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A one-semester course for grades 6 or 7 and up

Think of the progymnasmata as a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric.

In the award-winning Writing & Rhetoric series, author Paul Kortepeter has recovered this proven method of teaching writing in conjunction with critical thinking and speaking.

This is the eighth in a series of 12 books that will train students over 6 years.

Comparison In Writing & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison (Student Edition), students will be writing well-crafted, six-paragraph expository essays comparing two subjects.

Comparisons can be made between people, historical events, ideas, inventions, animals, foods—just about anything, really.

The purpose of these essays is to analyze two subjects and use this comparison to demonstrate similarities and differences between them.

In these essays, students will be making use of a range of writing skills, including the ability to inform, to describe, to narrate, and to analyze.

 Electric Current Logic Game 

Ignite your logic and sequential reasoning skills with Circuit Maze!

Your goal is to arrange the tokens to create a real circuit that lights up the different colored beacons.

These clever circuit-building puzzles provide a boost of brainpower and a wonderful introduction to electrical engineering.

60 challenges ranging in difficulty from beginner to expert, this logic game will provide engineers of all levels with hours of electrifying fun.

Minecraft Magnetic Travel Puzzle

The ender dragon is trying to prevent you from traveling through the worlds of Minecraft by placing 40 increasingly difficult challenges in your path.

Solve the challenges and advance on your journey, using your most powerful weapon—YOUR BRAIN!

In this mind-bending game of deductive reasoning, players use positive and negative visual clues to place magnetic Minecraft weapons and armor on the Crafting Table in the correct arrangement.

When your arrangement includes all the Clue Patterns on the Challenge—YOU WIN!

The Big Idea You write the code and Artie 3000™ draws the lines! Easy to learn and cool to create with, Artie 3000 also comes ready to draw with preprogrammed designs, shapes, and games. Watch how-to videos and learn about all the cool things Artie can do at CodeWithArtie.com.

Psst...They're Learning!

STEAM and STEM-powered fun

Introduces the basics of coding

Fuels creativity and imagination

Cut to the Chase

Programmable robot draws whatever you code on any sheet of paper

Includes WiFi-enabled drawing robot; drag and drop visual programming software;4 colored markers; and quick-start guide

Comes preprogrammed with shapes and games, or write your own custom code

Requires 4 AA batteries (not included)

 Please Note: Artie 3000 is inherently designed to be one of the safest and most secure coding robots on the market. When it comes to Artie 3000 there is no Wi-Fi or log-in required. In fact, Artie 3000 never connects to the internet. As there is only a one way transmission of data from the user to the product Artie 3000 does not collect data of any kind. EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Ages 7-12

From Educational Insights

Use these math-fact triangles again and again!

Familiar triangle format offers a powerful method for building number fact fluency and teaching fact families.

Focuses on both addition/subtraction (on front side) and multiplication/division (on reverse)

Supports development of higher-level algebraic skills such as equation building, the commutative property and problem solving

Write & wipe surface on both sides of the board

Triangle boards measure 10'H

Set of 5

Grades 1+

Build a series of wacky, motorized robots with this introductory mechanical engineering kit for kids ages five and up.

A beautifully illustrated 32-page storybook centers around the adventures of the Omegas — the family of makers and engineers featured in other Kids First early engineering kits.

This story takes the characters to a robot factory where the robots have gotten a little out of control.

One by one, the robots are fixed up and put back into working order.

As they follow the story, kids can build models of eight different robots and experiment with them to see how each one uses the battery-powered motor, gears, and other mechanical parts.

Each robot moves its arms or legs in a different way, creating funny walking and moving behaviors, and also teaching kids how simple mechanical systems work.

Large, cubic plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to put the models together.

Robot Factory provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts to young children, allowing parents, teachers, and caregivers to lay the groundwork for strong STEM-related skills and comprehension at an early age.

Model building and experiments develop fine motor skill, mechanical engineering skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning and concept development skills.

Build a series of adorable, motorized robotic animals with this introductory mechanical engineering kit for kids ages five and up.

A beautifully illustrated 32-page storybook centers around the adventures of the Omegas — the family of makers and engineers featured in other Kids First early engineering kits.

This story takes the characters to a robotic pet shop where they encounter all sorts of cute robotic pets, including an owl, french bulldog, sloth, panda, chameleon, cat, turtle, and rabbit.

