completed most of (Canterbury Tales), Sir Gawain and The Green exactly what it sounds like – formats for the the reading assignments ahead of time and is a Knight, Fairie Queene, “Macbeth,” “Dr. Faustus” various types of papers accompanied by sample skilled essayist. (Marlowe), “Holy Sonnet XIV” (Donne), Paradise (model) writing papers prepared in accordance to These courses do assume both experience in Lost, “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy,” Evelina or the suggested format. Very helpful! Also helpful and a certain degree of ease with essay writing Cecilia, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver’s Travels, is the How to Evaulate Writing section and its – particularly response to literature essays. There Vicar of Wakefield, “Rivals,” “Rime of the Ancient Evaluation Rubric. is virtually no writing instruction other than some Mariner,” Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, A Tale of Two The courses are designed for the student to work help in and prompting for completing various Cities, Pride and Prejudice, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. through independently. Assignments contain steps in the process. Essay topics are derived Hyde, “Witch,” Mayor of Casterbridge, Lord Jim, specific instructions. So what does that leave from the lessons and include Critical Thinking “Are Women Human?” and “Human-Not-Quite” for the teacher/parent to do? Become a Writing (taking the reader from simple recall to digging (Sayers), “Terence, This is Stupid Stuff,” “Loveliest Mentor, of course. Plan to spend some time each more deeply into the meaning and interpretation of Trees,” and “Be Still My Soul,” (Housman), “An week with the student talking through assign- of the novel), Biblical Application (considers the Irish Airman Foresees His Death,” “When You are ments, literary gleanings, and preparation. The novel, or part of it, in light of Scripture), and Old,” “Second Coming,” “White Swans at Coole,” mentor should also be prepared to either evaluate Enrichment (usually literary criticism where the and “Byzantium” (Yeats), Mere Christianity, Lord the papers – or find someone else to do so. Oh, student examines particular literary constructs, of the Rings, “Murder in the Cathedral.” and by the way, students will be compiling a such as tone, plot, style, characterization, set- 001562 Student . . . . . 34.99 24.95 binder-notebook-portfolio. ting, or theme, and sometimes applications to 001574 Teacher . . . . . 24.99 18.75 Although it may be hard to believe that the author, other disciplines or subjects. 057854 Package . . . . . 59.98 43.95 Janice Campbell, has packed so much into such The Student Text includes the self-contained a tidy package, it’s true. Introductory informa- Lessons/Chapters which often include the World Literature tion includes a course overview, FAQs, and short Literature selections as well as the Concept Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Confessions (Augustine), sections on How to Read a Book and Discerning Builders and assignments. A Glossary of Literary Faust (Goethe), War and Peace, Crime and Worldview through Literary Periods. At the back of Terms and a Book List for Supplemental Reading Punishment, Cry, the Beloved Country the book is not only the amazing Formats & Model are included in the back of the book. 500 pgs pb. 001588 Student . . . . . 34.99 24.95 section, but also a helpful section on Honors prepa- The Teacher Guide includes chapter-by-chap- 001593 Teacher . . . . . 24.99 18.75 ration, and a glossary. The detailed unit lesson plans ter “helps”: chapter introductions, daily lessons, 057873 Package . . . . . 59.98 43.95 make up the rest of the course. 228 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. The British and American Literature courses focusing on a particular aspect of literary anal- Illuminating Literature: When Worlds Collide (9-12) are published by the Institute for Excellence in ysis – annotations, allusions, plot & suspense, From Sharon Watson, the author of the com- Writing. However the other three courses, pub- characterization, symbolism & emphasis, theme, position programs, Jump In and Power in Your lished by the author, are similar in organization setting, imagery, point of view, tone, and irony. Hands, comes a high school literature program and structure. The author suggests the following The well-chosen short stories and poetry are designed to help your students become more scope and sequence: Introduction to Literature, “unlocked” and made to reveal their secrets knowledgeable and discerning analytical readers Literature and Composition, American Literature, through exercises, quizzes, essays, and projects. and, thereby, more powerful fiction writers. British Literature, and World Literature, but a stu- For instance, unit 7 is on characterization and Watson asserts that a key element in literature dent with appropriate literary course experience has as one of its objectives to understand and (and in our fallen world) is conflict. Therefore, could “jump in” at any point to do one or more recognize different kinds of characters, such as this course highlights literature with multiple of the courses. These are excellent college-prep protagonist, antagonist, stock, and foil. This levels of conflict—hence the “worlds collide.” courses that allow the student to work inde- unit can be spread over one to two weeks with Not only can literature reflect our fallen, sin- pendently, take a whole-book approach with a the unit plan presenting a set of 12 discussion ful state, but it can also uplift and encourage suitable emphasis on essay responses to litera- points, projects, and assignments. These some- us. It is from these premises that this program ture, and can be easily “upgraded” to an Honors times refer back to a previously studied piece approaches literature study. The Program Goals level. ~ Janice for examples and sometimes present new tools are to identify literary elements, terms and writ- EACH BOOK ...... 29.00 like the “character arc” to aid in understanding. ing devices; interpret novels from a balanced, 047351 Introduction to Literature (English I) Some of the activities/questions listed are consid- Biblical perspective; provide group and multiple Starts with an in-depth look at five popular ered “core” and some are listed as supplemental learning-style activities; engender a love of fine short stories, then covers Around the World or reinforcement. These designations are helpful literature; and strengthen vocabulary. in Eighty Days, A Connecticut Yankee in in determining class priorities if time is limited Two particular course components of note King Arthur’s Court, Jane Eyre, Pygmalion, or if you choose to complete the study over the are the Novel Notebook and group discussion. Treasure Island, Animal Farm, The Tempest, longer time span. The Teacher’s book provides Students are required to create their own Novel and Gulliver’s Travels. 132 pgs background information for the stories, vocabu- Notebook to record specific observations and 048442 Literature & Composition (English II) lary exercises, detailed instructions (just short of answers to questions as they read. Free down- Robinson Crusoe, Walden, The Count of scripted) for the main teaching points, sample loadable notebook pages are available from the Monte Cristo, Heart of Darkness, ‘Til We essays, and suggestions for additional work. All publisher. The group discussion might seem Have Faces, Death Comes to the Archbishop, questions and discussion topics have answers or a little contrived if you are working with just Julius Caesar, Ivanhoe, and The Importance talking points. Although the teacher would need one student—but once you and your student of Being Earnest. 158 pgs to be comfortable with the topics and the studies, get to discussing literature, I think you’ll have 027806 American Literature (English III) the support material is so strong that preparation a grand time. To facilitate the group discussion Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin, Rip would be minimal and success almost assured. component, homeschoolers could also use the Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Throughout the teacher’s material the author is curriculum as a spine with other students for a The Last of the Mohicans, The House of the writing in first person making it seem as though book-of-the month club (suggestions included). Seven Gables, Moby Dick, The Adventures you have a master teacher “holding your hand” The course design studies a literary classic of Huckleberry Finn, House of Mirth, The and mentoring you through the entire course. each month (8 total). The literature was selected Great Gatsby, and The Old Man and the That same warm, first-person tone permeates based on the particular “colliding worlds” (the Sea. 168 pgs the student book. Each unit includes well-illus- various types of conflict exposed), literary value, 027812 British Literature (English IV) trated (by examples) instructional information and the potential to help students make moral, Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Edmund Spenser, written directly to the student (not included ethical, spiritual and life choices from a godly Sir Gawain, the Arthurian Legend, King Lear, in teacher’s book). All literary material (short perspective. The author strongly advises using Paradise Lost, Pride and Prejudice, Great stories and poems) except some Bible passag- approved editions (ISBN’s provided) since ques- Expectations, Wuthering Heights, and To the es is included in the student book (also not in tions and discussions reference exact literature Lighthouse. 168 pgs teacher’s book). Many of the activities involve pages. The order of the unabridged literature is 047350 World Literature (English V) worksheets which are provided in the student Pudd’nhead Wilson; The War of the Worlds; The The Odyssey, Antigone, The Aeneid, The book and are reproducible (for home and class- Friendly Persuasion; Peter Pan; Warriors Don’t Inferno, Don Quixote, Les Miserables, room use). Both teacher’s and student’s books Cry; A Tale of Two Cities; Fahrenheit 451; and 19th-Century Russian selections by Pushkin, are required for the course with little overlap The Screwtape Letters. We have compiled a Dostoyevsky, et al., Faust (Goethe), and Out between the material in each. Literature Pack for your convenience. You may of Africa. 163 pgs Windows to the World is designed to be a semes- think Peter Pan an unusual choice for high school ter course but could be taught in a condensed curriculum—I did. However, Watson states that Windows to the World: Introduction to Literary version in five or six weeks or extended to a year’s this novel’s intergenerational conflict themes Analysis (9-12) study by adding the additional stories and proj- are missed by young readers and she assigns I’m itching to teach this ects suggested in the teacher’s book. This course this book at the teen level to revisit and explore course! Maybe it’s the appeal would be considered a college-prep level course. issues in more depth. Keeping the curriculum of the topic – recognizing the Those completing it would be well prepared teen-friendly is a central theme. The literature power of literature to influ- to continue on with Advanced Placement level choices and the tone/style of the student books ence readers for good or for preparation. Although the reading assignments were written with a teen audience in mind (stu- ill. Maybe it’s the fact that are frequent, they are not massive. The author dents take a vocabulary “quizzola,” for example). this well-structured curriculum is wanting the student to spend quality thinking The author intends this as a 2-semester literature makes such a study very man- time with the material and activities, projects, and class (1 high school credit). Since the author ageable. Maybe it’s because the author adopts assignments work toward that goal. The student is writes assuming an audience with no literature a warm, first person approach to the study. expected to write – often and well. Assignments background and the grading is strongly comple- Whatever! I’m already devising ways to come up are frequent and range from “quick write” para- tion based, this course would serve well as an with students for a class now that my own home- graphs to researched essays. An unstated but very introduction to literature. The Teacher Guide school students have graduated and moved on. discernible goal of the course is the development and Student book are required for this course. Windows to the World is a high school level and strengthening of the student’s biblical and The Quiz and Answer Manual is required only if course offered by the Institute for Excellence Christian worldview. After completing this you do not wish to use the online quizzes. in Writing. The course presumes that its stu- course, IEW recommends Excellence in Literature The easy to follow Teacher’s Guide is written dents will be able to write an understandable English Courses III thru V) Student – 194 pgs; directly to the teacher. If you feel a bit intimi- paragraph with a topic and clincher sentences Teacher – 129 pgs; both pb, spiral. ~ Janice dated teaching literature, this guide, although and that they are interested in an academically 042562 Teacher/Student . . . 49.00 not scripted, will provide what you’ll need to challenging study. There are fifteen units often 042561 Student only . . . . 29.00 continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 229 aid your student. Four pages of the TG pro- ☼Illuminating Literature: Characters in Crisis Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Literature (9-12) vide an overview of the key topics covered (9-12) With an emphasis on interactive discussion and each month. Answers for all student work and Using this literature worldview, the guide provides a lesson-by-lesson detailed responses to discussion questions, along course’s relaxed, yet in-depth framework for studying some of the major works with where to locate these answers in the liter- approach (appealing to reluc- of ancient literature – The Epic of Gilgamesh, ature, are provided. Grading and evaluation are tant readers while providing The Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, straightforward and fairly simple. The overall solid college-prep), spend a and Antigone. Using an inductive approach, course grade is comprised of 3 components: year reading and analyzing the student is encouraged to use three steps – the Grading Grid score, a vocabulary grade and good and insightful literature. observation, interpretation, and application – in activity grade for each book. The teacher will The characters you’ll come to coming to an understanding of the literary piece. use the reproducible Grading Grid to evaluate know in this course are each Only after spending some time reading, absorb- the student’s work. With this measuring tool, facing a crisis. Dive deeply ing, and comprehending the selection does the students are graded on 7 tasks. For five of the into five novels and a selection of short stories student seek to discover what others have said tasks, teachers evaluate only the student’s level and other works. Examining ideas in a Novel about it. The goal is for the student to be able of completion/involvement in certain tasks. The Notebook (free online) and through potential and prepared to evaluate the opinions of others final two evaluations are comprised of the Yes, small group discussions, students will develop because they have formed their own thoughts I Read It (reading comprehension) and Literary tools to become more discerning readers—and first as opposed to just internalizing what others Terms quiz grades. thereby become more powerful writers them- have thought and written. At the end of each chapter, students choose selves. Using the Teacher’s Guide, Student The course is divided into 24 lessons, each from various multiple-learning-style activities Text, and Quiz/Answer Key (optional), study one taking about a week to complete. This is that expand on and respond to literary themes: the “nuts and bolts” of literary analysis along just about right for the literature component of mapping, writing music, reenacting, history, with key themes. For example, in Frankenstein, a high school English course. You could easily imitating, responding to author or characters, etc. consider what being ‘human’ means and in Silas lengthen the course to encompass the entire The TG provides brief suggestions and guidance Marner, explore what betrayal feels like. Though school year (30 or 36 weeks) by inserting writing for these activities, but the teacher will decide a Christian perspective course (with the Bible as assignments between the sections. As an exam- how activities are evaluated. 182 pp, sc. the ultimate truth), the literature selections them- ple, let’s look at the study of Oedipus Rex, which The Student Text is fairly self-directed, written selves don’t necessarily represent that position. starts with some background information on the as a conversation to the student. Students are However, in your home, co-op or classroom, Greek Theater. This is to bring the student “up guided step by step through learning about and they can be evaluated through the lens of the to speed” so to speak and includes all the basic responding to the reading. Each chapter covers Christian worldview. information that a Greek theater-goer would one book in 6-9 lessons. The lessons combine The Student Text (nonreproducible, 292 pgs, know – such things as the story of Oedipus, how instruction and workbook into one format so pb) focuses on characters: their motivations, the play is organized, and who appears in the that students respond to questions as they read conflicts, and point of view. Students will read play. There are five lessons covering this reading through the text. As they complete their study author biographies, pertinent background infor- selection, each organized similarly. First is a list of the literature, students must evaluate the con- mation, and character elements in the literary of People and Places along with vocabulary that flict - “colliding worlds” - (man vs. man; man context. They’ll complete exercises either in the student is expected to be able to identify and vs. ideas, etc.) involved, complete the quizzes the book or in the free downloadable “Novel define. Then follows some reading sections, and survey, take a vocabulary “quizzola,” and Notebook” and complete additional activities of each accompanied by a set of comprehension complete the final, culminating activity. An “If their choosing. questions (i.e. who, what, describe, how, etc.) You Liked This Book” section includes a list of Some works are included in the student text, An early lesson in the series gives some instruc- additional readings. 8.5” x 11” 285 pp, sc. either in full or as Web links. Since the text tion on a literary analysis device – Dramatic The Quiz and Answer Manual is designed for references specific page numbers of novels, the Irony – and subsequent lessons ask the student those who prefer their students take quizzes and recommended book editions are listed below. to look for examples. In the second lesson in surveys on paper. For group classes, the author Available online on https://writingwithsharon- the series, an Overview Chart is introduced. The recommends completing quizzes by following watson.com are password-protected quizzes with student uses this graphic organizer to identify and online links through the publisher’s website. It grading (or purchase the Quiz/Answer Key), sup- organize the main events and characters from the contains all quizzes and answers for each liter- plementary material and the free downloadable play. The series of lessons concludes with an ature book studied: Yes, I Read It quiz, Literary “Novel Notebook” to record student work. In in-depth Essay Question. The course includes Terms quiz, and Opinion Surveys. Each quiz addition to the five novels, students will also read four lessons on biblical literature and the Epic of utilizes a form of multiple choice. Don’t let the a biography/autobiography of your own choos- Gilgamesh, four on The Odyssey, five lessons on term “survey” make you think these are optional. ing, and the short stories “A Jury of Her Peers”, Oedipus, five on Antigone (please note that both These encourage students to apply what they’ve “A White Heron”, “The Garden of Forking Sophocles’ Antigone and the twentieth century read to their own situation with multiple choice Paths”, “Haircut”, “The Lady, or the Tiger?”, play by Jean Anouilh are studied), and a final and also some written “response to literature” “The Souls of Black Folk: Of the Passing of the summary lesson. questions. Permission to copy for personal use. First-Born” and “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.” The text is designed as a consumable student 8.5” x 11”, 101 pp, sc. The Quiz/Answer Key provides a duplicate workbook providing space to write the short If you select the free Online Quiz option (for paper form of the online quizzes and is reproduc- essay answers to the comprehension/discussion the Yes I read It and Literary Term quizzes and ible for family use only (53 pgs, pb). The indis- questions. It could easily be used as a non-con- Opinion Surveys) answers are graded automat- pensable Teacher’s Guide (nonreproducible, 173 sumable by having the student keep answers ically. For each quiz, students will receive an pgs, pb) contains an explanation of all aspects of in a separate binder/notebook. There are no emailed report including the questions with the literary analysis; key themes; a schedule of answers given or an answer key. The parent/ their original answers, the correct answers and what to do before, during and after reading the teacher is encouraged to be a participant along their final quiz score. Many colleges incorporate selection; answers to student questions (when not with the student in completing the readings and some online course component, so this would open-ended), suggestions for further reading and discussions. Although I understand this rationale be a way to introduce your homeschooler to this study; and grading grids. ~ Ruth and even agree that this approach is optimum, method without a costly investment. 069975 Student Text ...... 43.00 40.95 nevertheless, speaking as a mom, I would have 001065 Teacher Guide . . .16.49 14.95 069976 Teacher Edition . . 18.00 16.75 appreciated some talking points. 001057 Student Text ...... 39.49 35.50 069974 Quiz/Answer Key . . 9.00 8.25 Compared to some, this is a relaxed study. 001041 Quiz/Answer Manual .8.49 7.75 005933 Frankenstein . . . . 6.00 4.95 This should not be interpreted as “lightweight.” ILMLIT Illuminating Lit Pkg . . 64.47 56.95 006093 Silas Marner . . . . 5.00 4.25 There’s plenty here – both in organization and Includes Student Text, Teacher Guide and 006047 Much Ado Abt Nothing 3.00 2.50 in the literature selections and discussion – to Quiz/Answer Manual. 006070 Sense and Sensibility . 6.00 4.95 provide a challenging examination of ancient ILWWCP Literature Package . 82.91 61.00 041534 The Hobbit . . . .14.99 10.95 literature. One of the best features of the entire 230 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. course is the fact that it starts with a four-lesson 007269 Beowulf (Rebsamen) . 9.99 7.50 definitions, quotes, timelines, art, and historical study of Daniel (the literature and culture of 012051 Sir Gawain and the Green places. The DVD set for each unit includes four the Babylonians) and Genesis (creation, flood, Knight (Tolkien trans) 7.99 5.95 DVD-ROMs, the student workbook (on PDF) and and Tower of Babel) in order to assure that the 036475 Canterbury Tales (Coghill) 11.00 7.95 teacher’s edition (PDF) and a small booklet-form student is well-grounded in biblical events and 019899 Hamlet ...... 5.95 4.50 “Guide to the Art” that includes a comprehensive principles. Another excellent feature is the final 030414 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern list of artwork by lesson plus small, full-color worldview lesson. Although most ancient litera- Are Dead! . . . . 16.00 11.50 reproductions and background info of major ture is the literature of pagans, this study provides MDVLIT Guide & 6 Books . .84.83 61.00 pieces from each lecture. Each DVD-ROM for the biblical grounding to make certain the study each unit includes the video lectures as well as is profitable. ~ Janice the PDFs of the student workbook and the teach- 010792 Greenleaf Guide . . 22.95 17.95 er’s edition. The Student Workbook provides the comprehension questions mentioned previously. Resources Used in Greenleaf Guide: Quarterly term papers allow students to explore Although a specific book list is not provided, it’s an area of interest with more in-depth creativity. obvious that specific versions of these works are The Teacher’s Edition includes both an answer being referenced because of the page numbers key and quarterly exams. The Student Workbook given throughout the lessons. is also available separately in printed form, if 027968 Epic of Gilgamesh (Sandars you or your student prefer that over the PDF translation) . . . .13.00 9.50 version. Year 1 and 2 sets include all 4 DVDs 023401 Sophocles: The Oedipus Cycle - or Workbooks, or in the Complete sets, both. Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at ~ Janice Colonus, Antigone . 14.99 10.95 Old Western Culture (9-12) EACH DVD SET ...... 56.00 50.95 041930 Antigone (Anhouilh) . . 12.95 A Christian Approach to the Great Books! EACH PRINTED WORKBOOK .12.00 11.25 042664 Odyssey (Fitzgerald) . 14.00 9.95 Mortimer Adler – primary editor for the compi- Year 1: The Greeks ANCLIT Guide + 4 bks above 77.89 58.00 lation of the well-known set of ageless literary 058877 The Epics DVD Set masterpieces called the Great Books – con- 058878 The Epics Student Workbook Greenleaf Guide to Medieval Literature (9-12) sidered them a conversation. He felt our pri- The Iliad and The Odyssey. Continuing their literature series and including mary motivation in reading them should be to 058875 Drama and Lyric DVD Set many of the characteristics of the Greenleaf Guide participate in that great conversation. Wesley 058876 Drama and Lyric Student Workbook to Ancient Literature, this course is designed to Callihan and Roman Roads Media have added Greek lyric poetry, including the works of provide the first year of a three-year survey of an important element for Christians. Mr. Callihan Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, & other poets. British and American Literature. Again utilizing maintains that the great conversation must lead 058879 The Histories DVD Set whole works rather than excerpts, this course to truth – God’s truth. His goal in teaching this 058880 The Histories Student Workbook includes studies of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History course? That high school Christians would have Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. of the English-Speaking Peoples, Beowulf, Sir the opportunity and the ability to participate 058881 The Philosophers DVD Set Gawain and the Green Knight, and selections in the great conversation in a meaningful way 058882 The Philosophers Student Workbook from the Canterbury Tales and Hamlet (including that leads to truth. Old Western Culture is an The works of Plato and Aristotle. the modern, worldview-shifting perspective from integrated humanities curriculum that provides a GRKDVD Year 1 DVD Set . 224.00 193.95 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead). There well-rounded education for the classical student GRKWKB Year 1 Wkbk Set . 48.00 42.95 are 23 lessons, each expected to take about a from a Christian perspective. GRKCMP Year 1 Complete .272.00 235.00 week to complete, written directly (and often Taken into a video classroom, albeit a com- with a subtle, tongue-in-cheek humor) to the stu- fortable and cozy one, the student finds himself Year 2: The Romans dent, leading them to dig deeper into the shades immersed in classical literature assignments, 028711 Unit 1: The Aeneid DVD Set of understanding of the literary piece as well as knowledgeable commentary, captivating art- 028719 The Aeneid Workbook the culture and worldview of the author. The work, absorbing discussion questions, and mean- Vergil and other Roman Epics study guide – really a consumable worktext pro- ingful writing assignments; emerging with a full 060346 Unit 2: The Historians DVD Set viding both the questions and plenty of space to credit in literature, a half credit in history, and 060347 The Historians Workbook write responses – starts with “typical” questions a half credit of philosophy/theology for each Livy, Tacitus, Sallust, Caesar, Plutarch, and such as vocabulary development and sequence year of the course. To my way of thinking, Cicero of events, but there is a spiraling intensity as there’s also enough material for a ¼ credit in Art 060342 Unit 3: Early Christianity DVD Set the questions continue that quickly draws out Appreciation. Ultimately, this will be a four-year 060343 Early Christianity Workbook more thoughtful responses. Most of the literature course of study (Year 1 – The Greeks, Year 2 – Clement, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, selections are written from a Christian worldview The Romans, Year 3 – Christendom, and Year and Eusebius perspective. 4 – The Moderns); currently only Years 1 & 2 are 060344 Unit 4: Nicene Christianity DVD Set There are occasional writing suggestions (but available. Each year is divided into four indepen- 060345 Nicene Christianity Workbook no writing instruction) and many of the questions dent units but also sold as a set. This allows for Athanasius, Augustine, and Boethius could be deepened into essays. Parents are some flexibility (and the opportunity to spread RMNDVD Year 2 DVD Set .224.00 193.95 strongly encouraged to read along with the stu- out the expense). RMNSTD Year 2 Wkbk Set .48.00 42.95 dent, and while I always think this is an excellent Each unit contains 12 lectures (yes, they really RMNCMP Year 2 Complete 272.00 235.00 idea, I tend to be a little irritated when forced are lectures although you’ll feel as though you are to do so: like other Greenleaf guides, there are sitting in a cozy chair across from your mentor). no answer keys or even talking points provided. These lectures/discussions introduce the literary Students and parents are on their own in terms of work, summarize the most important elements evaluation. With the exception of Hamlet, spe- of the text, and analyze the themes, background, cific versions (translations) of each work are refer- and surrounding history as well as the importance enced. We’ve listed these below. The Medieval of the works and their influence in history and Lit Study Package includes each of these books western thought. Students are assigned readings along with the Greenleaf Guide. ~ Janice from the original works (the average daily reading 046123 Greenleaf Guide . . 19.95 16.95 load is 30-40 pages) as well as comprehension questions in the workbook that cover both the Resources used in Greenleaf Guide: readings and the lecture. 029709 Ecclesiastical History of the English - The videos are well-done, professionally incor- Speaking People . . 13.95 10.95 porating material from blackboard “sidebars,” See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 231 Apologia American Literature (9-12) the various authors, the book is set up for easy Brit Lit for Classical Schools (9-12) Apologia has plunged into reading with two columns of text plus a sidebar I’ve probably read over half of these literature the world of language arts of useful information (i.e. definitions, notes, his- selections, plus I’ve looked at a lot of excellent with their typical solid con- torical tidbits). I did notice that there was more literature courses, and I am still seriously consid- tent, appealing appearance, full-color artwork in the beginning of the text ering working through this course on my own. and user friendliness. We and more authors’ pictures toward the back. An What can that possibly mean? First of all, it must change our thinking. extensive (and instructive) Glossary of Literary means a well-constructed, whole-book literature With this course, along Terms is included. The student’s interaction with course that starts with an intriguing collection with the Writers/Readers in this glossary is important for intended vocabulary of reading assignments. The ones I’ve already Residence series, Apologia development. read are long-time favorites. Secondly, there are has shown they can provide There are some required works which are study questions which are challenging, steeped homeschoolers with more than science and not included in the Textbook. These books are in critical thinking aspects as well as biblical/ worldview. Thoroughly Biblical/Christian in its readily available from the library or from us: Christian worldview and begging for notetaking orientation, there is an emphasis on finding both Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great and thought recording. Then, there is the added the beauty and the truth of the written word Gatsby, The Old Man and the Sea, To Kill a challenge of a thorough poetry study that requires (and thus, the character of God) as well as on Mockingbird, and A Raisin in the Sun. There memorization and trying your own hand at poet- understanding the underlying worldview. This are also some selections that are needed but ry writing. Finally, laced through all of this is a panoramic sweep through American literature not included (usually for copyright reasons). subtle humor in the instructional presentation of is chronological, covering traditional “periods” These can be found in various collections. Short historical and literary information, marginalia, (colonial, reason/revolution, romantic, realism, stories: “A Leader of the People” (Steinbeck), and study questions that makes the appeal almost and modern) grouped by themes. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (Thurber), irresistible. I wish this course had been available Authored by Bryan College’s Dr. Whit Jones, “Barn Burning” (Faulkner), “Worn Path (Welty), when I was homeschooling. this is a challenging course. While enjoyable and “Revelation” (O’Connor). Poems: “Stopping Even though Brit Lit states it is for classical reading, the inclusion of ninety literary works by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Design,” schools, it’s easily adaptable for the homeschool (among the excerpts are four complete novels and “Never Again Would Birds’ Song Be the setting, especially for independent work. The and one play) means an impressive amount of Same” (Frost); “Harlem” and “The Weary Blues” materials are self-instructional, although both reading for any high school student. Parents/ (Hughes); and “My Papa’s Waltz” and “The students and parents will benefit from related teachers, however, can determine if all of the Waking” (Roethke). discussions. Answers provided reflect the breadth works will be read/studied or only a majority of The Student Notebook provides space for the of content that should be included in the answer them. Selections include poetry, essays, sermons, student to answer the study questions – some- which means they provide both help for the eval- plays, fiction, non-fiction, biographies, and auto- times short answers, sometimes paragraphs. uating parent and further insight for the student biographies. American Lit tends to be an 11th Chapter tests as well as semester exams are here prepping for later tests. Reading selections are grade course, and it is probably wise to think as well. The Notebook also includes a complete tasteful and thought-provoking. Almost all of the of this course in that category. Students need to writer’s guide with detailed instructions, exam- literature selections are provided in the course be well prepared prior to starting with previous ples, and guidance for writing a literary interpre- volumes with only two additional resources instruction in literary analysis, poetry basics (i.e. tation paper on a prose selection and a poetry needed – The Hobbit and That Hideous Strength. meter, rhyme, etc), and essay-writing. Writing selection (one each semester). These instructions While ten volumes sounds like a lot, it tends to instruction specific to literary papers is included take the student through the writing process step make the course less intimidating and more man- but more or less assumes the student knows their by step. A brief set of notes to the Parent/Teacher ageable. Also, the independent volumes mean way around basic essay construction. explains the nature of the Study Questions and you can spread the cost of the course out, if you Employing a Socratic method of instruction, gives suggestions for evaluating student writing wish. All you need to get started is Volume 1 and there will obviously need to be some parental and for grading chapter tests as well as reviewing 10 (and The Hobbit). You can add the others as or teacher involvement, although every effort the literary interpretation papers. In other words, you go. has been made to provide the student with tools there is good parent/teacher support. Volumes are a handy 6” x 8” size with varied for self-directed study. Each reading selection An Online Answer Key (printable) provides thicknesses. And, frankly, they just feel good in is followed by a set of study questions that lead answers to all the Study Questions and tests/ your hands. Included in each non-consumable, the student toward a thorough understanding exams. However, it should be noted these are paperback volume (Volumes 1-9) is a reading of the material. Book studies have sets of ques- suggested answers since many questions have schedule, an introductory essay that highlights tions for each chapter. Coupled with the online some subjective elements. They won’t necessar- themes and offers a Christian perspective on the answer key, the student can enhance their own, ily match exactly. These answer keys allow the literary period and/or author covered, the daily self-acquired comprehension. However, discus- student to self-check if desired and provide the readings with questions, and answers to the ques- sion (and mentoring) from a parent or teacher parent with a solid idea of what elements are tions. Interesting and informative sidebar notes during this process will move the course from expected in answers. Three helpful online appen- (i.e. marginalia) are present in all volumes but mere education to discipleship. Test preparation dices provide guides for punctuation, grammar much more prolific in the earlier volumes. This (for chapter tests and semester exams) is based on and the MLA format. has a dual purpose – first to provide explana- the study questions. The Curriculum Package includes the Textbook, tions, context and important notes, and secondly [It’s important to note that the publisher includes Student Notebook and online access (easy direc- to illustrate for students how to effectively anno- a note explaining their reasons for including tions included) to the answer key and the tate their own reading material. some works that contain a “highly offensive appendices. Both the Textbook and the Student The exception to this volume pattern is Volume racial slur,” noting that Dr. Jones “frankly but Notebook are available as separate purchases. 10 – The Poetry Workbook. This volume is a gracefully addresses the writers’ use of this racial (Text – 840 pgs, hb; Notebook – 650 pgs spi- consumable worktext that is used throughout slur from both a moral and literary perspective.”] ral-bound) ~ Janice the course. Its 90 lessons include specific poetry The Textbook is obviously the heart of the AMRLIT Curriculum Package 118.00 79.95 selections, instructional content, introductions course. Each of the five units is introduced with 065442 Student Notebook . .39.00 27.95 to various poets, memorization assignments, historical and cultural information. Divided into 065443 Student Text ...... 79.00 55.50 poetry writing assignments, and study guides for 18 chapters, each representing approximately the volume tests and for the first semester and two weeks’ work, the text of many of the reading Required Resources: comprehensive finals. The course requires 200 selections are found here plus sets of questions 001204 Huckleberry Finn . . 6.00 4.95 lines of poetry to be memorized over the year for all reading assignments. Background infor- 001887 Great Gatsby . . . 17.00 11.95 but builds interest and insight into these selec- mation on the authors and their works is plenti- 003493 Old Man & the Sea .12.99 9.50 tions with excellent instructional material, audio ful. Graphically attractive, well-illustrated with 013819 To Kill a Mockingbird 14.99 10.95 files that aid pronunciation, and accountability many full-color historical pictures and portraits 048243 Raisin in the Sun . . 7.95 5.95 checklists. There are comprehensive end-of-vol- as well as many, many grayscale renditions of ume tests that cover both the readings and the 232 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. assignments from the Poetry Workbook. There is INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES/SUPPLEMENTS to focus on literature everyday? Want to conduct both a first and a second semester comprehensive a short-term co-op course? Want to hit literature final. These finals include memory work, quote Reading Strands (PK-12) “hard” for a little while – and then be done? This completion, and literary essays. Do you want a reading program without a read- resource will help you plan and implement any While there is no teacher guide per se, teacher ing curriculum? Or maybe a reading program in of these scenarios. support material can be downloaded FREE from which the kids enjoy the “great” books, discuss The usefulness doesn’t end there, however. the Canon Press website. These downloads them at the dinner table, and don’t even realize There are separate chapters on writing from include Master Lesson Plans (i.e. Reading Plans), they’re in a reading “program”? If either answer literature, learning objectives by grade level, Beowulf and Canterbury Tales audio files (to is yes, this book is for you. And I do mean for grading and assigning credits, and major his- aid with memorization pronunciation), printable you. Reading Strands is designed for the teacher torical periods in western literature. The writing tests, final exams, and answer keys. Basically, to use. It shows you how to teach your children from literature section gives a brief overview of everything you or your student needs to round to appreciate fiction. Author Dave Marks wants writing assignments (what sort and how long) out the course. our children to develop a love for reading, first for the elementary, junior high, and senior high With the first volume, you’ll be ready to dig and foremost. Reading should be fun for a child, levels. On the other hand, the analytical essay into this easy to use, yet challenging and totally something he/she eagerly looks forward to. They is dissected very thoroughly and a helpful “toot- thought-provoking classical literature course. Be need to share their reading experience and enjoy- sie-roll” diagram helps the student to see how the prepared to emerge from it with a much broader ment with others, also. Those around them need parts of the essay work together. Just as helpful and deeper understanding of the literature that to express an interest in what they’re reading and is the model essay that illustrates the effective has shaped who we are as an English-speaking their opinion of what they’ve read. Through oral use of this diagram. The graded learning objec- people. ~ Janice discussion, Dave shows us how to help our chil- tives for literature are quite specific and can be 065464 VI: Old English . . .10.00 7.95 dren get more out of reading and begin to read used as a scope and sequence or for developing Beowulf paired with T.R.R. Tolkien’s The for deeper understanding. Reading Strands con- lesson plans. I used high school literature texts Hobbit; 15 days. Supplementary readings tains simple Socratic dialogue samples, based on as references when I wanted information about include two essays by Doug Wilson – Bloom’s taxonomy, showing you how to discuss the history of literature, but to have that same Beowulf: The UnChrist and Chiastic Structure fiction with your children based on their age level. information at my fingertips would have been a in Beowulf. 219 pgs, pb Literary components and terms are explained so beautiful thing. 234 pgs. pb ~ Janice 065466 V2: Middle English . 19.00 15.25 that you can, at appropriate age levels, discuss 005267 ...... 39.00 35.95 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings these intelligently with your children. Mr. Marks of Britain, Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte also cautions us that, to some extent, “you are TEACHING THE CLASSICS (K-12) D’Arthur, The Pearl Poet’s Sir Gawain and what you read.” He wants us to become serious the Green Knight, and Geoffrey Chaucer’s about selecting the types of reading materials Teaching the Classics (AD) The Canterbury Tales paired with C.S. Lewis’ we want our children to “consume” based on A Socratic Method for Literary Education - that’s That Hideous Strength; 25 days. 510 pgs, pb. what kind of people we want them to become. the subtitle for this video seminar with accom- 065467 V3: Golden Age . . 26.00 20.95 To aid us in selecting books, Reading Strands panying workbook. So just what is the Socratic Defense of Poesy, The Faerie Queene, contains numerous reading lists: suggested books method? And how does it apply to the study Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing; 35 days. based on grade level, a graded list of books pop- of literature? And why should one employ it? 695 pgs. pb. ular with reading teachers, a listing of children’s And just who does the methoding? Or perhaps I 065468 V4: Paradise Lost . .15.00 11.95 favorite books, Coretta Scott King Award Books, should ask - who needs to be Socratized? 10 days; 386 pgs, pb. Caldecott Medal winners, Newbery Medal win- While perhaps just a tad clumsy, the above 065469 V5: Pride & Prejudice 18.00 13.95 ners, Children’s Library recommendations, and a is actually an example of the Socratic method 10 days; 472 pgs, pb. list of Great Classics. Whew! Even if you didn’t which hearkens back to Socrates and his method 065470 V6: Tale of Two Cities 20.00 15.95 use this approach as your basic reading program, of instruction - beginning with questions rather 10 days; 524 pgs, pb. employing the ideas contained in Reading Strands than answers. Granted, the questions had more 065471 V7: Comic Theater . 10.00 7.95 would greatly enhance your children’s overall purpose and form than my example and so do The Importance of Being Earnest, The Pirates enjoyment and understanding of literature. 138 the questions that the authors have compiled of Penzance; 8 days; 215 pgs, pb pgs, pb. into their Socratic List (attached as an appendix 065472 V8: Crime . . . . 21.00 15.95 006728 ...... 20.00 16.00 to the 120-page syllabus notebook). But all this “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” Whose is getting the horse ahead of the cart. Body?, “The Green Man,” and The Mysterious Reading Road Maps: Literary Scope & Sequence This revised and expanded seminar, similar to Affair at Styles; 12 days; 547 pgs. pb. K-12 those produced by the Institute for Excellence 065473 V9: Right Ho Jeeves .12.00 9.75 This book should be on every homeschooler’s in Writing contains eight DVDs; eight, one- 10 days; 308 pgs. pb. desk (and I don’t mean the bookshelf!). Rarely hour lecture sessions plus a syllabus notebook. 065465 V10: Poetry Wrkbk . 18.00 13.95 will you hear me be quite so emphatic, but this Based on the concept of “leadership education” 253 pgs. pb book is a treasure! Designed to be a companion presented in A Thomas Jefferson Education by BRTLIT All 10 Volumes . .169.00 122.95 to Teaching the Classics, a Socratic approach to Oliver Van DeMille, this is a seminar for parents teaching literature, and undoubtedly an amazing and teachers - but your children can certainly Required Resources: resource for those using that approach, it is also join you. Adam Andrews is a dynamic, excit- 004235 Hobbit (for Vol. 1) . .8.99 6.75 an incredible reference for anyone who wants ed teacher who transfers his excitement about 024441 That Hideous Strength flexibility in terms of teaching literature coupled literature to his audience. Andrews is quick to (for Vol. 2) . . . .17.00 11.95 with “just enough” structure. credit his wife, Missy, for the development of The authors identified 200 books for grades this model for exploring literature intelligently K-12 and then (in a wonderful spreadsheet for- and of the extensive, annotated, age-appropriate mat) annotated them with tons of information reading lists supplied. Because short stories are – plot, conflict, theme, aids & devices, and a type of microcosm, containing all the elements alternate titles (other books that could be used). (character, plot, theme) of larger pieces of lit- In short, it lists everything you need at your erature, are readily available and easy to work fingertips to supervise a comprehensive literary from as well as being familiar to children, they analysis of the book. As if that weren’t enough, become the vehicles of instruction. You’ll be they further reworked that annotated information prepared to equip your children with literary into six different curriculum models – daily, study tools and ready to enjoy any piece of qual- weekly, monthly, six-week, quarterly, and sea- ity literature benefiting from its study. I wasn’t sonal. These different models mean that you can very far into the first video before I realized that teach literature in whatever way you want. Want continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 233 this was a seminar I wanted to watch in its entire- complete system of literature instruction as well tive. Although brief, it’s straight-forward and very ty for my own understanding and appreciation of as a means for teaching students to be profound practical. He covers the basic questions—why literature. thinkers. ~ Janice and what--but will help you understand how not The lecture sessions - Preparing for Literary 035998 DVD & Workbook . . 99.00 to read them. I love that he spends some time on Analysis, Plot & Conflict, Setting, Character, 035999 Workbook Only . . . 30.00 the greatest classic, the Bible. He also provides Theme, Literary Devices, Context and Practicum some specifics on reading both Christian and - have been completely re-filmed with two hours secular classics. 102 pgs, pb. ~ Janice of brand new content. As mentioned before, Mr. 067459 ...... 