2015 Reading Resource List

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1 2015 Reading Resource List 2015 Glynlyon, Inc. Released 4/1/15

2 Table of Contents LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT: 1. VOWELS, MAIN IDEA, CAPITALIZATION... 1 UNIT: 2. SENTENCES, CAPITALIZATION, ABC ORDER... 1 UNIT: 3. DICTIONARY SKILLS, WORD PARTS, VOCABULARY... 1 UNIT: 4. PARTS OF SPEECH, IRREGULAR VOWELS, COMPREHENSION... 2 UNIT: 5. READING TO UNDERSTAND, COMMAS, SILENT LETTERS... 2 UNIT: 6. CAUSE AND EFFECT, HOMOGRAPHS, HAIKU POETRY... 2 UNIT: 9. CLASSIFYING, REFERENCES, THANK-YOU LETTERS, PREDICTING OUTCOMES... 3 UNIT: 10. REVIEW... 3 LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT: 2. READING FOR MEANING... 4 UNIT: 3. WORD PLAY... 4 UNIT: 4. WORDS IN SEASON... 5 UNIT: 6. RHYMES AND REPORTS... 5 UNIT: 7. FORMS OF LITERATURE... 6 UNIT: 9. READING AND RESEARCHING... 7 LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT: 1. JESUS, OUR EXAMPLE... 8 UNIT: 3. THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE... 8 UNIT: 5. READING AND WRITING STORIES... 8 UNIT: 6. POETRY... 9 UNIT: 9. READING AND STUDY SKILLS... 9 UNIT: 10. REVIEW... 9 LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT: 3. READING SKILLS UNIT: 5. NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA UNIT: 6. LITERARY FORMS UNIT: 7. READING FOR A PURPOSE UNIT: 8. POETRY UNIT: 9. BIBLE LITERATURE LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT: 2. USAGE; SPEAKING AND LISTENING; VERB TENSES UNIT: 3. BIOGRAPHIES AND GRAMMAR UNIT: 7. THE HIDING PLACE: A STUDY GUIDE UNIT: 9. WRITING AND PRONUNCIATION UNIT: 10. REVIEW LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT: 1. COMMUNICATION UNIT: 2. DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF ENGLISH UNIT: 3. PUNCTUATION AND LITERATURE UNIT: 4. WORDS AND HOW TO USE THEM UNIT: 5. CORRECT LANGUAGE USAGE UNIT: 6. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE UNIT: 8. WRITING, LISTENING, AND READING UNIT: 9. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNIT: 10. REVIEW ENGLISH I UNIT: 4. PARAGRAPHS, ESSAYS, AND RESEARCH REPORTS UNIT: 8. DRAMA UNIT: 9. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL ENGLISH II UNIT: 3. WRITING AND READING SKILLS UNIT: 4. SPEAKING AND LISTENING UNIT: 5. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH UNIT: 7. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL UNIT: 8. DRAMA UNIT: 10. REVIEW ENGLISH III UNIT: 1. LEARNING AND USING STANDARD ENGLISH UNIT: 5. POETRY UNIT: 6. NONFICTION UNIT: 8. THE AMERICAN NOVEL ENGLISH IV UNIT: 3. READING AND RESEARCH UNIT: 5. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE UNIT: 6. ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE UNIT: 7. 17TH- AND 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE UNIT: 8. ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN POETRY i 2015 Glynlyon, Inc.

3 LANGUAGE ARTS 300 Unit: 1. VOWELS, MAIN IDEA, CAPITALIZATION *Project: Book Report Choose a book you'll like from the children's section of the library. *Project: Learning a New Language Required Choose from list Suggestions/Optional Your choice Look in the encyclopedia or the Internet under the word Mexico Unit: 2. SENTENCES, CAPITALIZATION, ABC ORDER *Project: Book Report-- Poetry A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Grosset & Dunlap, The Christopher Robin Verses, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton & Co., The Llama Who had No Pajama, by Mary Ann Hoberman, Browndeer Press, a division of Harcourt Brace & Co., Pizza the Size of the Sun, by Jack Pretutsky, Greenwillow Books, Unit: 3. DICTIONARY SKILLS, WORD PARTS, VOCABULARY *Project: Book Report--Folk Tales Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, The Tale of Three Trees, retold by Anglea Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing Company, The Mitten, a folk tale from the Ukraine, retold by Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam Sons, Fairy Tales and Stories, by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Nutcracker Ballet, retold by Deborah Hautig, Random House, The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, 1981, Holiday House. Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, Caldecott Medal Winner. The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, Glynlyon, Inc.

