TEACHING A LITERATURE CLASS - PART 3

Sarah
Oct 4
2 min read

I'll just close this series of posts with 2 things - recommended resources and my lists of books.

The first resource to share is The Center for Literature. Adam and Missy Andrews have done a spectacular job equipping educators to teach lit discussion using Socratic questions. My kids have taken their online classes over the years, I've sat in many of their talks at the homeschool convention, and I use their wonderful resource Teaching the Classics and Worldview Detective. https://www.centerforlit.com/

The second resource is Not Consumed's Reading Journal. This journal is Christian based and is a series of questions that can be applied to the books of your choice. Each of my students has one and I assign one very short reflection for each day of my assigned reading (not for their free read day). https://store.notconsumed.com/collections/homeschool

Before I move to the lists, I just want to leave you with one more thing. I have been homeschooling my 5 children for 17 years now. I have covered a lot of literature curriculum and read a lot of books in those years. I am FAR from knowing everything, but I continue to stretch and grow every day. Give yourself grace to try and grow as well! You don't need to know everything to start this journey!

Okay now for my lists-

2023-2024 Elementary

Aesop's Fables/Arnold Lobel's Fables

Indian in the Cupboard

Misty of Chincoteague

The Penderwicks

Biography of their choice

Gone Away Lake

Who is Helen Keller

Trumpet of the Swan

12 Days of Christmas Picture Books with Activities

2023-2024 High School

The Faithful Spy

The Taming of the Shrew

Sleeping Murder (Agatha Christie)

Christmas Carol

Biography of their choice

The Secret Garden

The Humming Room (modern retelling of The Secret Garden for Compare/Contrast)

2024-2025 Elementary

King of the Wind

Because of Winn Dixie

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

Where the Red Fern Grows

Number the Stars

Mr. Lemoncello's Library

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Biography of their choice

2024-2025 High School

Huck Finn

Hunger Games

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Tale of Two Cities

Shakespeare or the Illiad

Biography of their choice

Watership Down

The Great Gatsby