Books published by publisher Hewitt Homeschooling Resources

An exciting, junior high curriculum from Hewitt Homeschooling Resources which covers reading and composition at the seventh-grade level. Each of the eight chapters includes reading classical material as well as applying a literary lesson. The author had graded thousands of home-school written papers before writing this series. The workbook breaks down the literary concepts to provide bit by bit comprehension. Students read four full novels plus four shorter pieces taken from the book, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children by Harold Bloom. This Student Guide consists of the lessons which include plot line, increasing your creativity, autobiography, the character sketch, dialogue, basic terms and rhyme in poetry, sound in poetry, nonce words, brainstorming, outlining, choosing a topic, writing a good opening, and instruction on four poetic forms (limerick, haiku, cinquain, and list poem). Each lesson consists of a brief biographical introduction, vocabulary, comprehension questions, the literary lesson and mini-lesson, and writing exercises. Book-length works are sold separately. The Workbook and The Teacher's Guide are also needed. Although this is listed as a seventh grade text, students cannot be easily boxed into grades. A sixth grader who is a strong reader and likes writing would be able to do well with this course. This course can also work for the eighth grader who is behind in language arts, or who struggles with reading and/or writing for other reasons. Besides Stories and Poems, you will need to have The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Story of My Life (by Helen Keller), and All Creatures Great and Small. New Second Edition, Paperback. 154 pages.

Please see the Lightning Lit 7th Grade Student's Guide to find a complete description of this program. The workpages give students the chance to practice the skills and concepts learned in the lessons along with composition skills (writing from note cards, rewriting in your own words, etc.), thinking skills (e.g., differentiating fact from opinion, identifying bias), and grammar review (e.g., capitalization, pronouns and antecedents). There are also optional puzzle and extra challenge workbook pages. Perfect bound pages lay flat to make it easy for students to write in it.

The Teacher's Guide includes the explanation of the course's philosophy, weekly lesson planner, answers to the comprehension questions and the workbook pages, additional teaching suggestions for the lessons, and additional information on the writing exercises. Please see the Student's Guide for a complete description of the course. Student's Workbook also required along with the Student's Guide. This perfect-bound book will lay flat making it easier to use. New Second Edition, Perfect Bound.

The second component of Hewitt's junior high Lightning Lit series which covers reading and composition at the eigth-grade level. Each of the twelve chapters includes reading classical material as well as applying a literary lesson. Students read six full novels plus six shorter pieces taken from the book, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children by Harold Bloom. This Student Guide consists of the lessons which cover author's purpose, setting, vivid language in poetry, writing about culture, details in writing, character development, figurative language, conflict, symbolism, humor, meter in poetry, and writing a literary analysis. Mini-lessons cover taking notes, rewriting in your own words, free verse and ballad, rewriting your own words, citing sources, bibliography, fun poems, genre fiction, sentence structure, and more. The workbook (sold separately) gives students the chance to practice the skills and concepts learned in the lessons along with composition skills, thinking skills (e.g., differentiating fact from opinion, identifying bias), and grammar review (e.g., capitalization, pronouns and antecedent). Book-length works are sold separately. The Teacher's Guide is also needed since it includes answers to comprehension questions and the workbook pages, a teaching schedule, extra teaching help for the lessons, help in choosing appropriate writing exercises, and discussion questions. Recommendations: Although this is listed as an eighth grade text, students cannot be easily boxed into grades. A seventh grader who is a strong reader and likes writing would be able to do well with this course. This course can also work for the ninth grader who needs to work at the foundations of composition. Books (in addition to Bloom's Stories and Poems) include: Treasure Island, A Day of Pleasure, A Christmas Carol, The Hobbit, My Family and Other Animals, and To Kill a Mockingbird. New paperback, 2nd Edition.

New Second Edition, Perfect Bound. Please see the Lightning Lit Student's Guide to find a complete description of this program. The workpages give students the chance to practice the skills and concepts learned in the lessons along with composition skills (writing from note cards, rewriting in your own words, etc.), thinking skills (e.g., differentiating fact from opinion, identifying bias), and grammar review (e.g., capitalization, pronouns and antecedents). There are also optional puzzle and extra challenge workbook pages. Perfect bound pages lay flat to make it easy for students to write in it.

New Second Edition, Perfect Bound. The Teacher's Guide includes the explanation of the course's philosophy, weekly lesson planner, answers to the comprehension questions and the workbook pages, additional teaching suggestions for the lessons, and additional information on the writing exercises. See the 8th Grade Student's Guide for a complete description of the curriculum. This perfect-bound book will lay flat making it easier to use.

New 2nd Edition, Perfect Bound. A speech course written specifically for home-schoolers to be used for a one semester class. Students read a variety of speeches from ancient to modern times, all contained in the book Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History. Includes lessons on opening and concluding a speech, content, audience, research, choosing words, style, and organization. Although this class is geared primarily towards writing speeches, tips for giving speeches are also included. Also includes comprehension questions, writing exercises, and reading lists. The Guide includes answers to comprehension questions, semester and full-year schedules, and bibliography. Free teacher's guide included. Lend Me Your Ears required for the course.

New 2nd Edition, Perfect Bound. Hewitt's Lightning Lit guides use full-length novels, autobiographies, plays, essays, short stories, and poems to teach deep reading and composition skills. Unlike some literature programs that take a scatter-shot approach (where none of the literature seems connected) or that try to dump too much into one book, Lightning Literature guides focus on a few classics in depth, in a systematic manner. Students read in the following order: •Beowulf (epic poem; anonymous author) •Anglo-Saxon riddles (text is in this Guide) •Piers the Ploughman (epic poem; possibly by William Landland) •York Mystery Play Cycle 42, The Ascension (play; anonymous author; text is in this Guide) •Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (epic poem; anonymous author) •Selection from The Gest of Robyn Hode (epic poem; anonymous author; (text is in this Guide) •"St. Thomas Becket" from The Golden Legend (biography; anonymous author; (text is in this Guide) •Selections from The Canterbury Tales (tales by Geoffrey Chaucer) Lessons include story telling, imagery, symbolism, characterization, persuasive writing, drama, and description. For example, Beowulf is used to teach foreshadowing, Piers the Ploughman teaches allegory, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight teaches tone. This course makes an excellent companion for studying Medieval History. The free Teacher's Guide (included) has answers to comprehension questions, semester and full-year schedules, and bibliography. Book-length works are sold separately. The Guide includes answers to comprehension questions, semester and full-year schedules, and bibliography. Free teacher's guide included. Lend Me Your Ears required for the course.