Required Texts & Binder
Worksheets, Student Packets, Grammar, Literature, Binders for all classes offered
Worksheets & Student Packets
Foundations Classes
Student homework packets will be available each week at this website. Registered students will download and save packets and will type all their work in the packets, emailing them back for teacher review. Students using Google Docs will follow special instructions that Mrs. Luiz will provide.
Essay, Lit Analyis, and Research Papers Classes
All worksheets and reading texts will be available at this website for registered students to print out
Binders
Students are highly encouraged to maintain a writing binder. IEW's Student Resource Packet is a handy resource, containing detailed information on all the writing units, style techniques, mechanics, advanced concepts, and writing units.
Once your child is registered, you will receive login credentials that will give you access to the binder set up area.
Textbooks
(Highlighted classes are being taught 2024-25.)
Ancients Writing - Beginning/Intermediate Foundations 2023-24
Please purchase Ancient History-Based Writing Lesson Student Book.
Medieval Writing - Beginning/Intermediate Foundations 2024-25
Please purchase Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons Student Book.
US History Writing - Advanced Foundations 2023-24
Please purchase US History-Based Writing Lessons Student Book.
Modern World Writing - Advanced Foundations 2024-25
Please purchase Modern World History-Based Writing Lessons Student Book.
Reading Texts
All levels of Foundations Classes - These are the novels we will be reading. I have provided links if you would like your child to have the version I am using.
Literary Analysis - Novels for the second semester are listed below.
Ancient History-based Lessons (2023-24)
Beginning/Intermediate Foundations
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1 by Mary Pope Osborne
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 2 by Mary Pope Osborne
Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean
Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards
The Charioteer of Delphi by Caroline Lawrence
The Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Who Was Alexander the Great by Kathryn Waterfield
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Medieval History-based Lessons (2024-25)
Beginning/Intermediate Foundations
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights retold from the original by Howard Pyle
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean
The King's Shadow by Elizabeth Alder
Robin Hood by J. Walker McSpadden
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
Introduction to Literary Analysis
Fahrenheit 541 by Rad Bradbury
US History-based Lessons (2023-24)
Advanced Foundations
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear
Give Me Liberty by L.M. Elliot
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spear
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman
Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Modern World History-based Lessons (2024-25)
Advanced Foundations
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
In the Reign of Terror: A Story of the French Revolution by G.A. Henty (Dover Children's Classics)
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Fix-It Grammar
New! Fix It Grammar 2022! All stories are new! While concepts build incrementally throughout the series, each Fix It Grammar level begins with a review and practice of basic concepts so students with other grammar experience or previous Fix It Grammar knowledge will practice the concepts before learning new ideas.
Each Fix It level teaches concepts not featured in the other books and levels, so all students are challenged. I require the Teacher's Manual so you have ready answers for your student's questions and can check their fixes each day. In class I review the main grammar principles and teach the new Learn It! concepts.
Fix It Grammar is fun! I've reviewed advanced copies and attended a webinar on the new version, so I am familiar with it. Questions? Contact me.
Highlighted classes are being taught 2024-25.
All Classes: Fix-It Grammar Cards (Optional)
2023-24 Beginning/Intermediate Foundations - Ancients Class: Fix It Grammar Student/Teacher Combo: The Nose Tree
2024-25 Beginning/Intermediate Foundations - Medieval Class: Fix It Grammar Student/Teacher Combo: Town Mouse and Country Mouse
2023-24 Advanced Foundations in Writing - US History Class: Fix It Grammar Student/Teacher Combo: Robin Hood
2024-25 Advanced Foundations in Writing - World History Class: Fix It Grammar Student/Teacher Combo: Mowgli and Shere Khan
2024-25 Introduction to the Essay: Fix It Grammar Student/Teacher Combo: The Frog Prince
2023-24 Introduction to Literary Analysis: Fix It Grammar Student/Teacher Combo: The Little Mermaid
2024-25 Introduction to Research Papers: No grammar book is required.