Literature

This classic story tells of four sisters—Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy—growing up while their father is taking part in the War Between the States. This thorough comprehension guide includes questions and answers for each chapter, projects based on each character, vocabulary studies, and delicious recipes. This guide is recommended for readers in the 6th grade. 85 pages Learn More

The four March sisters–Meg, Amy, Beth, and feisty Jo–share the joys and sorrows of growing up while their father is away at war. The family is poor in worldly goods, but rich in love and character. Adapted by Monica Kulling, perfect for young readers. 106 pgs Learn More

Student Book Only - To Be Used with an additional student when using the Learning Language Arts Blue Book 1st Grade Complete Set or Teacher's Edition.

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The Common Sense Reading Program, the Blue Book, for first grade skills, is the perfect reading program for beginning readers. The updated third edition is even easier to use with clearer instructions and a colorized companion Student Booklet. Lessons include: phonics instruction using the "Successful Reading for Beginners" series. Your student begins reading stories right away! ​ 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. Lessons require little or NO preparation! Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for language arts skills: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and higher order thinking skills, even handwriting included! The "real book" read alouds for this program may be obtained through your library or purchased from bookstores or catalogs. A systematic phonics approach includes: short and long vowels, consonant blends, word families, and sight words. Handwriting instruction teaches upper and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation! Illustrated practice sheets encourage your student to do his best. Games, word-wheels, flip books, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. Assessments enable teachers to evaluate progress. Essential to the program, consumable Student Activity Books may be purchased separately.

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Learning Language Arts Through Literature, The Blue Book, TE is used in conjunction with the The Blue Student Activity Book, sold separately (Item #0428). All aspects of language arts are taught to the student as they read from good literature. Complete Set is also available which includes 28 readers, and a materials packet, all packaged in a convenient, attractive full-color box. (Item #2781) Appropriate for 1st Grade grade. Part of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature Series.p> Learn More

The 3rd Edition Learning Language Arts Through Literature - The Gold Book - American offers instructions and directions for student and teacher. Now the answers are in the Teacher Section along with novel summaries and more helps making this edition easier than ever to use! The Gold Book - American Literature is complete curriculum for high school language arts courses. Classic poems, short stories, and novels by the best and most influential American authors were selected to demonstrate literary principles. The Gold Book series is designed to encourage the high school student’s ability to read and understand literature, develop the ability for verbal and written expression, enable him to interpret and access literary meaning in terms of content and philosophy and clearly state a position in response. In The Gold Book - American Literature you will find: Novel Units take an in-depth look at famous American British novels. Students are challenged with thought-provoking questions, learn to interpret literature, analyze characters, and more. The Essay Unit includes the process and uses for expository, descriptive, and narrative essays. The Poetry Unit includes the poetry of notable American poets such as Emerson, Longfellow, Dickinson, Frost, Cummings, Auden, and more. Your student will analyze poetry, interpret poetry, and learn various poetic styles. Teacher’s Guide and Answers are located in the back of the book. Learn More

Primarily based on dictation, your student will learn all the components of language arts in one easy to use book. A five week Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research as well as continued study in prefixes, suffixes, and roots words. Four Book Studies are designed to expand understanding through various activities involving reading and writing skills. The updated third edition is even easier to use with new lessons and analogies study.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans. T
• eacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!
• Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, and study skills.
• Encouraging a love for classical literature, through dictation students learn punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, grammar, creative writing, and more.
• Spelling lists each week from the most Commonly Misspelled Words.
• Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language.
• Continued study of suffixes, prefixes, and root words prepares students for college testing.
• Four Book Studies (listed in the order they appear):

1. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
2. A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
3. Eric Liddell by Catherine Swift
4. God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew

• A five week Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research as well as continued study in prefixes, suffixes, and roots words.
• The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.
• Reviews Activities follow each lesson providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress.