9.99 6.95 Andrews is engagingly enthusiastic if slightly less delightfully quirky than Andrew Pudewa (IEW English Literature for Boys and Girls (7-10) seminars). At times the lectures follow the work- Yesterday’s Classics has found another Marshall book text almost word for word which, of course, book to reprint. Good choice. Providing a prompts the question of whether you actually historical look at the writers of English/British need to make the expensive purchase of the vid- literature, this collection includes background eos. Although the author says emphatically that information and excerpts of their writings, inter- both are important, I think almost anyone would weaving the literature selection with the histor- benefit from picking up and using the workbook ical setting. It’s a masterful and encompassing by itself. Nevertheless, the lectures repeatedly Worldview Detective: A Socratic Method for way to approach literature. Especially in the show you how to apply the workbook-described Investigating Great Books (7-12) earlier portions, the author has tried to keep the elements to literature. It’s a classic case of the Isn’t this what you would expect from a sea- literature in touch with history because he felt it advantages of multi-sensory learning along with soned seminar presenter who has already hinted illustrates how the political development of the the value of application and examples. at the importance of determining worldview as country was influenced by and influenced the lit- Why the Socratic method? Because it involves you read literature? In Teaching the Classics, erary development. At the end of many sections the student in the learning process and thus Adam Andrews gave us tools for enjoying, learn- is a list of Books to Read suggesting additional avoids dependence on the lecture format. ing from, and understanding classic literature. In and complete works to read. The author says the Although most homeschoolers rarely use a lec- this seminar, he and his wife, Missy, get more selections were chosen because they seemed to ture format for teaching literature, we’re still specific about how to go about the task of ana- best illustrate the breadth and depth of English/ vitally concerned with involving our students in lyzing the worldview of literary pieces. Coming British literature; although, sometimes he admits discussion. This is often difficult with literature. from a definite Christian perspective, both liter- to choosing something because of its appeal to But TSM, while giving a workable tool to facil- ary analysis tools and worldview analysis tools young people, as it is not always a writer’s great- itate this discussion, likewise becomes a means are examined. As before, graphic organizers est or best known work that can be most easily of character instruction and of worldview-impart- help clarify the analysis. One of the most helpful grasped by young minds. ing. The emphasis subtly shifts from literature to parts of this seminar is the “live” discussion of The selection of authors and works is massive; teaching the student how to think (as opposed to the worldview of two well-known literary works, grand; sweeping. However, it is possible to what to think) which is the essential element of one by Jack London and one by Anton Chekhov detect an interesting bias. There are no selec- education. (both included in the student workbook). The tions from women even though there were some The Socratic List is a list of questions arranged in workbook provides a place to take notes as the women who had received literary notice by the order of increasing complexity following the clas- student follows along with the seminar. The end of the nineteenth century, most notably sical stages of understanding - grammar, logic, seminar also includes a new Socratic List (113 Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen. There seems to and rhetoric. This list of questions can be used discussion questions) designed to help in analyz- be equal time given to poetry and prose. with all types of literature but within the seminar ing any book. ~ Janice There are no lesson plans, assignment charts, is applied to children’s stories - The Tale of Peter 042559 DVD & Workbook . . 49.00 or even discussion questions. The publisher does Rabbit, Riki-Tikki-Tavi, The Adventures of Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~ provide a chronological list of the writers includ- Sawyer, and Martin the Cobbler. Following these ed correlated with a list of monarchs that would examples, Mr. Andrews then applies the same Eternal Argument (4-AD) make it easy to correlate readings to historical instruction to ongoing analysis of four pieces A framework for understanding western literature studies. Although this would not be considered of adult literature - The Iliad, MacBeth, Great and culture. In explaining why we should read a complete literature course, it is a valuable col- Expectations, and To Kill a Mockingbird. The the “classic” literature of our culture, it’s many lection of well-selected literary works beautifully seminar concludes with a practicum using the times been said that that literature represents an presented with comprehensive historical and poem Casey at the Bat. ongoing conversation – The Great Conversation. literary analysis. 666 pgs, pb. ~ Janice Containing lecture notes, short story texts, and By reading, understanding, and then writing we 056886 ...... 20.95 extremely useful graphic organizers, the accom- enter that conversation of the ages. The author panying workbook is designed to be used as you of this book, Robin Finley (author of Analytical Analytical Grammar High School Reinforcement follow the seminar. The Andrews also provide Grammar), taught language arts to 8th graders (8-12) both a suggested curriculum for literature and for over 30 years and contends that the conver- Solid grammatical review and the perfect com- daily lesson plans in the workbook. Although sation is actually more of an argument with two plement to high school literature courses. See full rather simplified models, these are quite thor- main contenders – those who believe that God description under Grammar Programs. ~ Janice ough. Not surprisingly, routinely assigned writ- is in charge and those who believe that man is EACH BOOK ...... 22.95 ing lessons are coordinated with IEW. Helpfully, in charge. She traces western civilization/culture 004630 American Authors the authors give examples of grammar, logic, and through history, illustrating how literature and 004631 British Authors rhetoric level exercises. historical events are intertwined. To understand 004632 Shakespeare’s Plays How would one compare the cost of this sem- literature, one needs to be acquainted with the 004635 World Authors inar with continuing to use the many, excellent historical framework and understand the under- literature study guides available? I suppose it’s lying argument. A fascinating and helpful book. the proverbial teaching to fish versus giving a Discussion questions are provided at the end of fish. One comes away with the tools. However, each chapter. Read aloud as a family. Provide it seems to me that there’s another very important lots of time for discussion. 286 pgs, pb ~ Janice element here - that of learning to use an excep- 064770 ...... 24.95 tionally facile tool for critical and worldview thinking (the Socratic Method). For me, this ☼Christian Guide to the Classics (9-AD) seminar does for literature instruction what the In case you’ve wondered if it’s a good idea for IEW writing seminars accomplished for writing Christians to read the classics, Dr. Ryken (profes- instruction - giving a now-I-get-it overview of a sor at Wheaton College) gives you his perspec- 234 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. ASSESSMENT / PLACEMENT of which are writing prompts. Out of curiosity, I Assessment Prep for Common Core Reading (6-8) worked through a couple of the tests in the Grade Standardized testing tends to stress out both Critical Thinking: Test-Taking Practice with 6 book and I’m a little ashamed to admit they students and parents, especially now that new Reading (K-6) challenged me. I can definitely see the advantage standards are being implemented. This series Looking to improve reading skills? Gain critical of taking the practice tests and becoming familiar is intended to help alleviate some of that stress thinking skills? Develop general test taking strate- with this new methodology. in reading/language arts. Each 62-page book gies and help your child/student become a more Technological advantages have impacted the is divided into three sections: test-taking tips, confident test taker? The best way to accomplish future of test-taking. Questions no longer are instructional resources, and practice assessments. all of this is practice! It’s not just memorizing relegated to multiple choice and some questions The test-taking portion offers lists of suggestions facts; it’s learning how to interpret questions on even have multiple right answers. The two-part for test-taking success – how to prepare during these tests that can help you get a better score questions actually provide both a challenge and the school year and before taking the test, ten in the end. Even if the only thing you accom- the opportunity to rethink your answer on the strategies for use during the test, and technology plish with your test prep is reduce your child’s first part if a suitable answer doesn’t seem readily skills for those who might be taking the assess- anxiety about the exam, you have given them visible on the second part. Writing prompts asso- ment on the computer. Instructional Resources a huge gift. Being nervous can affect a child’s ciated with reading passages make close reading has eleven mini-lessons on reading comprehen- scores dramatically. The questions are correlated a necessity. 127 pgs, pb. ~ Janice sion skills: reading comprehension, inferences, to Common Core testing (standards are listed), EACH WORKTEXT . . . . .21.99 17.55 point of view, textual evidence, theme, central but the principle applies to most standard state 058602 Grade 3 058605 Grade 6 idea, summary, word meaning, tone, organi- tests. Learn the difference between explicit and 058603 Grade 4 058606 Grade 7 zation of text, and author’s purpose. Each of implicit questions, and practice making inferences 058604 Grade 5 058607 Grade 8 these sections offers a definition, tip for better and drawing conclusions after reading a passage. understanding, a passage to read, and one or two Every workbook has 3 practice tests (A/B/C) with 3-Minute Reading Assessments (1-8) sample assessment questions (multiple choice). 50 questions each. A bubble sheet with A-B-C-D This assessment book provides short passages Practice Assessments provide a reading selection to fill in can be reproduced for practice, and all and step-by-step directions to help teachers eval- followed by questions, mostly multiple-choice answers are in the back. You will practice reading uate student reading in a short amount of time and one short answer and ten or less questions fiction and non-fiction and work on vocabulary. (my educated guess would be three minutes or per passage. Passages in this section are a variety Reproducible for a classroom, co-op or family. so). The book contains four passages (a passage of genre and include literature, informational 96pp. ~ Sara about food, a passage about family outings, a text, and paired text. Answer keys are found at EACH BOOK ...... 14.99 11.95 passage about extreme weather, and a passage the back, alignment to standards is found at the 060527 Grade 3 060529 Grade 5 about unique individuals) for four grade levels. front, and books are reproducible for classroom 060528 Grade 4 060530 Grade 6 A teacher’s page accompanies each student and family use. The new standards stress an passage page, where teachers can follow along, ability to read and comprehend in non-fiction score student reading, and write additional com- text – these books can help your student prepare ments. Basically, students read the passage aloud and succeed in reading. and teachers determine the level of performance EACH BOOK ...... 9.99 7.50 in word recognition, reading fluency, and com- 034822 Grade 6 034840 Grade 8 prehension. The book recommends you use it 034828 Grade 7 to assess students three to four times a year at regular intervals to measure progress within the READING SKILLS year. To record the data generated from these Common Core Reading: Warm-Ups, Test assessments, the book provides both a class Combined Practice (3-8) record sheet for 20 students and an individual If there’s one thing that people agree on con- student sheet to measure scores. Included is Spectrum Reading (K-6) cerning CCSS, it’s that the standardized testing the procedure for calculating word recognition This unique reading skills series helps students associated with Common Core English/Language accuracy and fluency through reading rate, a improve comprehension, vocabulary, decoding, Arts is challenging. There are several reasons for scale for figuring fluency through expression, and study skills - going beyond the typical read- this. Tests are taken online; there are many new and a rubric for determining comprehension. To ing comprehension program. The selections are types of assessment items; there is a great variety help address targeted areas of concern, the book appealing also. Rather than unrelated excerpts, of types of texts utilized; students are expected includes a brief section of instructional ideas for the workbook contains a storyline which pro- to interact with the texts in new ways; they uti- each of the three major areas assessed. Though gresses throughout the book. Each reading is an lize two-part questions where the second part is this useful assessment guide was created for event centering around the same characters and dependent upon a correct answer in the first part; classroom teachers who don’t have a lot of extra families. While the characters and scenario are and the tests are longer and require more writing time to spend assessing students, they would also fictitious, many of the excerpts contain a good – again interacting with the tests. This series is work well for homeschooling parents, who don’t bit of real, textual information. It’s a nice blend, designed to prepare students for these new, more have much time to spare either! Reproducible, with students learning a lot from the context of the challenging tests. 64 pgs, pb. story. Plus, students are more motivated to read In these books there are Warm Ups (for guid- 036855 Grades 1-4 . . . . 14.99 10.95 the next passage, since there’s an ongoing story in ed practice) and Practice Tests (for building 036856 Grades 5-8 . . . . 14.99 10.95 the background. The worktext is also in full-color, test-taking stamina). Short reading passages in with a photograph or illustration accompanying the ten Warm Ups include examples of the Scholastic Success with Reading Tests (3-6) every passage. Each selection is contained on genres students are required to read – fairy tales, These reproducible workbooks build students’ one page, with exercises on the facing page. poetry, memoir, technical/how-to, informational. confidence in test-taking by offering practice tests Although no mention is made of it anywhere Questions – in a variety of formats and types for students that familiarize them with the types in the instructions or skills inventory, there’s a – follow the passages. A tear-out answer key of questions on standardized tests and provide section at the end of the book called Checking means that the book is a consumable worktext review of the most commonly tested reading Understanding. This consists of four tests, one for that can be given to your student. Warm-ups can skills. Each book holds 10-15 tests covering vari- each of four passages in the book. There are eight be assigned for homework or used as a quick ous skills as appropriate to that grade level, with questions about the passage and a place to record review while the longer practice tests provide answers in the back of the book. Use in prepara- number of words read per minute and number of more targeted preparation prior to taking any tion for standardized tests, for extra practice, or correct responses. I would guess the intention is CCSS standardized tests. There are four practice as a tool to assess your child’s abilities. to provide you with yet another measure of read- tests featuring fiction, social studies, realistic fic- EACH BOOK ...... 5.99 4.95 ing ability here, much like what a student would tion/poetry, and social studies. These include a 034003 Grade 3 034005 Grade 5 encounter on a timed test. Answer key is includ- reading passage followed by ten questions; three 034004 Grade 4 034006 Grade 6 continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 235 ed in book. The 2015 edition of the Spectrum or opinion, building vocabulary, describing story Advantage Reading (K-8) Reading workbooks contains the same reading characters, and more. Approximately 160 pages Like the other workbooks in the Advantage passages as the previous 2007 edition. However, with answer key included. ~ Anh series, these provide good, solid subject practice the exercises accompanying each selection have EACH BOOK ...... 21.99 15.95 in a clean, non-distracting format, while slipping changed. A single series of questions follows each 052113 Grade K 052110 Grade 4 in a standardized test prep. This series pro- passage, essentially the same as the Reading Skills 052107 Grade 1 052111 Grade 5 vides practice in grade-appropriate reading skills, section of the previous edition. Students have 052108 Grade 2 052112 Grade 6+ including comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, more room to write answers (which are typically 052109 Grade 3 interpreting graphic information, reading with short answer or short essay) and the general format expression, writing, phonemic awareness (in the is single column instead of the double column 180 Days of Reading (K-6) lower grades), structural word analysis (upper of the previous edition. Sometimes vocabulary So, you’d like to use “real” books in your read- grades) and more. The books use a variety of content is included in these questions but there ing program, but are a little concerned about genres, both fiction and non-fiction. Reading is virtually no incorporation of the previous study missing those core reading skills lessons that are skills covered include not only reading regular skills material. 170 pgs, pb. ~ Janice part of most basal reading programs. Here’s a text but also reading charts, graphs, labels, maps, EACH WORKBOOK . . . . 11.99 7.95 great remedy offering short, easy lessons that and recipes. 001751 Grade K 001737 Grade 5 you can use in tandem with reading those classic Each unit of the workbook is focused around 001703 Grade 1 001744 Grade 6 children’s books. Like its math counterpart (180 a theme, and each of the major skills covered 001714 Grade 2 058381 Grade 7 Days of Math), each book provides diagnostics, in the book is presented again in each unit, 001715 Grade 3 058382 Grade 8 practice and assessments for all common core with slightly more difficulty. Each unit con- 001732 Grade 4 reading skills by grade. tains exercises and activities to practice these Exercises are in 5-day groups. The first three reading skills including fiction and nonfiction Flash Kids Reading Skills (K-5) days present a brief fiction or nonfiction passage passages, reading comprehension questions in This vibrantly colorful workbook series con- followed by four or five questions (depending multiple-choice and short answer format, writing tains grade appropriate reading passages and on grade). These are very short to read and assignments, using graphic organizers, fill-in- fun activities to strengthen your young readers’ complete. The fourth day has a longer selection the-blank questions, matching and more. Each ability to understand a variety of text and grow with more questions to answer. On the fifth unit begins with a page where students answer in confidence as a reader. The first grade book day, your student will re-read the final selection questions about the theme based on their prior has been adapted from the Steck-Vaughn Core and respond to it using the provided prompt. knowledge, and at the end of each unit there is Skills Reading Comprehension book and con- Answers to all exercises are in the back of the a writing assignment based around that theme tains many of the same readings and activities book. Since questions are presented in a pre- as well as suggested follow-up activities. All (although with colorful illustrations as compared dictable pattern of skills, you can quickly diag- multiple choice questions are presented in a to the Steck Vaughn Reading Comprehension nose any reading skill deficiencies by noting the format similar to standardized tests, where stu- book which is entirely black and white). The number of the question(s) missed. Reading skills dents must bubble in answerd. An answer key is focus of the first grade book is on vocabu- practiced are: included in each book. An excellent series that lary, drawing conclusions, facts and inferences, • reading comprehension provides a well-rounded practice supplement to main idea, making judgments and noting details. • identifying main idea and theme any elementary reading program. Please note Multiple choice questions develop skills for a • interpreting meanings and tone of words that several of the books have been replaced by successful standardized test taking experience. and phrases Ultimate Advantage Reading workbooks. These The second through fifth grade books are adapted • determining author’s purpose and point are virutally the same as the originals, but also from Comprehension Skills Complete Classroom of view include full-color quiz cards (answers on reverse) Library and further develop children’s abilities • applying phonics and word-analysis skills for additional practice. Reproducible, approx. to comprehend fiction and non-fiction reading • making inferences 105 pgs, pb - Jess / Caryl passages through multiple choice questions and • summarizing EACH BOOK ...... 9.99 7.95 writing activities. Grade appropriate skills covered • responding to literature 028200 Grade 1 028204 Grade 5 are: facts, sequencing, context, main idea, con- Recording form masters are included and also 028201 Grade 2 028205 Grade 6 clusion, and inference. Pages are perforated and available in Excel and Word format on the 028203 Grade 4 032192 Grade 8 an answer key is located the back of the book. included CD. Also included on the CD are a EACH ULTIMATE BOOK . . . 9.99 7.95 128 pgs, pb. Non-reproducible. ~ Deanne Standards Correlations Chart, reproducible PDFs 047275 Grade K 047273 Grade 2 EACH BOOK ...... 6.95 5.50 for each practice page, instructions for complet- 047272 Grade 1 047274 Grade 3 038909 Grade K 053698 Grade 3 ing diagnostic forms, fluency assessment direc- 053696 Grade 1 053699 Grade 4 tions and rubric for scoring reading responses. Giant Beginning Reading Workbook (1-2) 053697 Grade 2 053700 Grade 5 EACH BOOK ...... 19.99 15.95 060395 ...... 12.99 8.50 030397 Grade K 030361 Grade 4 Read & Understand with Leveled Texts (K-6) 030346 Grade 1 030373 Grade 5 Kumon Reading Workbooks (1-6) It’s often difficult to figure out what literature 030347 Grade 2 030392 Grade 6 Designed to be self-instructional, these work- selections are appropriate for which reading lev- 030352 Grade 3 books are unlike most out there. You may rec- els. This series addresses that concern by using ognize the Kumon name and approach: step-by leveled texts. The text selections have been rated step instruction, logical progression and lots of using the Lexile® measure of text difficulty. For repetition of main concepts. These books focus example, reading selections for the Grade 3 book on improving a child’s reading ability and vocab- include stories that range from Lexile® levels ulary through a variety of activities. Grade levels 480-710 (i.e., late second grade to beginning are aligned to state reading standards and an fourth grade). The book accommodates such a answer key is in the back of each book. wide range since all third graders do not read at Grade 1: Students trace words using short vowel the same level. sounds, connect dots to learn consonant com- In addition to carefully chosen readings, this binations, fill in the blank from a word box to series includes fleshed-out comprehension and practice long vowels, look at pictures and learn vocabulary activities that complement each read- new vocabulary in a variety of situations, study ing selection. Each book contains 20-25 reading adjectives and read paragraphs with questions to selections. Every reading selection is followed test reading comprehension. by 5 reproducible student activity pages that test Grade 2: Tracing vocabulary words and vowel various reading skills such as categorizing, infer- words, working with consonant combinations, ring, recalling information, cause and effect, fact practice synonyms and antonyms, learn question 236 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. words and plurals, reading the table of contents, Reading Informational Text: CC Lessons (1-6) Daily Reading Practice (1-10) sequencing, and a longer section of reading The Common Core standards differentiate between This is a reading com- comprehension. particular types of reading material and, thus, are prehension series based Grade 3: Students learn about suffixes, com- re-orienting the way we think about reading and on the belief that students pare and contrast, context clues, more question writing tasks. For instance, informational text is should do quick, short, words, and reading comprehension. now mentioned specifically and, therefore, must daily reviews on a regular Grade 4: This book starts with reading compre- be built into the curriculum so students are well basis so that reading skills hension and uses the paragraph with questions prepared for achievement testing. Informational will be forced into long- format to teach vocabulary review, question Text has both specific elements and various types term memory. As teachers words, determining true or false, cause and of structure. An element is something you can we often use such tech- effect, main idea, and character development. think about or look for in the text – purpose for niques in learning math Grade 5: This book uses the format of reading a reading, major ideas, supporting details, visuals/ skills, for example. Why passage and answering questions to teach lessons graphics, and vocabulary. A structure is how a text not apply it to reading? This series applies the in main idea vs. supporting ideas, vocabulary, is organized and how the main ideas are shared. same methodology used in Daily Grammar cause and effect, additions, descriptions, charac- Structures typically found in information texts Practice and is also by the same author as ters, vocabulary & comprehension. include main idea/details, time order, compare/ Focused Writing: Elementary Writing Practice. Grade 6: This level has more advanced reading contrast, cause/effect, and question/answer. These Each level’s Student Workbook provides an comprehension activities like determining theme, elements and structures are not new – in fact, introduction to the program, a quick weekly interpreting text, fact vs. opinion, story elements, they’re found in most reading comprehension texts reference guide (an overview of the weekly focus lots of vocabulary and reading passages with and supplements. However, now we’re looking skills), and daily directions with space to record questions. for them specifically and making sure the materi- answers. Each weekday, students work the same Kumon workbooks are designed to help each al we’re reading provides both the elements and targeted reading skills—just at their own level. child reach their potential and become self-moti- structures. With this teacher’s reproducible (for The activities become more in depth as the week vated learners. Kids will likely enjoy setting their single classroom) workbook series Evan Moor is progresses, and also as students progress yearly own pace and showing you the results. You are providing informational texts that conform to the through the levels. For example, every Monday teaching them to take charge of their learning at CCSS expectations. Units include science, social after reading that week’s selection for the first an early age. 80 pgs, pb ~ Sara studies, geography, biography, and technology time, students will review how to determine the EACH WORKBOOK . . . . .7.95 5.95 with one to three lessons in each unit. To give you passage’s main subject and how to construct 053217 Grade 1 053220 Grade 4 an idea of topics, content area, and text structure, titles. Every Thursday, students will focus on the 053218 Grade 2 053221 Grade 5 here are the lessons for the Grade 3 book: Big, Wild main idea/thesis, find problems in the selection 053219 Grade 3 053222 Grade 6 Cats! (Life Science, Compare/Contrast); Sandra and sometimes use graphic organizers to under- Day O’Connor (Biography – Political Science, stand the text. So, with each daily activity, stu- Time Order); Barack Obama (Biography – Political dents return to that week’s reading assignment, Science, Time Order); Plants of the Rainforest seeing it “afresh” with a new task. In addition, (Life Science, Main Idea/Details); The Great Lakes certain skills are introduced at certain times. For (Geography, Cause/Effect); Two Climates (Earth example, identifying allusion and other literary Science, Compare/Contrast); It’s a Grand Old Flag skills are introduced in 9th grade; identifying (Social Studies – Sociology, Main Idea/Details); rhyming words is only focused on in the first Mystery of Mesa Verde (Social Studies – U.S. through third grades. Student Workbooks are History, Time Order); About Banks (Social Studies consumable, non-reproducible, soft-cover and – Economics, Question/Answer); and The Zipper come 3-hole punched (40 pp). (Social Studies – Sociology, Cause/Effect). The Teacher Guides include an introduction As you would expect the introductory infor- to the program, weekly Help pages geared to mation in these books include an orientation that specific student level, the weekly reading to the units, correlations to both the CCSS passages, and answer keys for all the student’s and the Texas standards, an overview of arti- activities. They are spiral-bound softcovers and ☼10 Must-Have Text Sets (3-6) cles and writing prompts, and reproducible the weekly reading passages are reproducible. This book contains a group of texts organized pre-writing charts showing the Five Elements Daily Reading Practice is an incremental, “daily around a common topic. A main or “anchor” and the Five Structures of Information Text. Each bite” approach to reading comprehension. It text introduces the topic, then the other texts in lesson includes two pages of teacher informa- would be great as a component of your language each set relate to the topic in some way (using tion (objectives, preparation, and lesson plans) arts program or as a supplemental tool to help a a variety of genres). For example, Text 6 asks plus reproducible students’ pages. A complete reader better understand his reading. It is espe- the question, “Why Explore Space?” There are Answer Key is provided. Student pages include: cially helpful for the English language learner a couple of video transcript articles, an opinion Content Area Article (two pages with illustra- or children with reading difficulties. Since the article, an online article and an editorial. Finally, tions in the Grade 3 book), Dictionary Page students are evaluating writing and honing those there is a graphic organizer at the end of each - defines content and academic words, Identify skills throughout the year from first grade through text set, which students can use to organize their Information – close reading activity (annotating tenth, I can also see how this curriculum— opinions and discussion. Each topic encourages the text article), Answer Questions – reading although not a “composition program”—would students to examine and compare information, comprehension (multiple choice and whole sen- intuitively develop your students as writers. ~ and thought-provoking questions are located at tence), Apply Vocabulary – choosing words to Ruth the end of each document to increase critical complete sentences, Text Structure – examines EACH TEACHER GUIDE . . . 31.95 thinking skills. The book is divided into three the- how information is organized, Write About It – EACH STUDENT WORKBOOK .9.95 5.95 matic sections: Kids and School, Current Events, text-based writing assignment. This well-done Workbook Teacher and Historical Events. Activity suggestions are series provides quality reading comprehension Grade 1 059622 059632 also included to help students see things from and writing preparation that is correlated to the Grade 2 059624 059634 different points of view. Because comparative current state standards (most of which are CCSS). Grade 3 059625 059635 reading is an important skill and emphasized in Conservative parents will likely sigh a bit at the Grade 4 059626 059636 the Common Core State Standards, this book will content choices, recognizing they are consistent Grade 5 059627 059637 help students practice reading a variety of nonfic- and typical of the CCSS. 113 pgs, pb ~ Janice Grade 6 059628 059638 tion texts and use text evidence to answer high- EACH BOOK ...... 22.99 16.50 Grade 7 059629 059639 er-level questions. A Common Core correlation 057765 Grade 1 057768 Grade 4 Grade 8 059630 059640 chart is also listed in the front of the book. ~ Gina 057766 Grade 2 057769 Grade 5 Grade 9 059631 059641 067808 ...... 12.99 9.95 057767 Grade 3 057770 Grade 6 Grade 10 059623 059633 See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 237 Zaner-Bloser Read for Real (3-8) things a student is asked to do are modeled in the McCall-Crabbs Standard Test Lessons in Reading If you haven’t heard the first article in each unit. (3-8) term “non-fiction reading There are other aspects of the program worth Practice reading comprehension and test tak- strategies” you just haven’t noting – most found in the Student Book. ing with this series of reading tests. Each book been listening in the right Developing Vocabulary covers word roots, using contains a total of sixty short (half-page or less) places. It’s the “new” focal a thesaurus, synonyms, and much more. There reading selections followed by eight multiple point for reading compre- are also numerous vocabulary sidebar notes choice questions. These books employ a read- hension and while it might throughout the articles. Fluency sections encour- ing level determination called a G-score (not a sound involved and scary, age students to develop expression and phrasing standard evaluation method) with which you once you start digging into in a variety of oral reading situations (poetry, can estimate your student’s reading level. It is the concept, it starts to drama, etc.). Reading in the Real World gives based on the selection and how many of the eight look a lot like common students the opportunity to apply the unit reading questions were answered correctly. To properly sense. The Zaner-Bloser Read for Real series is strategies to a practical text and respond to ques- estimate, however, you must give your child a a non-fiction reading comprehension program tions designed to engage higher level thinking three-minute time period with which to complete designed to complement literature-based reading skills. Connecting to the Real World provides the reading and the test. Reading selections or basal readers. Each grade level book has six extension activities and resources that enable are both fictional and non-fictional accounts. units; each containing three reading assignments. students to transfer their learning and satisfy their The pack of 30 bubble-format answer sheets Each unit focuses on a specific before reading curiosity. Assessments (available only in the are no longer available in print format, but you strategy, a during reading strategy, and an after Teacher Edition) are reproducible and include can download a PDF free at www.tcpress.com/ reading strategy. In the first story in each unit, the a pretest, a posttest, and comprehension tests pdfs/9780807755567.pdf. This can be used for strategies are modeled by a “partner” – a grade for each unit. All answer keys are provided in any of the McCall-Crabbs Standard Test Lesson level counterpart who shares his/her thoughts the TG. books. The answer key contains an introduction, and responses to the strategy prompts as the story The Teacher Guide is designed as a wrap- directions for use, an explanation of the G-score progresses. In the second article, the strategies around (i.e. reduced student pages with teacher system and answers for all 6 books. are mentioned and response prompts are outlined helps “around the edges”) companion to the 014205 Book A (3) . . . . 10.95 10.50 but the student is asked to make his own notes. In text. An introductory overview section cites 014206 Book B (4) . . . . 10.95 10.50 the third article in the unit, students are to make research and explains the various aspects of the 014207 Book C (5) . . . . 10.95 10.50 their own similar observations and notes. All the program along with correlation to state stan- 014208 Book D (6) . . . . 10.95 10.50 stories in a unit are related in terms of topic. dards. There are detailed lesson plans for each 014209 Book E (7) . . . . 10.95 10.50 While this sounds confusing, there is an orderli- unit. Paralleling the instruction and modeling 014210 Book F (8) . . . . 10.95 10.50 ness summed up in a chart found in each text and in the text are scripted teaching segments that 014204 Answer Key . . . . 7.50 7.25 shown on our website that removes much of the provide additional instruction. There are sug- confusion. Before reading strategies are: preview gested answers for all questions and reading skill McCall-Crabbs A-E (3-8) the selection, activate prior knowledge, and set a response requests. The Vocabulary, Fluency, An all-in-one comprehensive volume of books purpose. During reading strategies include: make Reading in Real World and Connecting to the A through E of the McCall-Crabbs Standard Test connections, interact with text, and clarify under- Real World sections receive special attention in Lessons in Reading series. Recommended by standing. After reading strategies are: recall, the TG. Included with the TG is a Fluency CD The Writing Road to Reading, these activities evaluate, and respond. Each strategy further has which allows students needing extra help with test your student’s reading comprehension skills. two applications within the course. For instance, the reading fluency assignments to listen to the There are 78 three-minute reading exercises for “respond” by drawing logical conclusions about fluency model and then practice reading along each of the 5 books as well as a standardized the topic and “respond” by forming my own with it. TG does reference a product that we do grade level measurement for each exercise. hc, opinion about what I’ve read. The bottom line not offer – Transparency & Blackline Masters. answers not included. ~ Enh here is that there is a very well-thought out pro- Much more multi-faceted and involved than 009101 A-E ...... 40.00 35.95 gression of before, during and after skills that are most of our reading comprehension programs 025856 Answer Key . . . . 4.95 being modeled, taught, and evaluated. And these (usually supplements), this series will provide a skills are taught consistently through the courses wealth of information and give students a set of Einstein’s Who, What, and Where (4-7) with grade-appropriate, non-fiction content. comprehensive tools (i.e. strategies) for handling A very interesting way to build writing skills and That content is vibrant, multi-faceted, and any reading assignment or testing situation. I reading comprehension. Each activity starts with on a rich variety of cross-curricular topics. For think there would be value in using only the a short story about an interesting person, place, instance, just in skimming through the various Student Book but there might be accompanying or historical event. Some of the topics include levels, I noticed articles on the Cirque du Soleil, frustration with the lack of answers in a few Queen Elizabeth, the Great Wall of China, the the Ironman race, Female Pirates, and the instances. If your goal is a self-directed study, printing of the Gutenberg Bible, Machu Picchu, Special Olympics, not to mention a number of then the Student Book alone gives you a lot to women workers of World War II, Saint Petersburg, biographies. And that only scratches the surface. work with. If your goal is a teacher/student inter- the death of Julius Caesar, laser eye surgery, the Frankly, I had a hard time keeping myself from active study, then the biggest lack in using only Forbidden City, and many more! Every 2-3 page getting caught up in reading. At first glance the the Student Book would be missing the richness story starts with a “thinker” question, and follow- colorful pages can seem a bit cluttered – partic- of the teacher support material and the lack of ing the story are several skill building activities. ularly in the first article of each unit. In that arti- assessments (if that’s important to you). These include answering questions from the story cle, there are responses from one of the student Student books are 229 – 278 pgs, pb. Teacher and underlining important ideas; working with “partners” along with his/her picture. Once you guides are spiral-bound with hard back covers words, such as prefixes, synonyms, defining get used to them, these are helpful because they and tabbed dividers. ~ Janice words, etc.; short writing activities, including help the student understand what is expected of EACH H/S BUNDLE . . . .150.65 59.99 descriptions of people, and short stories on select- him in terms of reading through the article and EACH STUDENT EDITION . .30.65 22.99 ed topics; and other various exercises working responding to it using the strategies. There are with analogies, word puzzles, idioms and more. also a number of pictures, photos, graphs, and Bundle Student Each book has15 lessons, and the teacher’s guides charts. Level C 060150 060151 offer teaching guidance, answers, and suggestions The student is given a LOT of help in learning, Level D 060152 060153 for more activities. ~ Stephanie practicing, and applying the strategies with side- Level E 060154 060155 EACH STUDENT BOOK . . .15.60 12.25 bar comments and instructive sequences. Think Level F 060156 060157 EACH TEACHER ...... 5.30 4.50 About the Strategies segments start and end each Level G 060158 060159 Student Teacher article. Completed graphic organizers in the Level H 060160 060161 015539 Book 1 015540 first articles become examples for the students 015541 Book 2 015542 to complete in later articles. In fact, most of the 030682 Book 3 030683 238 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Combined - Paired Text Reading Skills - Specific

Reading Literary Text: Common Core Lessons Reading Fluency / Speed Reading (1-6) If it is important to you to meet the Common Hot Dots High-Frequency Words Cards (K-3) Core reading standards or the Texas Essential Targeting 300+ key words for beginning read- Knowledge and Skills reading standards, this ers, this set has 40 double-sided cards providing series from Evan-Moor will make it easy to practice reading simple stories, jokes, poems accomplish. The goal is for student to demon- and more. Each passage has 4 multiple choice strate mastery of certain reading skills in a variety questions. Kids use their Hot Dots pen (sold sepa- Hot Dots Let’s Master Reading (PK-3) of genres. This series covers several genres, rately) to respond and receive instant feedback as An interactive, multi-sensory series to reinforce including myth, folk tale, comedy, realistic fic- the pen lets them know if they are correct. Here reading skills. Each set contains two spiral bound tion and historical fiction. is an example: a letter from Mia to Noah reads, soft cover books that cover a total of 85 lessons The series is very easy to use. Charts early in “Dear Noah, My family lives in the _1_. We live and 15 challenge lessons. Students read the ques- the book show which literature selections meet _2_ to a park. There is _3_ something fun to do tions and use the Ace pen as an interactive tool which requirements of the standards, the reading here. Today I’m going to ride _4_ the bike path to “self-check” their answers. Correct responses level of each story, its genre, type of analysis with some friends. Your Pen Pal, Mia.” Students are rewarded with a green light and congratula- being studied, and what type of writing will be then choose the dot that corresponds to the word/ tory phrases. Incorrect responses receive a red done after each selection. Bullet-point definitions number. The dot choices to complete the blank light and a gentle redirection. The Hot Dots Jr of the different types of genre make it clear what for “1” are: 1. a. cry, b. city, or c. close. As models (PK & K) include an “Ace”—the Talking, characteristics make up each genre. Ditto for lit- they press the pen to the right answer, they are Teaching Dog® pen. The Hot Dots (grades 1-3) erary elements (point of view, setting, character, rewarded with a green light. An incorrect answer contain an Interactive Hot Dots® Pen. Students plot, etc.). Lesson prep and directions are simple makes the pen glow red. It also gives out encour- work progressively through the series, begin- to follow. The stories seem well chosen; my 3rd aging phrases and fun sound effects. Answer key ning with letter recognition, reading readiness, grade sample contained nine 2-page selections included. Great for independent practice of read- phonics, and sight words and then advance to from Country Mouse and City Mouse, Rebecca ing skills. Comes in a storage box with lid. ~Sara reading comprehension, synonyms & antonyms, of Sunnybrook Farm, Carl Sandburg’s Rootabaga 009497 ...... 19.99 15.50 homophones & multiple-meaning words, context Stories, Davy Crockett’s 1846 Almanac, and the clues, spelling, and finally, punctuation & gram- Greek legend of Damon and Pythias. Ten dis- Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word mar. Pen requires 2 AAA batteries (not included). cussion questions with answers are provided for Phrases (1-5) Includes access to free-online tips for reading each selection. Close reading questions require We get questions occasionally about teaching a success. ~ Ruth the student to find specific answers in the text child to read more fluently – they have the pho- EACH SET ...... 24.99 18.95 and mark or highlight them. Vocabulary words (8 nics and decoding skills, but their reading seems 059710 Pre-K 059707 Grade 2 to 10) that may not be familiar are listed, along choppy and rough. This program strives to help 059709 Kindergarten 059708 Grade 3 with definitions, and are then used to fill in the students achieve fluency with word recognition, 059706 Grade 1 blanks in sentences. Short answer and multiple and reading with expression which in turn will choice questions test whether student under- improve reading comprehension. Reader Rabbit Personalized Reading (PK-4) stands the literary elements. A writing assignment Based on Dr. Fry’s Instant Word List (3000 most This software is similar to the Reader Rabbit wraps up each section, featuring different types used words), each level practices words, phrases Personalized Cross-Curricular CD-ROMs (see of writing, such as narrative, explanatory, or and oral stories in order to achieve the goal of description), but focuses exclusively on improv- opinion. An answer key in the back is provided. fluency. The program progresses sequentially ing reading skills. Using A.D.A.P.T. technology, Even if you are not a big fan of the Common Core through Dr. Fry’s list, so lessons are to be done the software adjusts the programming to match or TEKS standards, this series provides good reading in order at each specific grade level: Grade 1 student ability. These games feature interesting selections with a variety of follow-up activities to – words 1-100, Grade 2 – 101-625, Grade 3 – storylines, bright and colorful graphics, fun puz- ensure understanding of the reading selections, all 626-1325, Grade 4 – 1326-2025, and Grade 5 zles, and animated stories. There are also “tickle in an easy-to-use format.sc, 130 pgs. ~ Bob – 2025 and up. There are twenty 4-page lessons spots” that players can click on to expand their EACH BOOK ...... 22.99 16.50 at each level and each includes an audio CD and vocabulary and have fun playing with words. The 044366 Grade 1 044455 Grade 4 CD-ROM. The audio CD includes the oral read- interactive storybooks and record-and-playback 044447 Grade 2 044456 Grade 5 ings of phrase lists and reading selection found in technology add a lot of fun to the software as 044449 Grade 3 044459 Grade 6 each lesson and the CD-ROM allows you to print well. There are 50 printable activities for every the student pages for your classroom/family. The CD-ROM and personalizedprintable rewards. Nonfiction and Fiction Paired Texts (2-6) front of each book includes teaching instructions Each set comes with two disks. System require- Help your student improve comprehension along with a scoring chart to determine reading ments: Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit only), skills and make connections between fiction and level up through 6th grade and rubric. Macintosh OS 7.1-9.2. ~ Rachel nonfiction. Each resource in this series provides Each lesson is divided into 8 sections. Grades EACH CD-ROM ...... 9.99 7.95 grade-level appropriate material with high interest 1 and 2 begin with word practice, then phrases, 030125 Ages 4-6 passages as well as multiple choice and short story, comprehension, ‘On Your Own’ activity 40+ interactive storybooks and activities, answer questions. Each reproducible book (for one which allows more practice with phrases, ‘Try over 100 reading lessons. Phonics, listening classroom) contains 26 units of 5 pages each that It,’ ‘Fluency Checkpoint,’ and an evaluation. and thinking, vocabulary, identifying letters, can be used in any order: no necessary progression Grades 3 -5 start out with phrases, then listen and rhyming words, comprehension, reading to follow. The first two pages contain the fiction read along with the story, ‘On Your Own,’ com- aloud, letter sounds, blending sounds, word & nonfiction reading; the last three pages contain prehension questions, ‘Reading with Expression,’ recognition, sounding-out words, reading activities. These range from comprehension to ‘Try It’ offers practice with expression, ‘Fluency sentences, making predictions. extension questions. Each includes instructions for Checkpoint,’ and evaluation. The ‘Fluency 030248 Ages 6-9 using the workbooks, an Answer Key and a chart Checkpoint’ and evaluation are opportunities for 20 interactive storybooks, over 100 read- of correlating standards. As a tapsponder-enabled the student to self-evaluate and realize areas of ing lessons. Vocabulary, advanced phonics, resource from Teacher Created Resources, teachers improvement. If practice really makes perfect, writing and creativity, predicting, rhym- have access to real-time, online grading of activi- this may be just what the doctor ordered to ing words, combining syllables, compound ties. CCSS, 144 pp, sc. ~ Ruth improve reading fluency. ~ Donna words, consonant blends, long and short EACH WORKBOOK . . . . 15.99 12.50 EACH BOOK ...... 29.99 23.95 vowels, superlatives, reading aloud, ant- 039076 Grade 2 039114 Grade 5 024915 Grade 1 024953 Grade 4 onyms and synonyms, visual and auditory 039095 Grade 3 039132 Grade 6 024925 Grade 2 024966 Grade 5 word recognition. 039100 Grade 4 024951 Grade 3 See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 239 Making Inferences cuss and answers (answer key is in the back for sion questions: two multiple-choice that require you). Making students aware of things like infer- an explanation followed by two open-ended Inferring (Spotlight on Reading) (1-6) ence when they are in younger grades will only questions. Reproducible Comprehension Skills This series will help improve reading compre- help them to be better critical thinkers in high Summary cards are included for student use. hension and scores on standardized testing by school and college. The more a child is aware Sample text markings and sample answers are providing practice with the skill of inferencing, of how they learn and make connections in their provided in reduced size in the back of each which is using context clues to infer meaning. brains from new material to existing information, level. 65 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth A wide variety of activities are provided, but the better a learner they will become. ~ Sara EACH BOOK ...... 