The Gray Teacher Book

The Gray Teacher Book
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The Gray Teacher Book (8th Grade)

Description of Ciacillo, author of The Gray Teacher Book:

With literature as a basis, this innovative program uses an integrated approach as it takes your students through all the activities needed to learn reading, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, writing, research, study skills, and more. Just turn to Lesson 1 and begin teaching. The authors have done the work for you in an easy-to-follow format with little or no preparation. Features you will find in this book: 36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans. 4 Book Studies (listed in the order they appear): Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt; A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich; Eric Liddell by Catherine Swift; God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew. Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, and study skills. Spelling lists each week from the most Commonly Misspelled Words. Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. Continued study of suffixes, prefixes, and root words prepares students for college testing. Five-week writing unit provides your student with specific instruction on four types of writing assignments: persuasive, compare and contrast, narrative, and a research paper. Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed! Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. Primarily based on dictation, your student will learn all the components of language arts in one easy to use book. Encouraging a love for classical literature, through dictation students learn punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, grammar, creative writing, and more. The Gray Book has been designed for an 8th grade skill level.