4 Unit: 4. PARTS OF SPEECH, IRREGULAR VOWELS, COMPREHENSION *Project: Book Report: Biography Peter the Great, by Diane Stanley, Morrow Junior Books, Isaac Newton; Scientific Genius, by Pearle and Harry Schultz, Garrard Publ., Thomas Edison, by Haydn Middleton, from the "What's Their Story?" series, Oxford University Press, The True Story of Pocahontas, by Lucille Recht Penner, Random House, The Trailblazers Christian Heroes series, by Dave and Neta Jackson, Bethany House Publishers: The Chimney Sweep's Ransom, about John Wesley (1992) Defeat of the Ghost Riders, about Mary McLeoad Bethune (1997) Escape from the Slave Traders, about David Livingston (1992) Flight of the Fugitives, about Gladys Aylward (1994) The Forty-Acre Swindle, about George Washington Carver (2000) The Hidden Jewel, about Amy Carmichael (1992) Hostage on the Nighthawk, about William Penn (2000) Listen for the Whippoorwill, about Harriet Tubman (1993) The Queen's Smuggler, about William Tyndale (1991) Spy for the Night Riders, about Martin Luther (1992) Unit: 5. READING TO UNDERSTAND, COMMAS, SILENT LETTERS *Project: Book Report--Animal Stories Chester the Worldly Pig, by Bill Peet, Houghton Mifflin, Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Alfred A. Knopf, Frog and Toad All Year, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, Only One Woof, by James Herriot, St. Martin's Press, Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears, by Aardema, Dillion, Caldecott Medal Award book. The Desert Critter Friends series: Any of the ten books in this series by Mona Gansberg Hodgson makes a delightful choice for an animal book report. The five top titles are: Friendly Differences Clubhouse Surprises Campout Capers Desert Detectives Thorny Treasures Unit: 6. CAUSE AND EFFECT, HOMOGRAPHS, HAIKU POETRY *Project: Book Report--Haiku Poetry Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, Glynlyon, Inc.

5 Unit: 9. CLASSIFYING, REFERENCES, THANK-YOU LETTERS, PREDICTING OUTCOMES *Project: Book Report Nonfiction Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandberg, Harcourt, Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, Mother Teresa, by Lola M.Schaefer, Pebble Books, The Plimouth Thanksgiving, by Leonard Weisgard, Doubleday, Promise of a New Spring; the Holocaust and Renewal, by Gerda Weissman Klein, Rossel Books, Young Frederick Douglas, Fight for Freedom, by Laurence Santrey, Troll, Unit: 10. REVIEW *Project: Book Report--Historical Fiction Abigail Takes the Wheel, by Avi, HarperCollins, Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos Discovered, Edited, and Illustrated by Robert Lawson, Little, Brown, and Company, The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo, published by Kia, a Mission to her Village, Africa 1440, from "Girlhood Journey's" series, by Dawn C. Gill Thomas, Simon & Schuster, Paddle-to-the-Sea, by Clancy Holling, Houghton Mifflin Company, A Caldecott Honor book. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, by Louisa May Alcott, Holiday House, The Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers on the Rio Grande, by Bea Bragg, Harbinger House, Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, Winner of the 1973 Council of Interracial Books Award: First Place Prize African American Book. Troubles Times Ten, by Dave Lambert, from the Christian Heritage Series published by Christian Book Distributors (CBD), a division of David C. Cook, 2000 The Wall, by Eve Bunting, published by Clarion Whispering Cloth; a Refugee's Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills Publ., The American Girl series: a collection of historical fiction stories of five American girls, each living at a different time-period in American history. The three titles given below are suggested for book report projects. Addy Saves the Day, by Connie Porter, Pleasant Company, Felicity Learns a Lesson, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, Josefina's Surprise, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, Glynlyon, Inc.

