About Book Six
Book Six introduces the young reader to the progenitors of our Western literature—the stories of Greece and Rome. What education would be complete without a familiarity with the stories of the great heroes; Achilles, Ulysses, and Aeneas? Those stories can be found in Book Six along with stories of nature, home, and country by the likes of, John James Audubon, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Felicia Hemans, Washington Irving, Joyce Kilmer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Theodore Roosevelt, William Wordsworth, and many others. This volume ends with a section devoted entirely to “Great American Authors.”
Literature/Youth, ISBN 1-890623-20-2, Softcover, 480 pages, Ages 11-12/Sixth Grade, Illustrated, Glossary, 1060L, Trim Size 5.5" x 8.5"
About the Teacher’s Guide
Book Six, A Teacher's Gude contains
all the questions, along with their answers, from the “Notes and
Questions” sections found at the end of each story in the reader.
Additionally, “Extended Activities,” which have been created
specially for this edition, are provided to augment many of the lessons
from the reader. Worksheets are provided for these activities which the
parent or teacher may copy and hand out to their students.
At the beginning of each section will be found a list of “Objectives” which the lessons are designed to help the child accomplish, and at the end, a “Vocabulary Worksheet” for the students to complete. Also included is a handy “Appendix” with student evaluation suggestions and a brief summary of World War One, which is intended to provide a context in which to view the reader’s selections and questions, which were influenced by the then recent conflict.
At the end of this book will be found the
same glossary words, including word pronunciation guides, as found in The
Elson Readers, Book Six. These guides have been updated to reflect
current pronunciation notation.
Literature/Youth, ISBN
1-890623-30-X, Softcover, 336
pages, Ages 11-12/Sixth Grade, Illustrated,
Glossary, Trim Size 8.25" x 11"
By William H. Elson
Christine M. Keck
SRP $21.95
By Catherine Andrews
Mary Jane Newcomer
SRP $20.95