11.99 8.95 basically, an interesting text passage is given (or EACH WORKBOOK . . . . . 11.99 040313 Grade 1 040386 Grade 4 black and white pictures for some of the begin- 052040 Beginning (3-4) 040382 Grade 2 040394 Grade 5 ning level activities) and then questions or activ- 052041 Level 1 (5-6) 040383 Grade 3 040397 Grade 6 ities about the passage are provided in a variety of formats. All of the questions require students to Synthesizing Information Conquer Close Reading (2-6) draw logical conclusions based on prior knowl- In case you’re not familiar with Common edge or information that is implied but not direct- Mastering Complex Text: Using Multiple Core State Standards jargon, close reading ly stated. In beginning levels, students cut out Reading Sources (2-6) is…”thoughtful, critical analysis of a text that illustrations and paste them into a larger picture Help your students strengthen their reading focuses on significant details or patterns in order where they belong, and then activities progress muscles with this series! Students learn to syn- to develop a deep, precise understanding of through the levels to include matching, multi- thesize information from a variety of textual the text’s form, craft, meanings, etc.” Another ple-choice, short answer, drawing, and short types. Students explore the reading material and online definition says, “reading to uncover layers writing activities. The captivating activities will complete the activities which help the students of meaning that lead to deep comprehension.” help strengthen this important skill which is often draw out information, use higher-order thinking Well, that’s all well and good, but how do you hard for students to master. Answers are provided to answer questions, locate information that integrate this into your reading program? First, in the back of the books. 48 pgs, pb. ~Rachel fits specific criteria and integrate information let me say that I believe most homeschoolers EACH BOOK ...... 4.99 3.95 so that they can write knowledgeably about a ALREADY are fostering close reading habits 029551 Grades 1-2 029553 Grades 5-6 topic. Questions range from multiple choice to naturally, without doing anything different or 029552 Grades 3-4 short answer, open-ended responses. Includes special. Like most CCSS, these standards aren’t an Answer Key and correlates to CCSS (Common really new – students were always supposed to True Books – Information Literacy (3-5) Core State Standards). Units vary from 22 (Grade understand what they were reading. Apparently, Maps, charts, graphs and diagrams pervade our 2), 25 (Grade 6) to 28 Units (Grades 4-5). 8 1/2” public schools got a wee bit off track before daily lives. Whether you’re surfing the internet, x 11”, 112 pgs, pb.~ Ruth the CCSS were implemented, focusing more on watching the news, or taking a trip, there’s no EACH BOOK ...... 14.99 11.95 what a student thought about the text and what question that it helps to have information litera- 060545 Grade 2 060548 Grade 5 impressions the text left them with rather than cy. This series helps kids develop a basic under- 060546 Grade 3 060549 Grade 6 what the text was actually saying. While these standing of graphically represented informational 060547 Grade 4 are important and interesting ways to study text concepts. Each book has large, readable type and (especially fiction), the more obvious information appealing color photos and graphics. Topics are Close Reading was often getting lost in the musings. So, enter presented in short digestible paragraphs along close reading. Back to the first question – how with relevant real world examples. Important Close Reading with Paired Texts (K-5) you can implement this? If you want to see how vocabulary words appear in bold and are keyed This close reading practice is designed to it works (methodology) and have your student to an index in the back. Each book has several strengthen reading comprehension skills. Age- practice it, Conquer Close Reading is a good way hands-on “Try It!” activities which let students appropriate, paired texts are pulled from four to achieve this. The Introduction fills you in on apply what they’ve learned to fun projects (ie. subject areas: Language Arts, Math, Science the process and purpose as well as how to use create a flowchart for baking cookies, graph the and Social Studies (three units in each subject). the book. Each grade provides two model texts – local weather for a week, etc.). An index, glossa- Non-fiction and fiction texts are paired to provide one fiction, one non-fiction – along with twelve ry, and list of resources are included in the back. opportunities to gain proficiency in a range of mini-lessons (one focusing on each close reading 48 pgs, pb. ~ Lisa text types while drawing connections between skill) using the model texts. Each mini-lesson EACH BOOK ...... 6.95 5.50 the two. Students compare & contrast, reread has instructions for teaching the skill to your 006113 Reading Maps for accuracy and personally select activities to student. Part of these mini-lessons is practice 006119 Types of Maps complete. Books provide teachers with at-a- in pairs. However, these are not collaborative glance type lesson plan overviews and model activities. I’m guessing the “paired” activity is Inference Jones (3-6) close reading through Think Alouds. Appendices meant to fulfill another CCSS since these can How do you teach a child to think critically? contain cited references, standards, implement- easily (and more efficiently) be completed by One way is to teach them to draw inferences ing lesson tips, strategies, assessment options a single student. Once these “building block” about what they read. Inferences are the mean- and a few student reproducibles (close reading mini-lessons are completed, students move to the ings we-the-reader assign to text. The author does bookmarks, etc.). 128 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth fourteen main lessons. Each of these presents a not have to tell us that the boy who is laughing is EACH BOOK ...... 19.99 15.95 passage (lessons 1-7 have a literary text, lessons happy; we infer that he is happy. We draw from 060095 Level K 060092 Level 3 8-17 an informational) for students to practice personal knowledge based on our experiences. 060090 Level 1 060093 Level 4 and apply the skills learned in the mini-lessons. Readers construct meaning through interpretation 060091 Level 2 060094 Level 5 The worktext is very self-instructional. Each and this is the basis of Inference Jones. Each les- lesson has a worksheet for each of the four son has a text with a title. Ask students to predict ☼Literary Passages: Close Reading (1-6) reading “passes” (Read for Story Elements, Build what the story will be about based on the title. Subtitled 20 Reading Selections with Text- Vocabulary, Identify Text Structure Examples, How did they come to this conclusion? Students Marking Exercises, this Scholastic series helps and Build Deeper Understanding) with clear will then read a text selection, about half a students practice reading comprehension skills. instructions and prompts for appropriate respons- page. As the teacher, you ask them to create an Students will read one of 20, one-page texts es. Again, instructions often reference working association between themselves and what they (identified with Lexile scores) focusing on one of with a partner, but this seems unnecessary. A fifth read. Since kids have different experiences, you several literary modes: character; point of view; worksheet leads students to Apply Knowledge may have to ask some pretty specific questions setting/mood; key events and details; sequence Through Writing. These are as varied as the texts until they get the hang of the activity. Students of events; problem and solution; context clues; themselves, requiring anything from a poem may not relate to all the characters in the text, comparison and contrast; inferences and sum- to a short, polished essay. Helpful checklists / although the stories are made to be relatable to maries. First, students employ active reading by rubrics at the end of the volume help students to the grades specified. There are questions to dis- marking the text. Then, they answer comprehen- edit, evaluate, and revise their writing. I would 240 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. probably teach the mini-lessons one per day then Book: Key: 042304 Worktext Set (10 above) have my student do a lesson once a week instead 003396 A (2) 003398 043377 All Lvl 1 Sets . . .249.90 177.95 of their “normal” language arts assignments. 128 003404 B (2-3) 003407 All Level 1 Workbooks and Audio CDs. pages, softcover. 003422 C (3) 003424 EACH BOOK ...... 21.99 17.55 008926 D (3-4) 008927 Grade 2 Worktexts 038106 Grade 2 038109 Grade 5 043375 Around World 80 Days 038107 Grade 3 038123 Grade 6 Reading Comprehension (3-9) 007140 Black Beauty 038108 Grade 4 EACH BOOK ...... 13.30 9.35 007394 Call of the Wild EACH KEY ...... 3.65 2.95 002849 Hunchback Notre Dame ☼Using Paired Novels to Build Close Reading Book: Key: 002851 Man Without a Country Skills (4-8) 006669 1 (3-4) 003425 002572 Merry Adv. Robin Hood Comparing and analyzing literature develops 003427 2 (4-5) 014590 019762 Prince and the Pauper strong critical thinking and writing skills. This 003429 3 (5-6) 006670 004503 Silas Marner series develops these skills by analyzing two 006671 4 (6-7) 003437 019761 Tom Sawyer novels in conjunction. Students complete a wide 003438 5 (7-8) 003445 007141 Treasure Island variety of activities that compare the ideas, craft 003446 6 (8-9) 003447 042305 Worktext Set (10 above) and structure of the novels. Section I of each 043378 All Lvl 2 Sets . . .249.90 177.95 workbook provides comparative activities. After More Reading Comprehension (9-12) reading and studying each novel, students com- EACH BOOK ...... 13.30 9.35 Grade 3 Worktexts plete activities focusing on the literary elements EACH KEY ...... 3.65 2.95 004438 Connecticut Yankee in of characterization, plot, setting/genre, theme Book: Key: King Arthur’s Court and craft/structure. Section II includes one unit 003452 1 (9) 003453 043381 Frankenstein that focuses on each novel and one unit that can 003454 2 (10) 003459 002671 Invisible Man be used to study either of the novels. Each unit 003460 3 (11) 003461 019763 Kidnapped begins with teacher instructions. Students, indi- 003462 4 (12) 003463 002854 Oliver Twist vidually or in groups, are encouraged to develop ~~~~~~~~ 007234 Red Badge of Courage multiple skills for responding via methods like 007142 Robinson Crusoe discussion, textual evidence and written response EDCON CLASSIC WORKTEXTS (1-5) 002856 Sea Wolf activities. Activities are opened-ended and A “novel” approach to reading, and introduc- 002857 Man in the Iron Mask emphasize individual interpretation. Answers are tion to the classics rolled into one. Each “Bring 002858 War of the Worlds not provided. Reproducible for classroom use. 96 the Classics to Life” worktext contains a com- 042306 Worktext Set (10 above) pgs, pb. ~ Ruth plete adaptation of the original work, written EACH BOOK ...... 13.99 10.95 at appropriate reading level, a synopsis of the Grade 4 Worktexts 050333 Grades 4-5 story, vocabulary lists, comprehension questions, 007296 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Out of Mind and Escape from Mr. vocabulary quizzes and answer key. Novels have 007245 Captains Courageous Lemoncello’s Library. been broken into ten short chapters. Prior to 002845 David Copperfield 050337 Grades 5-6 each chapter, new vocabulary words are defined 002846 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Wonder and Inside Out and Back Again. and used in context. Comprehension ques- 002847 From the Earth to the Moon 050364 Grades 6-7 tions include recall of specific details, sequence 007295 Gulliver’s Travels A Long Walk to Water and Home of the Brave. of events, drawing inferences from story con- 019764 Pathfinder 050513 Grades 7-8 text, critical thinking, selecting the main idea. 014518 Picture of Dorian Gray Counting by 7s and All the Broken Pieces. Vocabulary exercises using the newly-learned 004485 Pioneers words follow. 72 pgs. each, reproducible. Black 002859 Time Machine and white (nice for coloring!) illustrations. There 014493 Worktext Set (10 above) Reading Comprehension are 9-10 Classic Worktexts per grade level, with a complete set also available at each grade. A Grade 5 Worktexts Jane Ervin Reading Comprehension in Varied separate Shakespeare series is also available for 007297 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Subject Matter (2-12) grades 2 and up, with plays adapted in modern 004449 Count of Monte Cristo Out of the many comprehension workbooks I English (no “thees” or “thous”) for easy reading. 002848 Hound of the Baskervilles have used and reviewed, this series is my per- The retellings of the classic books are also avail- 007298 Ivanhoe sonal favorite. It contains great variety in subject able in audio CD format. The comprehension 002704 Journey to the Center of the Earth matter and excellent thinking questions. Before questions and other features in the worktexts are 002850 Kim reading each of the 31 reading selections per not included, just the adapted story The audio 019765 Last of the Mohicans book, a short introduction gives a little back- recordings are fairly well done, with expertly 002852 Metropolis ground information and states the reading skill paced narration and exciting sound effects. If 002853 Moby Dick to be emphasized. Selections include pieces on used with a workbook, these could provide a 002673 Tale of Two Cities Worktext general topics, mathematics, philosophy, litera- nice audio component for listening comprehen- 002198 Worktext Set (10 above) ture, science, social studies, logic and thinking, sion. CDs are available for Level 1 and Level 2 language, and the arts. Because this is a secular books, but not Level 2 Shakespeare. Shakespeare Classic Worktexts (2-6) program, you may choose to preview some of EACH WORKTEXT . . . . .11.99 9.25 013003 Level 2 Set (2-3) . . 59.95 46.50 the reading selections, particularly in the upper EACH WORKTEXT SET . . .119.90 92.50 Measure for Measure, Pericles, Romeo & grades. Following the selections are questions Juliet, Tempest, and Winter’s Tale. which require students to find the main idea, iden- Grade 1 Worktexts 013004 Level 3 Set (3-4) . . 59.95 46.50 tify sequence, draw conclusions, make assump- 019760 Adv of Huck Finn As You Like It, Merchant of Venice, tions, match vocabulary words to meanings, and 043380 Christmas Carol Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About identify and interpret facts. Although this series 019759 Heidi Nothing, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. is my favorite, our children are not as certain, 004456 Jungle Book 013188 Level 4 Set (4-5) . . 59.95 46.50 since these books really made them think. Small 007122 Little Women Includes Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, teacher’s keys contain solutions to the lessons. 002565 Rebecca of Sunnybrk Fm Macbeth, Richard III, and Twelfth Night. 002855 Rip Van Winkle 013292 Level 5 Set (5-6) . . 59.95 46.50 Early Reading Comprehension (2-4) 007138 Swiss Family Robinson All’s Well That Ends Well, Julius Caesar, King EACH BOOK ...... 12.30 8.50 002860 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Lear, Othello, & Taming of the Shrew. EACH KEY ...... 3.65 2.95 002564 White Fang ~~~~~~~ See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 241 Wonder Stories (1-5) EACH STUDENT E-F . . . . 13.47 12.25 Core Skills: Reading Comprehension (1-8) Have you ever wondered why February is a EACH TEACHER A-F . . . . 15.97 14.95 These comprehension books offer a variety short month? Or what causes hiccups? Each EACH BUNDLE A-F . . . . 20.97 17.45 of activities focusing on developing important workbook in this reading comprehension series Level Student Teacher Bundle reading comprehension skills. These include contains 28 short stories, each story answering a A 023249 023264 051742 recalling facts, finding the main idea, differen- question that starts with “I wonder why...” Each B 023265 023266 051743 tiating between facts and opinions, sequencing, story is followed by six questions that practice C 023270 023296 051744 recognizing synonyms and antonyms, and criti- reading skills such as finding the main idea, read- D 023302 023303 051745 cal thinking, just to name a few. Each workbook ing for detail, locating an answer, and making E 023346 023353 051746 is structured similarly, with each lesson featuring inferences. Answers provided. ~ Anh F 023359 023362 051747 a fictional or non-fictional story, followed by EACH BOOK ...... 7.99 6.50 multiple choice questions, a vocabulary activity 019877 Grade 1 019882 Grade 4 featuring the words used in the context of the 019879 Grade 2 019894 Grade 5 story, and an additional activity utilizing any 019880 Grade 3 of the other skills listed above. Skill reviews follow a group of several stories, ensuring that Comprehension Quickies Series (1-5) the student is allowed more practice with each These worksheets offer quick reading com- skill covered. The workbook for grade 1 has prehension practice and assessment. Each page 158 pages and approximately 30 stories with features a short (4-8 sentence), interesting, infor- ☼Reading Comprehension Fundamentals (1-6) accompanying exercises, while grades 5-8 have mation-packed paragraph followed by six or Each of the six-volumes in this reading com- around 126 pages and between 11-12 stories seven short-answer comprehension questions. prehension series by Evan-Moor provides foun- with exercises. An answer key is also included in The paragraphs are about real people, places and dational skills that students can use to improve each workbook. The format and structure of the events; for example, in Level 1, topics include their reading strategies, literary analysis skills, lessons, as well as the skills practiced, will not the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Scotland Yard, Mt. and genre recognition abilities. The workbooks only improve reading comprehension: they also Rushmore, Houdini, The Liberty Bell, the Tower contain approximately 36 units, and each of lend themselves well to test prep, however far of London, and more. The questions are basic them include fiction or non-fiction text material down the road that may be. Updated in 2014, and can be answered by referring to the passag- that emphasizes one fundamental reading skill, workbooks feature more informational texts, paired es. There are 27 worksheets in each book. Each as well as practice in identifying the structure or selections for comparing texts and higher-level think- worksheet should only take about five minutes genre of the literary selection. This series con- ing questions. Aligns with Common Core Standards to complete, though they may take longer for tains black and white illustrations, and can be for English Language Arts. - Jess struggling readers or writers. Worksheets are used as a supplement to a core reading program, EACH BOOK ...... 9.99 7.45 reproducible, and answers are included in the as reinforcement drill, or as test-prep exercises. 031315 Grade 1 031345 Grade 5 back of each book. These books were developed Workbooks also contain answer keys in the back 031318 Grade 2 031349 Grade 6 to be used for struggling readers from grades of each volume, and nice large print that is easy 031333 Grade 3 031350 Grade 7 4-8, but they can easily be adapted for younger to read. 176 pgs, pb. ~ Mike 031336 Grade 4 031361 Grade 8 grades because of the reading levels. Level One EACH WORKBOOK . . . . 23.99 16.95 is written at a 1st grade reading level, Level Two 006386 Grade 1 006443 Grade 4 Comprehending Text (1-8) at a 2nd grade level, and so on. If you have a sec- 006390 Grade 2 006448 Grade 5 Using literal, inferential & applied questioning ond grader reading at a third grade level, go with 006391 Grade 3 006453 Grade 6 is the rest of the title of this series from Teacher book three; if you have a seventh grader reading Created Resources which gives students 20 dif- at a fourth grade level, go with book four. 30 pgs, Power Pen Reading Comprehension (1-6) ferent texts from a variety of genres to read and pb. ~ Rachel Reading comprehension is usually practiced in reply to. Each unit is 5 pages longs and includes: EACH BOOK ...... 8.99 6.95 a workbook. Students read a passage and answer teacher info (focus/genre/answer key/extension 019840 Level 1 019843 Level 4 questions. While this works, some kids need a activities), 1 full page of text, 1 page covering 019841 Level 2 019844 Level 5 different format. Something more interesting is literal & inferential questions, 1 page covering 019842 Level 3 needed to get them practicing reading. Make applied questions & 1 page that will require a learning fun and get instant feedback (making student to apply a certain comprehension strat- Comprehension Plus (1-6) this an independent activity) from the Power egy (different with each unit.) The stories are What’s the Plus? I’m glad you asked. This Pen! It looks a little like a flashlight. When your fun to read and reflect a variety of cultures from series provides instruction and practice in major student places the tip of the pen on the correct an Irish folktale to a wizard teacher to contem- comprehension skills and strategies as well as answer on a Power Pen Learning Card, they hear porary text about their adventures of modern guided practice in related study skills and writ- a “Hooray!” or a “Yahoo!” If they are wrong, students. A useful resource for homeschoolers to ing assignments. Each of the 30 lessons starts they are encouragingly redirected. Three volume check a student’s reading comprehension level. with a short passage plus guided instruction and levels on the pen include voice, sound and light Reproducible for a single classroom or family. practice on a particular skill. Then follows a effects. Requires 2 AAA batteries (not included). Pages are perforated, black/white, CCSS correlat- longer passage (high interest topics from well- The card sets include 53 (8” x 5”) double-sided ed, 112 pgs, pb. ~ Sara known authors), comprehension questions, and cards, instructions and an answer key. Each card EACH BOOK ...... 14.99 11.95 more practice on specific comprehension skills. has a reading passage on one side and 4 multi- 060515 Grade 1 060519 Grade 5 A short vocabulary study and a writing activity ple-choice questions on the other. Skills include 060516 Grade 2 060520 Grade 6 complete the lesson. Coverage of comprehen- using words in context/vocabulary, finding main 060517 Grade 3 060521 Grades 7-8 sion skills is thorough and includes extras such ideas/details, identifying sequence, making infer- 060518 Grade 4 as literary elements, some specific word stud- ences/predictions, analyzing/comparing info, ies, and exercises in “document” reading (i.e. integrating knowledge, understanding author’s maps, tables, graphs, dictionary, encyclopedia, purpose, and noting conditions. ~ Sara etc.). All in all, a very well-rounded, grade-spe- 1CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not <3yrs. cific series. Student Worktexts are full-color. EACH CARD SET . . . . . 15.99 12.50 Teacher’s Guides are needed to take full value 039259 Grade 1 039268 Grade 4 from the series. Guides include a scope and 039263 Grade 2 039291 Grade 5 sequence for the series, test masters (and answer 039264 Grade 3 039293 Grade 6 keys), detailed lesson plans, reproducible graphic 039240 Power Pen . . . . 10.99 8.75 organizers, and worktext answer key. ~ Janice 040722 Answer Stickers . . .4.99 4.50 STUDENT A ...... 11.47 10.45 104 correct stickers and 312 incorrect stick- EACH STUDENT B-D . . . .12.47 11.25 ers to make your own cards or worksheets. 242 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. 100+ Reading Comprehension (1-8) with perforated pages; reproducible for single Skills Builders Reading Comprehension (3-6) Reading comprehension is key to all subjects. classroom only. Approx. 144 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth These small (6” x 9”) booklets are perfect Students need to be able to understand what they EACH BOOK ...... 15.99 12.50 for inexpensive comprehension practice. The are reading for any subject to make sense. This 060531 Grade 2 060534 Grade 5 left page of each 2-page spread includes a supplemental series focuses directly on reading 060532 Grade 3 060535 Grade 6 grade-appropriate passage for students to read. comprehension skills in a variety of areas through 060533 Grade 4 Passages range from fiction to biographies to fiction and non-fiction reading passages. Each history to poems and more. Activities such as 128-page book offers over 100 reading passages, Hot Dots Reading Comprehension Sets (2-6) multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank, short each followed with questions of different types Hot Dots are a well-established tool for inter- writing prompts, and at upper levels crossword – multiple choice, true/false, sequencing, short active learning (please see the description in our puzzles and word searches are all provided for answer, story webs, and more. Comprehension “Curriculum” section for the basics on how they practice. Cute black and white illustrations are will focus on key topics such as: main idea, work). These reading comprehension sets each included (more at younger levels), and a small summarizing, fact/opinion, cause/effect, vocab- contain 50 leveled, sequential story cards with critical thinking section in the back of each ulary, inference, point of view, story elements, comprehension questions on the back. Stories book includes exercises to develop higher-order compare/contrast, and more. are varied and include many genres. Each set thinking skills. These books offer some great, If you have a student that struggles with read- has 10 reading selections per reading level, and quick exercises using a variety of text types with ing comprehension or you just want to sharpen targets a specific skill. Pens are sold separately. various exercise formats. Each book is about 78 comprehension skills, this series might be a EACH SET ...... 15.99 12.50 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel good option for you. If you are concerned about 046812 Set 1: Getting Main Idea EACH BOOK ...... 4.99 3.95 meeting standards, this series does that for you as 046813 Set 2: Noting & Recalling Details 011883 Grade 3 011892 Grade 5 well. An alignment chart is at the front of each 046814 Set 3: Drawing Conclusions/ 011887 Grade 4 011913 Grade 6 book, and an answer key is found at the back. Predicting Outcomes This series is reproducible, so you can practice 046817 Set 6: Making Inferences Mini-Mysteries (3-6) favorite topics more than once as you prepare for 026290 Hot Dots Power Pen .12.99 9.95 Reading comprehension just got standardized testing. a little help from Sherlock - Sam EACH BOOK ...... 12.99 9.50 Sherlock, that is. For some chil- 034672 Grade 1 034683 Grade 5 Targeting Comprehension Strategies for the dren, paying attention to what 034674 Grade 2 034688 Grade 6 Common Core (2-8) they read or hear takes practice. 034681 Grade 3 034696 Grade 7 This Teacher Created Resources series uses mul- High-interest material can help. 034682 Grade 4 034698 Grade 8 tiple types of texts to guide students through read- Mini-Mysteries leads students ing practice which is reinforced with compre- through many adventures with Daily Reading Comprehension (1-8) hension questions. Give your children practice Sam, the famous detective, his Developed to correlate with current standards, reading reports, narratives, expositions, recounts, dog, Watson, and a cast of other characters. these reading comprehension workbooks are procedures and explanations at their grade level. Some “cases” are just foolish pranks; others are well laid out and easy to use. Each book con- Each level contains four units that identify the serious business. Regardless of the origin of the tains 30 weekly units that include a teacher skill to be practiced. Skills covered include: mystery, Sam is on the trail. Selections may be page explaining skills to be covered, as well as finding information, the main idea, point of view read by students or read by you. Students must daily instructions for activities and student pages. and purpose; predicting; understanding words; read or listen closely to catch the clues needed Each daily lesson is one page and includes the summarizing; drawing conclusions; making to solve the “crime.” Questions following each paragraph to be read and four comprehension inferences; determining cause/effect, similarities/ selection also give logic and thinking skills a questions, making this a “bite size” activity that differences and fact/opinion. Includes listings of workout as children work to put the clues togeth- will be easy to incorporate into your daily rou- Common Core standards correlations, answer er and draw a conclusion. The stories increase tine. Also included are comprehension strategies key and comprehension strategy helpful hints. in difficulty as the book progresses, helping the visual aids, a scope and sequence, student record For your convenience, an included CD provides reader to steadily increase his (or her) problem sheet, and tips for the student. The reproducible all student pages for easy printing and a copy of solving abilities. Other thinking skills get a pages are illustrated in black-and-white and an the standards correlations. 83 pp, sc. ~ Ruth workout, too, as questions ask children to predict answer key is included. 207 pgs each. ~ Deanne EACH BOOK ...... 14.99 11.95 outcomes, analyze motives, exercise judgment, EACH BOOK ...... 29.99 20.85 060538 Grade 2 060542 Grade 6 apply information to other situations, etc. More 026987 Grade 1 027015 Grade 5 060539 Grade 3 060543 Grade 7 Mini-Mysteries contains 22 more fun mysteries in 026989 Grade 2 027016 Grade 6 060540 Grade 4 060544 Grade 8 the same format. This time, however, Detective 027003 Grade 3 027017 Grade 7 060541 Grade 5 Bree Cody and her cat Rico are solving the 027004 Grade 4 027019 Grade 8 crimes. Answers are included at the back of Geronimo Stilton Academy (3-5) both. Is there a detective in the house? Instant Reading Comprehension Practice (2-6) These colorful workbooks use excerpts from 004242 Mini-Mysteries . . . 9.99 8.25 Each of these Teacher Created Resources’ work- the Geronimo Stilton series. These silly tales are 017090 More Mini-Mysteries .9.99 8.25 books provides over 240 fiction and nonfiction about a mouse named Geronimo, his friends, 017089 Set of both above . .19.98 15.50 quick reading activities for 2-6th grade students and their adventures. Read a part of the story to practice the following comprehension skills: with silly words emphasized for extra effect, then Comprehension Detective (3-8) locating the main idea; finding cause and effect; answer some questions and complete some fun Students sharpen their comprehension and crit- noting details; using context clues; identifying activities (sequencing, fill in the blanks, etc.). ical thinking skills by analyzing cases just as a facts and opinions; making inferences; sequenc- The books do build a little bit in difficulty with real detective would. Each interesting story holds ing; and predicting outcomes. Each page’s activ- the text being smaller in the third book. Level 1 all the information that children need to solve ity is printed in black and white and is easily covers predicting, inferring, sequencing, com- the case, but it will take some digging to find completed in a few minutes (just a couple to a paring/contrasting, recalling details and main the clues. By answering the series of questions handful of questions). Purchase of these books ideas. Level 2 covers all previous skills as well following the story, children will use critical allows access to TCRs’ Tapsponder service. This as drawing conclusions and summarizing. Level thinking to uncover the facts and draw logical feature provides the flexibility and convenience 3 builds on the skills of levels 1&2 while adding connections to solve the mystery. They will also of digital access: assign the lessons in the book giving reasons and stating opinions and point of increase their vocabulary by using the dictionary and this service grades them in real time and view. Parents, there are a few pages referencing to look up difficult words. Fun word puzzles add records grades for a classroom of students. Halloween. 64 pages each, pb. – Laura to the challenge. ~ Steph Correlates to CCS standards. Includes an answer EACH BOOK ...... 5.99 4.95 EACH BOOK ...... 9.95 7.95 key and a CCS Correlations sheet to increase ease 060058 Level 1 060060 Level 3 033344 Book One (3-5) of finding just the right worksheet. Consumable 060059 Level 2 033345 Book Two (6-8) See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 243 Reading Detective (3-AD) Western Civilization requires the student to look Reading Comprehension Success in 20 I waited awhile for this product! The Critical up the word in a dictionary and then write a defi- Minutes a Day (9-12) Thinking Company has tackled reading com- nition. As far as the post-selection questions, the It’s often been said that the single most import- prehension and critical thinking in this popular content is pretty similar - short answer, true/false, ant skill for test-taking success is good reading series. Reading and thinking should go hand multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, discussion and comprehension. I totally agree. Even math sec- in hand, but sometimes those skills need to be vocabulary questions are featured. Two tests are tion scores will be higher if the student reads developed a little more. These excellent books included in each book - one halfway through the carefully. Providing a pretest and posttest, along use excerpts from award-winning authors, origi- book, and another one at the end. One major with in-depth instructional sequences, this book nal fiction in a variety of genres and an assort- difference is that there is one answer key for each will positively impact reading comprehension ment of nonfiction articles covering a broad book in the series, and each answer key contains skills. The pretest is unusual in its length, with array of topics and subject areas. Reading skills answers for both lesson questions and test ques- excerpts from eight different types of writing honed in the series include: comparison/contrast; tions. Additional discussion or research activities and detailed answer explanations that provide distinguishing cause and effect; distinguishing for each lesson are also included in answer key great help in understanding why you missed a fact and opinion; drawing conclusions; finding as well. - Jess question. The twenty lessons are organized into supporting details; identifying main idea; mak- EACH BOOK ...... 13.50 9.95 four units – building a strong foundation, struc- ing inferences; making generalizations; making EACH KEY ...... 7.65 5.75 ture, language/style, and reading between the predictions; reading for details and information; Book Key lines. Introductory information at the beginning sequencing; using tables, diagrams, and illus- 026309 Explorers & Settlers 026310 gives specific suggestions for becoming an active trations; recognizing analogies; predicting out- 026341 Yng Nation Solves Problems 026342 reader – skimming ahead/jumping back, marking comes. Literary analysis is included here, too, 026302 America Becomes a Giant 026303 up the text, highlighting or underlining, circling as students will: analyze character traits; identify 026322 Modern America 026323 unfamiliar words, making notes in the margins, key events in plot; identify theme; identify set- and making observations. Lessons are detailed ting; predict resolution; identify author’s pur- Reading Comprehension Across the Genres (6-8) and varied. For instance, lesson 4 on the differ- pose; recognize figurative language; recognize This workbook series ence between fact and opinion includes a lesson conflict; recognize point of view; and sequence strengthens students’ com- summary, a page of detailed instructional mate- events. While all skills are developed, particular prehension using a wide vari- rial, and three practice exercises, two of which attention is given to those requiring critical think- ety of writing forms. Nearly include a passage and questions (with answers) ing, such as inference and generalization. The all of the 35 lessons fea- and a third which actually allows you to manip- goal is to teach students to think as they read to ture a different type of writ- ulate sentences back and forth between fact and increase their understanding and retention of the ing, from narratives, letters, opinion. Another type of lesson, such as lesson material. To that end, instead of just answering journals, and school texts 14 on tone, starts with a lesson summary then questions about each reading passage, students to poems, articles, reviews, walks the student through different examples of are asked to support their choice, citing specific recipes, and even maps and graphs. Each lesson how tone influences meaning and exercises on evidence from the passage (hence the “detective” is composed of 3 worksheets and follows the analyzing tone from several examples. The con- part). Pre- and post-tests are supplied to help same format. First the lesson is introduced with cluding posttest utilizes the same methodology you determine which skills and lessons to focus the type of text, purpose, structure, and specific as the pretest – excerpts from different types of on. Student books are consumable worktexts. features outlined. The writing example is pre- writing and detailed explanations of answers. A A Teacher Overview contains an introduction to sented below, followed by the comprehension ten page study skills section in the appendix pro- the program and how to use it, as well as answers exercises. These exercises consist of 4 separate vides excellent suggestions and effective tips. If to the practice activities. The answer key con- sections, each asking a handful of questions you feel like you’re just getting started when you tains answers to the exercises in context; all of about the passage at a different level. Students come to the end of the book, there’s a code in the the passages and questions are included to aid in will answer “On the Surface” questions and make book that gives you access to additional reading discussion. Beginning, A1, and B1 levels are all “Discoveries” (a closer look at some of the specif- comprehension practice with immediate scoring, very similar in structure and content, but adjusted ic words or parts of speech found in the passage) detailed answer explanations, and personalized to different grade levels. Reading Detective Rx before digging deeper into the passage through recommendations for further practice and study. features low-readability, high-interest passages the questions in the “Delving More Deeply” This seems an excellent resource for solid high and exercises for the remedial reader. and “Hidden Depths” sections. Lastly, the book school level reading comprehension skill-build- Besides the interesting, varied selections, broad invites the students to “Extend Yourself” through ing which, of course, is excellent preparation for range of skills covered, and development of criti- some suggested extension activities – doing standardized and college entrance testing. 214 cal thinking skills, I also appreciate that the read- additional research, completing various writing pgs, pb. ~ Janice ing level is on target for the grade level (except assignments, creating special projects, etc. Blank 057181 ...... 20.00 15.50 for Rx). Many reading comprehension books graphic organizer forms and answers are includ- seem to go to extremes to ensure that difficulty in ed in the back of the books. Reproducible, 128 Reading Comprehension - Nonfiction actual reading ability doesn’t impede the student pgs. - Melissa in working through the lessons by lowering the EACH BOOK ...... 14.99 11.25 Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (1-6) reading level of the passages - resulting in overly 038998 Grade 6 039000 Grade 8 The importance of reading comprehension can simplistic passages that take most of the interest 038999 Grade 7 not be emphasized enough. It is an extremely (and challenge!) out of reading. vital skill needed to develop confident readers. EACH BOOK ...... 24.99 Reading Comprehension (6-9) Filled with interesting non-fictional topics in the 004100 Beginning (3-4) Many of the passages in these activities are subjects of geography, history, and science, this 004101 Book A1 (5-6) similar in format to reading comprehension pas- series is designed to strengthen your student’s 004104 Book B1 (7-8) sages on standardized tests. Each book contains comprehension skills by developing seven vital 002279 Rx (6-AD) 20 age-appropriate stories from the same general reading skills: using facts to answer who, what, genre. Following each story is a page or so of when, where, why, and how many questions; Story of the U.S.A. (4-8) exercises that have been designed to test abil- placing events in sequential order; identifying Similar in structure and content to the Story of ities in general comprehension, using context similarities and differences and cause and effect Western Civilization series, this reading com- clues, finding the main idea, supporting details, relationships; using context clues to figure out the prehension series focuses on the story of the drawing conclusions, sequencing, and vocabu- meaning of a word; making inferences to make United States, from early Native American times lary development. Questions are short answer, decisions and draw logical conclusions; integrat- to today. There are a few differences in format, multiple choice, sequencing, and word puzzles. ing knowledge by drawing upon visualization however. First, the lesson vocabulary words Removable answer key included. ~ Rachel skills and prior knowledge; and stating an opin- featured before the reading include the defini- EACH BOOK ...... 4.99 4.50 ion and providing support for it. The passages are tion, whereas the vocabulary section in Story of 014626 Mysteries 014629 Unique Stories presented in order of increasing difficulty, and 244 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. the content area standard and benchmark (now Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Students learn to recognize context clues such as correlated to Common Core standards) covered Studies (1-6) adverbs (before, finally), phrases (In my opinion, within each passage are boxed off and noted These books contain high-interest, nonfiction because of), etc. Students also learn to recognize at the beginning of each passage. A series of passages that help children develop their skills key reading elements: main idea, fact/opinion, multiple choice questions and one short answer in reading comprehension while simultaneous- sequence, cause/effect, comparison/contrast, question assesses understanding of each and ly learning about various social studies topics contextual clues, problem/solution, inferences, every passage. ~ Enh like how the bald eagle became the national summary and the author’s purpose. Students read EACH BOOK ...... 8.99 7.25 emblem and how Saint Bernards work as rescue a one-page passage, mark (according to direc- 030319 Grade 1 030322 Grade 4 dogs. Each lesson starts off by introducing stu- tions) certain aspects in the passage with boxes, 030320 Grade 2 030323 Grade 5 dents to a handful of vocabulary words used in circles, underlines, etc., and then answer com- 030321 Grade 3 030324 Grade 6 that particular passage. Then students read the prehension questions on the next page. Includes passage, which varies in length by grade level teacher’s directions, answers and comprehension Daily Warm-Ups Nonfiction Reading (1-6) (in first grade, it is five paragraphs and 275-300 skill summary cards to cut out. Supports the Quick and easy to use (10-15 minutes per day), words long). The passages are moderately rig- College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards these daily activities may strengthen reading com- orous given the intended grade levels and are for Reading. 63 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth prehension and prepare students for achievement each approximately one page in length. Each EACH BOOK ...... 11.99 8.95 testing. Reading selections have been created passage covers an interesting, grade-appropriate 040248 Grade 1 040262 Grade 4 using the Flesch Kincaid readability formula and social studies topic. You may choose to work 040249 Grade 2 040287 Grade 5 include a “leveling chart” and tracking sheet for through the book from beginning to end or pick 040261 Grade 3 040294 Grade 6 further assessment. Each book contains 150 daily passages that complement your other lessons readings with comprehension questions targeting for the day. Following each passage, a set of 5 Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension for the a variety of reading skills and strategies. Five multiple-choice questions tests comprehension Common Core (1-8) topic areas include: Interesting Places and Events, of the main idea, specific details, vocabulary, Informational text can be tough. It doesn’t Scientifically Speaking, From the Past, Did you analogies, sequencing, and thinking beyond the always come “naturally” and it needs to be know? and Fascinating People. Examples from facts. The arrangement of each unit is ideal for taught differently than fictional narratives. This the first grade book include Thomas Jefferson, test practice as it follows the format of standard- series teaches students how to strengthen their Mark Twain, Easter Island, and the Great Salt ized tests. Although students answer questions non-fiction reading muscle and focus on analy- Lake in Utah. Sixth grade contnt includes: Ellis directly within each unit, a separate master copy sis. Each activity builds in complexity. There are Island, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, and LEGO©. of an answer sheet is provided should you want 18 reading selections in each workbook, sepa- Comprehension questions focus on a variety of to simulate a more realistic test setting. Each rated into scientific, historical, biographical and activities including: recall, main idea, supporting level contains 44 passages. Answers included. informational text. Kids learn to look for import- details, cause and effect, sequencing, vocabulary/ Reproducible, 144 pgs. ~ Enh ant concepts & ask and answer questions about context clues, inferences and drawing conclu- EACH BOOK ...... 16.99 13.25 the text. The questions are in 3 tiers of difficulty sions. 176 perforated pages includes answer key. 039971 Grade 1-2 039970 Grade 4 and are based on Costa’s Levels of Questioning. Correlated to CCSS. ~ Deanne 039972 Grade 2-3 017919 Grade 5 While this book is specifically written for CCS, EACH BOOK ...... 18.99 14.95 039969 Grade 3 017934 Grade 6 reading comprehension is nothing new. This 025455 Grade 1 025522 Grade 4 series can be useful for students not in a school 025459 Grade 2 025525 Grade 5 Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science (1-6) to become familiar with standardized testing 025501 Grade 3 025526 Grade 6 This series provides practice in standardized language. It is also helpful for parents to know if testing, reading comprehension skills, and stu- your child is reading non-fiction text at his grade dent understanding of text with scientific themes. level or if they need extra practice beyond what Each book provides 44 grade appropriate, you are using for ELA curriculum. Plenty of par- high-interest, page-long nonfiction passages that ent or teacher guidance is given at the beginning include basic scientific facts. Passages include of the workbook and answers are in the back. descriptions of various animals and what they Reproducible, approx 50 pgs, pb. ~ Sara eat or how they survive, weather and nature sto- EACH BOOK ...... 8.99 7.25 ries, descriptions of inventions and experiments, 061713 Grade 1 061717 Grade 5 famous historical discoveries and scientists, and 061714 Grade 2 061718 Grade 6 much more. Each of the passages is accompa- 061715 Grade 3 061719 Grade 7 nied by five multiple-choice test questions that 061716 Grade 4 061720 Grade 8 cover main idea, detail, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. Additionally, a list of several vocabu- Story of Western Civilization (4-8) lary words is included. Black and white sketches This unique series from Educators Publishing ☼Reading Fundamentals (1-6) accompany the passages and students can either Service combines a chronological tour of history This series, which is aligned to Common Core circle the correct answers, fill in the bubbles on with reading comprehension with struggling standards, helps students practice nonfiction the page, or fill in bubbles on a reproducible readers in mind. Each chapter contains a page- reading comprehension skills. The large, full-col- answer sheet (2 are provided so you’ll have to length reading selection and several pre- and or photos on each page and the “just-the-right- make copies if you want more). Teacher tips and post-reading exercises to test comprehension and amount” of both reading and questions appeal. an answer key are included. Reproducible with- vocabulary. A “Getting Ready” section features The reading selection length ranges from a perforated pages 144 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel black and white drawings with captions related few-sentences in a paragraph paired with a few EACH BOOK ...... 16.99 13.25 to the topic, followed by a handful of vocabu- reading comprehension questions (in grade 1) to 043657 Grade 1 043660 Grade 4 lary words used in the selection student must a full page of text and a separate page of ques- 043658 Grade 2 043661 Grade 5 look up and write definitions for. The reading tions (at grade 6). Student activities include short 043659 Grade 3 017916 Grade 6 selection was written to provide a good over- answer, ordering, true/false, complete the sen- view of the topic or time period while keeping tence and more, and range from 4 questions per Info Passages for Text Marking & Close Reading it short enough to hold students’ attention.The selection in grade 1 to 12 in grade 6. Additional (1-6) vocabulary words are printed in bold in the resources are available on the Flash Kids website. Navigating nonfiction reading can be a chal- selection with pronunciation as well. Follow- Non-reproducible, 96 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth lenge, but is an absolutely necessary skill. These up comprehension exercises may include short EACH BOOK ...... 7.95 5.95 reproducible, grade-level workbooks contain answer questions, true/false, sentence comple- 023677 Grade 1 023835 Grade 4 20 activities designed to help strengthen stu- tion, matching, multiple choice and discussion 023792 Grade 2 023845 Grade 5 dents’ reading comprehension skills using a questions. A cumulative test is offered at the end 023825 Grade 3 023849 Grade 6 basic but valuable technique: marking text. of each book, containing a variety of questions See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 245 on all content in the book. Because the books help students discern types of paragraphs and and understanding, but abilities that will help were designed largely for the student to work on determine the main idea and supporting details students to succeed wherever problem-solving their own, there is no answer key for the lesson within the paragraph. The last unit contains skills are needed. The apt title of the book was exercises; the Teacher’s Guide contains only practice with critical (judicial) reading skills chosen because the authors “want students to answers to the cumulative tests. The workbooks such as discerning fact/opinion, determining be able to perceive what’s important, valid, and themselves are fairly meaty, each containing relevance, making inferences and comparisons, the main idea of what they’re reading, and not between 86 and 120 pages. Excellent for use practicing syllogisms, and drawing conclusions. be misled or distracted by superfluous details or for either remedial reading comprehension, or Level 1 is written at a sixth- to seventh-grade spurious arguments.” Answers to the questions on-target younger readers, this course will give reading/vocabulary level for use with capable (which you will probably need) are included with a good overview of Western civilization at the fifth-graders and beyond. The Level 2 book uses the student book. Reproducible. same time. Please note that the first two les- eighth- to ninth-grade vocabulary for use with 008009 ...... 