6 LANGUAGE ARTS 400 Unit: 2. READING FOR MEANING Dictionary Skills Dictionary *Project: Book Report--Haiku Poetry Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, Unit: 3. WORD PLAY *Project: Book Report Poetry All God's Children: a Book of Prayers by Lee Bennett Hopkins with Amanda Schaffer, illustrator; Harcourt Brace, Bible Poetry: The Bible devotes a whole book to poems, 150 of them, in the Book of Psalms. Read all of the following Psalms: Psalm 23 (also known as the Good Shepherd's Psalm), Psalm 8, Psalm 1, Psalm 24, Psalm 46, Psalm 91, Psalm 100, Psalm 121, Psalm 150, and Psalm 119:1-8. Book Poems; Poems from National Children's Book Week , with an introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins, The Children's Book Council, 1998 Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry, collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Simon & Schuster, 1993 (reprinted in hardcover 2000). Poems for Youth, by E. Dickinson. Little, Brown, and Co., Poem Stew, poems selected by William Cole, HarperCollins Publishers, A Reading Rainbow Book. Oxford Book of Christmas Poems, edited by Michael Harrison & Christopher Stuart-Clark, Oxford University Press, Glynlyon, Inc.

7 Unit: 4. WORDS IN SEASON *Project: Book Report Fiction Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White, Harper & Row, The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth, Dell, Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl, Alfred A. Knopf, Gentle Ben, by Walt Morey, Avon, Hang Tough, Paul Mathier, by Alfred Slote, Harper, Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynn Reid Banks, Doubleday, It's a Mile From Glory, by Robert C. Lee. Little, Brown, and Co., James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl, Bantam, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, by Robert O'Brien, Atheneum, Mr. Popper's Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater, Dell, The Paint Brush Kid, by Clyde Robert Bulla, Random House, The Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, Winner of the 1973 Council of Interracial Books Award: First Prize African American Book. Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardner, Harper Collins Publishers, Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, The Mandie Books by Lois Gladys Leppard, published by Bethany House Publishers. Join Mandie and her friends as they put their sleuthing skills to work on a whole slew of mysteries. Mandie and the Abandoned Mine, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and Fiery Rescue, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Ghost Bandits, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Forbidden Attic, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Schoolhouse Secret, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Cherokee Legend, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Unit: 6. RHYMES AND REPORTS *Project: Book Report: Nonfiction The Astronomy Book, by Dr. Jonathan Henry, Master Books, Dinosaurs by Design, by Duane T. Gish, Master Books, From Sea to Shining Sea for Children, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., (written for ages 9-12; available through AOP Home School Catalog.) The Light and the Glory for Children, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., (written for ages 9-12; available through AOP Home School Catalog.) Sounding Forth the Trumpet, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., (written for ages 9-12; available through AOP Home School Catalog.) The Weather Book, by Michael Oard, Master Books, Glynlyon, Inc.

8 Unit: 7. FORMS OF LITERATURE *Project: Book Report Biography From the Christian Heroes Then and Now series published by YWAM Corrie ten Boom, Keeper of the Angel's Den, by Janet & Geoff Benge David Livingstone: Africa Trailblazer, by Janet & Geoff Benge Nate Saint; on a Wing and a Prayer, by Janet & Geoff Benge Daniel Boone, by James Daugherty, Viking Press, Newbery Award Winner. In God We Trust: Stories of Faith in American History, by T. Crater, & R. Hunsicker, Chariot Victor Publications, Joni, the autobiography of Joni Earickson Tada, published by Zondervan, Men of Science, Men of God, by Henry M. Morris, published by Master Books, Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers: Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher, by Michael A. Schuman, Enslow Publishers, Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse, by Nancy Whitelaw, Enslow Publishers, Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist, Lynda Pflueger, Enslow Publishers, Martha Washington, First Lady, by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War *Project: Book Report: Folk Tales Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, The Tale of Three Trees, retold by Anglea Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing Company, The Mitten, a folk tale from the Ukraine, retold by Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam Sons, Fairy Tales and Stories, by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Fairy Tales and Stories, by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co Johnny Appleseed retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, 1981, Holiday House. Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, Caldecott Medal Winner. The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, Glynlyon, Inc.

