Literature

Part of the Childhood of Famous Americans fictionalized biography series. One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children 8 and up - today's youngster is swept right into history. Paperback. ages 8-12. 192 pages. Learn More

Henry V by William Shakespeare is one of the Bard’s most well-known plays, featuring the famous St. Crispin’s Day speech. Our Student and Teacher Guides will increase the student’s vocabulary and reading comprehension. Learn More

These classics are sure to excite even the most reluctant reader!

This workbook contains 10 short, easy-to-read chapters and is followed by 100 specific comprehension questions and 60 vocabulary exercises. Skills focused on include: main idea, critical thinking, inference, recalling details, sequencing, and vocabulary in a modified cloze format. Key words are defined and used in context prior to each chapter to make reading easier and more pleasurable. Book is tested against the Fry Readability Graph and uses McGraw-Hill’s Core Vocabulary. Book contains 72 pages with exciting illustrations. The included audio CD features a word-for-word reading directly from the chapter pages of the workbook and exciting sound effects.</p

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Interest Level: 4-12

Reading Level: 4

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These classics are sure to excite even the most reluctant reader!

This workbook contains 10 short, easy-to-read chapters and is followed by 100 specific comprehension questions and 60 vocabulary exercises. Skills focused on include: main idea, critical thinking, inference, recalling details, sequencing, and vocabulary in a modified cloze format. Key words are defined and used in context prior to each chapter to make reading easier and more pleasurable. Book is tested against the Fry Readability Graph and uses McGraw-Hill’s Core Vocabulary. Book contains 72 pages with exciting illustrations. The included audio CD features a word-for-word reading directly from the chapter pages of the workbook and exciting sound effects.

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Interest Level: 4-12

Reading Level: 1

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Provide students with the reading comprehension practice opportunities they need to achieve reading success! Core Skills: Reading Comprehension workbooks engage and develop reading skills through high-interest selections featuring relatable scenarios.

Age-appropriate reading passages (fiction and non-fiction) are followed by a variety of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises that cover vocabulary and different comprehension skills.

This grade 2 workbook covers a variety of skills, including facts & inferences, vocabulary, using context clues, classifying, drawing conclusions, antonyms, and more. 26 stories with skills review.

147 classroom-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover.

Line-listed answer key included.

2nd Grade.

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Learn how one boy struggles to work his way out of his family's cursed, bad luck! Holes: An Instructional Guide for Literature is the perfect resource to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this Newbery Medal and National Book Award-winning novel. 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. These 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, complex literature with this essential resource! Grades 4-8 From Teacher Created Materials Learn More

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

Homer Price Teacher Guide by Memoria Press. For use with the Homer Price Literature Student Guide (item# 4394). The student book is reproduced with the correct answers inserted; discussion question answers are listed separately. Quizzes cover multiple chapters and test vocabulary, comprehension multiple choice, and short answer questions. A final exam is also included. The answers for the vocabulary tests & exam are overlaid on reproduced forms. Softcover. Grade 3-5. Learn More

Homer Price by Robert McCloskey#12754 tells the story of a boy living in Centerburg, Ohio. Along with a cast of unforgettable characters, Homer gets caught in some outrageous situations that include comic books, unstoppable doughnut machines, a better mouse trap, and even robbery! The Homer Price Student Guide trains students to become active readers by providing in-depth word studies that help students build vocabulary as well as comprehension questions to teach students to identify important concepts and compose clear, concise answers to questions. 

The Homer Price Student Guide consists of lessons for the 6 chapters of Homer Price, each containing reading notes, vocabulary work, comprehension questions, quotations, questions for discussion, and enrichment activities. The appendix includes a biographical sketch of the author, a create your own comic strip page, and adapted versions of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.” The answers are contained in the Homer Price Teacher Guide #4410.