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The GrayTeacher Edition is the perfect companion for the Gray Student Book (Sold separately, Item #0425) ! Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently. Learn More

The updated third edition is even easier to use with added exercises that will strengthen your student’s reading comprehension and writing skills. Based on dictation lessons, the Everyday Words unit teaches grammar, sentence structure, and sentence diagramming using classical literature for the middle school student. The Poetry Unit encourages an appreciation while memorizing, reciting, and analyzing various poems. In the Short Story Unit, students will analyze the elements of a story, develop a plot line, write dialogue and much more. In the Research Unit, students will learn how to do research in an easy to follow step by step plan for student and teacher.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans.
• Teacher friendly, with little or no teacher preparation needed!
• Three Unit Studies

1. Poetry
2. Short Story
3. Research

Three Book Studies

• The Star of Light by Patricia St. John
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Much Ado About Nothing - a play by William Shakespeare

• Each Book Study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.
• The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.
• Review Activities follow each lesson providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments aid teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses.

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The Green Teacher Edition is the perfect companion for the Green Student Book (Sold separately, Item #0423) ! Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently. Learn More

​The Orange Book is a blend of dictation of literature passages, book studies, and special writing units. The story writing unit also includes instructions on making and binding their new book. The updated third edition is even easier to use with added editing and synonym practice to strengthen your student’s writing. Lessons integrate all the fourth grade language arts skills: grammar, creative writing, composition, spelling, higher-order reasoning, and study skills.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans.
• Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!
• Everyday Words lessons contain dictation, grammar exercises, spelling tips, creative writing, and more.
• Five units that provide the opportunity for your student to apply skills through various styles.
• The five units include:

1. Research
2. Journal Writing
3. Poetry
4. Newspaper
5. Story Writing and Book Making

• Four Book Studies (listed in the order which they appear):

1. The Boxcar Children (Book #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
2. Wilbur and Orville Wright by Augusta Stevenson
3. Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson
4. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

• Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.
• Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress.

The Orange Student Activity Book is the perfect companion for the Orange Teacher Book (sold separately, Item #0418)! Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. The Orange SAB provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in The Teacher Book.) Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently.

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The Orange Teacher's Edition is the perfect companion for the Orange Student Book, sold separately (Item#0417) ! Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently. Learn More

The Purple Book is a blend of dictation and unit studies including poetry, oral presentations, and speech making. The updated third edition is even easier to use with added vocabulary and spelling exercises. Lessons integrate all the fifth grade language arts skills: grammar, creative writing, composition, spelling, higher-order reasoning, and study skills.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. T
• eacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!
• Everyday Words: Students hone in on grammar skills through dictation and writing exercises.
• Speech Making and Oral Presentation Units: Students learn how to make oral presentations such as speeches and stories. Poetry Unit: Additional creative writing and expression are taught extensively using poetry.
• Four Book Studies

1. Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2. Trumpet of the Swan by E.B.White
3. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
4. Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

• Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.
• The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.
• Review Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress.

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The Purple Teacher's Edition is the perfect companion for the Purple Student Book, sold separately (Item#0419) ! Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently. Learn More

(Student Activity Book Only - Consumable, designed to be used as an extra workbook for additional student) .  See Item #2645 to purchase the complete program:  The Common Sense Press second grade reading program continues phonics instruction that will bring confidence and fluency to the beginning reader. The updated third edition is even easier to use with three new readers that give your student more practice in mastering phonics. Students will enjoy the exciting stories in the readers and use them to learn grammar, creative writing, higher-order thinking skills, and much more. The program includes a Teacher Book, a Student Activity Book, and 6 readers, each containing several stories all packaged in a convenient, attractive full-color box.​ There are three supplemental readers that can be used for additional practice, but are not necessary for the program.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. Lessons require little or NO preparation! Instructions and activities for phonics, reading skills, grammar, creative writing, and higher-order thinking skills taken from six delightful readers! Includes a quick review of first grade phonics and instruction in advanced phonics.
• The "real book" read alouds needed for this program may be obtained through your library or purchased from bookstores or catalogs.
• Enrichment Activities included in The Red Book Program will challenge your student with thinking, writing, and creative activities that are ideal for the fluent reader and easily adaptable for the nonreader.
• Handwriting instruction teaches upper and lower-case letters, numbers, PLUS punctuation! Illustrated practice sheets encourage your students to do their best.
• Phonics Facts, Grammar Guides, and Punctuation Pointers keep students on track.
• Games, word-wheels, flip books, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners.
• Spelling lessons include spelling lists, word puzzles, and spelling tips.
• Assessments enable teachers to evaluate progress.Phonics Facts, Grammar Guides, Syllable Sense, and Punctuation Pointers aid students in remembering the tricks of the trade for reading, grammar, and spelling. 