9 Unit: 9. READING AND RESEARCHING *Project: The Navajo Encyclopedia *Project: Salt in the Bible Required Choose from list Suggestions/Optional Your choice A large Bible concordance *Project: Book Report--Historical Fiction American Girl -History Mystery series Hoofbeats of Danger, by Holly Hughes, American Girl, The Night Flyers, by Elizabeth McDavid Jones, American Girl, Smuggler's Treasure, by Sarah Masters Buckey, American Girl, Voices at Whisper Bend, by Katherine Ayers, American Girl, Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, (featured in AOP Home School Catalog). The Fighting Ground, by Avi, Lippincott, Journey to Freedom, a Story of the Underground Railroad, by Courni C. Wright, Holiday House, Night Journeys, by Avi, Pantheon, The Orphans' Journey series by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor Publ. Looking for Home - Book one Whistle-stop West - Book two Prairie Homestead - Book three Across the Border - Book four Sara Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1985 (featured in AOP Home School Catalog). Newbery Medal Winner. The Whispering Cloth: a Refugee's Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills, *Project: Report Part One Two helpful books from your library about the topic you choose Glynlyon, Inc.

10 LANGUAGE ARTS 500 Unit: 1. JESUS, OUR EXAMPLE Project: Finding the Topic A short article in a newspaper Unit: 3. THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE *Project: Book Report Nonfiction Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, Exodus, adapted from the Holy Bible by Miriam Chaikin, Holiday House, Growing Up Amish, by Richard Ammon, Atheneum, In the Beginning; Creation Stories from Around the World, by Virginia Hamilton. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Newbery Honor Book; Notable Children's Book. Linnea's Windowsill Garden, by Christine Bjork, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Maggie by My Side, by Beverly Butler, by Dodd & Mead, The Story of Football, by Dave Anderson, published by Morrow, Unit: 5. READING AND WRITING STORIES *Project: Book Report--Historical Fiction The American Adventure series by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour and Co., (Available through the AOP Home School Catalog.) Adventure in the Wilderness Boston Revolts Chicago World's Fair Clash with the Newsboys Escape from Slavery Great Depression The Great Mill Explosion The Great War Maggie's Choice Mayflower Adventure Plymouth Pioneers Prelude to War Queen Anne's War Streetcar Riots Trouble on the Ohio River Women Win the Vote Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Buccaneer Books, Anne of Avonlea, originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in Anne of the Island, originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep, HarperCollins, Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, (Available through the AOP Home School Catalog.) The Friendship, by Mildred Taylor, Dial, Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, Sarah, Plain, and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth Speare, Houghton Mifflin, Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera & Bill Cleaver, Harper & Row, Glynlyon, Inc.

11 Unit: 6. POETRY *Project: Book Report--Poetry American Ballads and Folk Songs, by John A. and Alan Lomax, Dover Publications, Casey at Bat, by Ernest Thayer, Peppercorn, The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, HarperCollins, Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers, Puffin, Psalms in the Bible New Kid on the Block, by Jack Prelutsky, Greenwillow, Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne, Puffin, When We were Very Young, A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, Unit: 9. READING AND STUDY SKILLS *Project: Book Report Biography Biblical Biographies. Several of the books of the Bible are biographical accounts of the lives of Biblical characters. China Homecoming, by Jean Fritz, published by Putnam, 1985, and Homesick, by Jean Fritz, also published by Putnam. Christopher Columbus: Voyager to the Unknown, by Nancy Smiler Levinson, published by Lodestar, Daniel Boone, by Laurie Lawlor, published by Whitman, Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers: Martha Washington, First Lady, by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist, written by Lynda Pflueger, published by Enslow Publishers, Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher, written by Michael A. Schuman, published by Enslow Publishers, Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War Clara Barton: Courage to Serve (Heroes of History for Young Readers), written by by Renee Taft Meloche, publishesd by YWAM Publishing, Indian Chiefs, by Russell Freedman, published by Holiday House, Joni, the autobiography of Joni Earickson Tada, published by, Zondervan, Lincoln: a photobiography, by Russell Freedman, published by Clarion, Unit: 10. REVIEW *Project: Book Report Fiction Belated Follower ; a Biblical Novel, by Colleen L. Reese, Barbour Press, a division of Heartsong Publishers, The Grandma's Attic novels, by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor, In Grandma's Attic, (Chariot Victor, 1999) More Stories from Grandma's Attic, (Chariot Victor, 1999) Away From Home, (Chariot Victor, 1995) A School of Her Own, (Chariot Victor, 1995) Wedding Bells Ahead, (Chariot Victor, 1995) At Home in North Branch, (Chariot Victor, 1995) New Faces, New Friends, (Chariot Victor, 1995) Fight for Freedom, by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour & Co., The Narnia Chronicles, by C. S. Lewis, Harper Collins, The Magicians Nephew The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Last Battle Glynlyon, Inc.

