Learning Language Arts Through Literature

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 1

LLATL 1 Kit / Teacher's Guide / Student Workbook

Required Books: Who Took the Farmer's Hat by Joan L. Nodset / Goodnight Moon / The Story of Ferdinand /  Caps for Sale / The Snowy Day / Bedtime for Frances / The Little House / Old Hat, New Hat / Make Way for Ducklings / The Tale of Peter Rabbit / Blueberries for Sal / Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel / Babar's Little Circus Star (Out-of-Print) / The Runaway Bunny

An integrated reading program for first graders that's truly unique! Instead of canned sentences, LLATL uses passages from famous literary works  to help parents teach phonics, reading, spelling, handwriting, grammar, and thinking skills for an entire 180-day school year.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 2

LLATL 2 Kit / Teacher's Guide / Student Activity Book

Required Books: A Tree is Nice / Little Bear / The Fire Cat / The Bravest Dog Ever / Ox-Cart Man / Corduroy / Little Island / Billy and Blaze  / Harry, the Dirty Dog / D'Aulaire Abraham Lincoln

Build language arts skills through the wonders of "living" literature!  The student book (non-reproducible) contains the exercises, copywork, enrichment & independent work, additional literature passages, & hands-on activities.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 3

Teacher's Guide / Student Activity Book

Required Books: The White Stallion / Madeline  / Meet George Washington / The Courage of Sarah Noble 

Built upon literature, this course combines the language arts into one comprehensive curriculum that teaches reading, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, writing, and research skills. Features include 'everyday words' that help reinforce basic language arts skills, cursive handwriting activities, spelling tips, assessments and more.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 4

Teacher's Guide / Student Activity Book

Required Books: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner / Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers / Benjamin Franklin / The Sign of the Beaver

Thirty-two weekly lessons are divided into daily plans, and centered around four book studies. A summary, vocabulary exercises, discussion questions, graphic organizers, student activities, and a review are included for the book studies, as well as "everyday words" section, newspaper, research, journal writing, and creating books units.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 5

Teacher's Guide / Student Activity Book

Required Books: Farmer Boy / The Trumpet Swan / Caddie Woodlawn / Meet Addy

Divided into easy-to-use daily plans, the Purple Book contains 39 weekly lessons, 4 book studies, 3 units on speech making, poetry and oral presentation, review activities, assessment and more. Students will hone in on grammar skills through dictation and writing exercises; their oral presentations are comprised of both speeches and stories.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 6

Teacher's Guide / Student Activity Book

Required Books: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch  / The Bronze Bow / Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard / The Horse & His Boy

Build language arts skills through the wonders of "living" literature! Keep skills within the context of literature, giving children a better understanding of how these concepts actually work, and reinforcing their correct usage. Thirty-six weekly lessons are divided into daily plans, and centered around four book studies.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 7

Teacher's Guide / Student Activity Book

Required Books: Star of Light / Adam and His Kin / Much Ado About Nothing

Thirty-six weekly lessons are divided into daily plans within 11 sections; thirteen weeks on "everyday words", six weeks on poetry, three weeks on Star of Light by Patricia St. John, three weeks on short stories, four weeks on Adam and His Kin by Ruth Beechick, three weeks on Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare; and a four-week research unit.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 8

Teacher's Guide / Student Activity Book

Required Books: Across Five Aprils / A Lantern in Her Hand / Eric Liddell / God's Smuggler

This teacher's guide contains all the lessons, assessment tests and review questions for the Gray series. Book studies focus on four classics; dictation lessons teach advanced grammar, writing skills, composition and more; and writing units provide your students with a strong vocabulary, context clues and word parts.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature High School: American Gold Book

American Literature Gold Book

Required Books: Great American Short Stories / The Mentor Book of Major American Poets / The Old Man & The Sea / The Red Badge of Courage / The Pearl

With literature at its base, the Gold Book enhances your high school student's ability to read and understand literature in all its varying forms.  Students will become aware of famous American literature, authors and a wider range of vocabulary.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature High School: British Gold Book

British Literature Gold Book

Required Books: Frankenstein / Emma / A Tale of Two Cities / Animal Farm / The Mentor Book of Major British Poets

Poets covered include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Robert Browning, Mathew Arnold, Gerard Hopkins, Thomas Hardy, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen, and Robert Graves.