26.00 19.95 sons in How Civilization Began contain human capable seventh-graders and beyond. It is not pre-history from a secular viewpoint. - Jess necessary to use one level before using the next, How to Read a Book (9-AD) EACH STUDENT BOOK . . .15.15 11.95 but you can use them in succession if you wish. Why did nobody tell me about this book before 026317 How Civilization Began Student worktexts are consumable. Teacher’s now??? Even just the first few chapters lifted loads 026312 Greece/Rome Build Great Civilizations Guides contain reduced student pages with sug- from my shoulders and helped me understand so 026321 Middle Ages gested answers. much about my reading. Did you know that we 026331 Renaissance EACH WORKTEXT . . . . .18.15 13.50 read for three basic reasons? For entertainment, 026336 Teacher’s Guide . . 4.85 3.95 EACH TEACHER GUIDE . . .13.95 10.50 information and understanding. If reading for Worktext Teacher understanding is your goal, the author of this Reading Strategies / Critical Reading 006856 Beginning (3-4) 006857 book will take you by the hand and open the 006909 Level 1 (5-8) 006910 world of books up for you. There are levels to Paired Passages: Linking Fact to Fiction (1-8) 006911 Level 2 (7-10) 006912 reading which you will learn about: elementary This series allows students to test their reading (basic reading), inspectional (skimming system- comprehension of fiction and nonfiction pas- Critical Thinking: Readings in Nonfiction for atically), analytical (best and most complete sages. Each unit presents two related reading Middle School (4-7) reading given an unlimited amount of time), passages, one fiction and one nonfiction. Both This book contains a col- and syntopical (comparative reading through selections in the unit are on the same topic (and lection of activities to help many different sources). While focusing mainly complement each other), but the fact that one students develop their crit- on analytical reading, this book will encourage passage is fiction and the other nonfiction helps ical thinking skills. The you to take your reading level beyond elemen- students practice critical reading skills including book is divided into seven tary, (which is where many people are stuck), comparing/contrasting, connecting fiction and chapters focusing on dif- and to progress on to the fantastic and ever so nonfiction, analyzing story elements, separating ferent skills - judging the rewarding heights of the higher levels of reading. sequence and details from the two passages, and relevance of information; Then be taught techniques to reading different synthesizing information. Each reading pair is fol- distinguishing among facts, types of books including practical books, imagi- lowed by two worksheets. One worksheet con- assumptions, and values; native literature, plays, poetry, history, science, sists of multiple-choice questions that test reading understanding the relationship of conditions or mathematics, philosophy and social sciences. comprehension, while the other worksheet con- events in stories; recognizing cause and effect Included in Appendix A is a list of recommended sists of a combination of fill-in-the-blank, short relationships; rational thinking; persuasive tech- reading books. I would buy the whole book just answer, sequencing, and writing prompts. A total niques; and recognizing assumptions. Each skill for this list; it is that helpful! While moms and of 25 paired passage units cover a range of topics is first introduced by a short example and exer- dads will also want to read this book, I think across a variety of subjects such as science, his- cise. The remainder of the chapter contains at it will be particularly helpful for teens as well. tory, literature, biographies, sports, animals and least six different passages or stories, with ques- Progressing through high school, studying for more. A bibliography, bubble answer sheet tem- tions to answer after each one. The passages are exams, getting my teeth into classics and learning plate, and answers are included. Reproducible. nonfiction, but interesting and appealing to kids. about things which interest me would all have 112 pgs. Correlated to CCSS. ~ Lisa The questions are in a variety of formats depend- been enhanced had I read this book long ago! EACH BOOK ...... 15.99 12.50 ing upon the skill being covered, and include This 1940 classic by Mortimer Adler and Charles 047906 Grade 1 047910 Grade 5 multiple choice, matching, long answer, and Van Doren is now brought to you in a revised, 047907 Grade 2 047911 Grade 6 more to test comprehension and practice critical updated, and expanded version. Enjoy and be 047908 Grade 3 047912 Grade 7 thinking. Overall, this well-designed course pro- stretched! 426 pgs, pb. ~ Genevieve 047909 Grade 4 047913 Grade 8 gresses at a good pace and appears to be both 014902 ...... 16.99 11.95 worthwhile and thought-provoking. Answer key Reasoning & Reading (3-10) is included. Reproducible. - Melissa How to Read Slowly (9-12) Critical reading and reasoning activities for 022378 ...... 26.00 19.95 When I’m reading, I often come to the end of a younger students are practiced in this popular page and realize I have no idea what I just read. series from EPS. Each book contains four basic Critical Thinking: Readings in Nonfiction (9-AD) I was reading the words but was not processing divisions: Word Meaning, Sentence Meaning, For the high schooler, this series develops anything. This book by James W. Sire teaches Paragraph Meaning, and Reasoning Skills. These critical thinking and reading skills which focus how to read in a way that will not only ensure are meant to build comprehension and critical on nine particular competencies. These nine understanding of the material, but will allow reading abilities “from the ground up”. Word fundamental skills were selected based on a readers to perceive the worldview and reasoning Meaning contains exercises to increase aware- survey of English teachers that asked them to behind the writing. The author is a Christian, ness and understanding of words. Specific identify the skills which are most important to and he states that learning to read other books activities focus on word definition, classification, student success in English. The “winners” were: well will naturally lead to a better understanding and the relationships between words. In the next recognizing and remembering key ideas; iden- of the Bible. With a conversational tone, the section, the basic element for study is the sen- tifying the main idea; recognizing similarities; author points out that worldviews and meanings tence. Varied exercises help students see how identifying sequences; the ability to cite evidence are hidden in everything from advertisements to different combinations of words affect meaning, to support a position or point of view; recog- poetry to non-fiction books. He clearly explains how words in sentences are related, and how nizing differences between fact, probability, how you can read, analyze to uncover these the meaning of a sentence can be affected by the and opinion; the ability to judge the adequacy hidden aspects. Different genres of writing are meaning of even “small” words. In Paragraph of information for specific purposes; selecting split into different chapters. The book shows Meaning, students take on a larger “chunk” of criteria to use for making judgments; drawing how to analyze each type of writing to discover information for dissection. Activities discuss and valid conclusions from the data studied. As you the worldview of the writer and the underlying develop understanding of unity in a paragraph, can see, these are not just skills to aid in reading message. There are chapters covering nonfiction, 246 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. poetry, and fiction, and one that discusses how TEACHING LITERARY ELEMENTS / GENRES verse), Mrs. Jeffus focuses on a specific poem biographical, literary, historical, and intellectual – The Road Not Taken – giving website links to writing affect the meaning of passages. Each Story Elements (1-6) where it can be found and read. She then has two chapter includes excerpts of actual passages so These slim, inexpensive workbooks provide any artwork examples of paths – each very different students can practice the reading techniques. A reading curriculum with additional worksheets from the other, and she describes the differenc- reading list is provided that categorizes books on literary elements such as genre, character, es. Then citing another Frost poem – this one and other works into different genres and worl- setting, dialogue, conflict, action, climax, plot, mentioning a crow – she has a short segment on dviews. Reading these books will show students theme, perspective, and more. Each element is painting birds and references Audubon providing how the worldviews of the authors are depicted explored in more depth through workbook pages an example of his work with the suggestion that in the writing. 192 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel that use a good mix of story examples, short the student reproduce the shapes found in the 024361 ...... 14.99 10.95 answer questions, multiple-choice questions and painting. She continues with the shape theme of more. Answer key included. the art lesson with examples of other bird paint- Reading Games EACH BOOK ...... 4.99 3.95 ings by Thorburn and a rabbit by Durer. With the 029583 Grades 1-2 029585 Grades 5-6 rabbit picture, the student is led through the steps ☼Junior Learning’s Reading Comprehension 029584 Grades 3-4 of creating a similar rabbit. Likewise with an owl Games (1-6) painting. She ends the segment by noting how Fun learning! That’s the goal with this set of Teaching Literary Elements with Favorite we can communicate certain characteristics by six games: making learning fun while providing Chapter Books (2-4) artistic additions. For instance, we communicate good reinforcement. Play pieces/boards are col- It makes perfect sense to use favorite books to that an owl is “wise” by adding a graduation cap orful, high-quality cardstock, and there is variety learn about literary elements. Students will learn and glasses. This segment is longer than some but in the activities. Covers reading comprehension about character as they read Amber Brown is others follow a similar pattern. (what happened next puzzles, reasoning puzzles, Not a Crayon, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, There are no lesson plans, per se. However, there “what’s the answer?” board game, reading for Dear Mr. Henshaw, and Holes. How to Eat Fried are reading suggestions throughout plus lots of art meaning matching, why questions board game, Worms, Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery, projects and even discussion questions. The tone of and fact/opinion matching). Mr. Popper’s Penguins, and Bud, Not Buddy are the course is conversational and comfortable. This 052064 ...... 19.99 16.50 used to teach plot. Sarah, Plain and Tall, Knights course could be completed independently, I think, of the Kitchen Table, Charlie and the Chocolate by a high school student or to varying degrees Comprehension Blast Off Game (2-AD) Factory, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. of accomplishment and with varying amounts of “Take us to Your Reader!” Your goal is to Basil E. Frankweiler help students understand assistance by younger students. A short, illustrated reach Cosmos. Start reading on Earth; answering setting. Theme is taught using StoneFox, The vocabulary and a simple end-of-course test (define questions correctly will move you towards outer Whipping Boy, The Prince of the Pond, and genres and give examples) conclude the book. 92 space. The first player to reach Cosmos wins. Shiloh (books are not included). pgs, pb. ~ Janice But there are twists, turns, and dangers ahead! A Each section of this book includes an explana- 026075 ...... 19.95 17.95 player may switch places with you; you may lose tion of the literary element, its importance to the a turn; you may be sent back to another planet. story, an example of its use in the featured book, You can save yourself, however, with the much and a lesson for each book. Within each lesson sought after X-Pack—but you’re allowed only you will find a story summary, learning goals, one at a time! discussion starters, and activities (2 per story) This creative and enjoyable game reinforces to be completed, such as graphic organizers, reading comprehension techniques such as main writing exercises, making games, and a variety of idea, inference, details, cause/effect, visualizing other activities. For example, after students read and sequencing. Also highlighted are more com- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory they make plex skills including figurative language, context their own tourist brochure highlighting the inter- clues, comparison/contrast, genre, rhyming and esting parts of the chocolate factory. Students vocabulary/grammar. These absolutely crucial make a snapshot timeline for the events of From reading skills are practiced while playing in an the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. engaging and fun space-themed game format— Encourage a love of reading and learning through Story Elements: Understanding Literary Terms with a bit of humor along the way. the content of this book. Activity pages are repro- & Devices (5-8) Four square game boards are double sided. ducible for classroom or family use. 96 pages, With plenty of examples from classic and Place them together, but players stay on their pb. ~ Donna modern literature, this book teaches students individual boards. Everyone starts on the side 030500 ...... 14.99 10.95 about a variety of literary terms and devices. The that shows earth. Use the spinner to start, and following concepts are covered: plot, conflict, then select Earth card questions (either level A Teaching Literature Through Art (2-12) character, setting, point of view, style, mood, or the more challenging, B). Cards sometimes “Two-fer” studies are such a good idea. One theme, tone, and genre. Each element is defined ask you to read the card’s passage and answer course; two subjects covered. This particu- and then explained with examples from literary questions or may reinforce reading terms. Once lar combination – literature and art – makes excerpts. Exercises help students develop and you’ve made it to the rocket ship and correctly so much sense. Richly illustrated with both apply their skills in these areas. For example, in answered the next question, flip your game board full-color reproductions of masterpiece art plus the “Story Elements” section, there are exercises over and move to the Space questions (there’s step-by-step art lessons, this book will serve as a requiring students to match up cause and effect also a level A and B). Travel to 7 planets and then reference (for literary terms), an art appreciation statements and sequence of events based on reach Cosmos. course, and a drawing instruction manual. This context clues. Short answer and writing activi- Won’t the cards’ reading selections just get should give you a little idea of its flexibility. The ties are also featured throughout the book. One routine or memorized? Substitute your own book is organized around different types/genres assignment requires students to write a paragraph questions for the included cards. Imagine using of literature: epic poetry, fable, science fiction, from different points of view, while another asks your students’ textbook reading comprehension novel, and journal writing – to name just a few. students to describe the tone and mood of a book questions to reach the Cosmos! Caution: product Each genre is defined plus examples cited (good they’ve recently read. Vocabulary words appear may cause extreme fun while learning! suggestions for reading lists). Masterpiece art that in bold throughout the lessons, and each term Includes four double-sided game boards, a relates in some way to the genre is provided, and has about 2-3 pages of examples and exercises. sturdy spinner card, 4 game pawns, 140 question several art projects are described and facilitated. An appendix contains a story elements chart, a cards, rules and answer key. Correlates to CCS To give you an idea of how this all works, take character development chart, glossary, answer standards. For 2-4 players. ~ Ruth the example of the segment on free form verse. key, and bibliography. Reproducible. 80 pgs, 1CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not <3yrs. Starting with some biographical information on pb. ~ Lisa 060636 ...... 29.99 22.95 Robert Frost (an American master of free form 046811 ...... 15.95 12.75 See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 247 Figuratively Speaking: Using Classic Literature simile, metaphor, satire, dialogue, suspense, and READING PLANS / RECOMMENDATIONS to Teach 40 Literary Terms (5-8) poetic devices. A literary review page, this time Often students learn literary terms only within in matching format, closes the 28-page booklet. Honey for a Child’s Heart (4th Ed.) (PK-9) the larger realm of a reading program, where Exercises throughout the book present explana- Now in its 4th edition, they are brought to light when a particular piece tions of the constructs and require written student Gladys Hunt’s book has illustrates the meaning of that term well, and then response, ranging from short answers to lists to encouraged thousands of it is again shadowed behind the other activities full paragraph exposition. families to reap the benefits of comprehension, determining meaning, and 008571 ...... 4.99 4.50 of quality literature. Gladys interpreting symbolism. If you’d like to work in wrote Honey for a Child’s some lessons exclusively on these terms before Literary Genres (6-9) Heart to help others experi- encountering them, this is a great supplement It’s true that there are a lot of different literary ence the same influence that to define these terms and give students practice genres out there, but that doesn’t mean you have reading books both separately before they are expected to understand and use to complete an exhaustive course to familiarize and together has had on her family. In the first these in high school. Each lesson focuses on one students with them. This slim, reproducible section of this book, she offers advice on “using of 40 literary terms and gives a definition, exam- workbook will introduce students to different books to help children grow.” Through the chap- ples from literature, provides questions based on kinds of literature from haiku to science fiction. ters in this section she emphasizes the way that the examples, and then includes several written Each page contains terms, definitions and further quality literature affects children, provides tips on exercises for students to try their hand exploring information, examples, and a short, fun exercise raising a reader, helps you learn how to select and using the terms. The activities are a nice for students to complete. The worksheets cover good books and stories for your children, and dis- mix of short answer questions, writing activities, poetic devices, poetry, fantasy, science fiction, cusses the merits of reading aloud together. She matching, interpreting, listing, and more to give mystery, historical fiction, realistic fiction, biog- also explores in depth the question “What Makes students great practice both identifying and using raphies and autobiographies, and adventure. a Good Book?” and discusses fantasy vs. realism each term. The literary terms included here Students will practice actually writing in several and poetry before talking about the influences on include figurative language (denotation/connota- different literary genres throughout the pages. An your children from various sources. Gladys also tion, idiom, personification, symbol), poetic lan- answer key is included. 28 pgs. - Melissa provides a chapter in this section encouraging guage (parallelism, rhyme, rhythm, assonance/ 022458 ...... 4.99 4.50 family Bible reading, warmly sharing on how to consonance), and literary techniques (allusion, integrate it into your daily life and why it is so conflict, flashback, genre, irony, mood/tone, sat- Toolbook for Prose and Poetry (7-AD) important. The second half of this volume, aptly ire, stream of consciousness) and too many more Residing in this handy volume are the expla- sub-titled “Books your children should have the to list! Very well done. 136 pgs. - Jess nations and examples of literary and poetic ele- opportunity to enjoy,” features lists of quality 028214 ...... 17.99 13.75 ments you’ve been looking for! After a short pref- literature for different age levels and interests. ace, the entire book consists of reproducible stu- These lists are organized by author and then title Figurative Language and Other Literary Devices dent pages, and is pretty much self-instructional. with brief descriptions of each book. Thirteen (5-8) According to the author, “Words are tools, and chapters recommend books for children age 0-3; Using classic and some modern literature as mastered words are power tools.” In this spirit, picture book classics and more favorite picture examples, this book introduces and reinforces all of the exercises are reality-based and consti- books for 4-8 year olds; first books for beginning literary techniques. The following literary terms/ tute actual practice in using each new term as a readers, classic children’s novels, more great techniques are covered: connotation, dialogue, tool. The first part of the book covers the basic books for intermediate readers, stories for animal dialect, imagery, idiom, simile, metaphor, allu- tools: setting, plot, mood, conflict, style, theme, lovers, historical novels, and fantasy novels, all sion, personification, hyperbole, understatement, point of view, slant, and character, with a special geared towards 9-12 year olds; young adult nov- irony, sarcasm, oxymoron, paradox, symbol, section on outlining. The second part covers the els for ages 12-14; and worthwhile poetry, Bible pun, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. Each term shared vocabulary of poetry and prose: figures of and Christian truths storybooks, and books for is defined and then one or more examples speech (antithesis, apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, special occasions. 251 pgs. ~ Steph are given in the form of excerpts from classic/ literary allusion, metaphor, metonymy, oxymo- 008979 ...... 18.99 9.95 modern literature. Simple exercises then have ron, personification, simile, synecdoche, and students identify, explain, or use the technique. understatement). Each of these first two sections Honey for a Teen’s Heart (7-12) For example, when discussing idioms, the book contains a definition of the term, a cartoonish A follow-up to the popular Honey for a Child’s defines it, gives three examples from Anne of depiction of the concept, additional explana- Heart, Gladys Hunt has taken her passion for Green Gables, and then includes four excerpts tion, examples, and exercises. Answers to these good literature and melded it with her passion (one from Treasure Island and three from Little exercises are included in the back of the book. to help teenagers catch a “vision of what they Women) that have idioms in them. The idioms The final part covers the specialized vocabulary could be, what they were meant to be, created are bolded in the sentence and students must of poetry: melody (alliteration, assonance, and in God’s image.” write what the idiom means in standard English. rhyme), onomatopoeia, rhythm, and rhyme The book discusses the value of reading as an Most literary devices receive 2-3 pages of exam- schemes. It also presents and explains various individual as well as together as a family. She ples and exercises. The end of the book has a types of poetry including: epic, narrative, lyric, relates stories about her family reading together few exercises that review all the topics covered, acrostic, ballad, blank verse, didactic, dramatic, and the shared experiences, memories and dis- along with a glossary of literary terms and an elegy, epigram, epitaph, free verse, haiku, light cussions which resulted. The point? Reading answer key. Reproducible, 80 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel verse, limerick, ode, parody, pastoral, satire, together is as valuable for families with teens as 040264 ...... 15.95 12.75 sonnet, and wordplay. A special section on it is for families with small children. I can attest poetry explication, complete with sample ques- to this as when our three year old goes to bed, Forms and Elements of Literature (6-9) tions and sample explication elements ends the my teenage boys and my wife and I read aloud Roughly one-third of this reproducible activity unit. One of the problems I’ve encountered in together. I am fairly sure my teenagers enjoy it, book is devoted to describing various types of using a non-text approach to literature in the if their pleas of “Can’t we read just one more literature, both fiction and nonfiction. Novels, upper grades is the hit-or-miss presentation of chapter?” are any indication. short stories, myths and fables, biographies/ literary terms. Some guides touch on a concept The author then discusses the characteristics of autobiographies, diaries/histories, essays, poet- or two in each guide but what are the chances what makes a good book and evaluating litera- ry, and dramatic literature are all covered. that my high schoolers will be exposed to all of ture within a Christian worldview. Finally, there This section is followed by a brief review via them in our course of study? So, I’ve been on the are book lists by genre to help you choose books crossword puzzle. The remainder of the book lookout for a book just like this, to make sure my of interest to your teen along with handy indexes explores the following literary elements: plot, children have the familiarity and understanding for reference. Want help getting your teen off the theme, characterization, setting, mood, conflict, of literary and poetic terms they’ll need in col- computer and back into reading? This book may point of view, symbolism, foreshadowing and lege - regardless of the literature program we use. just be the ticket. ~ Jerry flashback, personification and hyperbole, irony, 003588 ...... 26.00 19.95 030564 ...... 12.99 8.50 248 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. ☼Raising A Rock Star Reader (AD) Series, and Sarah’s personal favorite literature for Great Reading For Girls (PK-7) Laying a foundation for read- family read-aloud. All in all, this soft-cover book If you’re looking for quality books that girls ing success begins in infancy. contains 384 pages of living literature inspiration would love to read, this booklet is a helpful Nestled into Mom’s warm for your family. The text is a larger print with resource. It is composed of titles with one or two lap as she reads a brightly ample margin space to record your own family sentence descriptions of books that a young girl colored, quality book, little favorites, thoughts, and memories. A delightful personally selected with suggestions from her ones begin to fall in love with book that is sure to inspire you on your own family and other people. A small smiley face is reading, which is considered journey of family reading. ~ Deanne included by the descriptions of the books the foundational to reading suc- 031448 ...... 17.00 12.95 author particularly enjoyed. Books are divided cess in the elementary years. into sections including picture books, titles for Beginning with read aloud suggestions (includes Classical Reader: Comprehensive Reading ages 6-8, titles for ages 8-12, titles for pre-teens, popular series to award-winning books) from Guide K-12 (AD) and magazine titles. - Rachel S. infancy to early elementary years, the authors Light enough to tuck into your purse, yet packed 015308 ...... 4.00 3.75 describe an array of activities designed to devel- with information. Based on a classical division op reading and writing success. Verbal exercises, of readers [K-6, grammar (three groupings – K, 150 Great Books (7-12) sensory activities, simple games, and more are lower and upper grammar); grades 7-9, dialectic; Reading good literature provided with step-by-step instructions to meet and grades 10-12, rhetoric], this resource gathers opens wide the windows of a range of ages from infancy through elementary information from some of the favorite booklist/ the world to students. A body years and independent reading. Includes website reading guides and provides it in a handy spread- of materials which will link and app recommendations. Destined to become sheet format. Books are divided into sections, the student with the general a treasured friend that you will reference again authors noted, and classified as to levels (easy, experience of mankind is pro- and again. 128 pgs. pb. ~ Deanne average, challenging); notations (read alouds, vided in this book. This col- 067824 ...... 16.99 12.50 Newberry medals and awards, Caldecott medals lection of titles is divided into and awards); and genre. Special notes are added ten units presenting experi- Read for the Heart: Whole Books for the for PA history references. Poetry is grouped ences common to people in Wholehearted Family (AD) according to country of origin (UK or US). Pages all times and societies. Certain works have been Becoming a family that reads aloud together are provided at the end of each section so you selected to provide as wide a scope as possible was one of the most enjoyable journeys my fami- can add books. Approximately 1000 books are and while something will interest each reader, ly made. I only wish this book had been available cataloged in this small 48 pg book, pb ~ Janice all of the titles in this collection will not be suit- when we transitioned into a read aloud family! 064826 ...... 7.95 7.25 able for all students. Books such as Pride and Are you looking to introduce the reading of Prejudice, Little Women, The Chalk Garden, The “living literature” into your home but feel over- Give Your Child the World (AD) House of Mirth, On Golden Pond, The Chocolate whelmed at the vast array of books available? JRR Tolkien wrote, “The wide world is about War, 2001: Space Odyssey, The Great Gatsby, While there are many books available to guide you: you can fence yourself in, but you cannot Great Expectations, and Ivanhoe represent the you in selecting books, Read for the Heart is forever fence it out.” Children are never too quality books featured from all spectrums. The written from the perspective of a home educated young to be introduced to the fascinating world book includes a reading level identification and young lady who was home educated in a family outside their neighborhood. Beginning with a a short description of all 150 featured books and which successfully incorporated living literature vision for understanding the global culture in then provides tests for each book. Each test in this into their home. Sarah Clarkson, daughter of light of state of our world today, the author volume contains three types of questions. A set Clay and Sally Clarkson, shares the inspiration provides appealing ideas for families to bring of objective questions will measure the student’s and vision for incorporating literature into our cultures into their home. understanding of the reading content., such as homes through research, personal stories and In the Power of a Story section, she explains the basics of plot and setting. Five short-answer suggestions on how to make reading a reality in that powerful stories reflect real life struggles questions require more inferential responses your home. Her goal is simply to equip you to of right and wrong, help our children develop about the larger ideas that the author wishes the develop a reading habit within your own home, compassion, and inspire our character to grow. reader to grasp. A final challenge essay asks the and with this book she has accomplished that. She also provides tips on including reading student to express observations on what has been The first three chapters focus on helping you as a natural part of family life. The 2nd part read and to support those observations with infor- develop the habit of reading in your home. of the book focuses on reading lists by loca- mation gained from the book, other books, and The following chapter is intended to give you a tion (Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East, North life. 100 More Great Books is constructed in the “road map” on using this book most effectively. America, Latin America, and Australia/Oceania same format and contains seven units grouped The remaining chapters contain the booklists and Polar Regions) and age group (4-6, 6-8, in types of books: Adventure and Survival, The and are organized according to types of books. 8-10 and 10-12 years). Reading lists include Maturing Self, History in Fiction, Science Fiction, Each chapter focuses on one of the following short descriptions and notations about religious Fantasy, and the Supernatural, Social Issues and eight literature categories: Picture Books, Golden content. The recommendations in this book will Moral Challenge, Success and Achievement and Age Classics, Children’s Fiction, Fairy Tales bring a fresh enthusiasm to your Geography stud- Reflections of the Family. It recommends classics and Fantasy, History and Biography, Spiritual ies! Index of titles in back for easy reference. 226 such as Pilgrims Progress, Jacob Have I Loved, Reading, Poetry and Music, and Art and Nature. pgs, sc. ~ Deanne Across Five Aprils, A Wrinkle in Time, Bury My Prior to the lists, Sarah shares personal stories as 026871 ...... 16.99 10.95 Heart at Wounded Knee, Anna and the King of well as explanations on why certain books are Siam, and many more. - Rachel included in each category. This is specifically Books for Boys (PK-AD) 015676 150 Great Books . .44.00 33.75 beneficial when considering the Fairy Tales and If you’re looking for good books to get your 015673 100 More Great Bks . 38.00 28.95 Fantasy Category. Within each chapter, book boys into reading, this little booklet is a lifesaver! recommendations are organized by author and It provides titles and descriptions of wonderful Good Books for Teenage Girls (8-12) include a brief book review. This book review books and magazines for every level of male This booklet is the girls’ version of Books for includes author’s name, original publication reader. The booklet is divided into several age Boys. The book list was put together by a teen- date, award(s), illustrator, general age catego- groups: Ages 4-9, Ages 8-12, Ages 10-14, and age girl with some help from her friends. Listed ry, a short review, and any cautions you, the Ages 15 to adult. The first three sections together are dozens of books they have read and loved. parent, should know regarding mature or ques- contain over 300 recommendations and book Some are well known while others are less tionable content. Appendices at the end of this descriptions, with about 50 titles recommend- familiar. Each book is accompanied by a short book provide you quick references for finding ed for the oldest age group. The booklet also description, & they are grouped into categories, books. These lists include Caldecott Medalists, includes some additional advice concerning such as mysteries, biblical novels, true stories, Newberry Medalists, G.A. Henty Historical reticent readers. ~ Melissa classics, missions, romance, & more. - Melissa Fiction, Landmark History Books, Trailblazer 005495 ...... 4.00 3.75 001349 ...... 4.00 3.75 See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 249 READING LOGS the story. But these are not just book marks; they discussion of related Biblical themes have a hole punched at the top to put them on a • a complete answer key and suggestions for ☼My First Reading Log (PK-2) binder ring. It’s like making your own fan deck, further reading A record, a challenge, an encouragement! This which all kids love. Super bright rainbow colors Their brochure states “Our goal is to teach little hardback reading log is all of these. The are almost neon. I think these could inspire some students of all ages to examine what they read, challenge is to read (and record) 1000 books to healthy competition to see who can read more Christian or secular, classic or contemporary, your young children. The first few pages provide books. They are kind of like a prize to collect, and value the truth it contains as measured a little nudge of “you can do this” encourage- like stickers only better because they show a against the Bible.” A worthy goal indeed! If you ment along with space to record your child’s child’s reading accomplishments. ~ Sara want to study great literature from a Christian firsts and favorites. The log pages have numbered 052175 Set of 25 w/ 1 Ring . 2.95 perspective, here’s your answer! If in doubt, try lines (the number per page varies) and tidbits of 052174 Set of 100 w/ 2 Rings .7.99 6.50 just one - we’re sure you’ll be back for more! encouragement and quotes. The plentiful illus- Progeny Press guides are available in two trations are young-child oriented and fun. (One My Reading Journal (K-3) formats: softcover staplebound booklets and father robin holds a brightly colored umbrella A special little journal where your child or stu- CD-ROMs. The CD-ROMs originally featured and his baby robin wears galoshes.) Sprinkled dent can record book titles, authors, # of pages, printable .pdf files, but Progeny Press is now through the book are a few pages of preschool date read, draw a little picture and write a few transitioning these to interactive .pdf files. education nuggets. The book concludes with a sentences about the story. I think this would be Inspired by a tax software, these files are able list of kindergarten skills, a top 10 favorite books one of those little items parents keep to look back to be used by the student on the computer, or page and a congratulations page. A pocket on the on to see what your student liked at a certain age. printed out. Questions in the files have text inside back cover provides milestone (every 200 Do one every year! It has space to write about 29 boxes to type in or buttons to select, so you books) stickers and an accordion growth chart books. Green cover, 7.5x9” 28 pp ~Sara won’t have to print worksheet pages if you don’t that links height with number of books “read.” 057932 ...... 1.50 1.40 want to. Plus, users can grade their answers and What a wonderful resource and keepsake to leave notes as well! Upper Elementary through build together over time! ~ Janice Peaceful Planning Lifetime Reading List (K-8) High School CD guides are now interactive, 067921 ...... 14.95 11.95 071951 ...... 7.99 while Lower elementary titles are remaining the same, printable but not interactive. All books to Passport to Reading (PK-6) Write it Down-Books I’ve Read Journal (1-AD) accompany study guides are available from us for You fill out a passport when you visit other We book lovers are prone to recording details your convenience. countries; why not track the places you visit about favorite books. These journals come in EACH LOWER ELEM GUIDE .12.99 9.95 in literature the same way? These inexpensive both small (60 3x5.5 pages) or large (over 120 EACH LOWER ELEM CD . . .11.99 9.45 passport-themed booklets make fun little person- pages, 7x9) format. The front-page designs of EACH UPPER ELEM GUIDE . .18.99 14.95 al reading logs. Each measures 4 ½” x 5 ½” and these double spiral-bound journals peak through EACH UPPER ELEM CD . . .17.99 13.95 includes 24 pgs. Students can personalize the the sturdy, cut-out covers. Pages are cream-col- EACH MIDDLE SCHL GUIDE .21.99 16.95 first page with some information about them- ored with lines, and the large journal pages are EACH MIDDLE SCHL CD . . 18.99 14.95 selves, then fill out the rest of the booklet’s pages flecked with watermark images. These journals EACH HIGH SCHL GUIDE . .24.99 18.95 as they plow through their reading list. Each are a great place to record basic facts such as EACH HIGH SCHL CD . . . 21.99 16.95 page offers lines to record some basic informa- title, author, and publisher information; your tion about the book as well as an open space to interest in the book; its message or plot; favorite Lower Elementary - Grades 1-3 draw or write more. Covers are assorted bold characters and quotations; and other notes/com- 009258 Bears on Hemlock Mountain Guide colors and the whole thing is small enough to fit ments. If you share books, record your loaning 040758 Bears on Hemlock Mountain Gd CD into a larger notebook, lapbook, or scrapbook information. In addition to providing more space 003216 Book ...... 5.99 4.95 when complete. – Jess for each category, the larger journal also provides 052808 Single copy . . . . 0.99 space for recording similar books by author or 009268 The Courage of Sarah Noble Guide 051686 Set of 12 . . . . .11.99 9.75 theme and recommendations. ~ Ruth 040768 Courage of Sarah Noble Guide CD 065084 Mini Journal . . . . 6.95 002525 Book ...... 5.99 4.95 Explore 1000 Books (PK-6) 065085 Full-Size Journal . . . 19.95 This is a really attractive reading log. This book 009273 The Drinking Gourd Guide sprung from the idea of having parents read their 019884 Book ...... 3.99 3.45 children 1000 books by the time they reach STUDY GUIDES & BOOKS kindergarten age. The value of reading to your Please note that a brief synopsis of many of the 009277 Frog and Toad Together Guide children cannot be overstressed – so while 1000 books included here are provided in our Library 040779 Frog and Toad Together Guide CD books may seem like a lot, the investment is Builders section. 003124 Book ...... 4.99 3.95 worth every breath! The pages are simple: num- bered lines (1-1000) with “title” and “author” at PROGENY PRESS STUDY GUIDES (K-12) 009290 Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Gd the top of each page; but also attractive with a The best way to describe these wonderful books 040795 Keep Lights Burning, Abbie Gd CD tan background color and quotes, comments, is “literature and Bible study rolled into one.” 019887 Book ...... 6.95 5.95 illustrations and places for pictures or illustra- Truly from a Christian perspective, these classic tions throughout. Each 100 books is noted with and award-winning books are examined in the 009293 Long Way to a New Land Guide a space for a sticker and a date to mark the light of God’s Word and a Biblical worldview. 019888 Book ...... 4.99 3.95 milestone. This could also be used quite well for The author sent us several review copies and they an elementary reading log, and I fully intend to are wonderful! 016862 Miss Rumphius Guide get copies for my voracious 8 and 6-yo readers Each guide includes: 040807 Miss Rumphius Guide CD – because tracking progress can be both fun and • a concise synopsis of the book 015119 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 rewarding, as well as a great keepsake! – Zach • information about the book’s author 061921 ...... 8.00 • background information pertinent to the 009308 Sam the Minuteman Guide story 040823 Sam the Minuteman Guide CD Book Buddies with Book Rings (PK-AD) • suggestions for activities relating to the 019891 Book ...... 4.99 3.95 Bragging rights go to the reader of the most subject matter books! Help kids keep track of what they read • introduction of literary terms with these 2” x 6” cardstock book marks with • vocabulary exercises for each section of Lower Elementary - Grades 2-4 lines to write the book’s title and author, number reading 009299 Minstrel in the Tower Guide of pages, and their comments. Their comments • comprehension, analysis, and application 040806 Minstrel in the Tower Guide CD will help them remember what they liked about questions for each section of reading with 019893 Book ...... 4.99 3.95 250 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Upper Elementary - Grades 2-4 010959 Anne of Green Gables Guide (5-8) 048569 Voyage of Dawn Treader Guide 046158 Dragon’s Hoard Guide 040757 Anne of Green Gables Guide CD 048570 Voyage of Dawn Treader Guide CD 046159 Dragon’s Hoard Guide CD 006045 Book ...... 5.99 4.50 048969 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 048794 Book ...... 6.99 5.95 009255 Amos Fortune, Free Man Guide 009318 Where the Red Fern Grows Guide 038330 Sword in the Tree Guide 040756 Amos Fortune, Free Man Guide CD 040841 Where the Red Fern Grows Gd CD 040833 Sword in the Tree Guide CD 002481 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 007352 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 011812 Book ...... 4.99 3.95 009265 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Guide 010406 Witch of Blackbird Pond Guide 040764 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Guide CD 040843 Witch of Blackbird Pond Guide CD Upper Elementary - Grades 3-5 007700 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 001408 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 009126 Big Wave Guide 040760 Big Wave Study Guide CD 019337 Give Me Liberty Guide 000678 Wrinkle in Time Guide (5-8) 011783 Book ...... 6.99 5.50 019349 Give Me Liberty Guide CD 040844 Wrinkle in Time Guide CD 003569 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 007358 Book ...... 6.99 5.50 008538 Mr. Popper’s Penguins Guide 040808 Mr. Popper’s Penguins Guide CD 000666 Holes Guide (5-8) 002483 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 040786 Holes Guide CD Middle School - Grades 6-8 010003 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 010486 Adventures of Tom Sawyer Guide 008542 Stone Fox Guide 040755 Adventures of Tom Sawyer Gd CD 040831 Stone Fox Guide CD 030150 Horse and His Boy Guide 010516 Book ...... 5.99 4.50 002435 Book ...... 6.99 5.50 030164 Horse and His Boy Guide CD 003359 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 009263 Bridge to Terabithia Guide 010956 Whipping Boy Guide 040762 Bridge to Terabithia Guide CD 040842 Whipping Boy Study Guide CD 009284 Indian in the Cupboard Guide 017280 Book ...... 6.99 5.50 001319 Book ...... 6.99 5.50 040788 Indian in the Cupboard Guide CD 013075 Book ...... 6.99 5.25 009264 Bronze Bow Guide 040763 Bronze Bow Guide on CD Upper Elementary - Grades 4-6 009285 Island of the Blue Dolphins Guide 001899 Book ...... 8.99 6.95 009259 Best Christmas Pageant Ever Guide 040790 Island of the Blue Dolphins Gd CD 040759 Best Christmas Pageant Ever Gd CD 009346 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 034397 Cay Guide 018373 Book ...... 5.99 5.50 034398 Cay Guide CD 009291 Lion, Witch and Wardrobe Gd (4-7) 007684 Book ...... 6.99 5.25 009266 Charlotte’s Web Guide 040796 Lion, Witch and Wardrobe Gd CD 040765 Charlotte’s Web Guide CD 010719 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 005857 Crispin: Cross of Lead Guide 005790 Book ...... 8.99 6.75 005870 Crispin: Cross of Lead Guide CD 009296 Magician’s Nephew Guide 027922 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 009269 Cricket in Times Square Guide 040803 Magician’s Nephew Guide CD 040769 Cricket in Times Square Guide CD 007831 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 009282 Hiding Place Guide 001754 Book ...... 7.99 5.50 040784 Hiding Place Guide CD 009301 Number the Stars Guide 011984 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 009272 Door in the Wall Guide 040810 Number the Stars Guide CD 040772 Door in the Wall Guide CD 003128 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 009287 Johnny Tremain Guide 007300 Book ...... 6.99 5.25 040792 Johnny Tremain Guide CD 022729 Prince Caspian Guide 000770 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 009274 Farmer Boy Guide 040817 Prince Caspian Guide CD 040776 Farmer Boy Guide CD 018204 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 009297 Maniac Magee Guide 000875 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 040804 Maniac Magee Guide CD 002194 Redwall Guide (5-9) 008286 Book ...... 8.00 6.25 009283 In the Year of the Boar and 040819 Redwall Guide CD Jackie Robinson Guide 002401 Book ...... 9.99 7.50 009306 Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Guide 040787 In the Year of... 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An addi- 041783 Lord of the Rings (6) . 29.00 phonics development, syllabication and vocab- tional volume in this series covers 8 more books 048872 Mary Poppins (4) ulary for the emerging independent reader. For for youngsters: Danny and the Dinosaur, Mouse 034299 Milly-Molly-Mandy (2) grades 2-9, we are now offering literature guide Soup, My Father’s Dragon, Now We are Six, 034300 Misty of Chincoteague (3) only packages that include all the student and Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective, Hundred 041817 Peter Pan (3) teacher guides for each grade, no books. ~ Janice Dresses, Owls in the Family, and Sarah Plain and 034301 Pinocchio (2) EACH STUDENT (exc noted) .11.95 10.25 Tall. 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There’s writing involved hension on a literal and inferential level, demon- 053859 Winnie-the-Pooh (2) (7/16” lines with dotted midline) but the top strate an increasing vocabulary, and identify binding makes it easy for either right-handed stu- various styles of literature as well as basic biblical dents or lefties. The teacher needs to take a quick values. These literature guides from Veritas Press peek at two pages at the beginning that give the are carefully constructed to train students in those plan for the Word Study, Read, Comprehension, skills. Encouraging oral reading and requiring and Language (introductory grammar) segments questions to be answered in complete sentences, of each lesson. The Just For Fun section is these worktexts are attractively illustrated (black self-explanatory. 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Packages are available for StoryTime writing assignments (adding silly stanzas to a ing as you use this warm and inviting reading Treasures and More StoryTime Treasures which song). The fourth grade guide for The Story of program from Memoria Press. The guides are include both student and teacher guides as well Rolf and the Viking Bow includes (among others) well-organized, user-friendly, academically chal- as the literature resources. Packages of litera- vocabulary exercises, drawing assignments, a lenging, and graphically pleasing. Memoria Press ture resources only are also available. Separate relationship web, a cause & effect worksheet, believes that reading is not a passive activity, but Lesson Plan books are also available and provide and several writing assignments (paragraphs, that it requires an active, discriminating mind, helpful daily lesson plan check lists, but these are cinquain, and limerick). Author information and one that has been challenged to think, compare, not necessary for use especially if you are using a short story writing assignment are included in and contrast. That philosophy is evident in these this program independently and not with other Where the Red Fern Grows, a fifth grade guide. guides. Memoria Press first grade resources. As is typical with classical education material, Student Guides are consumable, providing space 047614 StoryTime Treasures .14.95 12.95 the assigned grade levels often seem challeng- for the student to write. Each book/story/ poem 049810 StoryTime Tchr Guide 16.95 13.75 ing. Don’t let that discourage you from using is approached in much the same way, although STRYTM Package (Std/Tchr/Lit) 57.82 43.00 an otherwise excellent resource – simply adjust with increasing depth – vocabulary, compre- 056811 Lesson Plans . . . . 