The Ready Readers Series – Elementary Literature Package (Volume Two)

Ready Readers is based on the Teaching the Classics approach to reading, which involves working with stories at or below a student’s reading level.  While the volumes in this series are appropriate to the reading level of a specific age group, they can be applied to grades at their reading level and up.

Ready Readers: Elementary Literature provides the same kind of help as its predecessor: a complete set of Socratic discussion questions for 5 classic chapter books with comprehensive answers keyed to the text.  Questions cover Conflict, Plot, Setting, Characters, Theme, Literary Devices, and Context.  In addition, a completed Story Chart graphically outlines the major structural and thematic elements of each story.

This resource is appropriate for use with students in grades 3 and up, depending upon their needs:

READING COMPREHENSION

Ready Readers: Elementary Literature helps develop good reading comprehension in elementary level students.  It encourages them to ponder well-designed questions about structure, style, context, and theme in every story they read.

LITERARY ANALYSIS

Though the books discussed here were written for elementary students, they provide excellent examples of the structural elements common to all stories.  They are therefore useful even in discussions with older students, who read at a higher level, but may be new to the techniques of literary analysis.

TITLES INCLUDED:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Elementary Literature Package (Volume One)
Elementary Literature Package (Volume Two)