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| ENGLISH FROM THE ROOTS UP. Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling, and S.A.T. Scores. Greek/Latin. Written by: Joegil Lundquist. Learn and understand the Greek and Latin roots of the english language. Designed and written for 5th grade and up. |
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| FUNDAMENTALS OF LITERATURE, GRADE 9. Teaches the process of literary analysis that enables students to interpret and evaluate what they read. Addresses six important literary elements: conflict, character, theme, structure, point of view, and moral tone. Includes Rostand's drama Cyrano de Bergerac. Teacher's Edition includes a full-sized student page on each teacher page. Provides information for directing discussion, analysis, and application. Teacher's Edition: 552 pages; spiral binder. Student Text contains a variety of selections ranging from the classics to the contemporary, arranged to support the unit themes. Also provides brief author biographies and questions for thought and discussion. Student Text: 544 pages; hardbound; color and black-and-white illustrations. Bob Jones University Press. |
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| HOW TO READ A BOOK. Written by; Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren. Originally published in 1940 this work has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is a most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. The authors offers a 13 page recommended reading list, and reading tests, whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed. Great for a high-school or college bound student. It should be required reading Freshman year. |
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| IMPROVING YOUR VOCABULARY SKILLS. No words to learn. This is a skills approach to word building. Helps students develop their word power in two ways--via word attack skills and examination of context clues. Teaches the meanings of the 50 most commonly used prefixes, 50 common suffixes and 28 basic roots. Contains intensive teaching on the 13 principal ways of deriving the meaning of words from their context. Consumable. Grades 5 through 12. | . |
| THEMES IN LITERATURE, GRADE 9. Eleven units based on themes such as courage, humility, justice, faith, and joy. Following many of the selections are thought-provoking questions to aid in discussion, a list of vocabulary words that are defined in the end-of-text glossary, information about important authors, and a paragraph describing a literary device used in the selection. Many composition suggestions are included. Teacher Guide includes a scope and sequence, teaching helps for each selection, and answers to the text questions. Student text: soft-cover, 490 pages. A Beka Book. |
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| TRADITIONAL LOGIC: AN INTORDUCTION TO FORMAL LOGIC. An excellent book for teaching the original thinking skill, Logic. This book, designed for grades 8 and up provides a systematic study of formal logic without falling prey to the topic hopping found in most contemporary logic programs. |
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