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Learning Language Arts Through Literature, The Red Book, TE is used in conjunction with the The Red Student Activity Book. All aspects of language arts are taught to the student as they read from good literature. Appropriate for 2nd grade. Part of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature Series.

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6th grade students mature in their language arts skills through 36 lessons. Passages from great literature encourage the reading of timeless classics. Dictation encourages expressive, creative writing. The updated third edition is even easier to use with new lessons that will introduce your student to additional classic literature. The study of suffixes and prefixes lays groundwork for skills needed at upper grade levels.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans.
• Teacher friendly, with little or no teacher preparation needed!
• Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher-order thinking, and study skills.
• Each lesson provides the opportunity for your students to apply their skills through research, creative writing, journal writing, etc.
• Four Book Studies

1. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Latham
2. The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
3. Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard
4. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

• Each Book Study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.
• Two Units: Using the Library
• Writing a Research Paper
• Review Activities follow each lesson providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments aid teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses.
• The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.

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The Tan Teacher Edition is the perfect companion for the Tan Student Book (Sold separately, Item #0421) ! Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently. Learn More

36 lessons include dictation or copying of literature passages from great books your children will love. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (Beatrix Potter), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), and The Tale of Jeremy Vole (Stephen Lawhead), poetry selections and much more! The updated third edition is even easier to use with new lessons, journaling, and more. Includes all the language arts skills: reading, spelling (with suggested lists included), grammar, higher order thinking skills, creative writing, and handwriting in an easy-to-use format. For your convenience, Teacher Notes and answers are right in the margin of the teacher book. The Skills Index provides an easy reference.

Four Literature Links encourage students in vocabulary building, reading for content, and comprehension. Exciting activities bring each story to life and give your student many opportunities to be creative. ​​

• 36 weekly lessons (which includes 4 Literature Links) divided into easy-to-use daily plans.
• The following 4 books may be used for the Literature Links or you may use other stories which are included in the book:

1. The White Stallion, by Elizabeth Shub
2. Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans
3. Meet George Washington, by Joan Heilbroner
4. The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh

• Integrated language lessons include: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, phonics review and higher order thinking skills.
• Focus on Spelling tips help with memorization of spelling rules. Suggested spelling lists are included for each lesson!
• Handwriting Instructions and work pages for cursive writing included! Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!
• Phonics Facts, Grammar Guides, and Punctuation Pointers keep students on track.
• Review Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress.

The Yellow Student Activity Book is the perfect companion for the Yellow Teacher Book (Sold Separately, Item #0416) Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. The Yellow SAB provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in The Teacher Book.) Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently.

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Learning Language Arts Through Literature, Yellow Book Teacher's Edition. To be used with Item #0415, Learning Language Arts Through Literature Student Book. Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. Learn More

William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behavior collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them—the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories—and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic. 208 pages. Learn More

This literature guide is written at the challenging level. Includes strategy pages with different activities that teach plot, themes, character analysis and more. Teacher notes and answers are included.

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Challenge students with engaging activities and lessons as they undertake a rich and deep exploration of this classic young adult fiction novel. Written by William Golding, the winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature, this world-renowned literary work will captivate students as they examine its powerful themes of conflict, civilization, survival, and savagery. This resource is packed with tools to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. These rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature and help them understand the story's significance. Strengthen your students' critical literacy skills. Grades 9-12 From Teacher Created Materials See also #1874. Learn More

Oxford School Shakespeare. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary legacy, these authoritative, full-text editions present Shakespeare's sometimes-intimidating language in a way that is easy to read and engaging. Feature detailed introductions with notes on the characters and an overview of the action, complete unabridged text with corresponding notes alongside for easy reference, as well as plot summaries at the beginning of each scene which helps students keep up with the plot. Difficult words are explained and obscure expressions are paraphrased as they occur. Also includes attractive line drawings to illustrate the notes and text. Paperback. 6 3/4 x 8 1/2. Learn More

Russell Punter

Illustrated by Massimiliano Longo, Valentino Forlini

Age 10+

104 pages

Dimensions:6.7 x 10.1in

Paperback

Accelerated Reader Book Level:4.6

Accelerated Reader Interest Level:MY

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