9.00 7.95 the grade level to suit your student (guides are hension and discussion questions, quotations, unlabeled). ~ Janice composition, and miscellaneous literary analysis StoryTime Treasures Resources: EACH GUIDE (except noted) . 15.00 activities (sequencing, literary terms, dictation, 015483 Little Bear . . . . .4.95 3.50 048870 Adventures of Tom Sawyer (4) poetry connections, etc.). 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Reading / Literature 253 Second Grade Fourth Grade Seventh Grade 023329 Animal Folk Tales Stdt 11.95 10.25 029820 Blue Fairy Book Student Guide 035199 Anne of Green Gables Student Guide 015744 Animal Folk Tales Tchr 7.00 6.25 029825 Blue Fairy Book Teacher Guide 035204 Anne of Green Gables Teacher 015396 Animal Folk Tales . . 12.95 005755 Book ...... 11.95 9.50 Guide 023344 Prairie School Student 11.95 10.25 007881 Book ...... 9.95 7.75 015804 Prairie School Teacher 7.00 6.25 015007 Cricket in Times Square Student 003944 Prairie School . . . .4.99 3.95 015058 Cricket in Times Square Teacher 035232 Bronze Bow Student Guide 035314 Courage of Sarah Noble 001754 Book ...... 7.99 5.50 035234 Bronze Bow Teacher Guide Student . . . . . 11.95 10.25 001899 Book ...... 8.99 6.95 015763 Courage of Sara Noble 029825 Dangerous Journey Student Guide Teacher ...... 7.00 6.25 029909 Dangerous Journey Teacher Guide 035537 Trojan War Student Guide 002525 Courage of Sara Noble 5.99 4.95 027870 Book ...... 25.00 17.95 035540 Trojan War Teacher Guide 035389 Little House in the Big 011265 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 Woods Student . . .11.95 10.25 035339 Homer Price Student Guide 015778 Little House in the Big 035343 Homer Price Teacher Guide 035326 Hobbit Student Guide Woods Teacher . . .7.00 6.25 001533 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 035335 Hobbit Teacher Guide 007213 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 004235 Book ...... 8.99 6.75 035488 Tales of Beatrix Potter MPL4TH 4th Grade Package 150.58 117.95 Student . . . . . 11.95 10.25 Includes all of the Student Guides, Teacher MPL7TH 7th Grade Package . 137.52 109.00 015752 Beatrix Potter Teacher 7.00 6.25 Guides and literature for fourth grade. Includes all of the Student Guides, Teacher 049407 Tale of Benjamin Bunny 6.99 5.25 030163 Lesson Plans (revised sequence) Guides and literature for seventh grade. 049408 Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse MPL4GO 4th Grade Literature Guides only 030283 Lesson Plans (revised sequence) ...... 6.99 5.25 056862 Lesson Plans (accelerated sequence) 049409 Tale of Peter Rabbit . 6.99 5.25 MPL7GO 7th Grade Literature Guides only 049410 Tale of Tom Kitten . .6.99 5.25 Fifth Grade MPL2ND 2nd Grade Package 154.63 124.00 035370 Lion, Witch, Wardrobe Student Gd Includes the Student Guides, Teacher Guides 035377 Lion, Witch, Wardrobe Tchr Guide and literature for: Animal Folk Tales of 010719 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 America, Beatrix Potter books, Courage of Sarah Noble, Little House in the Big Woods 035324 Heidi Student Guide and Prairie School. 035325 Heidi Teacher Guide Eighth Grade 056855 Lesson Plans . . . . 9.00 7.95 008074 Book ...... 9.95 7.75 035541 Wind in the Willows Student Guide MPL2GO 2nd Gr. Lit Guides . 85.00 60.50 035542 Wind in the Willows Teacher Guide 035367 Lassie Come-Home Student Guide 008338 Book ...... 9.95 7.75 Second Grade Literature Dictionary (1-3) 035369 Lassie Come-Home Teacher Guide This 20-page resource lists all vocabulary words 043519 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 056771 Adv of Tom Sawyer Student Guide that are in the Second Grade Literature Guides MPL5TH 5th Grade Package 102.63 81.50 056772 Adv of Tom Sawyer Student Guide – Prairie School, Animal Folk Tales of America, Includes all of the Student Guides, Teacher 007860 Book ...... 9.95 7.75 Courage of Sarah Noble, Little House in the Guides and Literature for fifth grade. Big Woods, Tales from Beatrix Potter. Words 030129 Lesson Plans (revised sequence) 035508 Treasure Island Student Guide are listed alphabetically (not by book), with the MPL5GO Fifth Grade Literature Guides 035518 Treasure Island Teacher Guide definition and part of speech. 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Includes all Student Guides, Teacher Guides 030327 Lesson Plans (revised sequence) and accompanying books for 9th grade MPL3GO 3rd Grade Literature Guides only MPL9GO 9th Grade Literature Guides only 254 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Tenth Grade Memoria Press Poetry Shelley, Tennyson, the Brownings, Stevenson, 060276 To Kill A Mockingbird Stdt Gd (8+) These courses examine poetry studies the Kipling plus others. 060277 To Kill A Mockingbird Tchr Gd (8+) way you would expect them to be covered by 055453 Book ...... 19.95 17.45 013819 Book ...... 14.99 10.95 Memoria Press – excellent selections, classical 001609 ☼Student . . . . .14.95 12.95 organization, thorough and user-friendly. Studies 001629 ☼Teacher . . . . 16.95 14.60 027029 Julius Caesar Student Guide at each level include vocabulary studies, analy- 027033 Julius Caesar Teacher Manual sis, and discussion questions. 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Reading Road Maps – by the ~ Janice same authors – flesh out the process a little more 008242 Student Guide . . .14.95 12.95 Book 2: Elizabethan to Neoclassical Age and provide all the “answers,” so to speak for 066204 Teacher Guide . . .10.00 8.75 Book includes literature selections to be studied 100 favorite books. Still, there are many of us SCSTBP Package . . . . . 50.83 38.95 - English Renaissance, Cavalier poets, Puritan who want more – more guidance and direction Includes four required resources plus both writers, Restoration period, and Neoclassical. – as we embark down this discussion path that the Teacher and the Student Guide 055452 Book ...... 19.95 17.45 we may enthusiastically embrace “theoretically.” 044898 Student . . . . . 14.95 12.95 The sample studies in Teaching the Classics are Required Resources: 044899 Teacher . . . . . 16.95 14.95 a starting place, but I would probably be one 015483 Little Bear . . . . .4.95 3.50 PPDB2S Set of three above . 51.85 43.25 of those who would like more examples before 018194 Little Bear’s Visit . . 4.95 3.50 feeling entirely comfortable setting out on my 005780 Caps for Sale . . . .7.99 5.95 Book 3: Romantic to Victorian Age own armed only with my literature selection and 002251 Blueberries for Sal . .7.99 5.95 Book includes literature selections to be studied a list of Socratic questions. So, thank you Missy - Blake, Burns, Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Keats, Andrews. See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 255 The Readers thoroughly provide all the elements Resources for High School, Volume 1 EACH GUIDE ...... 9.99 7.95 needed for a comprehensive and meaningful Any unabridged version can be used; below literature study. I can already hear the question we’ve listed inexpensive paperback versions. 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While 026865 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie someone picking up a Reader could probably 066806 Last Stop on Market Street do a passable job of leading a discussion on any 066807 Magic Tree House Series particular book, the fullness and richness of that 057281 My Father’s Dragon same study conducted by a TTC “graduate” will 057282 One and Only Ivan make that “passable” job seem pale by compar- 026880 Pigeon Books ison. So, to summarize the relationship between 057288 Sarah, Plain and Tall these products: Teaching the Classics provides 057289 Stories Julian Tells the philosophical and methodological founda- 066809 Thunder Boy Jr. tion. 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For instance, 071771 ☼Westing Game 003360 Trumpet of the Swan . 7.99 5.95 in Wrinkle, mentally working through geometry 057294 Wrinkle in Time 001534 Misty of Chincoteague 7.99 5.95 dimensions. I like the cross-curricular connec- 026537 Miracles on Maple Hill 7.99 6.25 tions. I like the variety of writing and language Grades 9-12 022349 Door in the Wal . . .6.99 5.25 activities – in fact there’s good variety in all of the 057272 Fahrenheit 451 RR2SET Set of 5 above . . .38.95 26.50 activities. And I particularly like the progressive 066803 Hamilton training in writing response to literature compo- 016757 Odyssey Resources for Ready Reader 3 sitions. At the earlier levels the student is walked 057283 Outsiders 022854 Treasure Island . . . 4.95 3.95 through the response and the writing of it. At the 026883 Their Eyes Were Watching God 004235 Hobbit ...... 8.99 6.75 high school level, the student is given choices for 057291 To Kill a Mockingbird 001899 Bronze Bow . . . . 8.99 6.95 different types of writing. ~~~~~~~~~~~ 007700 Carry On,Mr. Bowditch 7.99 6.25 These books are essentially teacher’s lesson 013442 At the Back of the North Wind 6.99 plans with accompanying reproducible activity NOVEL-TIES STUDY GUIDES (K-12) RR3SET Set of 5 above . . .37.91 28.50 sheets. The studies are very cohesive both inter- What? Another set of literature guides? Sometimes, nally as they work through a literature selection it seems that way even to us. However, what’s a Resources for Ready Reader: Narnia and sequentially as one level prepares the student person to do when you encounter an excellent 013779 Narnia set mass market 45.00 29.95 for the next. They’re also aligned to current stan- secular series that has an amazing list of titles and 012231 Narnia set full color 59.99 38.50 dards – CCSS English/Language Arts standards provides a quality study at all grade levels? To us, 046125 Narnia set movie ed . 45.00 29.95 as well as various state standards and those for it’s a bit of a no-brainer. 018164 Narnia Combined Vol 21.99 15.95 English Language Learners. Coverage includes These are very comprehensive and thorough 010719 Lion, Witch & Wardrobe 7.99 5.95 author background, resource lists for text com- studies with just a hint of cross-curricular appli- 018204 Prince Caspian . . . 7.99 5.95 parisons, book summary, theme, vocabulary, lit- cations and a good variety of writing activities. I 048969 Voyage of Dawn Treader 7.99 5.95 erary analysis (setting, plot, characters, devices, particularly like the fact that they do use graphic 018220 Silver Chair . . . . 7.99 5.95 etc) comprehension, response to literature, and organizers – but not so exhaustively that you feel 003359 Horse and His Boy . .7.99 5.95 language learning (at younger levels). A compre- overwhelmed by them. The guides have a com- 007831 Magician’s Nephew . 7.99 5.95 hensive answer key is provided in each book. 72 mon pattern whether for young primary grades or 007579 Last Battle . . . . .7.99 5.95 pgs. pb ~ Janice high school level. Guides include: 256 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. • Synopsis and Background Info 061564 Hundred Dresses 067686 Summer of the Monkeys • Pre-Reading Activities & Discussion Questions 065816 Littles 061628 Tuck Everlasting • Chapter (or passage) coverage including vocab- 065827 Mouse and the Motorcycle 061629 Twenty-One Balloons ulary, comprehension questions, discussion ques- 067679 My Father’s Dragon 065849 Wanderer tions, literary devices, and writing activities 061605 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 • Cloze Activity (filling in the blanks of a quote/ 065845 Surprise Island (Boxcar Children) Grade 6: passage with appropriate words) 065770 Abel’s Island • Post-Reading Activities & Discussion Questions Grade 4: 061507 Alice in Wonderland • Suggestions for Further Reading 061509 All-of-a-Kind Family 061513 Anne of Green Gables I look for several things in a good study and this 065775 Ballad of Lucy Whipple 061519 Blue Willow series has them all. First of all, vocabulary is stud- 065777 Because of Winn-Dixie 061522 Bronze Bow ied within the context of quality literature and is 061517 Best Christmas Pageant Ever 065787 Catching Fire a valuable part of the study. Secondly, literary 067669 BFG 061540 Door in the Wall analysis starts early and is covered thoroughly. 065778 Big Wave 061542 Endless Steppe Thirdly, questions go beyond basic comprehen- 061525 By the Great Horn Spoon 061550 Giver sion and delve into deeper, thought-provoking 065783 Caleb’s Story 061551 Golden Goblet issues. Lastly, writing activities are expected and 067670 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 067676 Graveyard Book have good variety. This series provides all of that 061531 Charlotte’s Web 061557 Hatchet and does it well. To add to the appeal, the guides 061536 Cricket in Times Square 065807 High King have a pick-up-and-go, user-friendly format that 065793 Dear Mr. Henshaw 061561 Holes doesn’t burden you with a lot of teacher-y rigma- 061541 Encyclopedia Brown:Boy Detective 061562 Homer Price role. Reproducible for a classroom and there’s a 061544 Family Under the Bridge 065817 Long Walk to Water complete answer key. 24 – 35 pgs. pb ~ Janice 065798 Fantastic Mr. Fox 061586 Maniac Magee EACH LITTLE NOVEL-TIES . .15.95 13.25 067675 Frindle 065820 Master Puppeteer Little Novel-Ties Guides (K-2) 065806 Henry Huggins 065821 Midwife’s Apprentice 065771 Amelia Bedelia 061567 Indian in the Cupboard 061592 Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH 065780 Blueberries for Sal 067677 James and the Giant Peach 061597 Number the Stars 065785 Caps for Sale 061577 Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe 061599 Old Yeller 065789 Corduroy 061581 Little House in the Big Woods 061600 Out of the Dust 065791 Curious George 061582 Little House on the Prairie 065836 Rascal 065803 Goodnight Moon 065824 Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 061615 Secret Garden 065804 Harry the Dirty Dog . 061589 Misty of Chincoteague 061619 Single Shard 065814 Little Island 061591 Mr. Popper’s Penguins 065840 Shadow of a Bull 065818 Madeline 065832 Nory Ryan’s Song 065847 View From Saturday 065819 Make Way for Ducklings 065833 One and Only Ivan 065848 Walk Two Moons 065822 Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel 067681 Penderwicks 061633 Westing Game 065823 Millions of Cats 061604 Pippi Longstocking 061636 Wind in the Willows 065825 Miss Nelson is Missing 067682 Poppy 061637 Witch of Blackbird Pond 065826 Miss Rumphius 067684 Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest 067687 Year of Impossible Goodbyes 065835 Ox-Cart Man 065838 Sadako and Thousand Paper Cranes 065837 Rosaboxen 061617 Shiloh Grade 7-8: 065842 Snowy Day 061622 Stuart Little 061503 Across Five Aprils Novel-Ties 065843 Story of Ferdinand 002946 Tale of Despereaux 061506 Adventures of Tom Sawyer 065851 Whistle For Willie 061627 Trumpet of the Swan 061511 Animal Farm Novel-Ties 061512 Anne Frank:Diary of Young Girl EACH GR. 1-12 GUIDE . . .16.95 13.95 Grade 5: 061515 Banner in the Sky Grade 1: 065772 Among the Hidden 061528 Call of the Wild 065776 Bargain for Frances 065773 Among the Imposters 061533 Cheaper By the Dozen 065779 Biscuit 061510 Amos Fortune/Free Man 067671 Children of the River 065792 Danny and the Dinosaur 065774 Babe the Gallant Pig 067672 Chinese Cinderella 061546 Frog and Toad Are Friends 065782 Borrowers 061534 Christmas Carol 061547 Frog and Toad Together 061521 Bridge to Terabithia 065799 Farewell to Manzanar 065813 Lighthouse Children 061526 Cabin Faced West 061560 Hobbit 065839 Sammy the Seal 061527 Caddie Woodlawn 065809 Hunger Games 065784 Call It Courage 061569 Johnny Tremain Grade 2: 065786 Castle in the Attic 061574 Lantern in Her Hand 061514 Balto: Bravest Dog Ever 061537 Crispin:The Cross of Lead 065815 Little Prince 065788 Chang’s Paper Pony 061539 Detectives in Togas 061588 Miracle Worker 065794 Dinosaurs Before Dark (MTH) 067673 Elijah of Buxton 061594 My Brother Sam is Dead 065795 Dolphins at Daybreak (MTH) 065796 Ella Enchanted 065831 No Promises in the Wind 065796 Drinking Gourd 067674 Esperanza Rising 061598 Old Man and the Sea 065800 Flat Stanley 065801 Flora and Ulysses 065834 Outsiders 065805 Henry and Mudge 065802 Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule 061601 Pearl 065808 Hour of the Olympics (MTH) 061548 From Mixed-up Files Mrs. B.E.F 067683 Redwall 065812 Knight at Dawn (MTH) 061565 In Year of Boar & Jackie Robinson 061608 Rifles for Watie 067678 Molly’s Pilgrim 061566 Incredible Journey 061610 Romeo and Juliet 065828 Mummies in the Morning (MTH) 061568 Island of the Blue Dolphins 065844 Streams to the River, River to Sea 061596 Nate the Great 065811 Journey to America 061626 Treasure Island 061571 Julie of the Wolves 061632 Watership Down Grade 3: 061595 My Side of the Mountain 061634 Where the Red Fern Grows 065769 26 Fairmount Avenue 061603 Phantom Tollbooth 061638 Wrinkle in Time 061516 Ben and Me 061618 Sign of the Beaver 061639 Yearling 061520 Boxcar Children 065841 Sing Down the Moon continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 257 Grades 9-12: section of the novel and answers comprehension 046407 Sign of Beaver Guide 061502 1984 questions pertaining to those chapters. Daily 018639 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 061505 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn oral language exercises contain short paragraphs SGNBVR Guide and Book Set .33.94 29.25 065781 Book Thief to be dictated to the student, practicing listening 065790 Crucible and memorization skills and reinforcing spelling 037239 Whipping Boy Guide 061543 Fahrenheit 451 and grammar. Passages are chosen to emphasize 001319 Book ...... 6.99 5.50 061555 Great Gatsby Bible truths that relate to the story or are actual WHPPKG Guide and Book Set 32.94 28.50 065810 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks excerpts from the literature. Other exercises 061584 Lord of the Flies practice an assortment of English skills, with 061587 Midsummer Night’s Dream Friday’s exercise a summary of “problem words” Lower Middle - Grades 5-6 065829 Murder on the Orient Express for the week. Each day, students complete a 023364 Adam of the Road Guide 065830 Narrative of the Life of Frederick section of their vocabulary worksheets, includ- 000656 Adam of the Road . .7.99 5.95 Douglass ing the compilation of a glossary of vocabulary ADMSET Guide and Book Set .29.94 25.25 067680 Of Mice and Men words for which students supply definition and 061606 Red Badge of Courage part of speech. Vocabulary review sheets are 008294 Amos Fortune Free Man Guide 061613 Scarlet Letter included at the back of the book, and you can 002481 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 067685 Shane assign these to review and reinforce learning. As AMFSET Guide and Book Set .29.94 24.50 065846 Things Fall Apart a culmination of vocabulary work, a final review 061623 To Kill a Mockingbird test and answer key is provided. Daily spelling 049987 Ben and Me Focus Guide 065850 Wave exercises also revolve around words from the Focus guide emphasis is imagination and ~~~~~~~~~~~ novel. At the end of each week, a spelling test expressing ideas and opinions. is administered on the words studied that week. 008282 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 TOTAL LANGUAGE PLUS (3-12) As you can see, far more than reading and com- BAMSET Guide and Book Set .16.49 13.25 Very comprehensive and versatile study guides prehension is covered here! Using this program from a Christian perspective for selected nov- you should not need separate spelling or vocab- 001761 Caddie Woodlawn Guide els. According to the publisher, the focus is on ulary programs. Depending on the activities you 004912 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 “teaching thinking and communication skills choose, and the emphasis you place on compo- CADSET Guide and Book Set . 29.94 25.25 using literature as a base.” A myriad of skills sition skills, this may suffice as your total English are covered here: reading comprehension, ana- program. Each book contains 5 to 8 units and 034239 Christmas Carol Gde 12.95 11.95 lytical and critical thinking, spelling, grammar, will take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Plan 001042 Book ...... 3.95 3.25 vocabulary, writing, and listening (I guess that’s on using about 3 to 5 guides per year. CHCSET Guide and Book Set .16.90 14.25 the “Plus”!). Total Language Plus is really both Guides are available at five grade levels. literature and language arts combined in one Advanced high school guides contain more 001753 Cricket in Times Square Guide program. Novels have been carefully selected to extensive writing activities that teach compo- 001754 Book ...... 7.99 5.50 either display a high moral tone, or to provide a sition techniques, showing the student how to CRKSET Guide and Book Set . 29.94 24.50 basis from which to teach Biblical discernment. organize and plan their writing, as well as sug- Most are Newbery Medal or Honor books; all are gesting what points to include. They also contain 049989 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. generally thought of as quality literature, have oral readings for the selections to incorporate Basil Frankweiler Focus Guide depth, and are high-interest. speech and drama into the program. Focus guide emphasis is letter writing. One small teacher’s manual presents the how’s Lower-priced guides (see Out of the Dust and 002428 Book ...... 8.99 6.75 and why’s of the program. It provides an over- From the Mixed-Up Files...) are Focus Guides, MIXPKG Guide and Book Set .17.49 13.50 view and philosophy of the program, sample les- which “focus” on specific writing skills and son plans for a typical week, and instructions for omit many of the varied language arts activities 001772 Lion, the Witch, and Wardrobe Gd teaching each component of the program. The found in the other guides. While containing 010719 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 appendix contains a writing helps section and a comprehension and analysis questions like other LIONST Guide and Book Set . 29.94 25.50 summary of basic spelling rules. Also included guides, they also feature comprehensive writing here are answers to common questions about assignments relevant to the novel. Focus guides 001766 My Side of the Mountain Guide the Total Language Plus program. The program have less content overall than other guides and 003354 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 requires minimal teacher involvement as students will take about 3 weeks to complete. Correlating MYSSET Guide and Book Set . 29.94 24.95 work through most of the material on their own. novels are listed with the guides below. While some work is done on separate paper, 001742 Teacher’s Manual . . 3.95 3.65 014847 Twenty-One Balloons Guide most exercises are worked directly in the student 013568 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 worktext, which is not reproducible. The only EACH BEGINNING GUIDE . .25.95 23.95 TOBSET Guide and Book Set .29.94 24.95 condition under which copying is allowed is EACH OTHER GUIDE (exc) . 21.95 20.40 when teaching multiple students simultaneously EACH FOCUS GUIDE . . . . 8.50 7.95 000827 Wheel on the School Guide out of the same study guide. The beginning of each book contains a variety of Beginning - Grades 3-4 001776 Where the Red Fern Grows Guide critical thinking activities, correlated to chapters 034327 Charlotte’s Web Guide 007352 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 in the novels, which include projects, drawing, 005790 Book ...... 8.99 6.75 REDSET Guide and Book Set . 29.94 25.50 writing assignments, and a puzzle. Some of the CWEBST Guide and Book Set .34.94 29.75 writing assignments require research or lengthier essays, while “Personally Thinking” questions 037231 Courage of Sarah Noble Guide require shorter written answers to questions that 002525 Book ...... 5.99 4.95 apply concepts in the story to the student’s life or CSNPKG Guide & Book Set . 31.94 27.95 require the student to think and make judgments about story events and characters. These activ- 037237 Pippi Longstocking Guide ities can be used at any time during the unit at 008952 Book ...... 6.99 5.25 your discretion, but you will probably want to PIPPKG Guide & Book Set . 32.94 28.25 use several of the shorter writing assignments per week if you want to include composition skills 046405 Shiloh Guide (3-6) in the program. 018366 Book ...... 8.99 6.75 The rest of the guide is broken down into SHILOH Guide and Book Set .34.94 28.95 weekly units. Each week, the student reads a 258 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. 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They LIFSET Guide and Book Set . 29.45 24.75 produce hundreds of literature guides - only 023370 Treasure Island Guide a sampling of them are listed here. Teacher 049991 Out of the Dust Focus Guide 008973 Book ...... 4.99 3.95 Guides are 30-40 pages - not voluminous, but Focus guide emphasis is poetry. TRISET Guide and Book Set .26.90 23.25 enough for good coverage of the book. Format 009483 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 of the guides vary somewhat by grade level, but OODPKG Guide and Book Set 16.49 12.95 002029 Trumpeter of Krakow Guide have some common elements. 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In my sample packet, masters 007358 Book ...... 6.99 5.50 are provided for an initiating activity, a chap- WRNKST Guide and Book Set . 28.94 24.75 010921 Pride and Prejudice Guide ter-by-chapter study guide with questions and 005085 Book ...... 5.99 4.75 lines for answers, vocabulary activities, journal 023369 Christmas V1: 3 Short Stories PAPSET Guide and Book Set .27.94 23.95 ideas, literary analysis, cross-curricular activities ...... 15.95 14.95 (art, drama, math), several graphic organizer / “A Pint of Judgment” by Elizabeth Morrow, 004450 Scarlet Pimpernel Guide analysis pages, varied activity pages, compre- “The Fir Tree” by Hans Christian Anderson, 002450 Book ...... 4.95 3.95 hension quizzes, and a final test. Answers to all and “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry. SCPSET Guide and Book Set .26.90 23.25 continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 259 questions, worksheets, and test are included in 017800 Call of the Wild 017799 ual and collaborative activities, lots of reproduc- the back, along with an essay evaluation form. 067503 Catching Fire 067502 ibles, and an answer key. 80 pgs, pb. ~ Janice Really, each of these components can function as 014349 Eragon 014331 EACH GUIDE ...... 12.99 9.95 a stand-alone product and can be used without 067505 Farewell to Manzanar 067504 067991 Charlotte’s Web (3-5) the other, but for a more comprehensive study, 017832 Giver 017831 067989 Because of Winn-Dixie (3-6) they are best used in concert. There is very 017845 Hatchet 017844 068004 One & Only Ivan (3-6) little overlap between the two, even in the chap- 017847 Hobbit 017846 067990 Bud, Not Buddy (4-6) ter-by-chapter questions - but completing the 017848 Holes 017849 067996 Island Blue Dolphin (4-6) questions in the Student Packet will help prepare 025475 Hunger Games 025470 068003 Number the Stars (4-6) your child for the more in-depth questions found 017875 Johnny Tremain 017874 071914 ☼Watsons Go to Birmingham - in the Teacher Guide. If your child is working 006378 Little Women 006377 1963 (4-6) independently on a novel, the Student Packet 017910 My Side of the Mountain 017909 068014 Wonder (4-6) can be used alone (if available). If you want to 017930 Prince and the Pauper 017929 072114 ☼Crossover (5-8) do little written work and put more emphasis 017969 Treasure Island 030663 071884 ☼Esperanza Rising (5-8) on discussion, the Teacher Guide can be used 017984 Where the Red Fern Grows 017983 067993 Giver (5-8) by itself. As stated before, we have selected a 017988 White Fang 017987 067994 Hatchet (5-8) sampling of guides at each grade level. If you 017992 Witch of Blackbird Pond 017991 067995 Holes (5-8) like them, we’ll add more! 067509 Wonder 067508 068013 To Kill a Mockingbird (6-8) Please note that some guides have been written 017994 Wrinkle in Time 017993 to correlate with a specific edition of a book. In-Depth Guide For Any Novel Some of these editions are now out of print, Basic lesson plans with lots of Interactive Novel and we do not carry all versions mentioned. Teacher Grades 9-12 Student Log reproducibles that can be adapted for any Where multiple editions are available, such as 017769 Adventures of 017768 novel. Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the page numbers Huckleberry Finn 068010 Grades 3-5 . . . .15.99 12.50 given in the guide may not correlate exactly. 017773 All Quiet on Western Front 017772 068011 Grades 6+ . . . . 15.99 12.50 EACH TEACHER GUIDE . . .11.99 9.95 017777 Animal Farm 017776 EACH STUDENT PACKET . . 12.99 10.50 017783 Around World in 80 Days 017782 P & R Books and Study Guides (4-8) 006235 Canterbury Tales 006234 “A classic is something that everybody wants Teacher Grades 3-4 Student 017802 Catcher in the Rye 017801 to have read and nobody wants to read.” - Mark 067501 BFG 067500 017813 Count of Monte Cristo 017812 Twain. The author of this guide hopes to make 013107 Boxcar Children 013106 020773 Fahrenheit 451 020772 reading the classics enjoyable for you and your 006258 Charlotte’s Web 006257 017828 Frankenstein 017827 students. The study guides contain background 006265 Cricket in Times Square 006264 017837 Grapes of Wrath 017836 information about the author of the novel as well 024912 Flat Stanley 024911 017839 Great Expectations 017838 as wonderful vocabulary exercises and discus- 017869 James and the Giant Peach 017868 017841 Great Gatsby 017840 sion questions to accompany each chapter or 017887 Lion, Witch, and the 017886 006349 Gulliver’s Travels 006348 group of chapters from the book. The vocabulary Wardrobe 017871 Jane Eyre 017870 building activities reinforce vocabulary from the 006374 Little House in the Big Woods 006373 017883 Last of the Mohicans 017882 book which may be unfamiliar. The compre- 006376 Little House on the Prairie 006375 017890 Lord of the Flies 017889 hension questions may be answered orally or 006398 Mouse and the Motorcycle 006397 046539 Murder on Orient Express 046538 in writing. You may wish to cover the majority 006469 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 006468 017914 Of Mice and Men 017913 of them orally and choose a few for students 006560 Trumpet of the Swan 006559 006464 Pride and Prejudice 006463 to write about and address in more depth. In 017986 Whipping Boy 017985 017940 Red Badge of Courage 017939 the back of each guide, there are several pages 017946 Romeo and Juliet 017945 packed with “creative ideas.” These ideas allow Teacher Grades 5-6 Student 017964 Tale of Two Cities 017963 for a change of pace, and may include recipes to 034937 Adam of the Road 034936 017968 To Kill a Mockingbird 017967 try, games to play, suggestions for field trips, or 017787 Because of Winn-Dixie 017786 017980 War of the Worlds 017979 projects to complete. While the ideas enhance 032340 Black Beauty 032339 043745 Watership Down 043744 the story, they are simply provided for you to 017794 Bridge to Terabithia 017793 (see Library Builders for corresponding novels) pick and choose from as desired. The pages of 006220 By the Great Horn Spoon 006219 ~~~~~~~ this book can be reproduced up to five times 006254 Castle in the Attic 006247 without permission from the publishe , so 017820 Door in the Wall 017819 ☼Rigorous Reading In Depth Guides (3-12) you won’t necessarily need to buy more than one 017822 Ella Enchanted 017821 With an eye to the rigorous guide even if using this with multiple children. 017855 How to Eat Fried Worms 017854 reading requirements in state Approximately 60 pgs. 017860 Indian in the Cupboard 017859 and national standards (i.e. The accompanying books have been carefully 017866 Island of the Blue Dolphins 017865 close reading, deeper analysis), edited to preserve the detail from the original sto- 017912 Number the Stars 017911 this series of In-Depth Guides ries while featuring an accelerated pace (although 067507 One and Only Ivan 067506 aims to move beyond just the P & R Little Women is still quite thick at 217 006457 Phantom Tollbooth 058405 recounting a book’s events and pages, so don’t worry about too much “editing”), 017944 Roll of Thunder, Hear 017943 looking up a few vocabulary updated language, and large illustrations. To My Cry words. Instead, the emphasis use the P & R Guides, you should also buy the 006507 Secret Garden 006498 is on the student learning how to “add to or alter P & R book, as the guides correspond to these 066264 Summer of the Monkeys 065494 their understanding of the novel as they are read- books. - Melissa 032347 Tale of Despereaux 032346 ing it.” Students keep an Interactive Novel Log EACH GUIDE (except noted) . 6.99 5.95 017973 Tuck Everlasting 017972 (notebook form) of their journey through a novel, 032783 Faerie Gold Guide giving them the place and the space to record 032784 Faerie Gold . . . .15.99 11.75 Teacher Grades 7-8 Student their thoughts and observations. A good novel is 011309 Hans Brinker Guide 024905 20,000 Leagues Under 024904 complex and multi-layered. Students are asked to 011308 Hans Brinker . . . 10.99 8.95 the Sea trace the development of literary elements as well 039401 Heidi Study Guide . .7.99 6.75 017767 Across Five Aprils 017766 as make inferences and predictions about the 039400 Heidi ...... 9.99 8.50 017771 Adventures of Tom Sawyer 017770 story in addition to detailing the novel’s events. 027242 Little Women Guide 017779 Anne Frank: Diary of a 017778 This well-crafted resource provides background 027241 Little Women . . . .9.99 8.50 Young Girl information, lesson plans, a multitude of individ- 018507 Robinson Crusoe . . 9.99 8.50 260 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Discovering Literature Series (4-12) in the regular level, the challenging level guides discovers there is more to the story and finds These are excellent literature study guides which (thankfully) include answers to these questions a tangled web of deceit. Proving innocence cultivate appreciation in literature, improve read- also. These guides are well conceived and highly can be difficult and they discover it involves ing comprehension, and encourage development recommended. waiting and trusting in the Lord. of insight. The guides are meant to be used by the 071278 Study Guide/Workbook teacher, although they contain student reproduc- Grades 4-8: 071277 Book ibles. In the regular guides, chapter by chapter 004725 Island of the Blue Dolphins analysis includes student directives, chapter Guide ...... 11.99 9.25 vocabulary and a chapter summary. Student 009346 Book ...... 7.99 6.25 directives are questions about the chapter that can either be used as discussion questions or as 013331 Lord of the Flies Gd 13.99 10.75 a guide for the student to use in developing his 010518 Book ...... 9.99 7.50 own summary. Vocabulary sections contain both 004720 My Side of the Mountain word and description. The summary is intended Guide ...... 11.99 9.25 for use by the teacher and gives pertinent details 003354 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 about each chapter. Many chapters are followed by a reproducible skills page which cover literary 007445 Roll of Thunder, Hear My ☼Circe Institute Literature Guides (7-12) concepts such as character development, setting, Cry Guide . . . . 11.99 9.25 These thought-provoking Circe Institute guides elements of a narrative, plot development, etc. 003280 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 zero in, helping students discern the particular For example, in the guide to My Side of the issues that each of Homer’s epic poems address- Mountain, the flashback device is used in chap- 004722 Where the Red Fern Grows es. The typically 8 per lesson, open-ended, ter one. So, following that chapter’s analysis is a Guide ...... 11.99 9.25 higher-order thinking questions (no answers) skill page on Flashback Development in which 007352 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 encourage close reading, help students form and students learn about how the flashback is used test their opinions, and prepare them for class effectively in the chapter. Other skill pages focus Challenging Level (7-12): discussion. You won’t find answers, quizzes or on other non-literary (but essential) skills such as 068550 Graveyard Guide . .13.99 10.75 tests here; the goal is discovery, and building a outlining, sequencing, categorizing, comparison 067570 Book ...... 8.99 6.75 stronger, more thoughtful reader and communi- and contrast, etc. Another unique and appreciat- cator. These guides encourage writing a com- ed feature is the incorporation of Writer’s Forum 003118 Hobbit Guide . . . 11.99 9.25 monplace book for reflection and recommend pages. These are sprinkled throughout the guide 004235 Book ...... 8.99 6.75 Eva Braun’s Homeric Moments as a commen- and provide writing opportunities based on the tary. Includes an overview of Homer, the Trojan novel. Some guides contain more of them than 001992 To Kill a Mockingbird 15.99 12.50 War and related elements, important literary others: My Side of the Mountain includes three 013819 Book ...... 14.99 10.95 terms, and additional, lined reflection pages. such pages which explore conflict, reality (vs. Nonreproducible, consumable, Approx. 119 pgs, artistic “license”) and a page which contains 056666 Hunger Games Gd . 13.99 10.75 spiral bound, pb. ~ Ruth eight different writing suggestions to use for a 030205 Book ...... 10.99 8.25 EACH GUIDE ...... 29.00 culminating presentation. Roll of Thunder, Hear 036945 Space Between: Gde to Homer’s Iliad My Cry has five such pages on a variety of topics 056659 Catching Fire Gd . .13.99 10.75 068745 Journey Home: Guide to the Odyssey including poetry, discrimination, and round vs. 060063 Book ...... 12.99 9.50 flat characters. Some of the guides also include Walking to Wisdom Literature Guides (7-12) a final, culminating project. Besides all of this, 056667 Mockingjay Guide . 13.99 10.75 This series of upper-level literature guides from tests are included at the end of reading “blocks” 060064 Book ...... 12.99 9.50 Classical Academic Press covers selected works (My Side has them every five chapters, Roll of from C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and Dorothy Sayers. Thunder has them every three). These include ☼Carol Kinsey Books and Study Guides (7-12) They can be used together to fulfill one year of multiple choice, vocabulary and essay questions. Part literature study guide, part Bible study, British literature or individually, although the Each book also contains a reproducible page to these reproducible (for families) study guides are authors selected these authors and works specifi- use for student summaries and chapter vocab- based on books by Carol Kinsey - suspenseful cally as these authors’ works often share the same ulary plus answers for all skill pages and tests stories of young people who are Christ-followers themes and ideas – even across different genres (including model essay answers). Challenging and who are seeking to live their lives based of writing. These authors were deeply familiar Level guides are formatted somewhat differently, on biblical principles. Partitioning the books with one another; all members of an informal lit- with much more emphasis on reading strategies into four-week segments, each study designates erary discussion group called “The Inklings.” The and analysis. Chapter by chapter discussion still certain chapters to be read each week and Inklings shared unfinished works with each other, centers on questions, vocabulary, and summary, provides vocabulary exercises, comprehension reading and discussing them on Thursday eve- but there are many more Strategy (the counter- questions which include literary analysis, closer nings in C.S. Lewis’ college rooms. The authors part to the middle school level skill pages) and look questions that provide biblical applications, of these studies have taught extensively on all of Writer’s Forum pages. These are just excellent, and writing project suggestions. Answer keys are these authors, and desire to share the relationship exploring and examining many literary con- provided. between them, as well as a recognition for the structs and techniques. For example, in The EACH STUDY GUIDE/WRKBK .17.99 16.75 common themes and ideas that run throughout Giver, while studying chapters 1 through 5, EACH BOOK ...... 12.95 12.00 their fictional and nonfictional works. A unique Strategies include: Beginning a Book, Setting Under the Shadow of a Steeple (7-12) feature of these guides is that students not only and Mood, Irony, Plot - The Design of a Story, A contemporary story of four children living read the featured work of fiction, but also read and Foreshadowing and Flashback. During this in foster care; experiencing verbal abuse, excerpts from essays by all three of these and other same span, three Writer’s Forums are included: who run away in order to keep their family related authors. For example, in the guide for “Shades of Meaning,” “Anecdote,” and “A List together. A creative living arrangement in a The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, students of Rules.” As with the lower level guides, testing church building along with a pastor and his spend the first several days reading, analyzing and occurs regularly at the end of specified chapter wife illustrates God’s provision in unique and summarizing essay excerpts from The Weight of “blocks.” Tests no longer include multiple choice amazing ways. Glory and Mere Christianity before starting into answers, but concentrate on vocabulary and 071276 Study Guide/Workbook the novel. The excerpts are not included in the contain more essay (both short and long answer) 071275 Book guides (for copyright reasons), so you will need to topics. Again, answer pages in the back of the get the books from the library or purchase those guide contain suggested responses for all student Until Proven Innocent (9-12) books as well. There are two suggested reading exercises and tests. While chapter summaries are Set in post-Civil War times, a deputy deter- schedules given in each guide: a 10-day sched- usually sufficient for answering chapter questions mined to bring a young woman to justice continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 261 ule and a 20-day schedule. Please note that you The Screwtape Letters from a literary perspective. There’s a certain sort may want to schedule in additional time for the 059519 Student Guide of balance in these studies as well as those for enrichment and writing activities found at the end 059520 Teacher Guide books that have religious themes. They neither of each guide. 011110 Book . . . . . 14.99 10.95 ignore nor spiritualize the themes, just recognize The study guide authors emphasize active read- SCLWTW Package . . . . 49.89 39.00 that there is a reality in which these are important ing and note-taking, where the student makes themes to note and discuss. Usually 90 pgs or notes in the novel to help them pay attention, Till We Have Faces so, pb. ~ Janice gather details, and note instances where themes 059521 Student Guide EACH GUIDE ...... 5.95 3.95 are apparent. (You may wish to invest in a 059522 Teacher Guide 057384 1984 copy of the book for your student’s purposes 028775 Book . . . . .15.99 11.75 057385 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn only, rather than have them mark up the family TWFWTW Package . . . .50.89 39.95 057394 Animal Farm read-aloud copy!) The study guide pages for 057398 Beowulf each reading assignment remind the student to Man Born to Be King 057404 Canterbury Tales make notes in their book, look for passages that 059514 Student Guide 057427 Frankenstein reference the “great ideas” in that section and 059515 Teacher Guide 057446 Great Gatsby record them on the lined pages provided for 059513 Book . . . . .19.95 17.25 057454 Hobbit nine different themes, orally narrate a summary MBKWTW Package . . . .54.85 45.95 057458 Iliad SparkNotes of the chapters to a teacher or partner (or retell 057483 Mythology in another creative way), and answer the reading Fellowship of the Ring 057492 Of Mice and Men and discussion questions. The reading questions 059507 Student Guide 057508 Romeo and Juliet are more comprehension-oriented, while the 059508 Teacher Guide 057509 Scarlet Letter discussion questions focus on main ideas and 061484 Book . . . . . 10.95 8.50 057523 Tale of Two Cities analyzing the author’s meanings and choices. FORWTW Package . . . .45.85 36.50 057528 To Kill a Mockingbird The literature guide activities wrap up with a journaling assignment based on the reading The Two Towers Single Book Study Guides and a prompt to generate your own discussion 059523 Student Guide questions based on the reading. No crosswords 059524 Teacher Guide Little Pilgrim’s Progress Adventure Guide (PK-AD) or vocabulary exercises here; there is a heavy 061486 Book . . . . .11.99 8.95 Immerse your family in the adventures of emphasis on discussion and writing throughout TWTWTW Package . . . .46.89 37.25 Christian and Christiana as they make their these guides. At the end of the guide, you’ll find way to the Celestial City. This little study guide enrichment activities and writing project sug- The Return of the King is designed to help you make a well-loved, gestions. These focus on the work as a whole, 059517 Student Guide across-the-centuries favorite into a family favor- and include hands-on and creative activity and 059518 Teacher Guide ite. Little Pilgrim’s Progress, an adaptation of writing suggestions, as well as multiple suggested 061485 Book . . . . .10.95 8.50 John Bunyan’s classic, Pilgrim’s Progress, main- essay assignments exploring one of the “great ROKWTW Package . . . .45.85 36.50 tains all the allegorical messages, characters and ideas” from the book even further. Suggested places of the original. Helen Taylor wanted a essay assignments include a thesis, question, WTWCMP Complete Set . 386.01 302.00 younger audience (elementary and middle school expanded question, and personal connection Includes all eight student guides, teacher’s children) to profit from the allegory as much as questions (the Teacher’s Edition also includes a editions and corresponding novels countless generations of “grown-up” Christians sample essay for each). ~~~~~~~ had before them. Accordingly, the language and Many of the pages in the teacher’s edition are vocabulary is more accessible and the main char- a copy of the student’s page with answers and SparkNotes Literature Guides (9-12) acter is a young boy rather than a man. suggested summaries/essays filled in. However, There’s so much packed into these small-sized, The Study Guide – or Adventure Guide as the the study guide authors suggest that it will prob- inexpensive literature guides the biggest liability author, a homeschooling mom of five boys, pre- ably be helpful for you to have the teacher’s is that your student will be tempted to forego fers to call it – provides vocabulary work, recall edition so that the student can write their own reading the book! On the other hand, it makes and digging deeper types of questions, allegorical summaries and answers, then read the authors’ them perfect for busy teaching moms. However exploration, literature elements coverage, and version in the teacher’s edition to see what they you choose to use them, you’ll find a wealth of Bible applications with an emphasis on charac- may have missed. If you choose to use these information including a mini-guide on writing ter development. A key element of this latter is for a year of British literature, the suggested a literary analysis paper (identical within each the on-going development of a Character Chart scope of sequence is: The Lion, the Witch and book) along with suggested topics and a sample where the student keeps an on-going record the Wardrobe, The Last Battle, The Screwtape essay, study questions (discussion-type questions of story characters who have had a positive Letters, Till We Have Faces, The Man Born to with answers/talking points), a glossary of literary influence and those who have had a negative Be King, the Fellowship of the Ring, The Two terms, and suggestions for further reading. The influence on Christian’s pilgrimage. The Guide Towers and The Return of the King. These fill features you typically expect to find in literature is designed as a consumable (you’ll want one a unique niche in the study guides available at guides are also here – content and background, for each family member) with a brief (but very the upper levels, and they go deeper – across plot overview, character list and analysis, key helpful) Leader’s Guide in the back followed by the works of multiple authors – than other study facts, (excellent) discussion of themes, motifs, an Answer Key. The Leader’s Guide contributes guides we have seen at this level. – Jess and symbols as well as (equally excellent) sum- a list of interesting additional book activities (ie. EACH STUDENT GUIDE . . .14.95 12.95 mary and analysis. In fact, the only aspect of lit- mapping Christian’s journey, art projects, verse EACH TEACHER GUIDE . . .19.95 17.25 erature studies that I found missing is vocabulary memorization, and dioramas – to name a few). study (too bad). However, you’ll hardly notice 79 pgs, pb. ~ Janice Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe because you’ll be so busy with all the other 011280 Adventure Guide . . 8.99 6.50 059511 Student Guide quality content. One of my favorite features is the 003903 Little Pilgrim’s Progress 10.99 7.25 059512 Teacher Guide section that offers an explanation for a number of 010719 Book . . . . . 7.99 5.95 important quotations from the book. These are LWWWTW Package ...... 42.89 34.50 not student worktexts; although, there is a multi- ple choice 25-question review (with answers) in The Last Battle each guide. Rather, they are a study handbook 059509 Student Guide for the literature selection. This series is from a 059510 Teacher Guide secular publisher, but, interestingly, they include 007579 Book ...... 7.99 5.95 study guides for both the Old and the New LBTWTW Package . . . . 