As they follow the story, kids can build models of these eight robots and experiment with them to see how each one uses the battery-powered motor and mechanical parts to move in a different way.

Large, cubic plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to put the models together.

Robot Pet Shop provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts to young children, allowing parents, teachers, and caregivers to lay the groundwork for strong STEM-related skills and comprehension at an early age.

Model building and experiments develop fine motor skills, mechanical engineering skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning and concept development skills.

A robot fit for the circus! With this kit, you can build a robot that walks, step by step, along a tightrope.

How? Thanks to the robot’s main component, a gyroscope, it can maintain its balance and perform this fun trick without falling over!

Through eight experiments, you can explore the astonishing powers of the motorized gyroscope and understand the physics behind its amazing behaviors.

Experiment with getting the robot to walk on different surfaces: a tightrope, on a solid tabletop, on a soft surface, and even on your arm! You can also experiment with the balancing behavior of the motorized gyroscope by itself, testing its ability to balance on its edge, on your finger, on a pole, and dangling from a string.

The kit includes parts to build the robot and experimental setups, including a frame for the tightrope. By constructing the robot and performing the experiments with the motorized gyroscope unit, young engineers can learn about the science of gyroscopic devices and the indispensable role they play in our lives.

This Science tin set contains a detailed 32 page reference book, and educational Periodic

Table wall chart, and a solar powered toy kit.

Fun ways to discover and explore the world around us!

enVisionmath2.0® Homeschool Bundles (Grades K–8) enVisionmath2.0 is a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for Grades K–5. It offers the flexibility of print, digital, or blended instruction. enVisionmath2.0 provides the focus, coherence, and rigor needed to meet your standards. Project- based learning, visual learning strategies, and extensive customization options empower every teacher and student. Bundles include Student Edition and 1-year of student and teacher digital access to PearsonRealize.com

enVisionmath2.0® Homeschool Bundles (Grades K–8) enVisionmath2.0 is a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for Grades K–5. It offers the flexibility of print, digital, or blended instruction. enVisionmath2.0 provides the focus, coherence, and rigor needed to meet your standards. Project- based learning, visual learning strategies, and extensive customization options empower every teacher and student. Bundles include Student Edition and 1-year of student and teacher digital access to PearsonRealize.com

enVisionmath2.0® Homeschool Bundles (Grades K–8) enVisionmath2.0 is a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for Grades K–5. It offers the flexibility of print, digital, or blended instruction. enVisionmath2.0 provides the focus, coherence, and rigor needed to meet your standards. Project- based learning, visual learning strategies, and extensive customization options empower every teacher and student. Bundles include Student Edition and 1-year of student and teacher digital access to PearsonRealize.com

enVisionmath2.0® Homeschool Bundles (Grades K–8) enVisionmath2.0 is a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for Grades K–5. It offers the flexibility of print, digital, or blended instruction. enVisionmath2.0 provides the focus, coherence, and rigor needed to meet your standards. Project- based learning, visual learning strategies, and extensive customization options empower every teacher and student. Bundles include Student Edition and 1-year of student and teacher digital access to PearsonRealize.com

enVisionmath2.0® Homeschool Bundles (Grades K–8) enVisionmath2.0 is a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for Grades K–5. It offers the flexibility of print, digital, or blended instruction. enVisionmath2.0 provides the focus, coherence, and rigor needed to meet your standards. Project- based learning, visual learning strategies, and extensive customization options empower every teacher and student. Bundles include Student Edition and 1-year of student and teacher digital access to PearsonRealize.com

enVisionmath2.0® Homeschool Bundles (Grades K–8) enVisionmath2.0 is a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for Grades K–5. It offers the flexibility of print, digital, or blended instruction. enVisionmath2.0 provides the focus, coherence, and rigor needed to meet your standards. Project- based learning, visual learning strategies, and extensive customization options empower every teacher and student. Bundles include Student Edition and 1-year of student and teacher digital access to PearsonRealize.com

ABOUT HIROSHIMA

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey’s journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times).

Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

ABOUT BEOWULF

“Will fire imaginations and elicit the heart-pumping, wide-eyed response that has kept this tale alive and vigorous through the ages.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

Long ago a Scandinavian warrior fought three evils so powerful they threatened whole kingdoms. Standing head and shoulders above his comrades, Beowulf single-handedly saved the land of the Danes from a merciless ogre named Grendel and from his sea-hag mother. But it is his third terrible battle, with the death-dragon of the deep, in which he truly meets his match. Lovers of heroes, monsters, and the drama of battle will find this retelling as enthralling as it is tragic. Now in a handy black-and-white digest edition.