12 LANGUAGE ARTS 600 Unit: 3. READING SKILLS *Project: Book Report: Short Story Some of the stories below are available in larger collections by the same authors. Use the resources of your local library catalog or the Internet to locate the story of your choice. Many public domain works are available in e-text format. "A Candle for St. Bridget" by Ruth Sawyer, published in A Newbery Christmas, stories by Newbery Award Winning writers selected by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, published by Delacorte Press, Farmer Giles of Ham, by J. R. R. Tolkien, Ballantine Books, Published in companion with "Smith of Wootton Major." "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, from The Sketch Book ( ). Multiple editions available, including e-texts. "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Graham, from Dream Stories (1898). Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Optionally: "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Graham, retold by Graeme, Kent, published in A Collection of Animal Stories, Bimax, "Rikki, Tikki, Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling, from The Jungle Book (1894). Multiple editions available, including e- texts. Unit: 5. NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA Report: Newspapers Today An encyclopedia Project: News Story Local newspaper Project: Propaganda An editorial from a magazine or newspaper that states the author's position on a particular issue Glynlyon, Inc.

13 Unit: 6. LITERARY FORMS *Project: Book Report: Biography Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandburg, Harvest Books, Christian Heroes Then and Now Series: Available for purchase from the AOP Home School Catalog. Corrie Ten Boom, Keeper of the Angel's Den, by Janet & Geogg Benge, YWAM publishers, David Livingstone, Africa's Trailblazer, by Janet & Geogg Benge, YWAM publishers, Nate Saint, On a Wing and a Prayer, by Janet & Geoff Benge, YWAM publishers, Available at your public library, or for purchase through the AOP Home School Catalog. C. S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller, by Beatrice Gormley, William B. Eerdmans, Frederick Douglas; Portrait of a Freedom Fighter, by Sheila Keenan. Heroes Tales for Kids, Vol. 1, 2, and 3, by Dave and Neta Jackson, Bethany House, Available for purchase from the AOP Home School Catalog. Margaret Bourke-White; Racing with a Dream, by Catherine A. Welch, Carolrhoda Books, Secret Soldier; the Story of Deborah Sampson, by Ann McGovern, Scholastic Inc., William Bradford, Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim, by Gary D. Schmidt, William B. Eerdmans, Unit: 7. READING FOR A PURPOSE Report: Sheepherding Encyclopedia and the Bible Essay: Lambs in the Bible Bible *Project: Book Report: Novel Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt, Follett, Available for purchase through the AOP Home School Catalog. A Newbery Award Medal runner-up. Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne, Viking Press, 1974, originally published in England by Gallimard, Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink, Macmillan, Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Heidi, by Johanna Spyri, Scholastic, Available through the AOP Homeschool Catalog. Johnny Tremain, by Ester Forbes, Houghton Mifflin, My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, Four Winds, Sounder, by William H. Armstrong, Scholastic, Newbery Medal Winner. Sourland, by Newbery Award winning author, William H. Armstrong, Scholastic, Glynlyon, Inc.

14 Unit: 8. POETRY Essay: Invented Words Required Choose from list Suggestions/Optional Your choice Any Dr. Seuss book Report: Lullabies Required Choose from list Suggestions/Optional Your choice Any music book, children's book, or other resource to select a lullaby. Unit: 9. BIBLE LITERATURE *Bible Stories The Book of Esther, from the Holy Bible The Book of Ruth, from the Holy Bible. *Project: Psalm 19 Bible - Psalm 19:1 through Glynlyon, Inc.

