The updated third edition is even easier to use with added exercises that will strengthen your student’s reading comprehension and writing skills. Based on dictation lessons, the Everyday Words unit teaches grammar, sentence structure, and sentence diagramming using classical literature for the middle school student. The Poetry Unit encourages an appreciation while memorizing, reciting, and analyzing various poems. In the Short Story Unit, students will analyze the elements of a story, develop a plot line, write dialogue and much more. In the Research Unit, students will learn how to do research in an easy to follow step by step plan for student and teacher.

36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. Teacher friendly, with little or no teacher preparation needed!

Three Unit Studies
Poetry
Short Story
Research

Three Book Studies
The Star of Light by Patricia St. John
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Much Ado About Nothing – a play by William Shakespeare

Each Book Study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.

The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.

Review Activities follow each lesson providing additional skill practice.

Assessments aid teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses.

The Green Student Activity Book is the perfect companion for the Green Teacher 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. The Green SAB 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.) Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently.