Maryam Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 What are good Literature curricula which help you dig deeper in the books for my 6th grader (something like Center for Lit in terms of literary analysis but not an online class)? I believe Excellence in Literature starts in 8th grade. Memorial Press has mainly literal comprehension questions, which isn’t what I’m looking for. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Center for Lit publishes Teaching the Classics. It teaches you how to have literary discussions with any book. https://www.centerforlit.com/teaching-the-classics Edited April 25, 2019 by calbear 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Figuratively Speaking is a good introduction. There's a list of short stories posted on the Logic board that can go with each chapter. Honestly, I haven't seen anything better. There are some good lit guides out there though to allow you to do this with individual books. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryam Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Farrar said: Figuratively Speaking is a good introduction. There's a list of short stories posted on the Logic board that can go with each chapter. Honestly, I haven't seen anything better. There are some good lit guides out there though to allow you to do this with individual books. Can you suggest which literature guides for individual books are good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryam Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 2 hours ago, calbear said: Center for Lit publishes Teaching the Classics. It teaches you how to have literary discussions with any book. https://www.centerforlit.com/teaching-the-classics Thanks! This looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Seconding Teaching the Classics! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Third vote for Teaching the Classics, but I also love Deconstructing Penguins. If you go through these programs, you won't really have to use a guide unless you are still uncomfortable without one. I did both of these before starting a book club when my ds was in 3rd grade. You might begin with picture books so that you are dealing with a shorter work. It can make discussion of the whole work much easier for the first few go tries at it. Then maybe do a short chapter book. I wouldn't worry about reading level at all at first. I have used Figuratively Speaking with my own children but in like 7th-9th grades. Personally, I think reading books and discussing the concepts would be a better place to start. I made this document that could be used with any book. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B84OG3_hMVq6b2ZMcEFmMkhDTDg/view?usp=sharing I use this for a figurative language activity. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B84OG3_hMVq6YWhTQk1nUmxuTDA/view?usp=sharing I did a really fun thing as well with figurative language. I had my students create a "figurative language" cafe menu with all the items titled using figurative language. Then we had a party where they brought a food from their menus. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryam Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 10 hours ago, mom31257 said: Third vote for Teaching the Classics, but I also love Deconstructing Penguins. If you go through these programs, you won't really have to use a guide unless you are still uncomfortable without one. I did both of these before starting a book club when my ds was in 3rd grade. You might begin with picture books so that you are dealing with a shorter work. It can make discussion of the whole work much easier for the first few go tries at it. Then maybe do a short chapter book. I wouldn't worry about reading level at all at first. I have used Figuratively Speaking with my own children but in like 7th-9th grades. Personally, I think reading books and discussing the concepts would be a better place to start. I made this document that could be used with any book. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B84OG3_hMVq6b2ZMcEFmMkhDTDg/view?usp=sharing I use this for a figurative language activity. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B84OG3_hMVq6YWhTQk1nUmxuTDA/view?usp=sharing I did a really fun thing as well with figurative language. I had my students create a "figurative language" cafe menu with all the items titled using figurative language. Then we had a party where they brought a food from their menus. Thanks for sharing this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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