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Ready Readers: Middle School Literature, Volume 2

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030734
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9798987337639
Grade 6-8
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Product Overview

  • Uses the classical Socratic method to discuss and evaluate five children’s books
  • Includes questions about the author, structure, and style of each story
  • Story charts (graphic organizers) are included as a visual aid to help break down the elements of the story
  • Answers to the questions are included as well as book page numbers to reference
Ready Readers: Middle School Literature, Volume 2

Description

Ready Readers: Middle School Literature Volume 2 was developed to aid parents in having meaningful discussions using five wonderful children’s books (sold separately). This is not a workbook, but a guide for discussion following the Socratic method outlined in the Teaching the Classics literature seminar. The books are discussed and analyzed as students learn about the structure (conflict, plot, settings, characters, and theme), and style (literary devices used by the author) of each story. The author and historical events at the time the story was written are also talked through. 

Each book study begins with a page describing the plot, setting, characters, conflict, theme, and literary devices. Next are several pages with discussion questions about the structure and style of the story with the book’s page numbers for a quick reference. Answers are provided after each question. Then a few essay questions for writing assignments are presented. Finally, at the end of the study there are two story charts (one filled in and one blank). These charts are graphic organizers about the parts of the story. There are also blank lines for notes on several pages in each study.

Teaching the Classics DVD seminar would be helpful to view for a better understanding of the Socratic pattern the author uses but it is not necessary before using this guide. Spiral-bound. 134 pgs. ~ Gina

Publisher's Description of Ready Readers: Middle School Literature, Volume 2

Ready Readers: Middle School Literature provides a full set of Socratic discussion questions for 5 classic junior-high level stories with comprehensive answers keyed to the text.  Questions cover Conflict, Plot, Setting, Characters, Theme, Literary Devices, and Context.  In addition, a completed Story Chart graphically outlines the major structural and thematic elements of each story.

This resource is appropriate for use with students in grades 6 and up, depending on their needs:

READING COMPREHENSION

Ready Readers: Middle School Literature helps develop good reading comprehension in junior high level students. It encourages them to ponder well-designed questions about structure, style, context, and theme in every story they read.

LITERARY ANALYSIS

The books discussed here were written for junior high and high school students. They provide excellent examples of the structural elements common to all stories.  They are therefore useful even in discussions with older students, who read at a higher level, but may be new to the techniques of literary analysis. 

 Ready Readers: Middle School Literature, Vol. 2 provides complete discussion notes for the following classic stories:

  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

  • Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry

  • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

  • The Chosen by Chaim Potok

  • The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Category Description for Middle School Literature: Volume 2

The title sums up this series - twenty-four workbooks, each focusing on a specific skill. This series would be a great reinforcement and test prep for core math content, or serve as extra practice for the student having difficulty. They provide from 24 to 32 pages for each targeted skill and are somewhat like the "Key To" series, but for younger kids. Students will progress from one to three digit addition and subtraction in level C to multi-step word problems in level F. An 8-page answer key provides pretests and post tests so you can gauge your student's progress. These tests are reproducible for classroom or family use. It also provides answers to the pretest, post, test and workbook pages. Manipulatives for suggested use are base-ten blocks, fraction strips, a variety of measuring devices, and centimeter cubes. They also tell you how you can make your own fractions strips and a few ways you can use the tools. You can't go wrong with extra practice at this price. ~ Donna

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Product Format:Paperback
Grades:6-8
Brand:Center for Literary Education
ISBN:9798987337639
Length in Inches:0.125
Width in Inches:8.875
Height in Inches:0.625
Weight in Pounds:0.95
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