42.89 34.50 Testament that look at these sections of the Bible 262 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Literature Adventure (3-8) sheets on various aspects of the story (i.e. setting, prehension and sometimes challenger questions Enthusiastic presentation, engaging format, characters, plot, themes, author info, etc.), and and completing writing assignments. Each book encompassing study, entertaining video instruc- step-by-step instructions and encouragement for study ends with a vocabulary review, comple- tion, and a dead-pan basset hound. All of these preparing a fabulous report which, by the way, is tion of a study guide, and a unit test. There are are the elements that characterize the Here to actually a multi-faceted oral presentation. thirteen “unit studies” interspersed among these Help Learning Writing videos. We’re thrilled The consumable Student Workbook provides six book study units. These studies include: they’ve decided to provide literature studies. instruction, illustrations, and assignments plus author background, linguistics (etymology and Filmed on location, their first study, Island of the space for the student to complete assign- philology), setting, map study, ancient epics, the Blue Dolphins, comes alive and it’s easy to ments. The Teacher’s Guide is a replica of the introduction to Old English, Beowulf, monsters throw yourself into the study of this book that has Student Workbook but with the answers filled in. and heroes, genre (fantasy as literature), poet- captured the hearts of young people for years. The TG also includes an overview of the lessons ry, Arthurian romances, theme and motif. An Energetic and engaging video is the heart of and supplies needed as well as an overview of interesting final unit study is a research project the study. There are five lessons, each with the lesson elements. Both Workbook and Guide which invites the student to explain “whatev- video instruction interspersed with “Flying Solo” are spiral bound and about 70 pgs. er happened to the Hobbits, Men, Elves, and assignments. The reading plan emerges with Registering at the Here to Help Learning web- Dwarves?” Definitely a one credit, college-prep the help of the iconic basset hound (Captain site has some benefits for users of their courses. high school literature course with an emphasis Knucklehead), an enthusiastic teacher (Mrs. There are internet resources, printable resources, on character development and truth, it could be Mora) and a well-organized literature strategy. access to a Members Forum plus a newsletter counted either as Ancient or British Lit (although Lessons start with background information that, with teaching tips and special offers. as British literature it is missing some typical in the case of the Island of the Blue Dolphins, There are many hints in this material that this content – Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, etc.). includes an in-depth look at the geography of the is the first of a new series by the Here to Help The Student Edition is hefty - 477 pgs, spi- setting as well as the customs and beliefs of the people. The Island course is labeled “Westward ral-bound – providing textual information and Native American peoples. With the thoroughness Movement” implying there will be more books serving as a worktext. Chapter synopses are that is typical of Here to Help Learning, books and more historic time periods. Also, the liter- designed as fill-in-the-blank with page refer- are approached from the perspective of world- ature study “tools” will be easily adaptable for ences for gleaning answers. These serve as view (What does the Bible say about the subject? other studies. I, for one, am eager to see where review as well as providing experience with How can we administer grace to all people of the the Here to Help traveling video production team an excellent technique for literary study. Page earth? Your attitude affects learning? What kind will take us next. ~ Janice number references coordinate with the Lord of of fruit (effect) is being produced? What have Island of the Blue Dolphins the Rings Combined Volume (50th Anniversary you learned--apply it to your life.) while looking 065674 Teachers Kit . . . .27.99 25.95 Edition). Vocabulary is introduced in context. at the story structure (main idea, protagonist/ 065673 Student Notebook . .18.99 17.25 Comprehension questions can be used either antagonist, setting, story time line, problems that for discussion or for short essay-type answers. are faced and overcome) and writing style (new Challenger questions (for more advanced stu- words/word choice, literary techniques, point of dents) can be either skipped or completed view, and guessing where the author is leading depending on the student. The student is you). In keeping with the Here to Help Learning encouraged to check (and correct) his answers flight themes, these are presented as “gauges” – continually so that his efforts will be effective in as in airplane dash gauges. One of the central terms of review and reinforcement. The thirteen “tools” for encouraging active reading is the Unit Studies are varied in form and substance. ENGAGE acronym which stands for Execute Sometimes essays about various elements of lit- your reading plan; Navigate the new vocabulary; erature; sometimes explorations of other literary Go for the reading; Ask great questions, Go for works; and occasionally related work projects details, and Evaluate your work. such as the map project, these units will often The video format lends itself to a broadened include writing assignments. As an example, study and Mrs. Mora takes full advantage of that. in the introductory Beowulf study (there are two The instruction might start with a book but ends parts to the Beowulf study) textual information up as a cross-curricular study that in the case of Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings 2ED (9-12) includes sections on Tolkien and Beowulf, the Island includes Chumash culture, dolphins and Combining the literary magnificence of The Lord history of Beowulf, unfamiliar terms, and features sea creatures, island restoration (in the Channel of the Rings trilogy with an enthusiastic study of of old English poetry and then provides excerpts Islands), career investigation (park ranger), hab- the rich, ancient literature that served as its inspi- from the poem. As with each of the unit studies, itat exploration (marine shelf), and history (the ration and packaging it into a well-organized, a study guide is to be completed at the end. If real story). By the way, the video is excellent easy-to-use study, Literary Lessons from LOTR is the student is inclined for further study on any and professionally done. Many entertaining and a beautiful thing! Now in its second edition, this topic, the publisher’s website provides links to engaging aspects are built in – such as chat/tex- course has much to offer the serious high school interactive resources for more information. The ting sequences that help you “see” the informa- student: broad exposure to literary terms, excel- Appendix includes two additional unit studies – tion from the perspective of various people and lent overview of ancient literature – Greek epics, Movies and the Classics and Exploring Religious sometimes animals. Beowulf and the Arthurian Romances, extensive Elements in the LOTR – as well as a glossary, a The Teacher’s Kit includes the Teacher’s vocabulary studies, an introduction to poetry, dictionary of literary terms, and a works cited Guide, the DVD and the Student Notebook. and significant writing opportunities designed to page. These last two unit studies are optional. The DVD provides the filmed instruction. There develop creativity as well as actual writing skills. By the way, religious content in this course is are five lessons each with five sections: Pre- All of this is in addition to an in-depth look into reserved for this last optional unit study. There Flight Checklist, Flight Check-in, Take Off, Full the novels (and their author) widely considered are only a few references to the Bible as literature Throttle, and Flying Solo. Pre-Flight Checklist to be one of the most influential literary works of or as a source for an idea throughout the rest of and Flight Check-in are general information the past century. the study. and repeated from lesson to lesson. After the The “secret” of this course’s success is the The 341 page Teacher Edition is packaged in first time, you might choose to skip these and skillful weaving of related unit studies with the a three-ring binder. Introductory information go straight to the lesson’s new material. As the comprehensive study of the six “books” which “walks” the teacher through the course, outlining lesson progresses through Take Off, Full Throttle, make up what is commonly known as The LOTR each of the components mentioned previously. and Flying Solo, the student is encouraged to trilogy. Each book is studied chapter by chapter Detailed lesson plans for 180 days, a chap- pause the video and complete a section in the and students are expected to provide a synopsis ter-by-chapter answer key, and grading sugges- Student Workbook before diving into the reading of events, complete vocabulary exercises, and tions are also provided along with ”grey boxes” assignment. These sections include vocabulary, sometimes read “additional notes” (literary anal- which suggest additional writing assignments, chapter-by-chapter worksheets, specific work- ysis and interpretation) before answering com- continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 263 provide notes and tell when to give quizzes and Movie / Video Study Guides Tales from Shakespeare (5-8) reviews. Eighteen vocabulary quizzes, six unit This guide by Matt Whitling provides instruction tests and unit study quizzes, included in the Movies as Literature (9-12) for teaching ten of Shakespeare’s most famous TE, are reproducible for home and family use. This complete, one-year literature course was plays including Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and All answers for quizzes and tests are included designed for high school but would be great for Juliet, and Much Ado about Nothing. The instruc- in the TE. Flexibility and ease of use are key a middle school study as well. The course uses tion is based off and requires a copy of Tales characteristics of this course. Students can work classic novels that have been made into movies from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, independently with the teacher as administrator to introduce and study the elements of literary a readable adaptation of the plays for younger (grading & record-keeping) – or the teacher analysis. Student discussion and composition students (listed below). Though the teaching can be as involved as she chooses in terms of questions are provided for each of the seventeen tips are meant for larger classes, the worksheets discussion. In order to facilitate discussion, the movies featured. An extensive teacher’s guide and test provided are great for homeschoolers. teacher is encouraged to purchase “Letters of and answer key are included for the questions A similar two-page worksheet is provided for J.R.R. Tolkien”. Writing assignments are plen- asked. A glossary of important literary terms is each of the ten plays. Students are instructed tiful – and interesting – but the author cautions also given, as well as a final exam which tests to record statistics (like plot type, setting, etc.), against trying to do ALL of them, suggesting that literary elements learned from each movie. The describe the attributes and roles of characters, one per week is about right. Teacher prep is course not only provides students the skills need- summarize the plot, sketch a memorable scene, minimal. I think this course would work very ed to dissect different literary aspects of books, it define vocabulary, and answer comprehension well as a co-op literature class. ~ Janice also teaches them to discern underlying messages questions. Answers are included. Please note that 033705 Student Edition . . .65.00 54.95 in movies rather than simply absorbing them. although the guide references page numbers for 033709 Teacher Edition . . 65.00 54.95 Whether you want your students to read the nov- vocabulary words in both the Signet and Puffin 049915 Lord of the Rings 50th els first and then watch the movies and analyze Classics, that these are no longer accurate for the Anniv. Combined Ed. 22.99 15.25 them, or merely watch the movies alone, this Puffin Classic. A four-page exam tests all ten of book provides great guidelines and offers stu- the plays. Most of the questions are short-answer Divine Comedy Study Guide (10-AD) dents the tools they need for prompting literary questions, with a few matching. A review sheet Memoria Press does it again; helping you analysis. A student workbook for the course is given before the exam for study. An answer teach a very difficult text in manageable bits. is also available; this contains all the questions key is also provided for the final exam. The back Why read Dante? This book came out of the late from the guide book with room for students to of the book includes Venn diagrams showing middle Ages and impacted literature from the answer them, a glossary, and plenty of movie how Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies have Renaissance to the 20th century. Its lessons on trivia for fun. ~ Rachel S. overlapping themes. Overall, this guide provides depravity and consequences are an extremely 017555 Book ...... 38.00 33.50 great review of Shakespeare’s plays and requires valuable lesson about the human condition for 034765 Workbook . . . . 20.00 17.95 minimal effort from teachers. Reproducible, spi- teenagers to learn. One man and his struggle for ral bound, 50 pgs. ~ Rachel hope in a world of political, social and spiritual SHAKESPEARE 015930 Guide ...... 15.00 11.95 upheaval (sound timely?) is the center of Dante 046358 Book (Puffin Classic) . 5.99 4.50 Alighieri’s novel as translated by John Ciardi. Instructional / Study Guides The Teacher Guide has lessons for you to present Parallel Text Shakespeare (9-AD) each “canto” or section. You will have all of the See Inside the World of Shakespeare (Usborne I realize this may sound like an exaggeration, but answers to the student guide, plus step by step Flap Book) (2-6) after perusing this sample of Romeo and Juliet, I assignments that are not in the kids’ book, like This book may only have 15-16 pages, but don’t almost wished I could go back to high school and memorization, vocabulary, discussion starters be fooled- it’s loaded with information! Many of study it again, in this format! It’s extremely well and some background overview material to make the detailed drawings spread across two pages for thought out and put together. With this program, you look good! The material itself is complicated, a panoramic view. Each page is peppered with I feel like I could actually teach my younger sib- but the Teacher Guide is easy to follow. There dozens of interesting facts and observations, as lings Shakespeare, and it would be an experience is a section of Drill Questions and then the Test well as a number of tabs (or “flaps”) that lift away that we could all enjoy. There are four com- Answer Key. There are no blank student pages to reveal more tidbits of information. ~ Rachel P. ponents to each play: a text, a teacher’s guide, in this book. 001863 ...... 14.99 13.49 a student workbook, and a teacher workbook. The Student Guide is meant to be written in by The text is unique and contains a lot more than the student as you read the Comedy. It is logi- Shakespearean Theater Spectacular Visual just an unabridged version of the play. Rather, cally divided by the cantos (chapters) and there Guide (4-8) the text contains two versions of the play, with are vocabulary words that refer to a specific line As a visual learner, I have always loved books the unabridged, original version on the left-hand in the canto. There are comprehension questions like these. Similar to the popular DK style books, side of each two-page spread, and the modern with plenty of space for answers. In the back is a each page is filled with lots of colorful illus- translation printed on the right-hand page. Both place to write answers to the Drill Questions (50 trations with informational captions. This book versions are laid out identically with regard to short answer questions) from the Teacher Guide. specifically focuses on the classic comedies and format, so you won’t have to flip to another page The Quizzes & Tests are numbered and tragedies of a Shakespearean Theater. Great for to keep up with the other translation. Ideally, each covers one or two cantos. Questions are casual reading, unit studies, or supplements for students will read the original form through, and matching, multiple choice, short answer and your own visual learner. Pb, approx. 48 pgs. – then read the modernized translation so they can some which require about a paragraph answer. Laura go back to the original, and realize “oh, that’s There are quizzes, a mid-term (matching, short 010895 ...... 7.95 5.95 what he meant!”. The play is divided up by act, answer, and a mini-essay which has two pages with each act featuring “before you read” ques- of lines), and a final exam in the same format as tions, a discussion of the literary elements found the mid-term for each of the three parts: Inferno, in that act, a list of vocabulary (with definitions) Purgatorio, and Paradiso. There are no answers that may be unfamiliar to the student, and an act in this book. summary. After each act in the text, you’ll find I think it would be hard to teach such a classic a handful of discussion questions, a return to the and heavy text with only one of these books. You literary elements found in that act that ask the really need all three to effectively make it work. students to find examples from the text, and a Everything is laid out for you to follow. ~ Sara list of writing prompts. I’m pretty impressed at 052960 Student Study Guide 16.95 14.60 the depth of the questions included; they ask stu- 052961 Teacher Guide . . .16.95 14.60 dents to interpret character’s actions to determine 054721 Quizzes & Tests . . .5.00 4.50 their character, analyze their behavior, compare 053265 Divine Comedy . . 21.00 14.75 and contrast characters, ask them how their feel- 056797 Lesson Plans . . . . 9.00 7.95 ings for the character have changed, and much 264 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. more. The literary element questions and writing quality and the depth of the discussion questions, Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, A prompts are just as involved, asking students to and I appreciate the lengths that the authors have Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of find examples of foreshadowing and hyperbole, gone to, to include a study of literary elements Venice, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, or asking students to look up the rules for writing in the plays. Often, comprehension is the most and Twelfth Night). a sonnet and write one, or to choose a quotation important thing studied in literature guides, and This resource gives much more than definitions. that best characterizes a scene, and write about literary elements are left along the wayside. As I The word entries include: definition (as used in its significance. The end of each text features mentioned above, if you do not want to put the play), part of speech, pronunciation, warning discussion questions, literary analysis questions, expense and effort into a full-blown mini-course notes (difference in modern meaning), usage and writing prompts for the whole play, as well on each play, you will get along quite nicely with notes (word usage), theatre notes (the cultural as “extras,” like group activity suggestions, and the text and the teacher’s guide. However, if you background), citation (which play and character background about Shakespeare’s life, and the would like to focus more on comprehension and used this word), related words, and cross refer- Globe theater. writing, the workbook is a terrific complement. ences. There are illustrated segments on related The text teacher’s guide “fills in all the blanks” Whichever option you choose, I think you’ll topics – armor, swords/daggers, clothing, hats, from the student text, and includes true/false agree that this is an excellent and high-quality animals, colors, occupations, ships, recreation, “anticipation questions,” pre-reading discussion course that makes teaching Shakespeare a little music, and cosmos (constellations and horo- questions, teaching suggestions and suggested easier for both the teacher and student. - Jess scope), and a map of Shakespeare’s Europe. The activities, an act summary, detailed answers to EACH PARALLEL TEXT . . . 9.95 8.50 binding is flexible with slightly over-the-page- the post-reading discussion and literary element EACH TEACHER GUIDE . . 10.95 9.25 edge extensions. 352 pgs, pb. ~ Janice questions, suggestions for the writing prompts, EACH WORKBOOK . . . . 6.95 6.25 067732 ...... 17.95 13.50 and a defined vocabulary list for each act. A EACH WKBK TEACHER . . 13.25 11.25 reproducible vocabulary quiz is also included for 037874 Hamlet Text Activities / Supplements each act, as is an essay quiz. The vocabulary 037875 Hamlet Teacher Guide quiz contains matching, multiple-choice, and 036513 Julius Caesar Text Shakespeare Masks (package of 24) (PK-AD) short answer questions on the vocabulary, while 036514 Julius Caesar Teacher Guide 022832 ...... 8.99 7.25 the essay quiz asks short essay questions at both 036516 Julius Caesar Workbook a literal level and an interpretive level. The end 036515 Julius Caesar Wkbk T/G Plays / Adaptations of the guide contains the answers to the final 036517 Macbeth Text discussion and literary questions, as well as an 036518 Macbeth Teacher Guide Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare (2-6) end-of-play test including matching, true/false, 036520 Macbeth Workbook Exciting stories, loved for generations, writ- multiple-choice, and essay questions about the 036519 Macbeth Wkbk T/G ten for young readers surrounded by glorious, play as a whole. 037878 Merchant of Venice Text full-color, detailed illustrations and packaged in Really, you could study a play very thoroughly 037879 Merchant of Venice Teacher Guide a small-hand-sized (6” x 8”) padded hardback. simply by using the text and the teacher’s guide, 037880 Midsummer Night’s Dream Text An excellent introduction to the Bard’s stories and if reading, discussion, and essay questions 037881 Midsummer Night’s Dream Tchr Gd featuring well-written text and comfortable spac- are all the further you want to take each play, I 009118 Romeo & Juliet Text ing on quality paper. Includes Twelfth Night, would highly recommend this. However, there 009120 Romeo & Juliet Teacher Guide Romeo & Juliet, Tempest, Midsummer Night’s is also a workbook component available that 036522 Romeo & Juliet Workbook Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Life and emphasizes both the reading comprehension 036521 Romeo & Juliet Wkbk T/G Times of William Shakespeare (an illustrated aspect of the play and explores open-ended, 037884 Taming of the Shrew Text biography, list of plays and Quicklinks website creative questions as well. For each scene, or 037885 Taming of the Shrew Teacher Guide suggestions). 415 pgs, hb ~ Janice group of scenes chunked together, the student 027912 ...... 19.99 17.99 will answer reading questions for that sec- The Brightest Heaven of Invention (9-12) tion, which are primarily reading comprehension Shakespeare for the Christian! Six famous Shakespeare for Kids (2-6) questions, with references to the text for help Shakespearian plays are interpreted and analyzed Truly enjoyable adapta- finding the answers. A “response log” follows from a Christian perspective by author Peter tions of classic Shakespeare! the reading questions, and asks the students Leithart. Any study of Henry V, Julius Caesar, Author Lois Burdett has open-ended questions about issues in the text. Hamlet, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, or successfully introduced her For example, at the beginning of Romeo and Much Ado About Nothing will be enhanced by second grade classes to Juliet, they are asked to imagine what may have his insights. The studies are very thorough, put- Shakespeare for over twen- originally caused the conflict between the two ting the action of the play into historical context ty years. These 64-page families, and think about what may resolve it. and helping the reader understand the culture, books contain simplified Other response questions are equally thought characters, motives, and themes. After a very versions that are written in provoking, and may ask the student to explore interesting overview, each play is broken into rhyme. What makes each the different characters using graphic organizers, lessons for discussion. The text examines each book so delightful is the contribution of Ms. to make a list of symbols and phrases of love in segment of the play in greater detail, referencing Burdett’s class. Each play contains their ingen- our times, to write questions you may want to specific lines and actions, again interpreting and uous commentaries and colorful illustrations, ask the characters, and much more. The end of analyzing these for us against a Christian and which clearly express their thoughts and feelings each act lists discussion questions for short essay historical backdrop. After each lesson are review about the play. These books can be used as a responses. These are different than the response and thought questions for the student. The basis for activities such as writing a character questions in the text, and further flesh out the review questions review material as presented in diary, holding a debate, or for the really ambi- study of each scene. The end of the workbook the textual discussion. Thought questions have tious – performing the entire play! A short list offers suggestions for extension activities and the student interpret other elements of the play of activity suggestions is located in the back of additional writing assignments, based on the (it would be nice if Mr. Leithart included a key each book. Some discussion about antiquated play. The workbook teacher’s guide offers addi- for these). For those wanting their student(s) to language may be required during reading. ~ Anh tional teaching helps and copies of the student prepare a written project as a summary activity, EACH BOOK ...... 9.95 7.95 worksheets with answers provided. Suggested Paper Topics are also provided. 014023 Hamlet Altogether, I think these are the most thorough 002506 ...... 21.00 16.25 014024 Macbeth and easy-to-use studies on Shakespeare’s plays 014025 Midsummer Night’s Dream that I’ve run across in a long time. I love that ☼Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary (7-AD) 014026 Much Ado About Nothing the text is provided in two versions, so you can A delightful and extremely helpful resource! 014027 Romeo and Juliet really understand what’s going on in the play This dictionary includes words from twelve 014028 Tempest without turning to another source constantly to of Shakespeare’s most studied and performed 014029 Twelfth Night look up words and phrases. I also enjoy the plays (Henry V, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 265 ☼Playing with Plays Presents (2-8) Shakespeare’s Stories for Young Readers (3-AD) No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels (5-10) Do you want to incorporate drama into your Author Edith Nesbit brings twelve classic William Shakespeare is one of the greatest homeschool or homeschool co-op? This fun little Shakespeare stories to young readers as she adapts playwrights in history, but let’s face it—his series is designed to “do” plays. Easy to read and complicated language and tales into easy to read plays can be difficult to understand. No Fear to understand, the series targets schools and after- short stories. Each story contains the same main Shakespeare provides students with a fun, effec- schools but would be very adaptable for home- events and lessons along with some of the orig- tive way to experience the Bard’s plays by telling schools and co-ops. The actual presentations of inal wording, yet all are charmingly transformed the story in black-and-white, manga comic book each play or book are short; usually 10 – 15 min- into short stories that are readable and appeal- form. These adaptations are more thorough and utes. They are written in three different versions, ing to children. Stories included Romeo and detailed than the other abridged, illustrated each for an increasing group size (6-9; 9-12; and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, Shakespeare books we carry, making them suit- 12-17+). The text is colloquial, in general, but Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like able for older students. They also retain the “fla- incorporates actual quotations from the play or It, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Pericles, Hamlet, vor” of Shakespeare’s original language. Approx. book. These are highlighted and the “actors” are The Taming of the Shrew, and The Winter’s Tale. 200 pgs, pb. ~ Lisa encouraged to speak those lines precisely but to 023321 ...... 4.99 4.25 EACH BOOK ...... 9.95 7.75 use their own wording otherwise if desired. After 044188 Hamlet all, “all the world’s a stage.” 80 pgs, pb. ~ Janice Children’s Shakespeare (3-AD) 044192 MacBeth EACH BOOK (except noted) . . 9.95 A classic retelling of major Shakespearean 044196 Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare Plays plays. Although to author Edith Nesbit (author 067436 Hamlet of Railway Children and Five Children and It), Graphic Shakespeare (6-AD) 068126 Julius Caesar the stories are the “least part of Shakespeare,” Shakespeare can be a tough read, but when you 067438 Macbeth she wrote this volume to introduce Shakespeare can see the characters with all of their emotions 067439 Midsummer Night to her own children. Eleven plays are rewritten and the actions, it starts to make a lot more sense 067440 Much Ado About Nothing 7.95 in an appealing and understandable manner in for the reader. Including only the most relevant 068747 Richard III about 10 pages or less each: The Winter’s Tale; scenes, this 5-in-1 Shakespeare collection does 067442 Romeo & Juliet Romeo & Juliet; The Tempest; A Midsummer’s an amazing job of visually demonstrating some 067443 Taming of the Shrew Night Dream; King Lear; Cymbeline; The Taming of his most popular plays. The dialogue is in the 067444 Tempest of the Shrew; Hamlet; Twelfth Night; As You original voice with a modern version as a foot- 067446 Twelfth Night . . . . 7.95 Like It; and Pericles. The stories are a lovely note and sometimes in the graphic panel itself. 067447 Two Gentlemen of Verona 7.95 blend of Nesbit’s voice and also maintaining I found myself completely ignoring the transla- Classic Titles the Shakespearean tone and feel. For exam- tion because the images were so dramatic and 068746 Three Musketeers (Dumas) 7.95 ple, Petruchio greets Kate with, “Good-morrow, engaging! It doesn’t look like a modern comic 067441 Oliver Twist (Dickens) Kate,” and tells her he must marry her. She book. The colors are subdued and there are 067445 Treasure Island (Stevenson) 8.50 responds by yelling and saying, Nesbit retorts, no super powers. The 5 plays include: Hamlet, 067435 Christmas Carol (Dickens) “some extremely disagreeable things to him, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet and A 067437 Jungle Book (Kipling) . 9.50 and, I am sorry to say, ended by boxing his Midsummer Night’s Dream. 191pp, pb. ~ Sara ears.” Plays chosen are more “kid friendly” and 016186 ...... 16.95 11.95 difficult-for-kids passages are presented discretely and matter-of-factly without aggrandizing them. Brick Shakespeare (7-AD) 6” x 9”, 117 pp, sc. ~ Ruth I was getting such a kick 058455 ...... 14.95 11.50 out of looking at the pic- tures in these books that I Tales from Shakespeare (5-AD) almost forgot I was read- Although first published in 1807 with the ing Shakespeare! Illustrated Tales from Shakespeare (3-7) intent of being “an introduction to the study of with photos of Lego mini- I was once told by a high school English teacher Shakespeare,” these prose retellings by Charles figures set into scenes, your that Shakespeare’s plays were meant to be seen, and Mary Lamb have stood the test of time. student (and you!) will read not read. Although that didn’t make much sense Because the plays are told in story format, they the Bard’s classic tales in at the time, I can see now that he had a point. can be somewhat easier for children to under- a way that is just so… Shakespeare is definitely much easier to under- stand than the play format, and give a good basis different & unique. The Comedies includes: A stand if you can visualize what is happening for understanding the complete play when read Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Tempest, Much instead of relying solely on the dialog and your later. These unabridged editions feature twen- Ado About Nothing, and the Taming of the imagination. This series, made specifically for ty retellings of Shakespeare’s plays, including Shrew. The Tragedies includes: Hamlet, Romeo children, presents adaptations of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Juliet, and Julius Caesar. Each story is care- famous plays in an easy-to-understand com- Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The fully abridged, reading as a comic book would ic-strip format. Each comic is set at the Globe Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Macbeth, The with dialogue boxes next to the photos. Helpful Theater, complete with amusing comments made Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Romeo and narratives introduce the scenes and explain extra by members of the audience. Though the main Juliet, Hamlet, Othello and more. detail not in the script. I thought the graphic characters speak dialog straight from the play, the 000652 Wordsworth Classic . 4.99 3.95 novels we carry for Shakespeare were brilliant; plot is explained in simple language underneath Black/white illustrations by Arthur Rackham this is another creative way for students to better each frame. The humorous illustrations will and is 278 pgs, pb. understand these plays which can be so difficult definitely make you chuckle. After reading each 046358 Puffin Classic . . . .5.99 4.50 to interpret. I had to chuckle at the Jarjar Binks comic, you’ll be able to recognize main charac- 346 pgs, no illustrations. minifigure being used as Bottom in Midsummer ters and have a basic understanding of the plot of 067873 Yesterday’s Classics . 14.95 Night and the funny greenery stuck to Puck’s the play. Each book in this series contains seven plastic yellow head. Facial expressions have different plays in colorful comics. ~ Anh Ten Tales from Shakespeare (5-AD) been carefully painted on and used to express 032033 Tales from Shakespeare 7.99 6.25 A collection of unabridged prose (not play!) emotion in the photos. Eyebrows are furrowed Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, A retellings of 10 of Shakespeare’s works including and the ends of mouths are turned downward. Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As It is just a hoot! I think I recognized Sam from Juliet, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, the Hobbit Legos being used as Ariel in the 032032 More Tales from Shkspr 8.99 6.75 Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Tempest. At the beginning of each play, you Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, King Juliet, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, and Othello. are introduced to the Lego characters playing Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado An Evergreen Classic. ~ Enh the Shakespeare characters. From someone who About Nothing, Richard III, Twelfth Night 024245 ...... 5.99 4.95 remembers the Shakespeare I read in high school 266 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. being hard to follow, I appreciate the visual ern-day terms. These interpretations are helpful range from 250 to 350 pgs. pb ~ Janice appeal here! I would have remembered Jarjar as for the modern reader. Approximately 10 pages EACH BOOK (except noted) . .5.95 4.75 Bottom and been better able to follow the story. of teaching suggestions include topics for discus- 057487 No Fear Shakespeare: Large books have glossy pages that should stand sion, activity ideas, suggested essay topics, and A Companion . . . .9.95 7.75 up to years of use. Approx. 345pgs, pb. ~ Sara more. These are intended for classroom teacher 057395 Antony and Cleopatra 6.95 5.50 EACH BOOK ...... 19.95 13.95 use or for self-study; no answers are included. 057397 As You Like It 057360 The Comedies This is a great series for students who want to 057448 Hamlet 057361 The Tragedies read original Shakespeare but struggle with the 057452 Henry V tough language. “All the world’s a stage...” 057462 Julius Caesar Barron’s Shakespeare Made Easy (7-12) EACH BOOK ...... 9.95 8.25 057464 King Lear . . . . . 6.95 5.50 These books include both the original play 008840 Antony and Cleopatra 057470 Macbeth and a modernization by Alan Durband. These 008841 As You Like It 071856 ☼Measure for Measure 7.95 5.95 parallel each other page by page - open the book 008843 Hamlet 057474 Merchant of Venice to any point and the left page will have the play 008846 Julius Caesar 057475 Midsummer Night’s Dream in the original language while the right page 008848 Macbeth 057479 Much Ado About Nothing displays the same lines in modern English. This 008850 Midsummer Night’s Dream 071857 ☼Richard II . . . . 7.95 5.95 should make comprehension and understand- 008853 Romeo and Juliet 057505 Richard III . . . . .6.95 5.50 ing a whole lot easier and more accessible for 057507 Romeo and Juliet students. Each book has a number of activities No Fear Shakespeare (9-12) 057524 Taming of the Shrew in the back; these include activities to develop We sometimes forget that Shakespeare’s plays 057525 Tempest opinions on the characters, textual questions for were meant to be heard, seen, experienced 057530 Twelfth Night exploring some aspect of the play (speeches son- rather than read. In fact, they are difficult to 071858 ☼Two Gentlemen of Verona nets, etc), structure, setting, a list of examination read because of the centuries of language trans- ...... 7.95 5.95 questions that could very well be encountered, formation that lies between their conception and 071859 ☼Winter’s Tale . . .7.95 5.95 some one-word-answer quiz questions, and a us. But Shakespeare holds an enduring place in number of “complete the following” lines from literary history – memorable characters, startling the play. Shakespeare will suddenly make a lot stories, skillful punning, and quotable quotes. No POETRY COMPREHENSION / STUDIES more sense. ~ Zach Fear Shakespeare is a better start down that path EACH BOOK ...... 7.99 5.95 to lifelong appreciation. The playbooks provide Child’s Introduction to Poetry w/ CD (PK-6) 025889 Hamlet a readable side-by-side, line-by-line translation This book by Michael Driscoll introduces 025891 Julius Caesar – original language on one side and its meaning young students to poetry and famous poets in a 025893 Macbeth in understandable modern English/American pep- way they will find interesting and fun. The first 025894 Merchant of Venice pered with editorial notes and comments on the part of the book describes the various types of 025895 Midsummer’s Night Dream other. Thus the necessity of reading and constant- poetry like nursery rhymes, villanelle, limerick, 023818 Much Ado About Nothing ly consulting footnotes is eliminated. A complete narrative verse, ballad, sonnet, free verse, and 025896 Romeo and Juliet listing and description of characters precedes more. Each type of poem is described quickly 023821 Taming of the Shrew the play and completes the book. That’s all! No and clearly, and then the book contains famous 025897 Tempest study questions, no copious endnotes, and no examples of that type of poem. Kids can either 025898 Twelfth Night handwringing. You can choose to “study” the read the poems themselves, or play the accom- plays or just learn to read them for enjoyment. I panying CD when prompted. The audio CD suggest the latter. includes all the poems in the book read alternate- Signet Classics (7-AD) If you do want to flesh out your Shakespeare ly by a man and a woman with pleasant voices. Concise, useful editions of classic “pillars” of reading with just a little extra perspective, the Colorful boxes tell readers when to play a track Literature. Include introductions and afterwords. No Fear Shakespeare, A Companion is the on the CD, as well as sharing extra information The Signet Classic editions of Shakespeare’s plays answer. Part 1 humbly claims to cover every- about the poems or their authors. “Words for the and sonnets are edited by outstanding scholars. thing you need to know about his life (there’s Wise” boxes are included on each page, defin- These 2nd revised editions include additional not much, really), career, and world. In similar ing words in the poems that children may not helps for the student: an extensive overview of humility, Part 2 claims to provide everything you be familiar with. “If You’re a Poet, You Should Shakespeare’s life, world and theater; a special really need to know about each of his plays; Know It” boxes are also included throughout the introduction to each play; selections of the sourc- divided into the “top ten,” the ones that “show book, with vocabulary words related to poetry es from where Shakespeare derived each story; you’re really well-read,” the plays with which to defined (like stanza, alliteration, etc.). After all dramatic criticism; history of the play (including “seriously impress your teacher,” and those for the types of poetry are introduced, explained, stage and screen); and text notes and commentar- “hardcore Shakespeareans.” For each of these and exampled, the second half of the book is ies as well as an up-to-date list of recommended plays there is a brief synopsis and then three dedicated to famous poets. A quick biography readings. All cover art by Milton Glaser. Approx or four brief essays that encompass what is the of each poet is included and then excerpts from 200 pp, sc. ~ Ruth most important to know/remember about each that person’s poetry are shared. These excerpts EACH BOOK (except noted) . .5.95 4.50 play. I’m fairly versed in Shakespeare (I’ve read (sometimes full poems) are also included on the 019327 Hamlet: Prince of Denmark a couple of the “hardcore” plays) and I found CD. Text boxes on the pages give a summary of 019328 King Lear these essays insightful. For instance, I’ve never the poems and explain confusing parts. Fun, col- 019362 Romeo and Juliet (10-AD) coupled Romeo and Juliet with Midsummer’s orful, little drawings accompany these poems (as 019359 Macbeth w/Updated Critical Essays Night Dream nor considered they have parallel well as those earlier in the book) and add to the plots, were likely written in sequence, etc. It was charm of the book. Homer, Shakespeare, Blake, Oxford School Shakespeare (8-12) new perspective. I love it! There’s a concluding Dickinson, Kipling, Sandburg, Heaney, Angelou, Serious about Shakespeare? This series from “bonus” section on poetry that includes the and many more are included in this section of the Oxford University Press contains the complete Sonnets and his two long poems. book. Overall, 64 famous poems are included in and unabridged plays with many other great Shakespearean plays require a certain caution. the book (and on the CD). With the easy-to-un- features. Each book begins with a discussion of They are ribald and bawdy. When we read them derstand explanations and numerous examples, the theme of the play. Characters are introduced, in the original language this can sometimes young students will be grasping and enjoying and a summary of the story by act and scene is be missed. When we see them performed, it’s poetry in no time. Book includes a listing of provided. The bulk of the book is devoted to almost always a noticeable element. By provid- all 64 tracks on the CD and measures 10.25” x the play itself. Line-by-line interpretations in the ing a relevant modern translation, you might, 10.25”. 96 pages, hc. ~ Rachel margins explain what is happening throughout in some instances, find you would rather have 037493 ...... 19.99 13.95 the play and define words or phrases in mod- the meaning obscured. Just so you know! Books See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 267 Linguistic Development through Poetry to download the student e-book, Nurturing or shared aloud, but students also learn to under- Memorization 2nd Ed. (PK-12) Competent Communicators DVD, five CDs and stand and comprehend poetry (which is a little Memorization can have a profound effect on a soft disc case. The CDs have been newly different than regular reading comprehension), all areas of learning. The discipline required recorded and feature all of the poems and and even develop an appreciation for the way to memorize new pieces and maintain old speeches from all five levels so students can hear poets use language and specific poetic devices ones helps children learn and retain material the poems read with correct pronunciation, clear in their creations. As a bonus, students are often regardless of the subject. Also, the more a child articulation, and artistic locution. These can given the opportunity to write their own poetry memorizes, the easier it becomes. While mem- also aid younger learners so you don’t need to after studying the model poem, providing them orization used to be a mainstay in education, this read and repeat the poems for them. However, with a much more well-rounded foundation to powerful tool is now largely overlooked. This you can opt to purchase the teacher’s manual write from than a “here’s what a limerick is - now program helps you utilize the power of memori- individually as well, if you are just looking for write one” lesson. - Jess zation in your school. It includes five different the core of the program and don’t mind reading EACH BOOK ...... 18.99 13.95 levels of poetry selections to be memorized: four the poems and speeches to your child. - Melissa 031788 Grades 2-3 031789 Grades 3-4 levels of poems and one of famous speeches. 032559 Teacher Book Only . . 29.00 031791 Grades 4-5 031790 Grades 5-6 Poetry is used as the primary memorization tool 032560 Boxed Set w/ CDs . . 65.00 because it is generally enjoyable, easily remem- Poetry Comprehension (2-6) bered, and displays sophisticated vocabulary and Read and Understand Poetry (2-6) An ideal supplement to any reading program, structure. The poems in this book were carefully Quite a few books on how to teach kids to these books are full of comprehension activities selected for their linguistic qualities, as well as write poetry come my way, but rarely have I designed to help students understand poems and other criteria. While you can start this program seen one that actually teaches children how to improve scores on reading standardized tests. with a student of any age, it is recommended that understand and appreciate poetry! Each of the Each book contains a two-page assessment that you start as early as possible. Even if your child books in this series includes over 25 poems, can be used as a pre- or post-test. There are is too young to read, he can begin memorizing grouped into sections by topic. In my sample of twenty lessons. Every lesson includes a teacher as you read poems to him one line at a time. Grades 4-5 these are: family, unique word usage, page with objectives, a summary of the poem, All students begin at Level One. There are five action poems, occupations, the railroad, water, directions for introducing the poem, a list of levels in all, and while it will probably take you history and holidays. Each section includes vocabulary words, and ideas for additional writ- multiple years to complete the program, you 3-4 poems, each accompanied by two student ing activities to extend the lesson. Then each will begin to see results within just a couple of pages and a teacher page. The teacher page for lesson includes a poem (many by classic authors) months. There are over 100 poems and speech- each poem includes teaching tips and topics to that complements topics taught at each grade es to memorize throughout the program. The use before, during and after the poem reading. level, illustrated for fun. Following the poem is length of the poems varies, with more short ones Often these feature suggestions for introducing a 7-question assessment. The first six questions near the beginning and more long ones near the topics or words, locating and discussing poetic are presented in a standardized-test format and end. However, there are some lengthier poems devices used in the poem, or for pointing out test on facts, sequence, context, main idea, con- in the first level as well as some short ones at the formal English language “irregularities” that are clusion, and inference. A final question then has end. Shorter poems give students a break, so often found in poems. The actual poem follows, students write a brief response to a higher-level once they reach the end levels they aren’t over- printed in large font on an entire page accompa- question. With twenty grade-appropriate poems whelmed. Students progress through the levels, nied by a black-and-white drawing. The poems and similarly formatted lessons in each book, stu- memorizing new ones and constantly practicing themselves have been selected from a wide dents will definitely be prepared for standardized old ones. You are likely to recognize many of range of authors, both well-known and not-so test questions on poetry. Each book also includes the included poems, such as “Who Has Seen the well-known, modern and classic. Some poems a few extras, like a list of grade-level, poetry Wind?” “The Eagle,” “Jabberwocky,” “Stopping and authors included in Grades 4-5 are: Walt specific standards, a glossary of poetry terms, By Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Casey at the Whitman (“I Hear America Singing” and “The and five graphic organizers to support different Bat,” and “In Flanders Fields.” When students Runaway Slave”), Francisco X. Alarcón (“My activities suggested in various lessons. Answers learn the first poem, they move on to the second, Grandma is Like a Flowering Cactus”), William included, 96 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel but they still recite the first poem at least once a Shakespeare (“Full Fathom Five”), Emma Lazarus EACH BOOK ...... 12.99 9.75 day. When they finish the second, they move (“The New Colossus”), Edward Lear (selections 031802 Grade 2 031805 Grade 5 on to third, again reciting the first two poems from his Book of Nonsense), Henry Wadsworth 031803 Grade 3 031806 Grade 6 at least once a day. For the entire first chapter, Longfellow (“The Landlord’s Tale: Paul Revere’s 031804 Grade 4 students recite every poem they’ve learned every Ride” and “The Village Blacksmith”), Michael day until they have memorized all twenty. When Burgess (“Lightning Jumpshot”), and many more. ☼Young Scholar’s Guide to Poetry (4-8) they move into the second level, they recite Two student workbook pages follow the poem, Through a broad selection of ancient, classical, the previously learned poems “E.O.P.E.O.D.” asking students to reflect on meanings in the Biblical and modern poetry, this guide introduces - every other poem, every other day. At the poem and think about how language was used. this symbolic world as appealing, accessible and third level, their recitation of past poems is again The first page contains a series of multiple-choice understandable to anyone. Each poetic device adjusted on a rotating schedule to make sure they questions that ask students to think about the is taught by highlighting a unique poem and its are flawlessly maintained. By the end of Level poem itself and particular pieces of the poem. poet. Activities like timelines, puzzles, games, Four, students will most likely have achieved a Questions might ask students to interpret what and poetry journals reinforce learning. At each life-long retention of all eighty poems due to the certain phrases in the poem mean, who is nar- unit’s end, students review all previous concepts frequency, intensity, and duration and will be rating the poem, how the people mentioned in and then practice the devices learned. Unit 1 ready to tackle the speeches in Level Five. While the poem probably feel, and much more. The teaches structure and rhyme scheme (includ- memorizing over a hundred speeches and poems second student page focuses more on language ing various rhymed lines, shaped, villanelle, may seem like a huge undertaking, remember skills, and analyzing language through the poem. free verse, and sonnets). Unit 2 covers epic, that it will get easier as they go and is supposed For example, after “Jabberwocky”, they must ode, ballad, pastoral devotional, narrative, and to take several years. The benefits students will decide whether some of the nonsense words 3 types of humorous poems. Unit 3 teaches reap from exercising and growing their brain included in the poem are nouns, verbs, or adjec- anaphora, refrain, rhyme, consonance, allitera- through memorization will spill over into all tives. Other worksheets ask students for specific tion, onomatopoeia, symbolism, personification, areas of education. Also, poems and speeches examples of language from the poem, and then apostrophe, metaphor and simile. The free digital can be recited in the car, through chores, or challenge them to write their own similar poem, Companion Guide on the publisher’s web site while working on other projects to cut down on using their own words or phrases. A glossary of includes reproducible Student Reviews, coloring the required “school” time. Brief biographies of poetry terms, short biographies of the featured pages, game templates and a lesson text work the included poets are provided. poets and an answer key are also included. space (rather than writing in the text), and text The complete boxed set includes the spi- Overall, I’m very impressed with this series and answer key. 8 1/2”x 11 1/4”, 255 pgs, hc. ~ Ruth ral-bound teacher’s manual with directions all the bases it covers. Not only is poetry read 065456 ...... 