Language Arts

p>The Grammar of Poetry Teacher's Edition. This Teacher's Edition contains a final exam, instructions on using the text and grading poetry, and ideas for additional assignments, as well as answers to the exercises found in the Student Edition. (Item #4773, sold separately), Learn More

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The Golden Goblet Literature Guide. Each book in this series is a guide for using a well-known piece of literature in the classroom. Included are sample plans, author information, vocabulary-building ideas, and cross-curricular activities. Also includes sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and ideas for culminating and extending the novel. Grades 5-8. 48 pages.

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A Newbery Honor Book Winner of a Newbery Honor, an exciting ancient Egyptian mystery! Ranofer wants only one thing in the world: to be a master goldsmith like his beloved father was. But how can he when he is all but imprisoned by his evil half brother, Gebu? Ranofer knows the only way he can escape Gebu’s abuse is by changing his destiny. But can a poor boy with no skills survive on the cutthroat streets of ancient Thebes? Then Ranofer finds a priceless golden goblet in Gebu’s room and he knows his luck−and his destiny−are about to change. 256 pages. Ages 10+ Learn More

"Still unequaled as an introduction to the classic myths." — Publishers Weekly Written for young readers by a great Irish folklorist, this Newbery Award–winning anthology centers on the legend of the quest for the Golden Fleece. Generations of readers have thrilled to these classic retellings of ancient myths, which trace Jason and the Argonauts' voyages and their encounters with the foreseer Prometheus, Medea the sorceress, and other legendary characters. Stories of the heroes who accompanied Jason include "The Life and Labors of Heracles," "Theseus and the Minotaur," "How Orpheus the Minstrel Went Down to the World of the Dead," and other stirring tales.

Author Padraic Colum, who was active in the Irish literary renaissance and a founder of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, was also a popular children's writer. Skilled at recounting tales in a manner that attracts and holds kids' attention, Colum possessed a poetic style that continues to enchant audiences of all ages. His captivating tales are complemented by forty evocative illustrations by Willy Pogány.

Reprint of the Macmillan Company, New York, 1921 edition.

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Maximize your students’ reading experience by providing activities that foster comprehension and reinforce understanding of literary elements. Activities for each section allow students to process portions of the novel through individual and collaborative exercises that encourage close reading. Suggestions for maintaining Interactive Novel Logs provide students with additional ways to reflect and connect personally with the novel. Students have the opportunity to synthesize their ideas through a variety of post-reading activities. Correlated to the Common Core State Standards. 80 pages. Grades 5-8. From Teacher Created Resources. Learn More

The Giver: An Instructional Guide for Literature was created to support readers as they explore the Newbery Award-winning novel by Lois Lowry. Students will analyze the characters and elements of this classic story of a dystopia masquerading as a utopia. The challenging activities and lessons in this guide work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in complex literature. Students will practice close reading, improve text-based vocabulary, and determine meaning through text-dependent questions. This guide is the perfect resource to support this well-known story, and will add rigor to your students' exploration of rich, complex literature.

Grades 4-8

From Teacher Created Materials

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This guide is the perfect resource to support Common Core Learning Standards and add rigor to your students' exploration of literature.

Recomended for grade K-3

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This wonderful comprehension guide explorers the magical and enchanting storytelling of The Brothers Grimm. The guide offers engaging exercises and fun activities for nineteen classic fairy tales, such as The Traveling Musician, Rapunzel, and Tom Thumb. Can be used with either Book of Fairy Tales by Random House or The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale published by Everyman. The goal of the comprehension guide is to help students increase comprehension, expand vocabulary, identify biblical values in the literature while developing a student's appreciation and love for reading. Includes dozens of reproducible pages filled with comprehension questions, activities and answer key. Great for school and homeschool use.

Softcover 67p.

From Veritas Press

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Series: Extraordinary Lives

A bold new series of biographies for young readers focusing on the lives of inspirational historical and modern figures.

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages

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The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Introduction by Jonathan Stroud.

Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Reigate Puzzle’. With a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud

Paperback | Published by Puffin Books Apr 01, 2010 | 304 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians, and they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game until strange things start happening. Has the Egypt Game gone too far? 240 Pages. Grades 4-6 Learn More

An ALA Notable Children’s Book, The Eagle is the first in Rosemary Sutcliff’s Carnegie Medal-winning Roman Britain Trilogy

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of Northern Britain—and they were never seen again. Thousands of men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now . . .

Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nobody expects him to return.