ABOUT THE INFERNO

Belonging in the immortal company of the works of Homer, Virgil, Milton, and Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece is a visionary journey that takes readers through the torment of Hell.

The first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy is many things: a moving human drama, a supreme expression of the Middle Ages, a glorification of the ways of God, and a magnificent protest against the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan. One of the few literary works that has enjoyed a fame both immediate and enduring, The Inferno remains powerful after seven centuries. It confronts the most universal values—good and evil, free will and predestination—while remaining intensely personal and ferociously political, for it was born out of the anguish of a man who saw human life blighted by the injustice and corruption of his times.

Translated by John Ciardi With an Introduction by Archibald T. MacAllister and an Afterword by Edward M. Cifelli

ABOUT THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.

Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl “A truly remarkable book.”—The New York Times

“One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.”—Chicago Tribune

“The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review

“How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.”—Newsday

Close reading, literary analysis, composition, and grammar are scaffolded through this series which provides options for whole-class, small-group, and independent learning. Bundles include a hardback Teachers Edition, soft cover Student Book(s) and one-year access to digital resources, assessments, and data

Student Books are full color worktexts that not only provide much of the required reading with space for annotations but also a full range of support information; author/background info, close read notes, vocabulary/word study, comprehension questions, and literary analysis. Detailed instructions for learning assignments, such as in small groups, are provided in step-by-step fashion. Examination of conventions (grammar) and style as well as writing/speaking/listening assignments are likewise taught with depth and clarity.

Practice exercises are abundant and serve as instructive stepping stones toward more comprehensive assignments

Online Resources include digital/interactive teacher and student editions as well as access to program resources which are available for laptops/computers as well as mobile devices (tablets and phones). These icons are interspersed throughout the student text and are read by scanning to a downloadable app for android and apple mobile devices. Scanning provides a wide range of multi-media content including unit introduction videos, media selections/media enrichment, modeling videos, and selection audio recordings.

myPerspectives Homeschool Bundle Grade 12  British and World Literaturep>Close reading, literary analysis, composition, and grammar are scaffolded through this series which provides options for whole-class, small-group, and independent learning. Bundles include a hardback Teachers Edition, soft cover Student Book(s) and one-year access to digital resources, assessments, and data

Student Books are full color worktexts that not only provide much of the required reading with space for annotations but also a full range of support information; author/background info, close read notes, vocabulary/word study, comprehension questions, and literary analysis. Detailed instructions for learning assignments, such as in small groups, are provided in step-by-step fashion. Examination of conventions (grammar) and style as well as writing/speaking/listening assignments are likewise taught with depth and clarity.

Practice exercises are abundant and serve as instructive stepping stones toward more comprehensive assignments

Online Resources include digital/interactive teacher and student editions as well as access to program resources which are available for laptops/computers as well as mobile devices (tablets and phones). These icons are interspersed throughout the student text and are read by scanning to a downloadable app for android and apple mobile devices. Scanning provides a wide range of multi-media content including unit introduction videos, media selections/media enrichment, modeling videos, and selection audio recordings.

ABOUT THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

In the post-Napoleonic era, Edmond Dantès, a young sailor from Marseilles, is poised to become captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest, condemning him to lifelong imprisonment. Then Edmond’s sole companion in prison reveals his secret plan of escape and a letter with directions to hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo—a treasure trove that will eventually fund Edmund’s dream of creating a new identity for himself: the mysterious and powerful Count of Monte Cristo.

In The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas employed all the elements of compelling drama—suspense, intrigue, love, vengeance, rousing adventure, and the triumph of good over evil—that contribute to this classic story’s irresistible and timeless appeal.

The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK Introduction by Robert DeMott

The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

A Penguin Classic

First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics.

This Penguin Classics edition contains an introduction and notes by Steinbeck scholar Robert Demott.

No Promises in the Wind By IRENE HUNT

From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils (#2382)  comes a tale of a brave young man’s struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression.

“A powerfully moving story.”—Chicago Daily News

In 1932, American’s dreams were simple: a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. At fifteen years of age, Josh has to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of a young man’s struggle to find a life for himself in the most turbulent of times.

Paperback | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Young Adult