Learning Language Arts Through Literature Series

Qnty		01) The Common Sense Reading Program: The Blue Book Program - First grade Skills/ - $95.00 • Program Contains: Teacher Book, Student Activity Book, 28 readers, and materials packet. • 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! • Games, word-wheels, flipbooks, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. • 36 weekly lessons in easy-to-use daily plans that require little or NO preparation! This comprehensive language arts curriculum is based upon Dr. Ruth Beechick's ideas about how to best teach young children - ideas that have much in common with Charlotte Mason's. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		02) The Common Sense Reading Program: The Blue Student Book - First Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Included in the Blue Book Program, the Student Book is consumable. Purchase Student Books for additional students.
Qnty		03) The Common Sense Reading Program: The Red Book Program: The Red Book - Second Grade Skills/ - $85.00 • Program includes Teacher Book, a Student Activity Book, and 6 readers. • A quick review continues to advanced phonics as well as grammar, and even handwriting. Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for important reading, creative writing, and higher order thinking skills. Spelling lessons include spelling lists, word puzzles, and spelling tips. • Games, word-wheels, flipbooks, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. • 36 lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans, which require little or NO preparation. This comprehensive language arts curriculum is based upon Dr. Ruth Beechick's ideas about how to best teach young children - ideas that have much in common with Charlotte Mason's. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		04) The Common Sense Reading Program:The Red Student Book - Second Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Included in the Red Book Program, The Student Book is consumable. Purchase Student Books for additional students.
Qnty		05) The Yellow Teacher Book - Third Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Includes reading, spelling, grammar, higher-order thinking skills, creative writing, cursive handwriting. • Four Book Studies for vocabulary building, reading for content, and comprehension. • Teacher Notes. Skills Index, Reviews Activities and Assessments included. • 36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans. Little or no teacher preparation! This is a great program for homeschoolers who want to use something other than traditional textbooks, but are stymied as to how to do it. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		06) The Yellow Student Activity Book - Third Grade Skills/ - $20.00 • Perfect companions for The Yellow 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. • 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.) Student activity books have lots of variety, and this helps stimulate and maintain student's interest. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		07) The Orange Teacher Book - Fourth Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Includes units and dictation exercises teaching all the language skills: phonics, reading, and spelling (suggested lists included), grammar, and higher order reasoning skills and creative writing. • Four Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. Units provide application of skills through research, creative writing, and journal writing. • Teacher Notes/answers right in the margin of the Teacher Book with a Skills Index, Review Activities, and Assessments included. • 32 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use lesson plans with with little or no preparation needed! This is a great program for homeschoolers who want to use something other than traditional textbooks, but are stymied as to how to do it. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		08) The Orange Student Activity Book - Fourth Grade Skills/ - $20.00 • Perfect companions for The Orange 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. • 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.) Student activity books have lots of variety, and this helps stimulate and maintain student's interest. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		09) The Purple Teacher Book - Fifth Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Includes units and dictation teaching all the fifth grade language arts skills: grammar, creative writing, composition, spelling, higher-order reasoning, and study skills. • Four Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. • Review Activities and Assessments provide checkpoints for teachers. • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans with little or no preparation needed! This is a great program for homeschoolers who want to use something other than traditional textbooks, but are stymied as to how to do it. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		10) The Purple Student Activity Book - Fifth Grade Skills/ - $20.00 • Perfect companions for The Purple 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. • 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.) Student activity books have lots of variety, and this helps stimulate and maintain student's interest. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		11) The Tan Teacher Book - Sixth Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Integrated language arts lessons include grammar, spelling, higher-order thinking, and study skills. Strong in dictation, encourages expressive, creative writing. • Four Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. • Two units (Library and Research Skills) provide opportunity to apply skills through research, creative writing, journal writing, etc. Reviews Activities and Assessments help teachers evaluate progress. • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans with little or no teacher preparation needed! This is a great program for homeschoolers who want to use something other than traditional textbooks, but are stymied as to how to do it. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		12) The Tan Student Activity Book - Sixth Grade Skills/ - $20.00 • Perfect companions for The Tan 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. • 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.) Student activity books have lots of variety, and this helps stimulate and maintain student's interest. