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    Excursions in Literature Grade 8 Homeschool Kit

    Excursions in Literature Grade 8 Homeschool Kit

    each the process of literary analysis that enables your student to interpret and evaluate what he or she reads in the light of Biblical truth. Excursions in Literature teaches a biblical perspective on six themes--choices, friends, viewpoints, adventures, discoveries, heroes and villiams. Students will learn to start using literary critiscm as they read.

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    Learning Language Arts Through Literature, Grade 8, Activity Gray

    Learning Language Arts Through Literature, Grade 8, Activity Gray

    The LLAL Student Activity Book contains student instructions for independent work, enrichment exercises such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more that are only found in the Student Activity Book. (Answers found in Teacher'S Book CBD Stock # 9288X.)

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    Learning Language Arts Through Literature, Grade 8, Teacher Gray

    Learning Language Arts Through Literature, Grade 8, Teacher Gray

    With literature as a basis, this innovative program uses an integrated approach as it takes your students through all the activities needed to learn reading, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, writing, research, study skills, and more. Just turn to Lesson 1 and begin teaching. The authors have done the work for you in an easy-to-follow format with little or no preparation.

    Features you will find in this book:

    • 36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans.
    • 4 Book Studies (listed in the order they appear): Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt; A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich; Eric Liddell by Catherine Swift; God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew.
    • Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, and study skills.
    • Spelling lists each week from the most Commonly Misspelled Words.
    • Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. Continued study of suffixes, prefixes, and root words prepares students for college testing.
    • Five-week writing unit provides your student with specific instruction on four types of writing assignments: persuasive, compare and contrast, narrative, and a research paper.
    • Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!
    • Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice.
    • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress.
    • Primarily based on dictation, your student will learn all the components of language arts in one easy to use book.
    • Encouraging a love for classical literature, through dictation students learn punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, grammar, creative writing, and more.
    The Gray Book has been designed for an 8th grade skill level.


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    McGuffey's Eclectic Readers Primer through the Sixth Reader 7 Volumes

    This revision of McGuffey's Eclectic Readers features materials applicable to the various reading levels. Many of the stories, poems, and pictures appear as they did in the first edition, but with a more readable print and also a different layout. Each of the volumes is geared to a particular reading level, and provides vocabulary, phonics and cursive writing exercises. These are based on the original readers, with some minor revisions to make the language more understandable for the current times. Stories and poems have been added. There is a primer and six volumes of readers, each reader progressing to a higher grade level. Could be utilized for entire school experience.

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    Reading Comprehension in Varied Subject Matter, Grade 7

    Reading Comprehension in Varied Subject Matter, Grade 8

    Used successfully by classroom teachers, tutors, ESL teachers, and parents, these workbooks have just been revised and updated, with the addition of new reading selections, new vocabulary, and a new writing exercise. Each workbook has thirty-one selections in different subject areas. Within each workbook there are themes that relate the selections to one another, show different aspects of a topic, and give students a broad knowledge of the topic. Selections follow a consistent format: About the Passage introduces the selection to the the reader; Reason for Reading explains the reading skill emphasized; The Selection; Thinking it Over lists two to three broad questions to be answered in writing; Studying the Passage asks questions about the main idea, facts, and sequence, and asks students to draw conclusions, make assumptions, and interpret. Using the Words encourages students to use new vocabulary words in a paragraph, and Writing About It has students answer questions about the contents of the selection and offer their interpretation or opinion.

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    Reading Tutor: Sports Gr 4-8+

    Reading Tutor: Sports Gr 4-8+

    High-interest, age-appropriate stories and activities that improve reading skills for students of all reading abilities, especially for the reluctant student. The activities in the series focus on a variety of concepts and skills including:

    • grammar basics
    • using the Internet and other types of reference sources
    • sequencing, comparing and contrasting
    • finding the main idea
    • differentiating between facts and opinion
    • and using context clues to expand vocabulary
    Designed in a lively, non-intimidating format, the reproducible activities include games, stories, riddles, puzzles, and other stimulating materials to improve reading skills and broaden reading interests to enrich the reading experience for the struggling learner. Grades 4-8+. Softcover, 46 pages.

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    Children's Books and Their Creators

    Unique in its coverage of contemporary American children's literature, this is a timely single-volume reference covering the books our children are--or could be--reading now, from board books to young adult novels. Entries by nearly 200 experts inform and guide readers about every aspect of children's literature.

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    The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy

    Travel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And join Odysseus on his journey through murky waters, facing obstacles like the terrifying Scylla and whirring Charybdis, the beautiful enchantress Circe, and the land of the raging Cyclopes. Using narrative threads from The Iliad and The Odyssey, Padraic Colum weaves a stunning adventure with all the drama and power that Homer intended. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

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    This homeschool product specifically reflects a Christian worldview.Little Pilgrim's Progress

    To most children the record of Christian's pilgrimage is attractive simply as a story of adventure. But now Helen L. Taylor has simplified the vocabulary and concepts for younger readers, while keeping the story line intact. The result is a classic for youth, a delightful book with a message they can understand. Recommended for ages 8 to 12.

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    John Bunyan: The Tinker of Bedford

    This homeschool product specifically reflects a Christian worldview.John Bunyan: The Tinker of Bedford

    Do your 8- to 12-year-olds know who John Bunyan was? (He wasn't the lumberjack with the giant blue ox---that was Paul!) John Bunyan was a hero, too---a real-life hero. Your whole family will be fascinated by the story of how he was imprisoned for preaching the gospel and used his time in jail to write Pilgrim's Progress for his dying daughter. 151 pages, softcover from Christian Liberty Press.

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    Books Children Love: A Guide to the Best Children's Literature

    Goodnight, Moon; Frog and Toad; Charlotte's Web; The Hobbit . . . so many classics, so little time! This newly updated, topically arranged guide helps you choose the very best fiction and nonfiction titles by offering thumbnail sketches of hundreds of classic and recent books for kids---from preschool to high school. Foreword by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay. 320 pages, softcover from Crossway Books.

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    The Book Tree: A Christian Reference for Children's Literature

    This homeschool product specifically reflects a Christian worldview.The Book Tree: A Christian Reference for Children's Literature

    Want to foster a lifelong love of reading in your children? Here's a wonderful place to start! McCallum and Scott offer a feast of enticing book "blurbs" highlighting top-quality fiction and biography classics that'll send your family running, not walking, straight to the nearest library! Titles are categorized by grade level, from preschool to high school. Includes a subject index. 222 pages, softcover from Canon.

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    Movies as Literature

    This homeschool product specifically reflects a Christian worldview.Movies as Literature

    Good storytelling teaches---whether heard, read, or seen. Through cinema, your students can learn to critique narrative content and form, identify underlying messages, and analyze from a moral standpoint. The Stouts' guide includes plot summaries, discussion and composition questions, extended-study activities, and teacher's guide for 17 movies (chosen for literary merit and effective filmmaking). Use as a one-year high school course or supplement to grades 7 to 12 English. 335 pages, softcover from Design-A-Study.

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    Movies As Literature Student Workbook   -

    This homeschool product specifically reflects a Christian worldview.Movies As Literature Student Workbook

    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.

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