Product Overview
This monthly handbook contains the following features:
- 4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation practices
- Lessons on grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and literary devices
- Arrow Planner and Skills Tracker
- Weekly Reading Guide
- Literary Device and Writing Activity
- Discussion Questions
- Family Book Club Party Ideas
- Guidelines explaining copywork & dictation practices
- Literary Device: Narrative Arc
Note
Four of the fifteen stories in the book are covered in this Arrow. “Perfect” (pages 5–20), “Gifts” (pages 97–113), “Seraj Captures the Moon” (pages 132–138), and “Not Only an Only” (pages 203–219). Each story in this book stands alone and can be read in any order. The Book Club Party Guide celebrates these stories and others! Parents may wish to preview “Don’ut Break Tradition” (pages 57–75). The mother in this story is ill with an unspecified condition that causes frailty. Additionally, the mother in “Taste” (pages 175–195) is badly injured in a car accident.
About the Book
Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy
Eid! The short, single syllable word conjures up a variety of feelings and memories for Muslims. Maybe it’s waking up to the sound of frying samosas or the comfort of bean pie, maybe it’s the pleasure of putting on a new outfit for Eid prayers, or maybe it’s the gift giving and the holiday parties, or carnival rides to come that day. Whatever it...