46.95 37.95 268 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Classical Poetry / Traditional Poetry (7-10) LITERATURE BASED ACTIVITIES / MISC For a more in-depth course in poetic apprecia- ITEMS tion and understanding, turn to these units which contain and analyze some of the best poetry from Literature Pockets (K-6) the late Middle Ages through the 19th (Classical) What’s a literature pocket? A literature pocket or early 20th (Traditional) century. The poems is a “student portfolio with pockets full of proj- used are printed right in the loose-leaf text and ects.” Each of these workbooks starts off with include works from such notable authors as detailed instructions on how your children can Art of Poetry (5-9) William Shakespeare, John Keats, Christopher create their own personal portfolio to hold their There are so many uses for poetry – to tell a Marlowe, John Donne, John Milton, Henry literature pockets. Literature Pockets - Caldecott story, to sing a song, to melt a heart, to paint a Wadsworth Longfellow, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Winners are exciting workbooks full of age-ap- picture, to inspire, to amuse, for reflection. So Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, Walt propriate projects for grades 1-3 and 4-6. Each numerous are the forms that poetry can take that Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and others. Both of these workbooks highlights the works of it is easy to see why it is considered an art. This units begin with a study of “The Ballad,” though eleven award-winning illustrators through eleven book explores the depth and breadth of poetry; more attention is given to this form in the creative and fun projects. A complete list of all within these pages students will delve into image, Traditional Poetry unit, which also contains a the Caldecott winners from 1938 through 2001 is metaphor, symbols, words, sound, rhythm, Nursery Rhymes section. The basic organization provided in each workbook. As you learn about shape, and tone, the eight elements of poetry. of Classical Poetry is by “Age” (Elizabethan, each illustrator, you might want to check out Following this is a formal history of poetry that Seventeenth Century, Restoration and Eighteenth the book from the local library so your children examines form, movement, genres, structure, Century, Romantic, Victorian, and Nineteenth can experience their artwork and the story first open verse, and narrative. Each chapter begins Century) with a discussion about that era and the hand. There are seven pages dedicated to each with text that fully examines the topic at hand, style of poetry characterizing it. Biographical illustrator. A thorough biography is provided, discussing origins, uses, variations, style, and information about each poet is included, along and the following pages hold fun projects and other such points that are essential to opening up with a blackline “portrait.” After the first two cut outs to create a new pocket for the portfolio. the inner workings of poetry to the student. The units in Traditional Poetry, that book is organized The projects focus on creative writing and artistic next step is learning to read closely, where stu- by poet and also includes biographical informa- creation. These fun projects often are a spin-off dents are prompted through an analytical reading tion and a portrait for each. Activities follow the of what the story is all about. For example, in of a given poem for the use and effect of the ele- poetry. These range from interpretational to a the grades 1-3 workbook, one of the Caldecott ment/form under consideration This is followed study of poetic devices and are very well-con- winners featured is Ezra Jack Keats who illus- by a number of poems (which varies by chapter), trived, with ample explanation and background trated The Snowy Day. The projects that follow each with their own set of exploratory questions. information. Concluding each unit are activities have children write about their own snowy day Chapters finish up with a page of activities that for essay and discussion centering around themes experience, create a snowflake stamp, cut out give students many different opportunities to in the poems or asking students to compare or snowflakes and write about what snow is, and explore the use of poetry in more hands-on and contrast aspects of two or more of the poems. create an accordion book with a simplified ver- practical ways, and a list of vocabulary words These are excellent units; my only quibble is the sion of the story. Each project provides a list of with definitions. The final chapter of the book lack of a teacher key to evaluate student respons- the materials you need, reproducible patterns, talks about application – poetry groups, journal- es. If you do this study along with your child, and detailed instructions. Literature Pockets ing, keeping a notebook, slams and recitations, this shouldn’t be much of a deterrent. - Nursery Rhymes follows the same structure hosting, and finding mentors. There are several 009810 Classical Poetry . . 12.99 9.95 as the Caldecott Winners workbooks. This timetables outlined for using this book. The 009821 Traditional Poetry . .12.99 9.95 workbook is created for grades K-1 and contains suggestions are: 1) an intensive month-long unit; activities for twelve nursery rhymes. This book 2) a year-long study to match the school year; Introduction to Poetry: Forms and Elements contains well-known favorites such as “Jack and and 3) a slower pace that stretches the study Study Guide (9-12) Jill” and Little Bo Peep.” As well as lesser-known out over several years. You can certainly match This study guide from Progeny Press, though rhymes such as “My Black Hen” and “To Market, this flexible course to the academic and interest tackling a slightly different topic, is just as well To Market.” All twelve nursery rhymes are print- level of your student. The teacher’s edition is done. The format is much the same, although ed in the book, and eight pages of simple and fun a fleshed-out version of the student book. All it requires three books to use (all of which we art projects accompany each one. For example, student pages are included in the teacher’s edi- offer very inexpensively and are listed below for “Little Bo Peep” your child will create an tion, the layout alternating between the student for your convenience). The study guide begins accordion book, cut-and-paste to make a sheep chapter and the corresponding section of teacher with an introduction to poetry and its historical out of cotton balls, and color a picture to see pages. These teacher’s sections include explica- background. The first part of the book offers a how many sheep are hidden in the background. tions of 39 of the poems from the student text and short lesson in types of poetry, and the remain- Each workbook features reproducible student complete answers to all of the exercises. A final ing two parts offer several lessons each. The pages and is 96 pgs. - elise section contains a poetry timeline and quizzes – second part focuses on elements of poetry, and EACH BOOK ...... 16.99 12.50 both by the chapter and a cumulative book quiz. the lessons deal specifically with lines, words, 029313 Aesop’s Fables The optional seven-disk DVD set features author sounds, rhyme, imagery, tone, and other specific 029149 Folktales & Fairy Tales (K-1) Christine Perrin teaching the entire Art of Poetry poetic elements. The last part in the book looks 029094 Folktales & Fairy Tales (2-3) text to four eighth grade students. High quality at designated forms of poetry such as the sonnet, 029319 Greek & Roman Myths video shows the teacher and students discuss- blank verse, ballad, limerick, free verse, etc. The 014017 Nursery Rhymes (K-3) ing the lessons, chapter by chapter. Poems are lessons in these two parts both begin with some 029323 Tall Tales read aloud and the class engages in thoughtful information in the guide, and then the student 014016 Nonfiction (4-6) dialogue as they analyze the poetry. The DVD’s is direct to read a poem or two per lesson and are intended to be viewed while following along answer questions about them. As with Progeny’s with the student book, as there are no captions, other guides, these challenge students to think prompts, or on-screen text to read during the les- critically about the selections. Scripture based sons. The author demonstrates the end-of-chapter questions are also tied into the themes in “deeper activities in real-time, so students can develop thinking” questions. 84 pgs. - Mel and practice their poem writing skills. 15+ hours 022728 Guide ...... 24.99 18.95 of video. – Zach 040789 Guide on CD . . . 21.99 16.95 041088 Student . . . . . 24.95 21.25 Required Resources: 048912 Teacher . . . . . 29.95 25.50 008670 100 Best Loved Poems .4.00 3.50 013241 DVD Set . . . . .79.95 59.95 000438 101 Great Amer. Poems 3.00 2.50 ARTPTR Package of 3 above 134.85 101.95 033394 Great Short Poems . .3.00 2.50 See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 269 Little House Lapbooks (K-8) How to Report on Books (1-6) rience with a variety of types of textual content as Creating a lapbook is a fun, Are you looking to incorporate book reports into well as a variety of writing prompt assignments. hands-on activity for crafty your school year, but just don’t have the time to Following the mini-lessons are twenty practice students. Knowledge Box come up the all the components? These books texts with writing prompt assignments. There’s Central kits include a chapter are just for you! They contain suggested reading a wide variety of types of writing in these texts, by chapter study guide and lists and all the time-saving reproducible forms ranging from historical fiction and folktales to clear instructions for creating you need for various hands-on projects that make science texts and biographies. Each of these your lapbook. You can work book reports fun for elementary students. 96 pgs practice prompts includes text passages with on it as you go through the each. ~ Enh three types of prompts (argument, informative/ book, or make it as a wind- EACH BOOK ...... 16.99 12.50 explanatory, narrative). A variety of reproducible up activity after reading the whole story. If you 007060 Grades 1-2 graphic organizer masters are included in the get the CDROM version, you will print all of Contains 20 individual book report forms back of the book along with checklists for each this yourself and can make as many copies as and 18 individual book projects. Focuses of the types of writing (also reproducible). The needed. The printed version already has the on the following literature skills: identifying format for these books is the same regardless minibooks and other components printed for between stories that are real or make-believe, of grade level but, of course, both the reading you on various colors of paper. You then cut out identifying main characters, re-telling stories, passages and the writing expectations are grade the parts and create the lapbook (without all the sequencing events, and identifying problems appropriate. The wide variety of textual content time and money of printing it on colored paper and solutions. Projects include mobiles, opens the door to topics some might wish to yourself. This is my favorite option for lapbooks.) puppets, pop-ups, lift-the-flap books, etc. avoid but my spot checking was reassuring. I The assembled lapbooks become a go-along with 007064 Grades 3-4 noticed historical anecdotes, biographies, well- your reading, rather than an activity to complete, Contains 10 individual book report forms, known literature such as Aesop’s fables, narrative though you can add to it yourself and make it 16 individual book projects, and 5 group stories that emphasized moral values (honesty, more personalized. book report projects. In addition to skills doing well in school) and poetry. The workbook EACH CD ...... 19.99 15.95 listed above for Gr 1-2 book, focuses on the format of this program, along with the step-by- EACH PRINTED . . . . . 26.99 24.95 following literature skills: identifying facts in step nature of the instruction and the quantity of EACH ASSEMBLED . . . . 59.99 54.95 fiction, identifying story elements, recogniz- practice options means this could be an effective CD Printed Assembled ing figurative language, understanding fairy writing program regardless of whether or not you Big Woods 061944 061945 061943 tales, and recommending and evaluating are trying to conform to CCSS. Answers are pro- The Prairie 061950 061951 061949 books. Projects include: puzzles, posters, vided. 136 pgs, pb. ~ Janice trivia games, interviews, character trait maps, EACH WORKTEXT . . . . .21.99 17.55 Reading Bookmarks (K-5) etc. 058608 Grade 1 058611 Grade 4 Any bookmark can hold your place, but these 007067 Grades 5-6 058609 Grade 2 058612 Grade 5 bookmarks make better readers! Each paper Contains 16 individual book report forms, 18 058610 Grade 3 058613 Grade 6 bookmark lists steps one should take to improve individual book projects, and 10 group book critical reading skills. – Rachel projects. In addition to skills listed in the Gr Literature Response Forms (1-8) EACH BOOKMARK . . . . . 0.50 3-4 book, focuses on the following literature These books offer a variety of appealing liter- 024937 Before, During, and After Reading skills: defining character traits and relation- ature response forms to be used independently Prompts the reader with ques- ships, identifying symbolism and themes, by students. Each level holds a detailed teach- tions like “Is there a problem in understanding pourquoi (French for “why”) er guide on using the reproducible forms in the story?”, “What happens at the tales, and completing a reading interest sur- the classroom, teacher and student assessment end?”, “What is your favorite part?” vey. Projects include: graphic organizers, rubrics, and approximately 60 different response 024976 Things Good Readers Do debates, drama, interviews, trivia, etc. forms. The forms in the first book are catego- Highlights suggestions like “Think rized by vocabulary development, sequencing about what the details tell you,” Common Core Writing to Texts (1-6) and summarizing events, synthesis and evalu- “Compare the text to other “Writing to texts” might sound new because ation, character analysis, and creative thinking texts…,” “Decide if what you read it’s usually attached to the words “Common activities. The second level holds forms in the was important to you,” etc. Core.” But it you take time to read what is being areas of prediction and inference, identifying taught and what writing is being assigned, you’ll important information, character analysis, sum- come to realize that these are valuable skills marizing events, reasoning and critical thinking, READING RESPONSES / BOOK REPORTS not all that different from other strong reading/ and vocabulary development. The third level writing courses. The idea is that the student reads contains forms in the areas of vocabulary devel- ☼Reading Response Journals (K-8) and then interacts with various types of text – opment, character analysis, reasoning and criti- Nothing fancy here (neither is the price tag) sometimes informational; sometimes narrative. cal thinking, identifying important information, but still pleasing to the eye and an excellent Writing assignments are carefully structured and summarizing events, and creativity and design. opportunity to keep your reading thoughts all in integrated with the reading assignments in a EACH BOOK ...... 13.99 10.75 one place. Page content varies slightly in each meaningful way. In each grade level book are 017383 Grades 1-3 028163 Grades 6-8 version and there are two length choices avail- six mini-lessons – two for argument writing, two 017384 Grades 4-6 able. ~ Janice for information/explanatory writing, and two for EACH 32 PAGE JOURNAL . . 1.75 narrative writing. Each of these lessons consists Daybooks of Critical Reading and Writing (2-9) EACH 64-PAGE JOURNAL . . 2.60 of reading texts – often more than one text. After Encourage your student to become an active, My Primary Reading Response Journal (K-2) reading the passages, there is a guided discus- rather than a passive, reader. Teach them to Top half of each page is blank; bottom half is sion usually involving a graphic organizer which get out their highlighters and pens and circle, manuscript ruled. might ask for main points, evidence, reasons, jot, scribble, and respond as they read! That’s 069771 32 pgs 069772 64 pgs or details. Use of these graphic organizers helps the essence of the Daybook series. Daybook is My Reading Response Journal (K-2) to plan the student’s writing. Assignments might defined as a journal or diary, and these books Left-hand pages: top half of page is blank; only be the opportunity to read and analyze are, in essence, journals about literature. They bottom half is manuscript ruled. Right-hand the prompt but might also lead the student into encourage children to read, write, and think crit- pages: manuscript ruled. an actual writing assignment. Each mini-lesson ically; to chew up and taste before they swallow; 068507 32 pgs 068508 64 pgs includes a student example of a writing prompt to jot notes and formulate responses as they read. Reading Response Journal (3-8) response which your student is then asked to cri- This series from Great Source is different from Fields for Date, Author, Title, and Pages tique (compare with a checklist to see how well anything I’ve seen before. They will invite stu- Read are at top of each page. Wide-ruled. the prompt was answered). The mini-lessons are dents to get involved by virtue of the high-interest 068511 32 pgs 068512 64 pgs designed to give your student exposure and expe- excerpts that are included as well as the format 270 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. of the book itself. These books just cry out to be the earlier editions but with more diverse reading mation here that can be easily adapted for group written on; if I could show you one in person, selections and an enhanced teacher’s guide. ~ activities. Guides are structured for independent you’d see what I mean! The reading excerpt is Rachel learning, providing teaching support as needed centered on a two-page layout with writing space EACH STUDENT BOOK . . .47.53 16.95 and include a section on the guide’s organiza- “around the edges.” In typical Great Source EACH TEACHER GR. 3-5, 9 . 80.93 60.70 tion, an assignment check list, blank student fashion, the Daybooks are graphically energetic EACH TEACHER GR. 6-8 . . 80.93 49.95 pages, final project options and most important- and colorful. They make me want to be a student Student Teacher ly, all the teaching information for writing and all over again. The use of examples, models and 038240 Grade 3 (2008) 038241 grading the 5-paragraph essay. No answers are graphic organizers are excellent! Literary selec- 002991 Grade 4 (2008) 003013 included. Each guide is 5-weeks in length (6 in tions include a wide range of articles, fiction, 003017 Grade 5 (2008) 003022 one year), and can be completed in any order. nonfiction, and poetry chosen from the recom- 038242 Grade 6 (2007) 038243 Non-reproducible. 47 pgs, sc. ~ Deanne mendations of veteran teachers at each grade 038244 Grade 7 (2007) 038245 EACH GUIDE ...... 20.00 19.50 level. At every step, students are encouraged to 038246 Grade 8 (2007) 038247 031277 Abe Lincoln - d’Aulaire participate via a variety of response activities. 041902 Grade 9 (2008) 041903 031279 Ben Franklin - d’Aulaire My sample is for grade 6. To give you an idea 031335 Buffalo Bill - d’Aulaire of the scope of the book, the main sections are 031339 Columbus - d’Aulaire titled: Angles of Literacy; Essentials of Reading; 031342 GeorgeWashington - d’Aulaire Essentials of Story; Understanding Character; 031377 Lucky - d’Aulaire Author’s Craft; The Art of Argument; Focus on 031389 Pocahontas - d’Aulaire the Writer: Lois Lowry; Challenging Reading; Active Reading: Social Studies; Active Reading: Beyond the Book Report (6-12) Expository Writing; Style and Structure; Active Evidently there is a lot that lies “beyond the Reading: Poetry; Active Reading: Persuasive book report.” Literary analysis, journalism, poet- Writing; and Focus on the Writer: Gary Paulsen. ry, drama, public speaking, essays, and research Each section has five lessons, for a total of 70 papers are just some of the places this series lessons. High-school level books each have 80 takes us. The perfect complement to Analytical lessons, however. This course can be used as Famous People from America’s History Research Grammar (and by the same authors), Beyond the a daily, one-semester English course, or can be Discovery Guide (4-8) Book Report combines the reading of excellent used as a supplement, integrated into your exist- These are a homeschool mom’s dream! Using literature with video lectures, notes, lots of prac- ing literature program, or just to add variety to the beloved D’Aulaire biographies, each research tice (i.e. assignments), samples, grading rubrics, your English program. guide takes you through a multi-layer literature and flexibility to provide a well-rounded middle The series is correlated to the Great Source exploration. Divided into 5 weekly sections, stu- school language arts program. All you need to handbooks - a chart in the Teacher’s Guide dents will read the book in three block sessions, add to these two is a roots-based vocabulary shows the interrelationship between the Daybook study character traits exemplified by the person study, and all this can be accomplished in about lessons and the handbook sections. Teacher’s studied, answer comprehension questions, devel- an hour a day. Editions also contain guidelines for assessment op a five-paragraph biographical essay in four The same qualities that make Analytical of student responses, information and teaching weeks and conclude with a final project that Grammar so appealing – clear, logical, and tips for the assignments as well as page-by-page capitalizes on the individual student’s interest time-effective – have been built into this litera- lesson plans. The first part of each lesson helps and creativity. (Lest you fear your non-creative ture and writing component. Just like AG, there prepare students for the reading selection by child will be disinterested in the creative final are three Seasons. To give you an idea of what providing background and introducing new or project ideas, the authors also provide additional to expect, in Season One, the basic book report difficult words. The second half concentrates research project suggestions.) Let me share brief- is used as a vehicle to cover following a rubric, on the writing portion giving sample responses, ly from the Abraham Lincoln Guide. Section 1 conflict, point of view, climax, protagonist/antag- rubrics for assessment, and writing suggestions. (week 1): Abe as a Young Boy. Students will read onist, paraphrase and summary skills. From there An extensive reading workshop section gives pages 1-21, preferably in one sitting. Using a dic- they use a pamphlet book report to cover the tools to use with students - word webs, vocabu- tionary, they will define the five character traits: elements of the plot, mood and tone, setting, and lary inventories, etc. gentle, witty, literate, contemplative, and hard genre. Concluding the Season, they use a news 019123 Grade 2 Teacher . .55.67 33.50 working. Worth mentioning, character insights article book report to cover headline, byline, 019122 Grade 2 Student . . 47.53 26.95 are neutral with no religious ideology. Building dateline, inverted pyramid, lead, objectivity, EACH STUDENT BELOW . . 45.67 16.95 on their definitions, students use the character bias, objective, and point of view. Seasons Two EACH TEACHER’S BELOW . .53.47 32.50 traits and specific details from their reading to and Three are just as packed with both writing Student Teacher write original sentences. Comprehension ques- and literary skills. Poetry and Drama are stud- 016258 Grade 4 016259 tions follow, which challenge students to think ied in Season Two and the Oral Book Report, Grade 5 016261 about the context, major events, motivations, Essay and Research Paper appear in Season 003212 Grade 9 and other story elements. The final assignment Three. Continuous reading of quality literature is to write a paragraph using the 5 stages of the is required, but no specific reading list is des- Daybook of Critical Reading & Writing New writing process. Each of these steps guides stu- ignated (with the exception of Shakespeare’s A Editions (3-9) dents through the essay that is written throughout Midsummer Night’s Dream in Season 2). Please Following the same general format as the orig- the duration of the study. note that Season 3 includes expanded versions inal editions, the books offer students a diverse These guides are rightly called “research dis- of the Teaching the Essay and Teaching the collection of traditional and contemporary lit- covery guides.” Students are asked to investigate Research Paper units (previously published high erature, with more multicultural authors and a the story, process what they have read (not just school writing units from AG). greater emphasis on nonfiction. Selections are regurgitate it), and apply this knowledge in their The course is composed of a Teacher Guide presented in an engaging reader-response format writings. This discovery approach engages stu- (small collection of three-hole punched papers) that builds literacy skills, and the books are just dents in understanding and appreciating each and a DVD. The Teacher Guide includes sample as colorful as earlier editions. New wraparound book through their unique perspective, ultimately teaching schedules (three-year starting in 6th or 7th teacher’s editions are also available, which imparting a passion for literature and history. grade; two-year starting in 8th or 9th; and one-year include lesson plans with step-by-step instruc- Versatile guides will provide the foundation to starting in 10th or above). These schedules incor- tional support, differentiated instruction strategies your language arts course (add grammar and porate the AG seasons with the BBR seasons and to meet all students’ needs, coverage of the five spelling), or could be used to add structure to add vocab. Each scheduled year would equal essential acts of reading, vocabulary support for unit studies, a living books history course or as one credit in English (Language Arts). Beyond this each section, and detailed guidelines for assess- a supplement to your history curriculum. Co-ops helpful schedule the Teacher Guide is minimal ing students’ progress. This series is much like and classrooms will also find a wealth of infor- continued... See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 271 – some basic teaching info for each assignment, writing include prediction of what the story ing background and author info, notes about spe- examples (based on Charlotte’s Web), grading is about, investigating the author, describing cific readings, thought-provoking questions w/ rubrics, a glossary of terms, and answers where the setting, tracing the plot, defining unknown talking points, vocabulary, writing activities and relevant. Study segments start off with a video vocabulary words used in the story, finding imag- “Quick Assess” tests. The Teacher book also “lecture” that includes printable outline/notes ery, exploring the point of view the story is told includes a number of family/classroom reproduc- and assignments that are laid out step by step. from, identifying the conflict or problem, charac- ible resources – writing prompts for each unit, Teaching days are not necessarily consecutive ter studies, and more. Additional, more creative pre/post tests and reading strategy assessments but allow for “writing” and/or reading periods. assignments ask the student to project what the (with answer keys) and a Reading Assessment The DVD included with each Season has both characters in the novel will be doing in the Scoring Chart. ~ Janice videos and PDF files. In addition to the teaching future, write a poem in a specific format based on 041900 Student . . . . . 47.53 16.95 modules there are lecture slides that can be the book, or even write a bumper sticker message 041901 Teacher . . . . . 80.93 60.70 printed to give the student a handy reference based on the main idea of the book (in Grades and a good place to take notes. Any forms or 6-8 book only). Far from being merely writing GRADED READERS / ANTHOLOGIES activities needed for the lessons are provided as prompts on these topics, each page features a pdf (printable) files. The DVD lectures provide layout specific to answering that question, or Life of Fred Eden Series (PK-2) clear, straight-forward instruction by the two exploring the idea. These include adaptations of Move over, Gossie and Gertie; Life of Fred authors although not “glitzy” with animation or graphic organizers, grids, specific questions, and is breaking into the early reader genre with high intensity graphics. These lectures take the more. Often a degree of creativity is worked into the Eden series. Fans of Fred will immediately pressure off you and make this course into a pick- the assignment, leading students away from sim- recognize the trademark sparse graphics (not in up-and-go option. All printables are well-laid out ply citing an example from the story and walking quantity, just as a type) and subtle humor. Prof. and eye-pleasing. away. Designed to be used as writing journals Schmidt even makes a couple of cameo appear- I have to admit that I’m a fan of the AG teach- for literature, an extension to summer reading, ances (as a bus driver/ticket seller in Bus and ing methodology and materials. I believe they or to replace book reports, these offer a lot of as himself in Duck). As a LOF fan, I enjoyed cover the material thoroughly and competently opportunities to explore a novel through writing, reading through each one. They are not phonetic but without burdening home school moms with whether you pick and choose assignments that fit readers, though they have controlled vocabulary detailed pedagogical options. Having the DVDs the novel well, or complete them all. - Jess that is much more true to beginner reading level to provide all the instructional material further EACH BOOK ...... 6.99 5.95 than many of the larger publishers’ series. Here heightens their value to the busy home school 028431 Grades 6-8 028432 Grades 9-12 children will meet both Fred as a (more or less) mom. This series coupled with the AG series average four-year old and his compatriot, Kingie thoroughly prepares the middle school student for ☼Creating Book Reports with Cool New Digital (the talking, artistic doll that appears later in the high school literature and writing assignments. If Tools (7-12) LOF series; notably in Calculus). They will also your high schooler is lacking such preparation, Based on the premise that a book report is a pre- learn about colors, travel, packing for a trip, then these materials offer a speeded-up coverage sentation, this book will guide students through counting, how to make French fries and mashed option that can be very valuable. ~ Janice the elements of a book report, with details about potatoes, and a little grammar. Mostly, though, EACH BBR SEASON . . . . . 27.95 potential software to use and presentation tips. they will learn about the life of Fred on a trip at 056564 Season 1 Notepages & DVD While most of the book focuses on preparing age four. I like that the books are part of an over- Concepts covered include following a rubric, the report, one chapter provides an overview of all storyline that begins in Blue and goes through conflict, point of view, climax, protagonist, movie animation, slideshow, flyer and diagram, Going Home (and possibly beyond?). The books antagonist, paraphrase and summary, ele- and online book software and special equipment. are appropriately silly, look like a mishmash of ment of the plot, mood and tone, setting, In addition, a handy chart overviews some top drawings by a four-year-old and graphic art, and genre, headline, byline, dateline, inverted software applications’ functions. A great way to are reasonably priced for hardback books. If pyramid, lead, objectivity, bias, objective, integrate 21st century digital skills, this book also you’re already a Fred fan, you will enjoy intro- point of view. provides a glossary, additional resource informa- ducing your budding reader to him. If not, it’s 056566 Season 2 Notepages & DVD tion, a bibliography and an index. 7 1/4”x 9 1/4” worth a try as an easy reader series. All books Covers figures of speech, alliteration, met- 48 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth are hardbound, 32 pgs. aphor, hyperbole, simile, personification, 065593 ...... 10.00 8.25 EACH BOOK ...... 6.00 poetry terms (stanza, rhyme scheme, verse) poetry types (sonnet, haiku, limerick), drama Literature Daybook of Critical Reading/Writing Series 1: terms (dialogue, monologue, 4th wall, cast, - American Literature (10) 059384 Blue (Book #1) props, staging, aside, blocking), and drama Like their middle school counterparts, these 059385 Bus (Book #2) genres (comedy, drama, farce, melodrama). high school Daybooks provide excellent liter- 059387 Lake (Book #3) 056565 Season 3 Notepages & DVD ature studies in an engaging and colorful read- 059388 Potato Dreams (Book #4) Covers oral presentations with slides, essays er-response format. Selections are from a wide 059386 Ducks (Book #5) [personal, literary, and “issues” (SAT), and variety of sources, speeches, poetry, and stories. 059389 Rain (Book #6) step-by-step instruction on writing a research Selections are self-consciously multi-cultural and LOFEDN Eden Series Set 1 . .36.00 34.50 paper. to some degree reflect political correctness (for BBRPKG ☼Beyond the Book Report instance, there’s a selection from Al Gore’s An Series 2: Package(Set/3 Seasons) 83.85 79.95 Inconvenient Truth). Nevertheless, the emphasis 065429 Mud (Book #7) is both on reading the selection critically and in 065430 Night (Book #8) Reacting to Literature: Writing Activities for eliciting thoughtful analysis and response. The 065419 Dawn (Book #9) Every Book (6-12) softcover student book (about 285 pgs) provides 065427 House (Book #10) Is your current novel study unit short on writing ample space for writing those responses as well 065432 Windows (Book #11) activities? Are you looking for a more in-depth as organizational charts to help with the analy- 065428 Kitchen (Book #12) way to explore the novel your student is currently sis. Units include investigating specific types of LOFED2 Eden Series Set 2 . . 36.00 34.50 reading? If you are, you may want to check out literature, interacting with the text, making con- these collections of reproducible writing assign- nections, and exploring multiple perspectives. Series 3: ments, designed to accompany any novel. Both There are also more typical literature study units 065423 Electricity (Book #13) books are similar in content, although the format – studying an author, focusing on language and 065420 Dinner (Book #14) and assignments are adapted slightly for either craft as well as some that are specific to the type 065424 Evening (Book #15) middle-grade students or high school students. of literature – investigating American humor and 065425 Garden (Book #16) Each 20-page workbook features writing assign- language. The teacher edition, also softcover 065431 Peach (Book #17) ments that “follow” the reader through the novel, and about 330 pgs, features a wrap-around text 065426 Going Home (Book #18) from beginning to end. Areas explored through with a wealth of supplementary material includ- LOFED3 Eden Series Set 3 . . 36.00 34.50 272 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. All About Reading Story Collections (1-2) stories. Favorite children’s authors are featured Level 2 (K-2) Engaging, charmingly illustrated, informative. – Mother Goose, Rossetti, and Stevenson. The 047925 Bees* 024107 Penguins! Everything you might want a child’s reader to be. Third Reader features “wonder tales” such as 024012 Dolphins 022425 Planets Each book contains between 208-256 pages, is Aladdin and the Lamp, Black Beauty, and Alice 022413 Monkeys 059976 Rosa Parks hard-bound, and just the right size (5 1/2” x 8 1/2”) in Wonderland along with groups of poetry from 059960 Meteors for little hands. The illustrations are amazing – pen well-loved poets (Stevenson, Lucy Larcom, Lydia 022398 Abraham Lincoln and ink sketches with lots of detail and shading and Maria Child, and Eugene Field). The stories in 059948 Alexander Graham Bell a touch of humor. Ah, but it’s the stories that real- these books will take your children to far-away 059950 Barack Obama ly matter, isn’t it? These stories will capture your places and open wide their mind’s eye. ~ Janice 059969 Coral Reefs* child’s heart (and yours, too). Whether trying to 052925 Primer (K-1) . . . . 8.95 057962 Deadly Predators figure out what the lump under the rug is or spying 057668 First Reader (1-2) . . 8.95 067756 Frederick Douglass cloud objects (with your frog) or dealing with the 057669 Second Reader (2-3) . 9.95 046403 George Washington* reality of a skunk in the shed, the result is enthrall- 057671 Third Reader (3-4) . . 10.95 067757 Helen Keller* ment. Happy reading! ~ Janice 067759 Night Sky EACH VOLUME ...... 19.95 059961 Prehistoric Mammal National Geographic Readers (PK-3) 022431 Rocks and Minerals Level 1 Books The source of fascinating articles and striking 059977 Ugly Animals 066258 Run, Bug Run! (Volume 1) photographs for years, National Geographic has 059210 ☼Vikings!* 066259 Runt Pig (Volume 2) brought this high-interest combination down to 066260 Cobweb the Cat (Volume 3) the level of the youngest students. The readers EACH COMBINED VOLUME . . .7.99 5.95 are almost magazine-like in the quality of the 022404 Creepy Crawly Collection Level 2 Books photos and the short segments of interesting text. Two Level 1 books, Frogs and Ants, and two 026103 What Am I? (AAS Level 2, Volume 1) The information is concise and does not overload Level 2 books, Bats and Snakes. 026067 Queen Bee (AAS Level 2, Volume 2) young readers—they can easily read through a 022408 Favorite Animals Collection book and feel accomplishment while learning Includes Ponies (Level 1) and Pandas, ☼Stories for __ Year Olds (2-6) great information. Since the books are designed Dolphins, and Cheetahs (all Level 2). These are interesting and enjoyable story col- for children, they discuss topics that fascinate 059973 Ocean Animals Collection lections. Authors and settings are modern – with young minds—from bugs and animals to trucks. Includes Sea Otters, Manatees, Sea Turtles and a hint of “down-under” influence (the publisher Each book is rated according to reading levels, Weird Sea Creatures. (Levels 1-2) 130 pgs. and some of the authors are Australian). Print and with vocabulary and sentence lengths appro- 041944 Planet Earth Collection story length as well as content are geared to the priate for each level. Each collection contains Weather, Rocks & Minerals, Volcanoes and age designations. Likewise, you will find more four readers in one convenient, money-saving Storms (Levels 1-2) of the (nicely done) illustrations in the younger volume. 32 pgs each, pb. – John 057966 Predators Collection books. This series is from a secular publisher and EACH BOOK (w/o*) (exc noted) 3.99 3.25 Sharks, Tigers, Wolves, Spiders (Levels 1-2) some stories include ghosts, aliens, witches, etc. EACH BOOK (with*) . . . . 4.99 3.95 Also, the last story in the 9-year-old book has a commonly used exclamatory expression that uses Pre-Reader (PK-K) Level 3 (1-3) the word “God.” 200 pgs, pb. ~ Janice 032800 ☼Animal Homes* 009192 Albert Einstein EACH BOOK ...... 9.99 8.50 067751 At the Beach 032756 ☼Alexander Hamilton* 067609 6 Year Olds 067611 8 Year Olds 032845 ☼Bugs!* 032770 ☼Ancient Egypt* 067610 7 Year Olds 067612 9 Year Olds 067753 Buzz, Bee! 057960 Anne Frank 067754 Climb, Koala! 047902 Bears Reading-Literature Readers (K-4) 059136 ☼Ducks* 047943 Ellis Island In 1910, the primer of this series was addressed 059971 Flutter, Butterfly! 059183 ☼Erupt! 100 Fun Facts About to “little children learning to read.” We call them 046418 Go Cub! Volcanoes* “emerging readers” today but the need for quality, 059207 ☼Hello, Penguin! 058853 Great Migrations: Amazing Journeys literary reading material remains the same. The 041884 Hop, Bunny! 058855 Great Migrations: Whales old stories still charm and interest them and this 048202 Play, Kitty! 064500 Ibn al-Haytham: Man Who unabridged republication by Yesterday’s Classics 059963 Sleep, Bear! Discovered How We See is full of stories, poetry, and fairy tales. If you’ve 059964 Slither, Snake! 041885 Mars found yourself bewildered by the new versions of 067758 Let’s Play Collctn . . 7.99 5.95 022410 Martin Luther King, Jr. old favorites, you’ll be glad to know that won’t Includes Jump, Pup!, Play, Kitty!, Peek, 041924 Nelson Mandela happen here. These are the stories as you probably Otter!, and Go, Cub! 057967 Robots* read them years ago (or at least they’re the ones I 059962 Sacagawea read). The numerous black and white illustrations Level 1 (PK-1) 067764 Skyscrapers are charming and the layout (well-spaced, large 057959 Amelia Earhart 059237 ☼Walt Disney print) draws young readers to the page. While no 032773 ☼Animal Armor* 041986 Water phonics and reading instruction is included, there 051349 Caterpillar to Butterfly* 059238 ☼Wolverines* is a gradual increase in both reading skills and 059135 ☼Cats (Co-Reader)* 059241 ☼Woof! 100 Fun Facts About Dogs* vocabulary development that is subtly built into 047927 Day and Night* the series. 067755 Farm Animals* The Primer includes nine folk tales written in 048085 George Washington Carver* a simple style so children can easily and quick- 009253 In the Forest* ly begin to read a real story. Well-known folk 067762 Predator Face-Off tales are represented, including: Little Red Hen, 032852 ☼Real Dragons! (Co-reader)* Gingerbread Boy, Chicken Little, Three Billy 009233 Elephants* 067763 Pyramids Goats Gruff, and many others. These classic 047988 Follow Me* 059975 Red Pandas stories will be guaranteed read-alouds at story 048116 Giraffes 047555 Seed to Plant time! The First Reader provides 13 similar sto- 059959 Lions 024165 Storms ries, gradually increasing in difficulty, and adds 051351 Lizards* 048273 Turtles rhymes and jingles suitable for young children. 041939 Owls* 057969 Weather The Second Reader continues with folk tales and 067761 Plants* 067766 Wild Cats simple poems and introduces fables and fairy See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 273 Ling & Ting Books (PTR Lvl 3) (PK-3) 031205 Martin’s Dream 066035 Hamster Holmes, Combing for Clues Written and illustrated by Grace Lin, these Learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Losing his golden comb, Ouchy the Porcupine books each contain six little stories about twins struggle for civil rights.. enlists the help of Hamster Holmes and Dr. Ling and Ting and some of their favorite activi- Watt to solve the mystery. Chasing clues ties. In Not Exactly the Same, the two of them 024158 Pancakes, Pancakes! introduces readers to an assortment of helpful show how they are different people in how they Jack learns how to make a pancake – from animal friends. get their hair cut, their hobbies, and even how grinding wheat for flour to flipping it in a 066038 Stella: The Dog with the Big Heart they eat. In Share a Birthday, several mishaps pan. Written and illustrated by Eric Carle. Based on an American Humane Society hero occur while planning for their birthday, but dog, children meet a therapy dog who brings since they are sharing a birthday, they learn they 065274 Puppy Mudge Collector’s Set (PK-1) smiles to all she meets: hospitalized children, can also share other things on their special day...... 15.99 11.50 seniors in nursing homes and others in need Approx. 43 softcover pages each. – Laura Includes: Puppy Mudge Finds a Friend, of the happiness only a dog provides. 059781 Share a Birthday . . .4.99 4.50 Puppy Mudge Has a Snack, Puppy Mudge 028999 ☼Tiny Seed 059061 Not Exactly the Same .4.99 4.50 Loves His Blanket, Puppy Mudge Takes a Bath, Puppy Mudge Wants to Play, and Henry and Mudge Series (K-2) Henry and Mudge: The First Book. Never mind the recommended reading range on these, I enjoyed them all! Henry is a little boy ☼Fairy Tale Ready to Read Series (K-3) with orange hair and Mudge is his big dog. The The fairy tales your children know and love two enjoy each other’s company and basically – now in a format your early readers can read just share great times. While Henry and Mudge themselves! These charming, colorful books are enjoyable characters, I also like the other feature Scandinavian-inspired artwork to accom- characters appearing throughout the books (my pany the text, presented in Ready to Read format. favorite is Henry’s dad!). The books are fully Includes extras in the back like picture dictionar- illustrated with colorful pictures. (I especially ies for unique words, key words, rhyming words, like The Happy Cat, but I’m sure you and your and more. 32 pages, sc. – Laura children will enjoy the whole series!) - Melissa EACH BOOK ...... 3.99 2.95 (see our website for complete listing) 065612 Cinderella (Level 1) 020269 The First Book 065613 Hansel and Gretel (Level 1) 020261 … and the Starry Night READY TO READ READERS (PK-3) 065614 Little Red Riding Hood (Level 1) 027710 ... and the Tall Tree House This series was designed to provide good books 065615 Princess and the Pea (Level 2) 001000 ... in Puddle Trouble for early readers. The levels denote the reading 065616 Puss in Boots (Level 2) 024137 Value Pack (6 books) 15.96 11.50 difficulty of the books. Please note that there is a 065617 Rapunzel (Level 2) The First Book, Annie’s Good Move, Puddle Ready to Read Childhood of Famous Americans 065618 Rumpelstiltskin (Level 2) Trouble, Forever Sea, Green Time & Happy Cat series in our History section. 065619 Snow White (Level 1) 059336 Collector’s Set . . .15.99 11.50 065620 Ugly Duckling (Level 1) This set comes in a storage box with a car- Level 1 - Starting to Read (PK-1) rying handle and hook and loop fasteners. • Simple stories Pets to the Rescue Series Levels 1 & 2 (1-3) Books include Henry & Mudge: The First • Short sentences This series of amazing true stories about animals Book, Henry & Mudge in Puddle Trouble, • Easy vocabulary that have saved their owners’ lives will appeal Henry & Mudge in the Green Time, Henry EACH BELOW (except noted) . 3.99 3.25 both to beginning readers, and Mom or Dad. & Mudge Under the Yellow Moon, Henry Warm, colorful illustrations portray the animals & Mudge in the Sparkle Days, and Henry & Weather Series (PK-1) realistically and beautifully. 32 pgs, pb. Mudge and the Forever Sea. Written by Marion Dane Bauer and illustrated 018642 Brave Norman (L1) 065268 Collector’s Set #2 . .15.99 11.50 by John Wallace, these readers are great for 020249 Dolores and the Big Fire (L1) This set comes in a cardboard storage box introducing young students to various weather 059335 Gabe: Dog Who Sniffs Out Danger (L2) with a plastic carrying handle and hook conditions. With easy-to-read text and full-color 024457 Pigeon Hero! (L2) and loop fasteners. Books includes Henry pages showing kids in weather, the series will 018643 Ringo Saves the Day! (L1) and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers; Henry entertain while it educates. 32 pgs, pb. 059337 Sadie: Dog Who Finds the Evidence (L2) and Mudge and the Happy Cat; Henry and 007629 Clouds 024463 Snow 027721 Tara & Tiree, Fearless Friends (L2) Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps; Henry and 007749 Rain 065277 Sun Mudge Take the Big Test; Henry and Mudge 065275 Rainbow 007810 Wind and the Long Weekend; Henry and Mudge 065280 Wonderful Weather Set 15.99 11.50 Level 2 - Reading Independently (K-2) and the Wild Wind Includes six titles above in cardboard carry- • More complex stories ing case with handle. • Varied sentence structure • Paragraphs and short chapters Wonders of America Series EACH BELOW (except noted) . 3.99 3.25 Short, nonfiction books that describe the geo- logic formation of natural wonders and also pro- 069489 ☼Annie and Snowball and the vide some interesting historical trivia. Cozy Nest 036943 Grand Canyon* 039839 Mighty Mississippi 068448 Click, Clack, Moo 039847 Mount Rushmore* 036944 Niagara Falls* 071816 ☼Dooby Dooby Moo 039848 Rocky Mountains* 031800 Statue of Liberty* 068449 Giggle, Giggle, Quack 043955 Yellowstone* 059341 6-book set . . . . 15.99 11.50 059339 Surprise, Trojans! The Story of the Includes starred (*) book above. Trojan Horse Learn about the Trojan horse and how it 034108 Johnny Appleseed helped win a war! Complete with colorful Learn how Johnny Appleseed planted and illustrations, this Ready to Read Level 2 read- gave away apple trees along the Ohio River. er is 30 softcover pages. 274 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Living in… Ready to Read Series (K-2) Science of Fun Stuff Series EACH COMBINED VOL. . . . 14.95 10.95 Take a trip around the world without leaving 066032 Cool Story Behind Snow 067630 Read With Me! Pre-Level 1 the book nook! Each of these cbooks is narrated 065269 How Airplanes Get from Here to There! 067626 Early Adventures Level 1 by a child living in a foreign country. The child 067627 Seriously Amazing Level 2 explains a typical school day along with tradi- ☼History of Fun Stuff Series (1-3) 067927 Ult Predators Level 3 .7.99 5.95 tional clothes, food, and hobbies. There is also Build reading skills while feeding your children’s 067628 World of Wonder Lvl 3 a brief explanation of the geography and history natural curiosity. With longer, more complex 067629 Endless Explorations Level 4 of each country (Parents: some of the historical stories and challenging vocabulary words, this elements, while kid friendly, can feature hard-to- engaging series will captivate and inspire your SCHOLASTIC READERS (PK-4) discuss topics like South Africa’s history of apart- growing reader. Per the publisher, the Lexile® These high-interest readers feature sharp, heid). The fun, colorful graphics will keep your scores range from 891-900 and 991-1090 for the full-color photographs and carefully leveled text child interested as they sharpen their reading books in this series. Contact us for details. Each to make reading a rewarding experience. This skills, and lots of phonetic pronunciation guides book explores the fascinating history of familiar series includes the fun I Spy readers, Breyer will help your young reader through non-English and beloved topics. For example, did you know Stablemates series, and many terrifc nonfiction words. Approx. 30 pg, sc. – Laura Marco Polo is credited with bringing gun powder topics as well (please note that topics that are EACH BOOK (except noted) . .3.99 3.25 from China to Europe as part of bringing the thrill more science-oriented are located in our Science 065260 Brazil 065262 Italy (and fear!) of fireworks? It is also rumored that - Topical Informational section; check there for 065261 China 065263 Mexico he brought the first recipe for ice-cream to China exciting books on animals and bugs!). Level 1 068455 Egypt 065271 S. Africa on his travels from Italy. Children will learn this Books include 50-250 words, Level 2 books 065270 India and much more in this well-written series. As include 250-750 words and Level 3 Books range 068454 Australia . . . . . 4.99 4.25 each book concludes, children are introduced from 700-1500 words. 071825 ☼Russia ...... 4.99 4.25 to science, geography, world cultures and other EACH READER ...... 3.99 3.25 071826 ☼South Korea . . . 4.99 4.25 topics as they relate to the book. A short mul- 071824 Around World Collctn 15.99 11.50 tiple-choice quiz (with answers) is included to Level 1 Readers (PK-1) assess comprehension. 48 pgs. pb. ~ Deanne 056135 Get the Giggles: First Joke Book EACH BOOK ...... 3.99 3.25 064603 Giant Pandas 066031 4-1-1 on Phones! 071414 Colorful Story of Comics Scholastic Readers: BOB Books (PK-1) 066032 Cool Story Behind Snow Delightful stories, these books follow siblings 071833 Crayola: Secrets Behind Cool Jack and Anna on their daily adventures and Colors, Hot Hues . . 4.99 4.25 mishaps. Each has simple sentences, sight words 066033 Deep Dish on Pizza! and words to sound out. There are 12 square 066034 Explosive Story of Fireworks cards (paper) to cut out with a word on the front 071823 Innings & Outs Baseball and the picture from the page with that word on Peanuts Series (PK-1) 071827 Looking Up! the back. Use these to reinforce new vocabulary These readers tell familiar stories from Peanuts 066036 Scoop on Ice Cream! after reading the story. ~ Sara comics. In You Got a Rock, Charlie Brown goes 071415 Stellar Story of Space Travel 053374 Cupcake Surprise! (#2) trick or treating with his friends, but with every 071834 Sweet Story of Hot Chocolate 023676 Buddy to the Rescue house he comes to, he only gets rocks! In Time 071835 Thrills and Chills of Amusement Parks 023681 I Can Ride! for School, Charlie Brown takes a big chance 071416 Way the Cookie Crumbled and decides to go out for the spelling bee. 30 065278 Unmasking Science of Superpowers! pgs, pb. - Laura 065276 Boxed Set . . . . 15.99 11.50 010590 Happy Valentine’s Day, Charlie Brown Box with handle includes: Thrills and Chills 068450 Linus Gets Glasses of Amusement Parks; The Innings and Outs 068451 Lucy Know Best of Baseball; Pulling Back the Curtain on 068452 Make a Trade, Charlie Brown Magic!; The Cool Story Behind Snow; The 065273 Peppermint Patty Goes to Camp Sugary Secrets Behind Candy; How Airplanes 059342 You Got a Rock, Charlie Brown! Get from Here...to There!

