This anthology of retold American literature includes such classics as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "The Story of an Hour," "A Medieval Romance," "The Oval Portrait, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," and more.
Each book is divided into thematic units that help students focus their reading and thinking.
In the Time of Gods & Heroes: Tales from Ancient Mythology
Unit One: Choice and Consequence
Unit Two: The Stuff of Heroes
Unit Three: In the Name of Love
Nightmares and Cold Sweats: Chilling Tales from Literature and Legend
Unit One: Ghosts Among the Living
Unit Two: The Dark Side of Human Nature
Unit Three: A Surplus of Horror
Spanning Miles of Time and Centuries of Ocean: Classic Stories from World Literature
Unit One: With Life Comes Lessons
Unit Two: Of Mind and Spirit
Unit Three: And Justice for All
Stories Draped in Stars & Stripes: Classic Stories from American Literature
Unit One: Decisions and Consequences
Unit Two: Reacting to Society's Roles
Unit Three: A Matter of Life and Death
These content-area workbooks with high-interest, accessible selections offer reinforcement and practice of essential reading skills. The reading levels range in difficulty so you can match lessons to your students' instructional reading levels.
FEATURES
- Teaches both narrative and informational standards-based reading skills.
- Skill activities following every section and unit reinforce the same set of essential reading skills and strategies
- identifying main idea and supporting detail
- making generalizations
- determining cause and effect
- drawing conclusions
- recognizing inferences
- using context clues
- Many titles blend with the social studies and literature curricula so reading practice is relevant and meaningful.
- All of the high-interest selections and over 70 percent of the history selections are nonfiction and teach informational reading skills.
Preparation for state and national tests
- The open-ended and multiple-choice questions match the format of state and standardized tests.
- Graphic organizers and writing prompts ask students to compare and draw conclusions from several selections.
- National and state language arts standards are reflected in the skill activities at the end of each selection and unit.
- End-of-unit test items match the format of most state and standardized tests.
TEACHER GUIDES
- guided reading lesson plan for each selection
- frontloads vocabulary
- offers critical thinking questions with strategies identified
- provides literacy focus with related literary skill
- overview of reading strategies
- answers for all student activities