The Ready Readers Series – Middle School Literature Package (Volume One)

Ready Readers: Middle School Literature follows the pattern set by the first two volumes in the series, providing a full set of Socratic discussion questions for 5 classic junior-high level stories 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 6 and up, depending on their needs:

READING COMPREHENSION

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

LITERARY ANALYSIS

The books discussed here were written for junior high and high school 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.

Ready Readers: Middle School Literature Package provides complete discussion notes and physical copies of each title:

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
• At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald

The Ready Reader Series: Middle School Literature Package (Volume One)
The Ready Reader Series: Middle School Literature Package (Volume Two)