Junior Great Books Inspire Series 2, Student Materials, Print

Series 2 Student Materials

The Junior Great Books^® Inspire Series 2 Student Materials include one Student Book and one Reader’s Journal. Featuring all new selections, this series develops students’ reading comprehension, fluency, critical thinking, speaking and listening, and writing skills using the Shared Inquiry method of learning. All learners are welcomed into inquiry-based exploration of outstanding texts by diverse authors from around the world.

The Student Book features 14 all-new selections in one anthology, including:

• Nine fiction selections
• Three narrative nonfiction texts
• Two poems

The revised Student Book includes:

• Literary selections that explore wide-ranging, powerful experiences
• Beautiful artwork by award-winning illustrators
• Line numbers for students to cite and share evidence from the text
• Glossaries to support vocabulary acquisition 
• Self-check lists to foster student independence

The Reader’s Journal complements the activities in the Teacher’s Editions and provides space for students to interact more deeply with the text and Shared Inquiry discussion. Reader’s Journals contain:

• Unique questions and prompts for each selection
• Structured discussion preparation and reflection sequences
• Evaluative and creative writing prompts with graphic organizers
• Text-to-text comparison charts
• Paragraph writing materials to guide students through planning, organization, and peer review
• Drawing activities for each selection