The Junior Great Books® Series 6 Student Materials include a Student Book and a Reader's Journal.
Junior Great Books Series 6 contains 20 outstanding works of literature—including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—that sustain interpretive reading and discussion. Among the selections are beloved classics by well-known authors, as well as contemporary writing by new voices that you won’t find in any other anthology. The Student Book also features a brief introduction to each genre and an introductory headnote for each selection. The Reader’s Journal includes:
- Pages for each Shared Inquiry™ activity, allowing students to record and process their thinking at each stage of work on a text
- Three complete sets of essay writing materials, which guide students through planning, organizing, drafting, and revising an essay
- Three discussion reflection forms to help students determine their strengths and areas for growth through self-assessment
FICTION
- The Scholarship Jacket
- The Hero of the Story
- Mother Nature’s Youngest Daughter
- What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?
- Amicae Aeternum
- Miss Awful
- Moving On
- The Shining Red Apple
- The Day-Off Chair
- The Stolen Party
NONFICTION
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma (excerpt)
- SWISH: A Basketball Story
- \’in-glish\
- Tarantula Heaven
- All-Ball
- Little Things Are Big
- Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir
- The Storm (excerpt)
POETRY
- Eating Poetry
- At work with my father