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		13) The Green Teacher Book - Seventh Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Integrated language arts lessons include grammar, spelling, higher-order thinking, and study skills. • Four units: Grammar Unit (dictation, sentence structure, and diagramming using classical literature); Poetry Unit (encourages appreciation while memorizing, composition, reciting, and analyzing various poetry); Short Story Unit (analyze the elements of a story, develop a plot line of a story, write dialogue and much more); Research Unit (easy step-by-step plan for student and teacher). • Three Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. Reviews Activities and Assessments help evaluate progress. • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans with little or no teacher preparation needed! This is a great program for homeschoolers who want to use something other than traditional textbooks, but are stymied as to how to do it. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		14) The Green Student Activity Book - Seventh Grade Skills/ - $20.00 • Perfect companions for The Green 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. • 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.) Student activity books have lots of variety, and this helps stimulate and maintain student's interest. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		15) The Gray Teacher Book - Eighth Grade Skills/ - $25.00 • Primarily based on dictation, lessons include grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, creative writing and study skills. • Spelling list included. Vocabulary Building exercises prepare students for college testing. The Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research. • Four Book Studies expand understanding through various activities involving reading and writing skills. • Reviews and Assessments are provided for student evaluation. 36 weekly lessons are divided into daily plans with little or no preparation needed! This is a great program for homeschoolers who want to use something other than traditional textbooks, but are stymied as to how to do it. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		16) The Gray Student Activity Book - Eighth Grade Skills/ - $20.00 • Perfect companions for The Gray 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. • 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.) Student activity books have lots of variety, and this helps stimulate and maintain student's interest. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		17) The Gold Book - American Literature - High School Skills/ - $25.00 The Gold Book - American Literature Teacher / Student Book (All Inclusive) is a tried and true curriculum for high school language arts. It includes 36 weekly lessons similar in format to the other editions of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature series. Written in conversational form, with story summaries and complete answers provided for the discussion questions, this book is easy for any teacher to use. Information has been interwoven into the lessons so that the student becomes familiar with famous American authors. Most lessons include vocabulary-expanding applications. These are excellent college preparatory courses. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		18) The Gold Book - British Literature - High School Skills/ - $25.00 The Gold Book - British Literature Teacher / Student Book (All Inclusive) is an all-new curriculum for high school language arts. It includes 36 weekly lessons similar in format to the other editions of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature series. Written in conversational form, with story summaries and complete answers provided for the discussion questions, this book is easy for any teacher to use. Information has been interwoven into the lessons so that the student becomes familiar with famous British authors. Most lessons include vocabulary-expanding applications. These are excellent college preparatory courses. Cathy Duffy - 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Qnty		Five In A Row: Volume 1 - Jane Claire Lambert - $19.95 Designed for children from ages 4 to 8, Five in a Row provides a step-by-step, instructional guide for teaching Social Studies, Language, Art, Applied Math and Science using outstanding children's literature as the basis for each weekly unit study. Lessons include discussion guide and questions, teacher answers, hands-on activities and suggestions for further study.
Qnty		Five In A Row: Volume 2 - Jane Claire Lambert - $24.95 Designed for children from ages 4 to 8, Five in a Row provides a step-by-step, instructional guide for teaching Social Studies, Language, Art, Applied Math and Science using outstanding children's literature as the basis for each weekly unit study. Lessons include discussion guide and questions, teacher answers, hands-on activities and suggestions for further study.
Qnty		Five In A Row: Volume 3 - Jane Claire Lambert - $19.95 Designed for children from ages 4 to 8, Five in a Row provides a step-by-step, instructional guide for teaching Social Studies, Language, Art, Applied Math and Science using outstanding children's literature as the basis for each weekly unit study. Lessons include discussion guide and questions, teacher answers, hands-on activities and suggestions for further study.
Qnty		Movies As Literature - $32.00 This complete, one-year high school English course uses classic movies on video to introduce and study the elements of literary analysis. Student discussion and composition questions are provided for each of 17 lessons, several of which can also be used to supplement studies in grades 7 and 8. Also included are an extensive teacher’s guide/answer key, plot summaries, glossary of literary terms, and final exam. This course will not only give students the tools to appreciate good books more fully, but will equip them with the ability to discern underlying messages in movies rather than simply absorb them. The following 17 movies are covered by Movies As Literature: Shane, Friendly Persuasion, The Quiet Man, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Music Man, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Maltese Falcon, Rear Window, Emma, The Philadelphia Story, The Journey of August King, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Raisin in the Sun, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Henry V, A Man For All Seasons, and Chariots of Fire.
Qnty		Movies As Literature Workbook - $16.00 Movies As Literature Student Workbook includes all instructions to the student, all questions (with room for notes or answers), the glossary, and bits of movie trivia for added interest.
Qnty		The Prairie Primer - Margie Gray - $50.00 Prairie Primer is a literature based unit study using the "Little House" series. It includes 1800's American history, science, health, nutrition, literature, daily writing, geography, Bible, character building, daily living application, and more.