15 LANGUAGE ARTS 700 Unit: 2. USAGE; SPEAKING AND LISTENING; VERB TENSES *Report: Alfred the Great Encyclopedia or Internet Essay: Listening An audio of a political speech, a news commentary, a public service announcement, or a commercial. *Book Report: Novel Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, first published in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Black Pearl, by Scott O'Dell, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Newbery Honor Book. Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry, Scholastic, The Cay, by Theodore Taylor, Avon Books, On the Accelerated Reader list of Recommended books. Eight Cousins, by Louisa May Alcott, originally published in England in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Gentle Ben, by Walt Moray, Puffin Books, The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, The Narnia Chronicles, by C.S. Lewis, Harper Collins, The Magician's Nephew The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Prince Caspian Voyage of the Dawn Treader Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Last Battle The Twenty-One Balloons, written and illustrated by William Pene du Bois, Viking Press, Newbery Medal Winner. Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera & Bill Cleaver, Scholastic, A Newbery Award Honor Book. Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls, Doubleday, Available through the AOP Home School Catalog. Unit: 3. BIOGRAPHIES AND GRAMMAR *Book Report: Biography Anne Frank Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance of Holocaust Years, by Rudd Van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven, Scott Foresman, The Defenders, by Ann McGovern, Scholastic, Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, Prentice Hall, Joan of Arc: The Lily Maid, by Margaret Hodges, Holiday House, The Magic Never Ends: The Life and Works of C.S. Lewis, by John Ryan Duncan, World Press, Richard Wright and the Library Card, by William Miller, Lee & Low Books, Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina, by Maria Tallchief, with Rosemary Wells, Viking Press, The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss, HarperTrophy, Glynlyon, Inc.

16 Unit: 7. THE HIDING PLACE: A STUDY GUIDE Unit Required Reading The Hiding Place, 1974 Bantam edition *Report: World War II Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps. *Report: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps. Unit: 9. WRITING AND PRONUNCIATION Project: Limericks A book of poetry Unit: 10. REVIEW *Book Report: Short Story Some of the stories below are available in larger collections by the same authors. Use the resources of your local library catalog or the Internet to locate the story of your choice. Many public domain works are available in e-text format. "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain (1865). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts. A good choice is "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, retold by Kent Graeme in A Collection of Animal Stories, Bimax, "Rip Van Wrinkle" by Washington Irving from The Sketch Book ( ). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts. "The Specter Bridegroom" by Washington Irving from The Sketch Book ( ). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts. "Rip Van Wrinkle" by Washington Irving from The Sketch Book ( ). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts Glynlyon, Inc.

17 LANGUAGE ARTS 800 Unit: 1. COMMUNICATION *Book Report: Pre-1900 Novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, first published in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Captain's Courageous, a Story of the Grand Banks, by Rudyard Kipling, Originally published in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, originally published in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two parts in 1868 and Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, originally published in England in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in England in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Unit: 2. DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF ENGLISH Project: Descriptive Paragraph A magazine *Book Report: Short Story Some of the stories below are available in larger collections by the same authors. Use the resources of your local library catalog or the Internet to locate the story of your choice. Many public domain works are available in e-text format. "The Gift" by John Steinbeck, The Creative Company, "The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry. Multiple editions available, including e-texts. "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs. Multiple editions available, including e-texts. "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Twice Told Tales. Multiple editions available, including e-texts. "Split Cherry Tree" by Jesse Stuart, Jesse Stuart Foundation Monograph Series, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe. Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Unit: 3. PUNCTUATION AND LITERATURE Project: Analysis of an Essay Required Choose from list Suggestions/Optional Your choice A short, formal essay from a magazine Glynlyon, Inc.

18 Unit: 4. WORDS AND HOW TO USE THEM *Project: Book Report: Post-1900 Novel Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery, first published in Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson, Scholastic, Newbery Medal Winner. Let the Circle Be Unbroken, by Mildred Taylor, Dial Books, Lilies of the Field, by William J. Barrett, Warner Books, Path of the Pale Horse, by Paul Fleichman, Scholastic, Unit: 5. CORRECT LANGUAGE USAGE Portraits of Little Women, by Pfeffer, Titles include: Jo's Story Meg's Story Amy's Story Beth's Story Jo Makes a Friend Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor, Dial Books, 1981; paperback edition available published by Puffin Books, Project: Biblical Speech Bible concordance Unit: 6. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Report: Anglo-Saxon Culture/Literature Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps. Report: Geoffrey Chaucer Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps. Project: Book Report: Biography All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot, MJF Books, Available for purchase through the AOP Home School Catalog. American Hero: the True Story of Charles A Lindbergh, by Barry Denenberg, Scholastic Inc., Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates, E. P. Dutton, Invincible Louisa, the Story of the Author of Little Women, by Cornelia Meigs, Scholastic Inc., J. R. R. Tolkien; the Man Who Created The Lord of the Rings, by Michael Coren, Scholastic Inc., The Magic Never Ends: the Life and Works of C. S. Lewis, by John Ryan Duncan, Word Press, Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power, by Milton Meltzer, Dutton Books, Zlata's Diary, a Child's Life in Sarajevo, by Zlata Filipovic,with Christina Plribichevich-Zoric (translator), Penguin, Glynlyon, Inc.