Level 3 - Reading Proficiently (1-3) ☼Smithsonian Readers (PK-3) • Rich vocabulary Now this is the way I would like to practice • More challenging Stories my reading. These leveled readers are actually • Longer chapters six separate books (each about 30 pgs long) EACH BELOW ...... 3.99 3.25 combined into one volume (Ultimate Predators is 4 books). Several things set them apart. The 009685 From Slave to Soldier content is all non-fiction, interesting and in-depth See how an act of courage earns Johnny his information from real world categories like outer uniform. Based on a true story. space, insects, safari animals, and world won- 034122 Pearl Harbor ders. Each section (i.e. book within the book) Describes the political scene before and after provides detailed information, glorious pictures, the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. and intriguing content such as the food chain ☼LEGO® Star Wars Phonics Pack 1 (PK-1) 066037 Sparky and Tidbit segment in the predators section of the Level 4 Practice vowel sounds and reading basics with Sparky is excited to receive his K-9 badge, Endless Explorations book or the section on baby these fun books! Illustrations are made up of collar and cap. Finally, he can be a real hero. reptiles in the Level 1 Early Adventures book. But LEGO® versions of your favorite Star Wars™ Searching for dogs in need, he meets Tidbit, that’s not all! There is a glossary and quiz at the characters and accompanied by easy-to-read who’s greatest struggle is learning to read. end of each of these sections along with a set of text. Star Wars™ fans may want to note that six info cards that are perforated for easy remov- these books don’t entirely follow the canon of the You Should Meet... Series (1-3) al (36 cards per book). Books have around 200 films, but generally have the same plot points. 068456 Misty Copeland pages, and all are hc except for Level 3 which is There are also two little workbooks with fun 065279 Women Who Launched the pb. ~ Janice word activities. 12 books contained in a sturdy Computer Age 071814 ☼Level 1: Trains . . 3.99 3.25 carrying case. 15 pgs, pb. ~ Laura 065272 You Should Meet Mae Jemison 071815 ☼Level 3: Sharks! . . 3.99 3.25 068443 ...... 12.99 9.50 See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 275 I Spy…Scholastic Readers 016161 Diving Dolphin 057761 Rainforest Explorer Kids can sharpen their reading skills, vocabu- 016262 Duckling Days 067745 Real-Life Heroes lary, and visual observation skills with the I Spy 058313 ☼Frozen Worlds 061061 Rocket Science series of readers. Each book features colorful 013601 Homes Around the World 020635 Shark Attack! photographed scenes, each strewn with many 046006 Jungle Animals 057762 Shark Reef small objects. The challenge is to locate specific 057754 Lego Star Wars: A New Hope 055578 Snappy Crocodile Tale objects hidden within. For example, in I Spy A 057757 Little Dolphin 046337 Soccer School Balloon, one of the scenes consists of a dresser 057758 Mega Machines 026216 Space Heroes top with seashells, jewelry, photographs, bottles 036868 Pirate Attack! 016397 Spacebuster: Race to the Moon of nail polish, and other small knick-knacks. The 057760 Playful Puppy 021971 Spiders’ Secrets facing page lists the items to find: “I spy a brush, 046177 Sea Otters 020764 Spies! a lady on toes, a spider, a ball, and a bunny in 026409 Submarines and Submersibles 021927 Story of Anne Frank clothes.” Each book contains about ten scenes, 021976 Tale of a Tadpole 032269 Story of Chocolate and there are additional challenges that require 017176 Train Travel 059063 ☼Story of Civil Rights kids to go back through the whole book for more 016492 Trip to the Zoo 020771 Tiger Tales items. 32 pgs, pb. ~ Lisa 021980 Whatever the Weather 021977 Titanic 019479 Butterfly 055582 Year on the Farm 014726 Welcome to China 013625 Dinosaur’s Eye DKRDR1 All L1 Bks Above . 111.72 74.95 059109 ☼Women in Science 013637 School Bus DKRDR3 All L3 Bks Above . 127.68 85.95 Level 2 (1-2): Level 2 Readers (1-3) 045409 Amazing Bees Level 4 (3-4): 042980 Bizarre Birds 021924 Amazing Buildings 046727 ☼Amazing Women 064604 Life on Mars 045410 Amazing Dogs 019172 Atlantis: The Lost City 019131 Animal Hospital 045433 Big Fantastic Earth Level 3 Readers (2-4) 021928 Astronaut 026212 D-Day Landings 064605 Horses and Ponies 057744 Battle at the Castle 019668 Danger on the Mountain 016112 Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! 021940 Days of the Knights 016146 Dinosaur Dinners 016140 Dinosaur Detectives 021948 Eruption 014546 Dinosaurs! Battle of the Bones 058252 ☼Festivals and Celebrations 016267 Earthquakes 016318 Fire Fighter! 020142 Extreme Machines 058316 ☼Great Explorers 021951 First Flight: Story of the Wright 052074 Great Migration Brothers 036832 Great Panda Tale 021952 Flying Ace: Amelia Earhart 013654 Journey of a Pioneer 016326 Free At Last: The Story of Martin 016332 Journey of a Humpback Whale Luther King Jr. 046045 LEGO City: Heroes to the Rescue 052075 Horse Heroes DK READERS (PK-4) 056130 Lego Friends: Perfect Pets 046052 LEGO Ninjago: Team Ninja This series provides young kids with worthwhile 057755 Lego Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back 021961 Micromonsters reading. While many readers at this age are just 042255 Let’s Go Riding 020504 Pirates! full of entertaining stories, these are educational 067743 Pirate Attack! 020507 Robin Hood but just as interesting. Many fascinating topics of 021974 Pocahontas 058575 ☼Robot Universe . . 4.99 3.95 history and science are covered with age appro- 021966 Secret Life of Trees 021967 Secrets of the Mummies priate vocabulary, colorful illustrations and sharp 016387 Slinky Scaly Snakes 013842 Snow Dogs! Racers of the North photographs. ~ Steph 046368 Space Quest: Jump to Jupiter 046372 Spiders and Other Deadly Animals EACH BOOK (except noted) . .3.99 3.25 057763 Space Quest: Mission to Mars 014719 Thomas Edison: Great Inventor 046369 Spaceships and Rockets 021979 Volcanoes Pre-Level 1 (PK-K): 013837 Starry Sky DKRDR4 All L4 Bks Above . 96.76 62.95 017154 Big Trucks 046729 ☼Stars and Galaxies 016126 Colorful Days 067746 Story of Coding DK Readers - Star Wars™ (PK-5) 033363 Farm Animals 021973 Story of Columbus Perfect early readers for Star Wars fans, this line 057752 Frogs and Toads 021975 Survivors: Night the Titanic Sank of DK Readers features photos, art, stories and 042249 Garden Friends 021978 Twisters! facts from the popular movies. Sets of all Star 052087 Meet the Dinosaurs 026738 Water Everywhere Wars readers by level are also available. 017170 Petting Zoo 066616 What Is the President’s Job? EACH READER (except noted) . 3.99 3.25 055575 Nighttime Animals 047895 Wild Baby Animals 013693 Ponies and Horses DKRDR2 All L2 Bks Above . 143.64 93.95 Pre-Level 1 (PK-K): 055577 Snakes Slither and Hiss 046520 Can You Spot a Jedi? 055581 Weather Level 3 (2-3): 046770 Even Droids Need Friends DKRDRP All Pre-Level 1 Above 43.89 29.95 021923 Abraham Lincoln SWDKPL All Pre-Level above .11.97 8.95 029992 African Adventure All Star Wars Pre-Level 1 Readers above. Level 1 (PK-K): 013518 Amazing Animal Journeys 066604 All About Bats 019393 Bermuda Triangle Level 1 (PK-K): 014497 Animals At Home 020031 Disasters at Sea 046508 Are Ewoks Scared of Stormtroopers? 013739 Animals Hide and Seek 045715 Emergency Rescue 042582 ☼Blast Off! 021929 Bed for the Winter 021953 George Washington 042621 ☼CW: Don’t Wake Zillo Beast 021931 Big Machines 013653 Greek Myths 047018 Luke Skywalker’s Amazing Story 021934 Born to be a Butterfly 017167 Helen Keller 047079 Ready, Set, Podrace 052059 Bugs and Us 055573 Hope for the Elephants 059024 ☼What is a Droid? . .4.99 3.95 057745 Bugs Hide and Seek 046011 Knights and Castles 047328 What is a Wookiee? 021936 Busy Buzzy Bee 057756 LEGO Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 047369 Who Saved the Galaxy? 016128 Day at Greenhill Farm 021963 Plants Bite Back! SWDKL1 All Level 1 above . 32.92 22.95 030024 Deadly Dinosaurs 014701 Polar Bear Alert All Star Wars Level 1 Readers above. 276 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Level 2 (1-2): STEP INTO READING (PK-4) 057977 Lowly Worm Meets the Early Bird 046376 Adventures of BB-8 The “Step Into Reading” series provides readers 071315 ☼Noah’s Ark* 046481 Adventures of Han Solo of all levels with engaging books appropriate 071316 ☼Penguins!* 042586 ☼Bounty Hunters for Hire for their reading skill. Step 1 books are geared 055600 Planet Name Game 042587 ☼Clone Troopers in Action towards children who know the alphabet and 051821 Platypus! 042617 ☼Clone Wars: Boba Fett: Jedi Hunter want to begin reading. Step 2 readers hold 071317 ☼Ponies!* 046626 Clone Wars: Jedi in Training short, simple sentences and focus on beginning 055602 Richard Scarry’s Be Careful, 042662 ☼Clone Wars: Stand Aside phonics skills as young children read and sound Mr. Frumble! Bounty Hunters out words with help. In Step 3, stories are a 047076 Snow Wonder 046884 Free the Galaxy little longer with fun characters and easy plots A fun rhyming story about the adventures of 042740 ☼Join the Rebels to satisfy children reading by themselves. Short two kids on a wintry day. 047010 Journey Through Space paragraphs and increasingly difficult vocabulary 041653 Statue of Liberty 058870 ☼Last Jedi Heroes of Galaxy are introduced in Step 4 as students are build- Read about the construction of the Statue of ...... 4.99 3.95 ing their reading confidence. Step 5 storybooks Liberty and the joy it brought to immigrants. 058961 ☼Lightsaber Battles . 4.99 3.95 provide skilled readers with chapter books. Each 071319 ☼Whiskers 047074 R2-D2 and Friends level features a captivating assortment of fiction 041657 Worst Helper Ever 042539 ☼Rebels: Beware Inquisitor and nonfiction topics, all colorfully illustrated In this Richard Scarry story, Farmer Pig enlists 046373 Rebels: Darth Vader, Jedi Hunter! and appealing to young readers. Charlie Cat to help him on the farm. 042544 ☼Rebels: Meet the Rebels EACH BOOK (w/o*) . . . . .3.99 3.25 042557 ☼Rebels: Rebel Power! EACH BOOK (with*) . . . . 4.99 3.95 Step 3 Readers - Reading on Your Own (1-3): 066608 Rey to the Rescue! • Easy-to-follow plots 058675 ☼Solo: Han on the Run 4.99 3.95 Step 1 Readers - Ready to Read (PK-K): • Engaging characters SWDKL2 All SW Level 2 above 82.80 57.95 • Large type and simple words • 48 pages each • Rhyme and rhythm Level 3 (2-3): • Picture clues 051800 Abe Lincoln’s Hat 042568 ☼Battle for Naboo 046841 ☼Alexander Hamilton 042658 ☼Clone Wars: Forces of Darkness 057971 Ballet Stars* 064068 ☼Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse 046731 Clone Wars: Yoda in Action 004338 Big Egg 020718 Amazing Armadillos 066606 Death Star Battles Who laid the large egg in the hen’s nest? If Learn all about armadillos, from their protec- 042704 ☼Death Star Battles nobody claims it, fox may make his move! tive shells, to their long sticky tongues. 042739 ☼Feel the Force! 057972 Chicks!* 004576 Best Mistake Ever! & Other Stories* 046993 I Want to be a Jedi 071306 ☼Cooking With Sam-I-Am* Includes “The Best Mistake Ever,” “A Visit 047296 Story of Darth Vader 057973 Dig, Scoop, Ka-boom! to Mr. Fixit,” and “Best Friends” by Richard 047052 Obi-Wan Kenobi Jedi Knight 067775 Go, Go, Trucks! Scarry. 046827 Finn’s Mission 027900 ☼Hot Dog* 071305 ☼Brave Clara Barton* 047017 Legendary Yoda 051814 I Like Bugs 028460 Christopher Columbus 066607 Rebel Heroes 051815 I Like Stars Discover America with Columbus and his 046374 Rebels: Fight the Empire! 033855 Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill* shipmates. 48 pgs. 047106 Star Pilot Jack and Jill go sledding but rely on poor Bill 018046 Dolphins SWDKL3 All Level 3 above . 59.76 41.95 to drag them back up the hill! Learn all about dolphins, including their All Star Wars Level 3 Readers above. 051819 Lion and the Mouse ability to do tricks and interact with humans. 067122 Little Duck 064529 Dr. Seuss: Great Doodler Level 4 (3-4): 064538 Little Rabbit 071308 ☼Dream March* 046511 Beware the Dark Side 071314 ☼Mama Loves* 004381 Eat My Dust! Henry Ford’s First Race 046536 Clone Wars: Jedi Adventures 057978 Mouse Makes Words* The story of how Henry Ford raised the 046643 Clone Wars: Planets in Peril 055601 Poky Little Puppy* money to open the Ford Motor Company. 042693 ☼Darth Maul, Sith Apprentice 066641 Polar Bear Babies 067776 Fairy Dogmother 046747 Epic Battles 064541 Saggy Baggy Elephant 051808 First Thanksgiving 046945 Galactic Crisis 067123 Scuffy the Tugboat* 071309 ☼Fish is Fish 066609 Rogue One: Secret Mission 071318 ☼Shy Little Kitten* 051358 Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled 047310 Ultimate Duels 047077 Too Many Cats* Banner SWDKL4 Star Wars Package .31.92 22.50 057980 Tree Doctor Discover what prompted a busy lawyer and All Star Wars Level 4 Readers above. 041656 Watch Your Step, Mr. Rabbit* father to write a poem that would become A distracted Mr. Rabbit walks right into dry- our national anthem. 48 pgs. ing cement. Uh oh! By Richard Scarry. 071310 ☼Heavy-Duty Trucks* 042861 Hungry, Hungry Sharks! Step 2 Readers - Reading with Help (PK-1): Did you know that the Whale Shark has three • Basic vocabulary thousand teeth and is longer than a bus? • Short sentences 033857 Johnny Appleseed • Simple stories Johnny Appleseed tells the story of his life in • 32 pages each this humorous tale. 028651 Lewis & Clark: Prairie Dog for the 064226 ☼Baby Moses* President 059997 Bears Are Curious Join Lewis and Clark as they set out to uncov- 051801 Bones* er the mysteries of the West. 051805 Dinosaur Babies 028652 Listen Up! 060001 Feeding Time at the Zoo* Share the experiences that led Bell to the 068595 Frozen Story Cllctn . .7.99 5.95 invention of the telephone. 033853 Here Comes Silent E 018170 Monster Bugs The mysterious “Silent E” sneaks about You won’t have to ask kids to read about taran- changing simple words in humorous ways. tulas, praying mantises and other bug giants. 064537 Honeybees 027461 Nutcracker Ballet 055599 Little Butterfly* A classic retelling of the Nutcracker Ballet. See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 277 029394 Paul Bunyan: My Story* Step 5 Readers - Ready for Chapters (2-4): gradually increases the difficulty so that by Level Paul Bunyan shares about his life story, his • Chapters G, each page contains 3-4 sentences of up to appetite, and his life as a lumberjack. • Longer paragraphs nine words in length. The softcover 5” x 5” books 013052 Pompeii... Buried Alive* • 48 pages each come in a cardboard storage box. ~ Ruth Describes the destruction and excavation of 033861 Moonwalk: First Trip to the Moon* EACH SET (except noted) . . 12.99 9.50 Pompeii. Dramatic and fascinating! Read about the great space race and join the 057781 Box Set 1 . . . . .14.99 10.95 066642 Pupunzel astronauts aboard the Apollo 11. 019562 Box Set 2 019588 Box Set 3 066646 Sky High: George Ferris’s Big 006125 The Trail of Tears Wheel Learn the history behind the Trail of Tears, My First I Can Read - Shared Reading (PK) 064543 Space: Planets, Moons, Stars & More!* including the struggles endured by the • Basic language 055604 Stingrays!* Cherokees. • Word repetition 064544 Take a Hike, Teddy Roosevelt! 043564 To the Top! Climbing World’s • Whimsical illustrations 055593 Tale About Tails Highest Mountain EACH BOOK (w/o*) . . . . .3.99 3.45 Join the Cat in the Hat, Sally, and Nick as Climb along with Edmund Hillary and EACH BOOK (with*) . . . . 4.99 3.95 they learn all about different animal tails and Tenzing Norgay. how they help certain animals. ~~~~~~~~~~ Biscuit Series 036617 Tentacles: Tales of the Giant Squid Join Biscuit, an adorable little yellow dog, The giant squid is one of the greatest myster- I CAN READ BOOKS (PK-4) on his adventures as he makes friends, goes to ies of the ocean. To present their excellent early reader books in school, and even wins a prize. 020947 Twisters! an organized and graded way to young readers, 026602 Bathtime for Biscuit* All kinds of twisters from tornadoes and hur- the publisher has divided some of their popular 026612 Biscuit* ricanes to dust devils and water spouts. children’s books into different “I Can Read” lev- 035651 Biscuit and the Baby 051826 Whales: Gentle Giants* els, based on the structure and complexity of the 045377 ☼Biscuit & Big Parade!* content. Many of these are modern children’s 028491 Biscuit Feeds the Pets Step 4 Readers - Reading Paragraphs (2-3): classics, and will be enjoyed by all children, 045389 ☼Biscuit Flies a Kite* • Short paragraphs whether read aloud or read alone. For your 059797 Biscuit Goes Camping* • More challenging vocabulary convenience in finding age-appropriate books for 026616 Biscuit’s Big Friend • 48 pages each your young reader, we will list them in groups 026617 Biscuit Collection . .11.99 8.75 by level. Includes Biscuit, Biscuit Wants to Play, and 046844 Ballerina Dreams: Orphan to Dancer* Biscuit Finds a Friend. 051802 Chopper!* My Very First I Can Read 045390 ☼Biscuit’s Neighborhood: 051806 Discovery in the Cave 5 in Box! . . . . .16.99 12.50 004406 Escape North! Story of Harriet Learn to Read w/ Tug the Pup & Friends (PK-3) Tubman When my students were learning to read, 045496 ☼Itty Bitty Kitty: Firehouse Fun Follow the brave “Moses of her People” as finding enough readers to meet their needs was she leads others to freedom. difficult. We found one book set, but after that— Little Critter Series 051809 Great Houdini* what do you do? This series of My Very First Beloved children’s character Little Critter learns 028613 Helen Keller* I Can Read introduces four animal friends and all about life in these fun adventures. Discover her journey from learning words to their adventures accompanied by colorful, sto- 045518 Just Adventure at Sea becoming a published author. ry-supporting illustrations. This series, based on 028516 Just a Baby Bird 051813 Hungry Plants* recent literacy research, combines phonics and 065022 Just a Little Love 020795 Ice Mummy* sight words and is aligned with CCS standards. 028521 Just Helping My Dad* Tells the true story of how two hikers in the Each boxed set contains 11 short books and a 045522 Just Pick Us, Please! Alps discover a 5,000 year-old mummy. parent guide with progress stickers and a few tips/ 028530 Just Saving My Money* 051816 Jackie Robinson & the Story of activities to aid the child’s reading. These activi- 059802 Just Teacher’s Pet All-Black Baseball* ties vary according to set level. Each set progress- 051113 Set of 3 in slipcase .11.99 8.75 064532 Malala: Hero for All* es through three reading levels (the entire series Going to the Seapark, Going to the Firehouse, 064539 Nelson Mandela: From Prisoner to works through levels A through G). For each and Snowball Soup. President box, the final level of readers is continued in the 006034 Thomas Jefferson’s Feast next set for continuity and added reinforcement. 067577 Mia Sets the Stage* Learn about Thomas Jefferson’s favorite At the end of each 12-page reader is a Parents’ foods, including macaroni and cheese! Corner page with questions and ideas for learn- 048135 Follow Me, Mittens!* 014223 Tut’s Mummy ing organized by activity: Rereading the Book Cute and curious, Mittens the kitten explores The story of Tutankhamen from his death to Together, Fun with Words and More Learning. the world around him. By Lola M. Schaefer the excavation of his tomb 3,000 years later. When students successfully complete each book, and features full-color illustrations by Susan 039560 Volcanoes!* they complete a Name page and receive a sticker Kathleen Hartung. A fascinating look at volcanoes, the scientists to show their reading progress. who study them, and famous eruptions. There is variety in these books, both in content Pete the Cat 018277 Wild Cats (2-3) and word choice. The first four books (Level A) Practice early reading skills while enjoying Did you know that leopards can store their in Box Set 1, for example, work through the stories about the children’s literary character, food in trees? Learn this and lots more! short vowel sounds, beginning with Big Pig, Pete the Cat. Read about the little blue kitten as Nat the Cat, Tug the Pup and then Pen Hen. he enjoys a snow day, fights a dragon to save But they don’t restrict themselves to just short the princess, or goes scuba diving in search of a vowels or single consonants. The third book seahorse! 28 softcover pages each. – Laura introduces long vowel sounds as in “likes” and 045557 ☼Groovy Bake Sale* “make”. Consonant pairs are introduced from 065657 Scuba-Cat* the beginning of the series. From the sixth book 065658 Sir Pete the Brave* on (in Level B), two and three syllable words are 032021 Snow Daze* introduced (fireflies, snowflakes, and everyone). 061453 & the Bad Banana* Box Set 2 begins with Level C, continuing the 045535 ☼& the Cool Caterpillar one-sentence per page storylines, but gradual- 067584 & the Lost Tooth* ly introduces dialogue and multiple, lengthier 045554 ☼& the Surprise Teacher sentences. Box Set 3 begins with Level E and 067585 & Tip-Top Tree House* 278 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Level 1 Books - Beginning Reading (PK-1) 000907 Oscar Otter* • Short sentences Oscar Otter sets off to build a new slide, • Familiar words but soon is being tailed by predators. Think • Simple concepts quick, Oscar! EACH BOOK (w/o*) (exc noted) 3.99 3.45 EACH BOOK (with*) . . . . 4.99 3.95 Paddington Series 065644 My Favorite Stories Box Set These I Can Read Level 1 books are based on the ...... 16.99 12.50 characters from the original Paddington books, Includes Level 1 Readers Happy Birthday, although Meet Paddington and Paddington’s Danny and the Dinosaur!; Clark the Shark: Adventures are based on the recent (2014) Tooth Trouble; Harry and the Lady Next Paddington movie. The others feature sweet illus- Door; The Berenstain Bears: Down on the trations by R.W. Alley. 32 pgs, pb. Farm; and Splat the Cat Makes Dad Glad Fancy Nancy Series 051069 Meet Paddington (movie tie-in)* 065651 My Favorite Dog Stories 065636 Best Reading Buddies Meet the friendly bear and his new friends. Box Set . . . . . 16.99 12.50 065637 It’s Backward Day 059803 Paddington: Paddington’s Adventures* Includes Level 1 Readers Berenstain Bears Follows the 2014 movie’s plot line. and the New Pup; Charlie the Ranch Dog: 002368 Fire Cat* 065653 Paddington and the Magic Trick* Where’s the Bacon?; Dixie Loves School Pickles has big paws meant to do big things, 067579 Paddington at the Barber Shop* Pet Day; Harry and the Lady Next Door and but is he brave enough to be a Fire Cat? 065655 Paddington Plays On* Pinkalicious: Puptastic 065656 Paddington Sets Sail* 052735 Horse in Harry’s Room 067583 Paddington’s Prize Picture* Berenstain Bears Series Nobody else can see it, but Harry has a horse 067582 Paddington’s Day Off* Similar in style to the classic Berenstain Bears in his room. He loves riding him in circles 045534 ☼Paddington Collector’s series, these I Can Read Books have a somewhat or jumping him over the bed. And then one Quintet: 5 in Box . .16.99 12.50 simpler style and easier-to-read content. 32 pgs, day, Harry gets to see real horses. pb. Penny Series 035649 ... and the Baby Chipmunk* 003868 Harry and the Lady Next Door* A sweet series about Penny, a young mouse 059796 ...Are SuperBears! Meet Harry the dog. He loves all of his who overcomes dilemmas that many children 045331 ☼Big Machines* neighbors except one, the lady who sings. will identify with. By Kevin Henkes. 050356 ☼The Ducklings 057779 Penny and Her Marble* 032440 ... Clean House* Little Bear Series 018574 Penny and Her Song* 036959 ... Lemonade Stand* Little bear is an inquisitive, friendly young 045332 ☼...Play Football* bear who lovingly interacts with his family and Pinkalicious Series (PK-3) 065627 ...Take Off!* friends. His adventures have instilled a love of Pinkalicious is a little girl with a penchant for all 045376 ☼We Love Baseball!* reading in young readers for decades. The writing things pink. The colorful illustrations are engag- 065628 ...We Love Soccer!* is at Level 1, but the engaging writing completely ing and each page has about 4 lines to read. In hides that fact. This is beginning reading with the Parakeet book, Pinkalicious visits the house Charlie the Ranch Dog Series themes to which all children can relate. Detailed of birds at the local zoo with her class. They had Join Charlie the Ranch Dog on his adventures drawings by Maurice Sendak (Marco Polo uses spent a week learning lots of bird facts. When based on the real life bloodhound belonging to a different artist who has a reminiscent style). the pink parakeet escapes, Pinkalicious saves the best selling author Ree Drummond. In Where’s Approx 60 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth day. In the Tutu story, Pinkalicious is going to The Bacon?, Charlie’s owners are pet-sitting 015483 Little Bear* join her friend Allison’s ballet class but accident- another dog. Will Charlie ever learn to share? Little Bear’s mother helps him through all his ly walks into an advanced ballet class instead. In Charlie’s Snow Day, Charlie gets too cold to adventures - from figuring out that he really The cute stories make your child want to read climb up the sledding hill, but when Walter goes doesn’t need a coat to go outside in the win- them again and again, building their fluency. missing, it’s up to Charlie to find him! These ter to granting his wish at story time. 32pp, pb. ~ Sara simple readers contain captivating stories for dog 011302 Little Bear and the Marco Polo* 061454 And the Pink Parakeet* lovers and eager young readers. - Laura Grandfather Bear tells Little Bear about his 065659 And Planet Pink* 014099 Charlie’s New Friend* sailing adventures on his ship the Marco Polo 065660 And the Sick Day 057780 Charlie’s Snow Day when he was a sea captain. 032022 Pinkalicious: Fashion Fun 065630 Rock Star* 061861 Father Bear Comes Home* 065661 Story Time* 019551 Stuck in the Mud Little bear imagines all kinds of fantastic 061455 Tutu-rrific!* 056221 Where’s the Bacon?* catches that Father Bear might have gotten on his fishing trip. 025033 Sammy the Seal* 067563 Clark the Shark & Big Book Report* 061862 Kiss for Little Bear Join Sammy on his adventurous day away Grandma sends Little Bear a kiss which gets from the zoo. He goes to the city, finds a Danny and the Dinosaur Series passed on from one animal to another. school full of children and learns a new skill. Danny goes to the museum, where he wistfully 061864 Little Bear’s Friend* looks at the dinosaurs and wishes, “It would be Little Bear and a girl become friends and then 067590 Santa’s Moose* nice to play with a dinosaur.” As you might must deal with her moving away. guess, Danny gets his wish! 061863 Little Bear Box Set .11.97 8.75 007689 Danny and the Dinosaur Contains Little Bear, Father Bear Comes 067564 ..and the Girl Next Door Home, and Little Bear’s Visit 065632 and the New Puppy 067565 School Days* 052737 Morris the Moose 065634 Too Tall A cow has four legs, a tail, and something on 065633 Storybook Collection 11.99 8.75 her head… So she must be a moose, right? That’s what Morris thinks! What if he asks a Diary of a Worm Series deer about it? Short stories based on the popular picture book series, with illustrations in a very similar style. 025026 Oliver 026179 Teacher’s Pet* Oliver always wanted to be a dancing circus 036961 Nat the Gnat elephant, but the circus already has one! See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 279 Young Amelia Bedelia Amelia Bedelia; Thank You, Amelia Bedelia; Guinness World Records Series (K-3) Stories about Amelia Bedelia’s childhood, writ- and Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia. This series of “I Can Read” ten by Herman Parish. 065623 Storybook Treasury #2 11.99 8.75 books presents kids with 028474 Amelia Bedelia By the Yard* Includes Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia, an up-close view of several 056212 Amelia Bedelia Chalks One Up Amelia Bedelia and the Cat and Amelia world-record holders, from 050352 ☼Amelia Bedelia Gets a Break* Bedelia Bakes Off in one hardcover book. dogs on scooters, to the tall- 059793 Amelia Bedelia Is for the Birds* est cakes, and even the larg- 067560 Amelia Bedelia On the Move* Flat Stanley Series est vehicle ever created. Each 065624 Amelia Bedelia Takes the Cake Brief episodes based loosely on the popular entry contains a full-page 065021 Amelia Bedelia Tries Her Luck* novel. Through Stanley’s adventures, he realizes photo of the record-holder 056215 Storybook Treasury . 11.99 8.75 that being flat comes in handy sometimes! (often an action shot of the 1st Day of School, 1st Field Trip, Sleeps 067567 Flat Stanley & the Missing Pumpkins feat accomplished) and a brief excerpt of the Over, Makes a Friend and Hits the Trail 059799 Flat Stanley & the Very Big Cookie* story. The records are presented in an easy-to- 045322 ☼Amelia Bedelia Box Set #2: 065638 Flat Stanley and the Lost Treasure* read, memorable fashion—for example, “Milly, a Books are a Ball . . 16.99 12.50 026184 Flat Stanley Goes Camping Chihuahua, is the smallest living dog. She is only Makes a Friend, Sleeps Over, Hits the Trail, 065639 Flat Stanley On Ice 3.8 inches tall!”, accompanied by a picture of Tries Her Luck, and Joins the Club. 037004 Show-and-Tell, Flat Stanley! her standing next to a soda can. Kids will find the collection of incredible, unbelievable, and even I Can Read Level 1 Boxed Set Frances Series absurd records both entertaining and memorable, Enjoy 8 fun readers, featuring the most pop- Young readers can enjoy the classic stories of no doubt prompting comments like, “Mom, did ular characters in the I Can Read library! This Frances the badger in I Can Read format. These you know that the heaviest turnip ever was 39 set includes Danny and the Dinosaur, Charlie have been kept very close the original stories, pounds?!?” ~ Stephen the Ranch Dog – Charlie’s New Friend, Splat with the same illustrations. The text has been 028492 Daring Dogs* the Cat and the Duck with No Quack, Fancy slightly abridged to fit the smaller format. Pb. 028493 Fun with Food* Nancy and the Too-Loose Tooth, The Berenstain 000946 Bargain for Frances* 067571 Remarkable Robots Bears and the Shaggy Little Pony, Penny and her 021250 Bargain for Frances w/ 028494 Wacky Wheels* Song, Amelia Bedelia Makes a Friend, and Dixie. Audio CD . . . . .9.99 7.50 Comes in a cardboard sleeve with a fun poster. 046630 Bread and Jam for Frances* ☼I Can Read History Series (PK-3) 051164 ...... 24.99 17.50 045276 Alexander Hamilton: Plan for America 045532 Martin Luther King Jr: Peaceful Leader* Level 2 Books - Reading with Help (K-3) 067569 George Washington: First President • Engaging stories 067573 John F. Kennedy the Brave • Longer sentences 067576 Long, Tall Lincoln EACH BOOK (with*) . . . . 3.99 3.45 EACH BOOK (w/o*) (exc noted) 4.99 3.95 024614 ☼Marley and the Runaway Pumpkin*

Amazing Animals Series 003102 Mouse Soup Nonfiction books with lots of full-color photos. Poor Mouse is about to become Weasel’s 046863 Dolphins! dinner. Can mouse create a distraction? 035647 Tigers! 035648 Whales! 026657 Mouse Tales Frog and Toad Series It’s bed time, and father mouse has a story for Amelia Bedelia Series There are few duos in literature as memorable each of his seven boys. Each story holds a sub- Amelia Bedelia is always ready to help out, as Frog and Toad. Frog is more adventurous, tle lesson such as consideration, tolerance for and her cheerful disposition and eagerness to and Toad likes to be safe at home. (My favorite others, or selflessness. Arnold Lobel slyly mixes please help to counteract the fact that she takes quote from Toad is “Winter may be beautiful, humor with morals in these compact tales. everything literally. And somehow, she always but bed is much better.”) Each of these delightful saves the day, despite all the havoc she causes. books shares some of the adventures that these 026659 Owl at Home Amelia Bedelia books have long been favorites two friends enjoy together, in short story format. Owl is sensible, but he has his moments - of early readers, as it’s great fun to see the results Great for read-alouds or just reading alone! like when he tries to let winter come in and of someone actually following instructions like 026626 Days with Frog and Toad warm up by the fire. Kids will love these “dusting the furniture,” “dressing the chickens,” 007703 Frog and Toad All Year short, silly stories. and “drawing the curtains” to the letter! 007704 Frog and Toad are Friends 007678 Amelia Bedelia 003124 Frog and Toad Together 028533 Small Pig 025001 Amelia Bedelia and the Baby 032454 Collection . . . . 11.99 8.75 The farmer’s wife cleans the pigpen and now 014634 Amelia Bedelia and the Cat Holds Frog and Toad All Year, Frog and Toad Small Pig has no lovely mud! 026700 Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor Together, Frog and Toad are Friends. 065020 Amelia Bedelia Bakes Off 032053 Storybook Treasury . 11.99 8.75 061457 Winter Wasteland: Batman Classic 007679 Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping This 254 page, hardcover collection, contains 026702 Amelia Bedelia Helps Out four books: Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog Level 3 Books - Reading Alone (2-4) 040410 Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist? and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All Year, • Complex plots 030834 Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia* and Days with Frog and Toad. Destined to • Challenging vocabulary 007688 Come Back, Amelia Bedelia* become a favorite bedtime book. • High-interest topics 024293 Good Work, Amelia Bedelia 061452 Frog and Toad and Friends EACH BOOK (except noted) . .4.99 3.95 026706 Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia Boxed Set . . . . 24.99 17.50 026701 40th Anniversary Set 11.99 8.75 This set includes Frog and Toad All Year, 026640 Greg’s Microscope Includes Amelia Bedelia, Amelia Bedelia and Flat Stanley and the Firehouse, Amelia When Greg’s friend gets a microscope, Greg the Surprise Shower, and Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower, Marley’s decides he wants one too. When he gets his Bedelia in a slipcase. Big Adventure, Bread and Jam for Frances, wish, he looks at everything underneath it, 065622 Box Set #1 . . . . 16.99 12.50 Mouse Soup, Pony Crazy, and The Best Seat and draws in his class and family too! Boxed set features the original Amelia in Second Grade. Comes in a cardboard Bedelia; the Surprise Shower; Come Back, sleeve with a fun poster. 280 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. 040415 It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing! Sometimes the princesses run into challenges, so Level 3 Readers (1-4) ...... 3.99 3.45 they learn to trust in God. The stories are loosely A book of short poems by Jack Prelutsky, all based on parables from the Bible. ☼Bradford Street Buddies of which deal with winter. Topics include 044003 Princess Charity’s Golden Heart Neighborhood friendships often develop life- snow, playing with friends, ice skating, get- 044004 Princess Faith’s Garden Surprise long bonds and these delightful stories introduce ting a cold, winter clothing, and more. 044005 Princess Hope & Hidden Treasure four neighborhood besties, Jada, Jamal, Carlita, 046862 It’s Thanksgiving! and Josh, as they share adventures on Bradford Presents 12 poems about Thanksgiving Level 2 Readers Street. Created for the newly independent reader, by Jack Prelutsky. Includes “The First each story offers longer text, richer vocabulary, Thanksgiving,” “When Daddy Carves the Made By God Series and a relatable, fun storyline. A great way to Turkey,” “Leftovers” and more. Some poems Cats, dogs, snakes, plants, trees, bees—all of encourage independent reading for enjoyment. are serious, others quite funny! these are made by God! This nonfiction science Guided Reading level K. ~ Deanne series teaches kids about a variety of plants or EACH BOOK ...... 3.99 3.50 animals. Sharp color photos appear on every 067597 Backyard Camp-Out Level 4 Books - Advanced Reading (3+) page, along with basic facts about the plant or 067598 Block Party Surprise • Short chapters animal. (Did you know that a tarantula can grow 067599 Springtime Blossoms • Short paragraphs as big as a dinner plate? Or that redwood trees • Exciting themes can live to be 2000 years old?). Respect for God’s EACH BOOK ...... 4.99 3.95 creation is emphasized. ~ Lisa 009343 Big Bugs, Little Bugs 032447 Dinosaur Hunter 031327 Cats, Dogs, Hamsters, and Horses Growing up in Wyoming in the 1880’s, Ned 025956 Curious Creatures Down Under dreams of discovering dinosaur bones. He 025978 Jungle Beasts teams up with George, a bone digger’s son. 009491 Our Feathered Friends Will they make the find of a lifetime? 031360 Poisonous, Smelly, & Amazing Plants 025979 Polar Pals 003944 Prairie School 009505 Rainforest Friends Celebrating the States (1-4) It is 1880 and 9 year-old Noah loves life on 009528 Sea Creatures These beautifully-illustrated readers give lots the prairie. One day, Mother tells Noah that 045273 ☼Spiders,Snakes,Bees,& Bats* of fun facts and information about each state. Aunt Dora is coming to teach Noah. Noah ~~~~~~~~~~ Young readers will enjoy the pictures as well as is reluctant, but Aunt Dora turns him into an the fact that they are now reading these on their eager student. How does she do it? own. 36 pgs, sc, by Marion Dane Bauer. - Laura ~~~~~~~~~~ GREEN LIGHT READERS (PK-4) EACH BOOK ...... 3.99 3.50 This series is specifically geared towards 056239 Arizona 056245 N. Carolina ZONDERVAN I CAN READ BOOKS (PK-2) young beginning readers. By using simple words, 056240 California 065038 Ohio These great books com- rhymes, and rhythms, these high interest sto- 065035 Colorado 059823 Pennsylvania bine the popularity of I Can rylines encourage students to not only pick up 059822 Georgia 056246 Texas Read! books with stories that the books and read, but also to finish the stories 065036 Louisiana 056248 Washington contain a Christian or moral on their own. Additionally, each book is filled ~~~~~~~~~~ element. Like all Level 1 with lots of colorful illustrations that really help books, they contain simple engage the reader and bring the story to life. This PENGUIN YOUNG READERS (K-4) sentences that are perfect is a good, inexpensive series to develop and rein- Silly fairy tales, dramatic stories, interesting for new readers, along with force your child’s reading skills. Pb. science facts all combined with charming illus- simple to follow stories and trations by various artists will make your early colorful illustrations. The les- Level 1 Readers readers want to get each and every one of these sons learned in the stories books! Readers grow as their skills develop and are sometimes subtle but include important Gossie and Friends Readers (Level 1) (PK-3) these books are right there with them giving them aspects of Christianity like kindness, trusting Follow a duckling family and friends in this the challenges they need at each level. Younger God, responsibility, etc. Each book is 32 pgs, pb. early reader series. The illustrations are charming readers figure out new words from picture and EACH BOOK (with*) . . . . 3.99 2.95 and the storylines are light-hearted, relatable context clues while they begin to recognize EACH BOOK (w/o*) (exc noted) 4.99 3.45 and engaging. The series balances well between fiction from non-fiction. Maturing readers can simple sentences and words/stories that are chal- understand different points of view and identify Level 1 Readers lenging enough for a young reader. Stubborn story elements like characters and conflict. Use Ollie won’t come out of his shell; Gideon loses the levels to correlate to your student’s grade to Berenstain Bears Living Lights Series his favorite toy; Boo Boo eats everything. Each start. As they master each series, they will see These stories feature the familiar bear family book includes details to download a read-along their progress when moving up to the next level. faced with characer-building situations. audio file. Corresponding games and activities Inside each cover are activity ideas such as ask- 024513 ☼Brother Bear & Kind Cub* available at www.gossieandfriends.com. 6” x 9”, ing your child to compare and contrast or make 050346 ☼God Made Seasons 32 pp, sc. ~ Ruth predictions from looking at the pictures. You 024523 ☼Honey Hunt Helpers* EACH BOOK ...... 3.99 3.50 could create some spelling practice or grammar 045177 ☼Kitten Rescue* 014345 BooBoo lessons based on the stories or let the kids make 051903 Mama’s Helpers 014376 Peedie a journal about their reading (likes, dislikes, new 045196 ☼Neighbor in Need* 059825 Gideon words, places they want to visit someday, etc). 045203 ☼Play a Fair Game* 059824 Gideon & Otto 32-47 pgs each, pb. ~ Sara 024521 ☼Sister Bear & the Golden Rule* 056756 Gossie & Gertie EACH BOOK ...... 3.99 3.25 040178 Treat Others Kindly . 7.99 5.75 056757 Gossie Includes The Forgiving Tree, Gossip Gang 065050 Jasper & Joop LEVEL 1 (K-1) and Show Some Respect 065053 Merry Christmas, Ollie! 051297 Dick & Jane: Go, Go, Go 056758 Ollie 051298 Dick & Jane: Jump & Run Princess Parables 056759 Ollie the Stomper 051299 Dick & Jane: Something Funny Meet Charity, Faith, Hope, Grace and Joy. The 065049 Big Book of Adventures 051300 Dick & Jane: We Look girls are sisters…and princesses! They have many (9 Readers) . . . .15.99 11.75 022160 Dick and Jane: We Play adventures both inside and outside the castle. 022201 On a Farm See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Reading / Literature 281 LEVEL 2 (1-2) EACH READER ...... 3.95 3.25 Realms of Gold (6-8) 053266 Bravest Cat!: True Story of Scarlett 024091 Snakes Up Close! (Level 2) The Core Knowledge concept has influenced 022161 Dick and Jane: We See 024095 Strangest Animals (Level 2) the definition of what it means to be culturally 022169 Dick and Jane: Who Can Help? 024098 Wolf Pup (Level 1) literate since E.D. Hirsch wrote Cultural Literacy. 066636 Ham-Ham-Hamsters 024132 World of Sharks (Level 1) Now the recommendations for shorter literature 059984 Kit-Kit-Kittens 024159 World’s Fastest Animals (Level 2) works have been compiled into anthologies for 064509 Noah’s Ark grade levels in 6-8. Entries range from Ancient to 065958 Pig and Pug Kingfisher Readers (K-3) Modern, world literature to American, serious to 064510 Pig-Piggy-Pigs Encourage a child’s natural curiosity about the humorous. Beginning with poems, then moving 064511 Slow, Slow Sloths scientific world by proving interesting little books to short stories, essays, speeches, and autiobiog- 067112 Snail-Snaily-Snails on a variety of topics. Kingfisher grade level raphies, each volume highlights cultural literate readers give your child a chance to practice their choices as well as pieces selected for extra LEVEL 3 (2-3) reading skills and learn substantive information. reading (clearly identified in the text). Readers 019535 Baby Alligator Topics are high interest and color photos on every will find just the text—no analysis or interpreta- 064502 Baby Wolf page increase comprehension. Glossaries in the tion—of important short works from such writers 041988 Backyard Chickens back build their vocabulary. The levels are not by as Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Bullfinch, Poe, Orwell, 066635 Daring Amelia grade, but by reading ability. Donne, Yeats, and Chekov and works from world 008350 Fake Out! Animals That Play Tricks Level 1: Children are beginning to read short influencers like Gandhi, Roosevelt, Susan B 036504 Giant Squid: Mystery of the Deep simple sentences with familiar vocabulary. Anthony, and Einstein. The appendix in Volume 064504 Giraffes Level 2: Beginning to read alone with longer 3 includes the text of the Universal Declaration 019731 Hidden Army: Clay Soldiers of sentences and familiar vocabulary. of Human Rights. A no-nonsense way to intro- Ancient China Level 3: Reading alone with some help, short duce your students to various types excellent 046355 Mummies paragraphs, some new specialized vocabulary writing. 5 1/4x81/4”, 240-340 pp, sc. ~ Ruth 050685 Secret Garden and fact boxes. EACH BOOK ...... 20.95 20.00 067113 Spacesuits Level 5: Reading fluently, complex ideas, sophis- 064863 Volume 1: Grade 6 064514 Thomas Edison and His Bright Idea ticated vocabulary, exciting historical and cultur- 064864 Volume 2: Grade 7 063125 ☼Tick-Tock!: Measuring Time al content, and scientific context. 064865 Volume 3: Grade 8 056341 Very Quiet Cricket Each 6” x 9” book is 32 pgs, pb. ~ Sara 008304 Volcanoes - Mountains That Blow EACH BOOK ...... 3.99 3.50 ☼Norton Anthology of English Literature: Their Tops Middle Ages (9-10) 046044 Wagon Train Level 1 A compilation of excerpts from major pieces 053268 Why Do Cats Meow? 068365 Bears of English Literature starting with 7th centu- 002843 Jobs People Do ry Anglo-Saxon authors (Bede and Beowulf) LEVEL 4 (3-4) 062059 Ladybugs through Sir Thomas Mallory and Everyman 061750 ☼Alexander Hamilton:American Hero (1400s) and including Irish literature, Chaucer, 022150 Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship Level 2 William Langland, and mystery plays among 019750 Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty 062041 African Savanna others. Included in the Well-Planned Gal’s high 008254 Civil War Battleship: The Monitor 068366 Birds of Prey school Essential Book Pack for Cultures & Ideas 036503 Civil War Sub: Mystery of the Hunley 057833 Sun, Moon, and Stars (#WPECHI), this is an excellent resource for 064506 Home Address: International many high school lit courses. Purchase of the Space Station Level 3 book gives you access to a number of resources 061765 ☼Life in the Amazon Rainforest 002702 Ancient Rome on the publisher’s website. These include a study 064508 Moon 068367 Robots plan, period introduction overview, timeline, 066637 No Bones! 057837 Vikings period introduction quiz, reading comprehen- 019253 Ocean Monsters sion quizzes, flashcards, and information on a 008275 Pocahontas - An American Princess Level 5 number of places mentioned in literature, author 008295 Sacajawea: Her True Story 053542 Ancient Egyptians portraits, and maps. 559 pgs, pb. ~ Janice 067111 Scary Plants! 027601 Explorers 069970 ...... 59.95 064512 Star-Spangled Banner ~~~~~~~~~~ 064513 Tale of Beatrix Potter Norton Anthology of American Literature 064515 U.S. Women’s Soccer: Go for Gold! ☼In the Animal World (3-5) Volume 1 Shorter 8th Edition (11-AD) 063321 ☼Where Buffalo Roam: Bison in Gather your children together and enjoy Used as a reference in the Read with the Best America this delightful collection of animal poems and program, this book begins with some Native short stories from beloved author, Emma Serle. American stories and accounts of first meetings Originally published in 1918, this reprint retains with Europeans and ends with works of American the charming black and white illustrations and authors in the 1960s. For being a shorter, edited content that appeals to both boys and girls. version of Norton’s Anthology, this book still Sections are divided into flesh eating animals contains a whopping 2992 pages! Then there and plant eating animals. In the first section, are selected bibliographies, history and criticisms cats, dogs, seals and sea lions and bears are in the back, plus an index. Some of the authors introduced. The second section focuses on gnaw- included are: Benjamin Franklin, Nathaniel ers (beavers, squirrel etc.), the monkey family, Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Jack thick skinned animals (elephant), cud chewers London, T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, James and the horse family. At the conclusion of each Baldwin, Alice Walker, and Louise Erdrich (to American Museum of Natural History Readers (K-1) animal chapter, you will find an overview essay name just a few). There are a few black-and- These fun, colorful readers feature beautiful of the animal group. While the book of the book white illustrations and some color plates as well. pictures of different kinds of animals and insects references, “All God’s creatures…His glory do The paper is quite thin but of good quality. Book as well as easy to read text (though several of the reveal” no Christian content is noted in the sto- measures 6” x 9” and is about 2.5” thick. A great animal names like axolotl and anemone might be ries and poems. Wonderful family read aloud resource for many language arts programs. pb. a little tricky). These are great for the animal lover or to engage a reluctant reader for read aloud ~ Sara or as a way to work on reading and natural sci- practice. 236 pgs., sc. ~ Deanne 054493 ...... 89.95 ence at the same time! Approx. 30 pages each, 031454 ...... 16.95 16.75 softcover. – Laura 282 Reading / Literature See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels.