Product Overview
This monthly handbook contains the following features:
- 4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation
- Lessons on grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, literary devices & literary analysis
- Boomerang Planner and Skills Tracker
- Weekly Reading Guide
- Beyond the Passage and Inside Scoop boxes
- Discussion Questions
- Family Book Club Party Ideas
- Guidelines explaining copywork & dictation practices
Note
In choosing to include these classic (and time-bound) selections in the Boomerang collection, we open the door to Big Juicy Conversations that contribute to the greater dialogue about racism, sexism, socioeconomic differences, or other prejudices held in the past and, in some quarters, to this day. These stories touch on mature themes of human experience—love, unexpected windfall, but also danger, stolen luxuries, race, poverty, and death (including suicide in “Paul’s Case”). By using classic literature as a teaching tool to foster understanding and growth, the intimate nature of language and history blend to provide a context in which to discuss these evolving ideologies. You, as the parent, can decide how far you want to step into the room of discourse with your teens as you explore these works. We highly recommend you pre-read each story before sharing it with your teen and review the content provided in this Boomerang to help you teach these stories in historical context.
In this Boomerang, we’ll focus on:
“The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” by Stephen Crane
“The Egg” by Sherwood Anderson
“Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather
“A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin
As an alternative to purchasing the book (link below), you can also access all four stories through public domain sources on the internet or through Project Gutenberg.
About the Book
Great American Short Stories
Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway's 1927 classic, "The Killers." Other selections include Poe's "The Tell-Tale...