19 Unit: 8. WRITING, LISTENING, AND READING Project: Figures of Speech A copy of a Bible story told in narrative form (for example, the Good Samaritan, any of the parables, Old Testament stories such as Abraham and Isaac, and so on) Report: Assessing Reliability A Bible and The World Book or another encyclopedia. Project: Newspaper Analysis Ten ads from newspapers and magazines that use statistics to sell a product. Unit: 9. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Project: Slang Newspaper Unit: 10. REVIEW Project: Analyze a Formal Essay A formal essay in a magazine or a book, or reread the essay reprinted in the unit "Punctuation in Literature." Report: Autobiography Choose an available autobiography from your library Glynlyon, Inc.

20 English I Unit: 4. PARAGRAPHS, ESSAYS, AND RESEARCH REPORTS Project: The Research Report Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps. Unit: 8. DRAMA Essay: Parable A Bible Unit Required Reading The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson. Scribner. ISBN: (available from Alpha Omega Publications) Unit: 9. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL Unit Required Reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne Glynlyon, Inc.

21 English II Unit: 3. WRITING AND READING SKILLS Project: How-to Evaluation A "how-to" article in a magazine or newspaper. Project: Analyzing Expository Writing A dictionary Essay: Logic At least two examples of cause/effect in a newspaper, magazine or book Unit: 4. SPEAKING AND LISTENING Essay: Taking Notes (Audio) Select a sermon, lecture, or a program on public television. Essay: Commercials (Audio) Listen to several commercials to complete this activity. Unit: 5. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH Project: Names Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps. Project: Identifying Propaganda Newspaper or magazine with advertisements Project: Advertising A women's magazine or a sports magazine Glynlyon, Inc.

22 Essay: Newspaper Newspaper Unit: 7. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL Unit required reading In His Steps, by Charles M. Sheldon (there is a link to a printable version, available online.) Unit: 8. DRAMA Unit required reading The Summoning of Everyman, Everyman, as it is usually called, was written about 1485 and printed after Unit: 10. REVIEW *Essay: In His Steps In His Steps, by Charles M. Sheldon (there is a link to a printable version is available online) Glynlyon, Inc.

23 English III Unit: 1. LEARNING AND USING STANDARD ENGLISH Project: Dictionary Comparison Five dictionaries from different publishers or a Webster's 1828, 1913, and a recent edition. Unit: 5. POETRY Assignment: 4. Project: The Meter of a Poem A poem from any anthology or textbook. Unit: 6. NONFICTION Assignment: 12. Project: Analyzing an Editorial An editorial from a newspaper. Unit: 8. THE AMERICAN NOVEL Unit required reading To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Grand Central Publishing Glynlyon, Inc.

24 English IV Unit: 3. READING AND RESEARCH *Assignment: 11. Project: Web Search Projects Internet access. Unit: 5. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE *Assignment: 11. Essay: 13th C. Literary Forms An encyclopedia or an anthology of medieval literature. Assignment: 16. Essay: Character Study A copy of the Canterbury Tales in a modern translation or access it using the Internet. Unit: 6. ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE *Assignment: 5. Essay: Elizabethan Literature Elizabethan literature: Bible translations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Sonnet Sequences Francis Bacon Unit required reading (starting after quiz 2) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare (a link to a printable version is available in Hamlet: Act I, i-ii). Unit: 7. 17th- AND 18th-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE Assignment: 13. Essay: Swift and Goldsmith At least two current newspapers, news magazines, or television news programs, research current political and/or social issues in the U.S. or the world Glynlyon, Inc.

25 Unit: 8. ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN POETRY Unit required reading for various assignments. Bible *Assignment: 12. Essay: John Constable Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps. Assignment: 15. Essay: Queen Victoria Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps Glynlyon, Inc.