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: Alternating Point of View
Note
Wildoak reads like a modern-day classic filled with lyrical writing, cozy characters, and enduring themes. But parents of sensitive readers may wish to preview Chapter One where, in a moment of anxiety, the protagonist induces self-harm. Although this scene is unsettling, it may be helpful to know that Maggie is headed to Wildoak where wonderful things await her.
This story also provides opportunities to consider the sometimes troubling treatment of animals. Parents of sensitive readers may wish to preview scenes on pages 93 and 108 to prepare for these discussions. Spoiler alert: Rumpus survives!
About the Book
Wildoak
Maggie Stephens's stutter makes school especially hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class or calling attention to herself. So when her unsympathetic father threatens to send her away for so-called "treatment," she reluctantly agrees to her mother's intervention plan: a few weeks in the fresh air of Wildoak Forest, visiting a...
