trulycrabby Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Hello, I have been dealing with illness and just do not have the energy to choose reading and literature curriculum this year. Last year I picked out individual books, poems, etc... and cobbled together study units from resources found on the internet. I know that's really the best way to go, but I only have the energy to use a reading/literature curriculum which has everything done for me,; I just have to teach the unit. Any suggestions? It can be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, or Buddist, or Secular, as long as it's good. It doesnt have to be a complete LA curriculum as I already do Rod & Staff for grammar, but I won't rule it out if it is complete. Right now I am considering Language Arts Through Literature, but I am not crazy about the books we have to read. We might us it if nothing is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) . Edited September 8, 2023 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 There's a series of OOP books you can sometimes find on Amazon called Inside Stories that we use sometimes. Read a chapter of the book and answer thought-provoking questions. Pretty straight forward and easy to use. There are also a few vocabulary words for each chapter. Inside Stories, Book 1: Study Guides for Children's Literature, Grades 3-4 I can't figure out how to link on Amazon, but the above info should get you to the proper levels if you scroll down. Some levels are affordable ($5.50) and others seem to be more difficult to find and are more expensive (about $30.) The books are non-consumable, so the price can even out in the end if you use it for multiple children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I haven't used this, but I wonder how much literature study is in it? I am asking in case someone else can advise. A WTM member wrote it. It's not just LA. http://buildyourlibrary.com/fifth-grade-american-history-1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thank you very much! I will look at these suggestions tonight! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbernt Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Maybe Kolbe or Mosdos? We've used Kolbe, but I've only looked at Mosdos (was too pricey for us at the time). Kolbe is Catholic, and Mosdos may? be written by Jewish people??? but it only is supposed to come across with high moral values, etc, not overly religious. Questions, both recall and higher thinking order types are included in both programs. Kolbe uses separate literary works from which you pick and choose which works you want to cover, whereas Mosdos is a textbook/compilation. http://www.mosdospress.com/ http://kolbe.org/homeschool/courses/elementary/elementary-literature-curriculum/ http://kolbe.org/documents/elemlit/elemlitsyllabus.pdf http://kolbe.org/documents/elemlit/secretgarden.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Silvermoon and Ewe Mama, since I LOVE to buy curriculum, I purchased books 3 and 4 of Inside Stories, Further Up and Further in for Cheonicles of Narnia and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Thank you very much! :) I did not see anything for literature in Build Your Library, but I was also looking for history and science suggestions, so I will go look at it. Thank you, stripe! Kbernt, I love Kolbe and Mosdos, but will probably go with Kolbe because it covers two years. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 How about Galore Park? https://www.galorepark.co.uk/Product?Product=9781905735518 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Silvermoon and Ewe Mama, since I LOVE to buy curriculum, I purchased books 3 and 4 of Inside Stories, Further Up and Further in for Cheonicles of Narnia and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Thank you very much! :) I did not see anything for literature in Build Your Library, but I was also looking for history and science suggestions, so I will go look at it. Thank you, stripe! Kbernt, I love Kolbe and Mosdos, but will probably go with Kolbe because it covers two years. Thank you! I'm glad you liked all the great suggestions you received. I'm going to check a couple of them out for myself, too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) ... Edited June 22, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 How about Galore Park? https://www.galorepark.co.uk/Product?Product=9781905735518 I am going to try again at using Galore Park this year. It has a theme for each chapter but you really just read the snippets in the books, with book suggestions at the end. (Many of them are books that are less popular or even hard to find in the US or otherwise outside of the UK and could pretty easily be substituted, but then you'd have to find replacements.) But you could certainly read the book in the first, larger excerpt. Most of them are well known, e.g. Willy Wonka, Goodnight Mr Tom, etc. That would be like a book a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAR Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 MOSDOS. It is a secular program and covers a wide range of literary reads. This is a program our family looks forward to tackling every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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