Junior High Literature (Blue)
 

Tutor:  Ginger McCreery

Primary text:  Real books  (see list)

Tuition:  $272      Copy fee:  $15

With this tuition rate, I must have a minimum of           8     and maximum of       15           students.

Overview of class:  Good readers make good students!  Good literature provides academic excellence and excellence of character.  This class will be both academic and appreciative, in nature.  Every attempt will be made to accommodate the interests of both male and female students.  We will examine lots of different genres, including short stories, mystery, fantasy, poetry, historical fiction and biography. 


 

Prerequisites for this class:  Summer Reading--The Children’s Homer by Padraic Colum.  Aladdin Paperbacks, ISBN 0-02-042520-1

Recommended grade levels:  7-9

Average study time for this class:  Approximately 5-10 hours per week, depending on the speed and skill of the reader.

Tutor Expectations for Parents:  Because we will be using lots of “real books” instead of a text book, it is absolutely necessary that the students have the books they need by the time we read that book in class.  Look ahead on the syllabus and make sure your student has each book he needs before we start reading it.  I require that the students bring whatever book we are currently reading to class with them each Monday.  We will use the books for class discussions and the student MUST have the book with them in order to be able to participate.

 
Additional comments:  While we will be using lots of books, most of these can be found at used curriculum sales, home school catalogs, used bookstores, etc.  Instead of buying an expensive textbook you will be investing in real books!

 

Junior High Literature (Blue)  Class Required Book List

The Children’s Homer by Padraic Colum   (Required summer reading!)
Aladdin Paperbacks  ISBN  0-02-042520-1

The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
A Sunburst Book, Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux  ISBN 0-374-44302-5

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Bantam Doubleday DellBooks for Young Readers  ISBN 0-0440-99805-0

A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO by Richard Peck

Puffin Book from Penguin Putnam publishers   ISBN 0-14-130352-2 

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
David R. Godine Publisher  ISBN 0-87923-573-X

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Bantam Classics  ISBN 0-553-266812-0

Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Bantam Classics  ISBN 0-553-214 03-9

**Get this exact book**

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
(Various publishers, any edition is fine)
Bantam Starfire  ISBN  0-553-272500

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Signet Modern Classics   ISBN 0-451-52634-1

The Thread That Runs So True by Jesse Stuart
A Touchstone Book (Simon & Schuster)  ISBN 0-684-71904-5

The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Puffin Classics  ISBN  0-14-036705-5

Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter
Dell Yearling Classic  ISBN  0-440-40050-3

A Certain Small Shepherd by Rebecca Caudill

Publisher is Yearling and ISBN 0440411947

(I have provided the ISBN’s and publisher names but I don’t require that students get these exact editions.  As long as the book is unabridged I don’t care how old or who the publisher is, etc.  Find bargains at used book stores, it doesn’t matter to me.)