Question about Lightning Lit 7

[wy_kid_wrangler04]

Do you need any specific books for this (publisher? Copywrite date? edition?)? Or will Any Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Tom Saywer or any of the other titles work?

[chubbyhugs]

Dd did LL 7 and we used the books we had. LL does not require specific editions. The only one we had to buy was the Harold Bloom book Stories and Other Poems for Extemely Intelligent Children of All Ages (which we found at a used book store) because two of the poems were written by Anonymous.

 

Here's a list of the items in that book with their authors. If you'd like, I can find the book we used and post the two anonymous poems.

 

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (Edward Lear)

Gay Go Up, and Gay Go Down (Anonymous)

The Jumblies (Edward Lear)

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy Bo (Edward Lear)

The Floating Old Man (Edward Lear)

The Dong with a Luminous Nose (Edward Lear)

Night (William Blake)

The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Stephen Crane)

A Musical Instrument (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

This is the Key of the Kingdom (Anonymous)

My Cat Jeoffry (Christopher Smart)

The Lion of Winter (William Shakespeare)

Snow-Flakes (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The Eagle (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

[wy_kid_wrangler04]

Dd did LL 7 and we used the books we had. LL does not require specific editions. The only one we had to buy was the Harold Bloom book Stories and Other Poems for Extemely Intelligent Children of All Ages (which we found at a used book store) because two of the poems were written by Anonymous.

 

Here's a list of the items in that book with their authors. If you'd like, I can find the book we used and post the two anonymous poems.

 

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (Edward Lear)

Gay Go Up, and Gay Go Down (Anonymous)

The Jumblies (Edward Lear)

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy Bo (Edward Lear)

The Floating Old Man (Edward Lear)

The Dong with a Luminous Nose (Edward Lear)

Night (William Blake)

The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Stephen Crane)

A Musical Instrument (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

This is the Key of the Kingdom (Anonymous)

My Cat Jeoffry (Christopher Smart)

The Lion of Winter (William Shakespeare)

Snow-Flakes (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The Eagle (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

 

 

Wow you are awesome!!! Thank you so much! If you dont mind and have the time I would love for you to post those poems! Don't rush though! Whenever you have time!!) Thank you :grouphug:

[chubbyhugs]

GAY GO UP, AND GAY GO DOWN by Anonymous

 

Gay go up, and gay go down,

To ring the bells of London town.

 

Bull's eyes and targets,

Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's.

 

Brickbats and tiles,

Say the bells of St. Giles'.

 

Halfpence and farthings,

Say the bells of St. Martin's.

 

Oranges and lemons,

Say the bells of St. Clement's.

 

Pancakes and fritters,

Say the bells of St. Peter's.

 

Two sticks and an apple,

Say the bells at Whitechapel.

 

Old Father Baldpate,

Say the slow bells at Aldgate.

 

You owe me ten shillings,

Say the bells at St. Helen's.

 

Pokers and tongs,

Say the bells at St. John's.

 

Kettles and pans,

Say the bells at St. Ann's.

 

When will you pay me?

Say the bells at Old Bailey.

 

When I grow rich,

Say the bells at Shoreditch.

 

Pray when will that be?

Say the bells at Stepney.

 

I am sure I don't know,

Says the great bell at Bow.

 

Here comes a candle to light you to bed,

And here comes a chopper to chop off your head.

[Penny from Tenny]

I would only add that the schedule calls for reading from "certain page # to another page #" in the longer books - but I can't see how not having the exact book would be a problem. Just wanted to mention it...

HTH

[chubbyhugs]

"THIS IS THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM" by Anonymous

 

This is the Key of the Kingdom

In that Kingdom is a city;

In that city is a town;

In that town there is a street;

In that street there winds a lnae;

In that lane there is a yard;

In that yard there is a house;

In that house there waits a room;

IN that roon an empty bed;

And on that bed a basket -

A Basket of Sweet Flowers:

Of Flowers, of Flowers;

A Basket of Sweet Flowers.

 

Flowers in a Basket;

Basket on the bed;

Bed in the chamber;

Chamber in the house;

House in the weedy hard;

Yard in the winding lane;

Lane in the broad sweet;

Street in the high town;

Town in the city;

City in the Kingdom -

This is the Key of the Kingdom.

Of the Kingdom this is the Key.

[chubbyhugs]

Just wanted to add that the pagination mentioned in the student and teacher's binders was not a problem for us. For example, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is listed as being from pp 152-164 in the Bloom book; this also applies to the short story "Bride" by Crane (pp 203-213) in the Bloom book. That's because that's the whole story. You'd just read the whole story in any other book. For Tom Sawyer, the teacher's binder mentions page numbers AND lists the chapters. You just need the chapter listings; this also applies to Alice in Wonderland (Carroll), Story of My Life (Keller), All Creatures (Herriot).

Edited July 7, 2010 by chubbyhugs
For some reason the poem got posted twice so I deleted second one.