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Grade 4

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Three things come together in the story of Horatius at the Bridge, as written by Thomas Babington Macaulay. There is Macaulay himself, his society of Victorian Britain, and the early history of ancient Rome. Macaulay also tossed off what he called a "trifle", the Lays of Ancient Rome. These were stories in poetry of the early period of Rome, a time when the Romans had no written literature but a rich art of oral ballads, half-spoken, half-sung, that told the history of their heroes and ancestors.Each student exercises includes: Progeny Press Definitions of words used in the poem Explanations of Phrases Identification of persons in the context of the poem Location of place names through the use of maps Reading Questions Summarizations of individual verses that have a common thread Research of poem references Learn More

Puritan Colonel Pyncheon steals prime real estate from Matthew Maule in the 17th century. Before his execution, Maule cursed the Colonel and his descendents. So after the Colonel builds his house with seven gables, he dies making the curse a reality. In the 19th century, Hepzibah Pyncheon lives alone and starving in the house. Her brother Clifford is in prison. So, Hepzibah opens a store in an old part of the house. Phoebe Pyncheon, shows up to help her; she runs the store and when Clifford returns from his long imprisonment, Phoebe charms him as well. Things start to look up when yet another tragedy strikes the family. Learn More

Billy isn't one to back down from a bet. But this one is gross! If he eats fifteen worms in fifteen days, Alan will pay him fifty dollars. Billy takes the bet and tries worms smothered in ketchup, drowned in mustard, even breaded and fried. Worm by worm, Billy gets closer to victory, and to buying the minibike he's always wanted. But Alan won't let him win that easily... Learn More

Billy must eat 15 worms in 15 days to win $50. Will he be able to do it? Readers will learn all about eating worms in this disgustingly entertaining story! How to Eat Fried Worms: An Instructional Guide for Literature features rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature and help them understand the significance of the story. 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. Grades 3-5 From Teacher Created Materials See also #1027. Learn More

Originally published in 1940, this book has become a phenomenon - a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the genral reader. And now it has been completely updated. It will introduce the reader to the various levels of reading and how to achieve them, from elementary reading to speed reading. You learn how to pigenonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, and criticize the book. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginatve literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science. Finally, the authors (Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren) offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension, and speed. Softcover. 420 pages. Learn More

The Story of a Great Painter and the Slave He Helped Become a Great Artist Elizabeth Borton de Trevino.

When the great Velázquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño tells the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished and respected artist.

Upon the death of his indulgent mistress in Seville, Juan de Pareja was uprooted from the only home he had known and placed in the charge of a vicious gypsy muleteer to be sent north to his mistress's nephew and heir, Diego Velázquez, who recognized at once the intelligence and gentle breeding which were to make Juan his indispensable assistant and companion—and his lifelong friend.

Through Juan's eyes the reader sees Velázquez's delightful family, his working habits and the character of the man, his relations with the shy yet devoted King Philip IV and with his fellow painters, Rubens and Murillo, the climate and customs of Spanish court life. When Velázquez discovers that he and Juan share a love for the art which is his very life, the painter proves his friendship in the most incredible fashion, for in those days it was forbidden by law for slaves to learn or practice the arts. Through the hardships of voyages to Italy, through the illnesses of Velázquez, Juan de Pareja loyally serves until the death of the painter in 1660.

I, Juan de Pareja is the winner of the 1966 Newbery Medal.

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IEW- Excellence in Literature by Janice Campbell. Updated 2nd Edition. This challenging, self-directed course introduces students to great American Literature in a chronological historical, literary, and artistic context, while developing skills in writing and literary analysis. During a large portion of this advanced high school course, students will gain maximum benefits as they perform in-depth research. Suggested prerequisites include: Teaching the Classics (item #3303), The Elegant Essay (item #5772), and Windows to the World: Introduction to Literary Analysis (item #3034). This course may be taken concurrently with Teaching the Classics-Worldview Supplement (item #5096). † Contains distinctly Christian content Learn More

A wide variety of adventures will supply a rich foundation for imaginative and enjoyable writing. This theme-based writing curriculum offers a full year of instruction for students in grades 3–5 and is perfect for homeschoolers, homeschool co-ops, tutors, and hybrid schools. Your students will work through IEW Units 1–7 as they learn to take notes, retell narrative stories, summarize references, write from pictures, and compose their own fables, myths, and fairy tales. Includes vocabulary cards, literature suggestions, and access to helpful PDF downloads.

This book is designed to be used by an instructor who has been through or is currently viewing the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style video course.

Need extra student books? See item 5383.

Note: The Student Resource Packet is a necessary component of this course. This supplemental resource is included with your purchase as an e-book for you to download and print, or you may purchase it printed with a binder, item 7819.