See also Volume 2, The Silver Branch (#7061) and Volume 3, The Lantern Bearers (#0379)

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The Door in the Wall Teacher Guide features teaching guidelines, notes on reading activities, lessons for the 10 chapters of The Door in the Wall including answers to The Door in the Wall Student Guide #1130, all tests, and the key to all assessments. Grade 6 Learn More

The Door in the Wall Student Guide consists of literature guidelines and lessons for the 10 chapters of The Door in the Wall each containing reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, quotations, discussion questions, and enrichment activities. The appendix includes “Hope is the Thing with Feathers ” by Emily Dickinson and “Untitled” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The answers can be found in The Door in the Wall Teacher Guide.#1131 Learn More

The Divine Comedy VOLUME 3: PARADISE By DANTE ALIGHIERI

Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds

Translated by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds

The third volume of Dante’s Divine Comedy

To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his Comedy in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be a poem for the common reader. Taking two threads of a story that everybody knew and loved – the story of a vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, and the story of the lover who has to brave the Underworld to find his lost lady – he combined them into a great allegory of the soul’s search for God. He made it swift, exciting and topical, lavishing upon it all his learning and wit, all his tenderness, humour and enthusiasm, and all his poetry. In Paradise, Dante journeys through the encircling spheres of heaven towards God.

Paperback |Published by Penguin Classics Jul 30, 1962 | 400 Pages

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The Divine Comedy VOLUME 2: PURGATORY By DANTE ALIGHIERI

The second volume of Dante’s Divine Comedy See also Inferno ( # 5303) and Paradise (# 5307).

Beginning with Dante’s liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory – a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden. The second part of one of the greatest epic poems, Purgatory is an enthralling Christian allegory of sin, redemption and ultimate enlightenment. 

Paperback | Published by Penguin Classics  | 400 Pages

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A Complete Reference Guide for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How to Diagram English Sentences.

This Diagramming Dictionary assembles into one handy manual all of the principles that govern diagramming the English language—from basic subject/predicate layout through advanced sentence structure and analysis. In every example, the simple subject is underlined once, the simple predicate is underlined twice, and the element being described is in green. Beautifully designed diagrams walk the reader through how to illustrate each and every part of the English sentence.

The Diagramming Dictionary can be used as a stand-alone reference work, or as part of the Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind series, an innovative program that provides all the grammar skills needed to write and speak with eloquence and confidence. Combine it with our Core Instructor Text(#7946) and a Student Workbook (# 7947 )and Key (#7948 ) to create a full year of powerful learning.

The Diagramming Dictionary will become your indispensable guide to eloquent sentence structuring and clear, grammatical writing!

Grades: Ages 11 and up, 5th grade through adulthood

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The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics) By JANE YOLEN.

Hannah is tired of holiday gatherings−all her family ever talks about is the past. In fact, it seems to her that’s what they do every Jewish holiday. But this year’s Passover Seder will be different−Hannah will be mysteriously transported into the past . . . and only she knows the unspeakable horrors that await.

Paperback | Published by Puffin Books Apr 12, 2004 | 208 Pages | 5 x 7 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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The Dark Is Rising: An Instructional Guide for Literature introduces students to the Newbery Honor and Carnegie Medal Honor Book. This resource will aid students in comprehending this intriguing story, and engage them as they analyze Will's journey to defeat the dark. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support this story, and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. The lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich and complex literature with this resource.

Grades 4-8

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The Creative Writer: Level Four. Building on the skills taught in the first three levels, the The Creative Writer, Level Four: Becoming a Writer guides young writers from idea to polished short story or poem in a single volume. Becoming a Writer also walks students through the transition from study to practice, broadening the series' focus by discussing the writing life--how to find and sumit literary journals, how to develop discipline, and how to persevere in the face of rejection. Designed for older students, the readings increase in maturity as well. Parents may wish to preview selections for younger students using this curriculum. The Creative Writer Level 4: Becoming a Writer will provide guide students towards becoming a true writer. 36 weeks of instruction, divided between fiction and poetry. 240 pages, softcover. Grades 8-10. From Peace Hill Press. Learn More

The Creative Writer, Level Three builds on the foundation laid in earlier volumes. Learn to use the fiction toolbox of plot, character, setting, point of view, and dialogue with even more assurance and skill; study the advanced application of meter, rhyme, line breaks, subject, and word choice in poetry. Each volume contains directions and instructions for the developing writer,a s well as detailed guidance for the mentor or teacher. Exercises scaffold on each other, building towards the completion of full creative pieces in both fiction and poetry. Grade recommendation: 7-9. From Peace Hill Press. Learn More

Grades 7-9. The Creative Writer: Level Two Essential Ingredients. The meat and potatoes of the writer's craft Learn to write riveting fiction by mastering the five vital parts of a story: plot, character dialogue, point of view, and setting. Study the five essential elements of spellbinding poetry: line breaks, rhyme, meter sound, sound, and word choice. Then blend it all together. The Creative Writer, Level Two guides you through an innovative, compelling series of exercises, each one designed to build your skill in the essential ingredients of fiction and poetry. Then, author Boris Fishman sets you free to create your own recipe for gripping ficiton and spellbinding poetry. Use as a follow-up to the inital volume, The Creative Writer, Level One: Five-Finger Exercises. Or begin with Level Two as a more advanced introduction to imaginative writing. Each volume contains directions and instruction for the developing writer, as well as guidance for the mentor or teacher. From Peace Hill Press. Learn More