Narnia literature study appropriate for secular use?

[mo2]

Is there one?

[saraha]

Scholastic has one. You can buy an e-version

[SilverMoon]

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Edited September 8 by SilverMoon

[Ravin]

Moving Beyond the Page has a study for The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in the 8-10 year as a literature unit (which can be bought stand-alone).

[mo2]

I recall having one from Teacher Created Materials years ago.

 

ROAR seems like wouldn't be too hard to secularize if that doesn't bother you. It's more for you to read than for handing to the kids. It has interesting tidbits and questions for each chapter.

Thanks for the tip on Roar. I don't mind secularizing a bit if the material is good otherwise. And holy cow, 448 pages! Wow! I can only seem to find it as an ebook, though. Do you happen to know if there is a paperback version available?

[momto2Cs]

I made my own.

[mo2]

I made my own.

 

I actually commented on another thread that you posted in to ask if you had anything besides a book list to go with this...Any discussion questions, projects, etc, planned? I'm not very good at coming up with discussion topics on the fly. I love the book list.

[momto2Cs]

I actually commented on another thread that you posted in to ask if you had anything besides a book list to go with this...Any discussion questions, projects, etc, planned? I'm not very good at coming up with discussion topics on the fly. I love the book list.

 

 

 

Ooops.

 

 

I haven't come up with questions yet, but am working on it. Mainly I want my kids to see the connections between the books I listed, so I might, if necessary, ask questions that lead them to see those connections.

 

As for projects, we'll cook dinner like the Beavers in LWW, maybe make a model ship for Dawn Treader, perhaps go horseback riding for Horse & His Boy... things of that sort. I also plan to have each of my kids make a Waldorf-style main lesson book in which they can make daily entries as we read through the book list.

 

Here are some links to questions/discussions you may find helpful:

Study Questions for Chronicles of Narnia

Discussion Questions

A Classroom Discussion Guide that I think could easily be adapted to homeschooling (pdf)

 

Hope this helps! We just started (re)reading the Greek, Norse and Roman myths in preparation for doing this in the fall.

[mo2]

 

 

Ooops.

 

 

I haven't come up with questions yet, but am working on it. Mainly I want my kids to see the connections between the books I listed, so I might, if necessary, ask questions that lead them to see those connections.

 

As for projects, we'll cook dinner like the Beavers in LWW, maybe make a model ship for Dawn Treader, perhaps go horseback riding for Horse & His Boy... things of that sort. I also plan to have each of my kids make a Waldorf-style main lesson book in which they can make daily entries as we read through the book list.

 

Here are some links to questions/discussions you may find helpful:

Study Questions for Chronicles of Narnia

Discussion Questions

A Classroom Discussion Guide that I think could easily be adapted to homeschooling (pdf)

 

Hope this helps! We just started (re)reading the Greek, Norse and Roman myths in preparation for doing this in the fall.

 

Thanks for the links. I'm just not sure how to, as you said, "ask questions that lead them to see those connections." Your book list is great, and it looks like you've put a lot of thought and planning into this! I'm sure your kids will love it.

[SilverMoon]

On 4/11/2013 at 4:12 PM, mo2 said:

 

 

Edited September 8 by SilverMoon

[mo2]

 

I bought it on Amazon. The inside view won't open for me, but there's a two page spread for every chapter of all 7 books. I just randomly opened my copy to chapter 3 of Prince Caspian. There's a quote from the Dwarf, an explanation of a few words (bathe, for nuts, garn! and The War of the Roses), a simple summary of the chapter, a "grown-up thoughts" section with some analysis of Trumpkin, Psalm 82:4, a fun picture of one character, and five totally secular questions. They're not reading comp questions. Some exact examples are, "Do you think there really are ghosts in the forest by the sea, or could it be a lie intended to scare people?" and "Why did Susan not instinctively shoot the dwarf? Would you have done the same thing?"

 

I think that's a pretty standard approach for the other chapters, but I do recall some of the questions being more religious. I've browsed most of it in anticipation of lining it up with FUFI this fall.

 

There's also at least one bigger project per book. Like making your own book, making your own wardrobe-ish nook in your house, and such.

Thank you for taking the time to type that out. That really helps and sounds like something I would definitely use. I expect to have some religious content, because obviously that is a big part of the book. I just don't want it to be preachy or pushy. I really like those sample questions you gave me. Thank you! I may just have to download the Kindle version tonight. I think that, combined with pp's book list and links, will work out perfectly for me. (I'm getting a little overly excited about this. I just love Narnia!)