Literature for Violet's 7th Grade

Here is a preliminary list of literature for Violet's 7th Grade year. I tried to alternate shorter easier works with longer harder one and cover the basics of ancient literature as well.

• The Yearling by Rawlings
• The Lost World by Doyle
• White Fang by London
• The Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien
• Age of the Fable by Bulfinch
• Black Ships Before Troy by Sutcliffe
• The Wanderings of Odysseus by Sutcliffe
• The Two Towers by Tolkien
• The Call of the Wild by London
• The Return of the King by Tolkien
• Archimedes and the Door of Science by Bendick
• Watership Down by Adams
• In Search of a Homeland by Lively
• Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
• The Bronze Bow by Speare
• Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare
• The Eagle of the Ninth by Sutcliffe

Literature / Read-Aloud List for Benny's 4th Grade

I've been hard at work trying to get ready for the upcoming school year.  I have most of Benny's lessons scheduled, but I still need to get together history and science supplies, maps, notebook pages, etc.  Here is my preliminary list for Benny's literature.

Independent Reading to be narrated

•  Henry Huggins by Cleary
•  Rabbit Hill by Lawson
•  My Side of the Mountain by George
•  Lad: A Dog by Terhume
•  The Twenty-One Balloons by DuBois
•  Gentle Ben by Morey
•  The Odyssey by Osbourne
• The Island Stallion by Farley
•  My Friend Flicka by O'Hara
• Detectives in Togas by Winterfield
• Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Winterfield
• Thieves of Ostia by Lawrence

Read-Alouds with me

•  The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Nesbit
• The Golden Goblet by McGraw
•  Mr. Bliss by Tolkien
• The Golden Fleece and the Heroes That Lived Before Achilles by Colum
• The Children's Homer by Colum
• The Golden Key by MacDonald
• Archimedes and the Door of Science by Bendick
• Vinegar Boy by Hawse
• Freckles by Porter
• Swiss Family Robinson by Wyss

Literature List for 6th Grade

For Violet this year, I'm trying to slowly increase the complexity and depth of her reading to move from basic narration to more discussion, but I've also included a few easier books that I believe she will enjoy as well to provide balance and keep her from hating literature.  Here's what I've come up with for 6th grade:

• The Reluctant Dragon by Grahame
• From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs.Basil E.Frankweiler by Konigsburg
• Lassie Come Home by Knight
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving
• Rip Van Winkle by Irving
• My Friend Flicka by O'Hara
• A Christmas Carol by Dickens
• Tuck Everlasting by Babbitt
• Rascal by North
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster
• National Velvet by Bagnold
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Twain
• Big Red by Kjelgaard
• The Hobbit by Tolkien

Literature list for 8th Grade

This is my preliminary list for Jessie's upcoming year.  Most of the books on the list I have read but it's been awhile, so I'm planning to read through as many this summer as I can.  As I read, I expect to move a few books between lists and I'll probably need to add more books to the lower list simply because Jessie reads so quickly.  If you have any other suggestion, please leave a comment.

Books for deeper analysis and discussion.

• Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan
• Pride and Prejudice by Austen
• Oliver Twist by Dickens
• A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens
• Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson
• The Time Machine by Wells
• The War of the Worlds by Wells
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Twain
• The Call of the Wild by London
• White Fang by London
• The Yearling by Rawlings
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Rawls

Books to discuss after reading independently

• Rob Roy by Scott
• Ivanhoe by Scott
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
• Children of the New Forest by Marryat
• The Coral Island by Ballantyne
• Captains Courageous by Kipling
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle
• Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth
• Fahrenheit 451 by Bradberry
• Old Yeller by Gipson
• A Watership Down by Adams
• The Never Ending Story by Ende

Literature for 2008-2009

Before I erase the lists of books read from the website, I wanted to move them into a post to keep for future ideas for the boys. I know I probably won't reuse the list verbatim since I try to tailor them slightly according to the abilities and interests of my kids, but I think it will help to have a general idea of what books the kids liked, what they didn't, and about when they read them. (I'm happy to say that they liked all of the books that they read this year.) Most selections were scheduled to be read 3 times a week unless otherwise noted.

Jessie's 4th grade literature:

• The Book of Three
• Swiss Family Robinson
• Lad, A Dog
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
• Caddie Woodlawn
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
• Little Lord Fauntleroy
• The Light Princess
• Pollyanna Grows Up
• Tales From Shakespeare (scheduled once a week)
  
• Pollyanna

Violet's 2nd grade literature:

• A Little Princess
• The Rocking Horse Secret (1 day)
  
• The Cricket in Times Square
• The Paint Brush Kid (1 day)
  
• The Chalk Box Kid (1day)
  
• The Twenty-One Balloons
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain (1 day)
  
• All-of-a-Kind Family
• Capyboppy
• Five Children and It
• The Reluctant Dragon
  
• The Wheel on the School
• Follow My Leader
• Ginger Pye
• Alice in Wonderland
• Pinocchio
• Just So Stories (scheduled once a week)
  
• The Blue Fairy Book (scheduled once or twice a week)