Grades 3-5 From IEW

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Using the first three novels of The Chronicles of Narnia® (The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and The Horse and His Boy), this series of 31 lessons beckons students to experience the enchanted land of Narnia through structure and style. The Student Book gives reading assignments from the novels, source texts on related topics, checklists, assignments, wordlists, and more! The Teacher’s Manual is a necessary component of the course, as it will guide the teacher/parent through each lesson with in-depth explanations, tips for teaching, checklists, and other notes that will ensure that you and your students are successful with Following Narnia. These lessons are designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar, either live or on DVD. Perfect for homeschoolers, homeschool co-ops, tutors, and hybrid schools, this theme-based writing curriculum supports parents and teachers in teaching writing to middle school students (grades 6–8). From IEW. (Contains Christian Content) Learn More

Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization provides a system to reintroduce you and your children to a vital but often neglected source of powerful and sophisticated linguistic patterning available to children: memorized language, especially memorized poetry. This teaching tool includes a book with over 100 complete poems and speeches as well as all the poems and speeches read on CD for ease of memorization. Instructions, memory charts, certificates, and poet biographies are included. You will also receive a bonus DVD of Andrew Pudewa's conference talk Nurturing Competent Communicators. From IEW. All Grades. Learn More

This teaching tool includes ninety-six poems and speeches as well as instructions, memory charts, certificates, and poet biographies are included. Spiral-bound soft cover. Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization provides a system to reintroduce you and your children to a vital but often neglected source of powerful and sophisticated linguistic patterning available to children: memorized language, especially memorized poetry.

Given the linguistic and cultural benefits of memorizing poetry, this resource may be one of the best uses of your available school hours. Recitation of memorized poems can easily be done away from a desk—perhaps in the car, while cooking or folding clothes, or during a walk. Memorizing new poems gets easier in direct proportion to the number of poems already learned; in other words, the more you have learned, the faster you can learn more.

Be sure to read the introduction to this book frequently to be reminded of the importance of poetry memorization for the linguistic development of children. "Memorization is not only natural for young children, it is culturally powerful and educationally essential."

Note: The purchase of this book entitles its owner to the corresponding Student e-book free download by contacting IEW.com. or you may purchase printed version #6394 Also note, this book does not contain the CDs. The full course is available separately (Item #0093) that includes the TE & 5 Audio CDs. From Institute for Excellence in Writing.

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Includes illustrated poems, annotated speeches, and charts to help your students learn new selections while continuing to practice what they've already learned. The e-book version of this student book is included as a free download with the purchase of Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization. (#0093) Save paper and ink by purchasing this spiral-bound book. Learn More

Using poetry, the reading portion of the Primary Arts of Language teaches phonics and whole words. Students are introduced to letters through letter stories and discover the vowel and consonant pairs that help us read. Daily games played during “Activity Time” reinforce the phonetic concepts so that a student can know them completely. Note: The Reading program should be used concurrently with the Primary Arts of Language: Writing program, which includes the letter introduction through printing practice. The Primary Arts of Language: Reading Complete Package includes: •Primary Arts of Language: Reading Teacher’s Manual •Primary Arts of Language: Reading DVD-ROM Includes the following: ◦Instructional Video by Jill Pike ◦The Four Language Arts MP3 Audio by Andrew Pudewa ◦Nurturing Competent Communicators MP3 Audio by Andrew Pudewa ◦Poetry as an Integrator MP3 Audio by Anna Ingham ◦Intro to the Blended Sound Sight Program MP3 Audio by Anna Ingham ◦Primary Arts of Language: Reading Student Book (e-book) •Primary Arts of Language: Phonetic Games •Primary Arts of Language: Phonetic Farm folder with Stickers. From Institute For Excellence in Writing (IEW.) Learn More

In this new course, join Andrew Pudewa as he leads students on a 24-week writing journey using IEW’s Structure and Style approach. Students reading at a 9th grade level or higher will take delight in Mr. Pudewa’s humorous, incremental, and effective writing lessons. The curriculum provides clear daily assignments and includes vocabulary words, literature suggestions, and lesson plans for teachers. Easy to use and affordable, Structure and Style for Students brings a successful solution to your writing lessons—guaranteed

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Join Andrew Pudewa as he leads students on a 24-week writing journey using IEW’s Structure and Style approach. Students reading at a 3rd–5th grade level who are new to the Structure and Style for Students video course will take delight in Mr. Pudewa’s humorous, incremental, and effective writing lessons. The curriculum provides clear daily assignments and includes vocabulary words, literature suggestions, and lesson plans for teachers. Easy to use and affordable, Structure and Style for Students brings a successful solution to your writing lessons—guaranteed

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Teacher's Manual

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