What kind of literature does CLE Reading use?

[Lucky Mom]

Or do they create their own examples? Thanks, Lisa

[GVA]

I've been prereading the 6th grade book, and there have been single chapters from Follow My Leader and The Little Princess along with missionary stories and some historical accounts. The earlier grades seem to pick from older readers and Sunday school-type papers.

HTH!

[Lucky Mom]

That does help. Thanks. :)

[MIch elle]

they are short stories and poems; some famous and not so famous authors like Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Leo Tolstoy, Seton Thompson, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Hudson Tiner, etc. I think grade 6 has more adapted stories than the other grades.

What grade are you interested in? I have the readers grades 1-8.

Here's one story from grade 8: http://www.hornpipe.com/mystclas/myscl1.pdf

Join the CLE yahoo group to see samples of CLE reading in the photos section.

[Lucky Mom]

Thanks Michelle. Is the literature included in the CLE text, or would I need to buy it separately?

Lisa

[MIch elle]

each workbook takes 16 days to complete, incl. 2 quizzes and 1 test/workbook; you need the answer keys/gr.. That's all you need, but you can buy the Teacher's Guide too if you want it (I don't really use my TG's).

Readers grades 4-8 are $9 ea.; workbooks are $14.50 for 5, and answer key $2.90.

Call CLE for a catalog 800-776-0478.

[NJKelli]

I just called for a catalog. Thank you for that suggestion.

If dd 12 is doing 7th and 8th grade work, where would your recommend her starting with the CLE reading? I remember reading that it's sometimes advisable to go down a level when moving to CLE.

Dd is a good reader, and I prefer real pieces of literature rather than excerpts or adaptations.

Thank you again for all the information about CLE.

[MIch elle]

the reading is not hard, it's thinking, re-reading and answering the workbooks that require the most work. I had my 7th grader (at the time) start CLE reading 7 the second half of that school yr and he did fine with it never having done CLE reading before (he did need help & prompting occasionally). He didn't like CLE reading because he had to look up vocabulary words (in the back of the lightunit), and sometimes reread parts of the story to answer the questions (learning how to skim read). He prefers to just read for enjoyment and be done with it (who doesn't?).

You could start with any grade from 6-8 and your dc would learn a lot. Join the CLE yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christianlightfamilies/)to see the complete S&S and samples.

Here's what's included in CLE reading 6:
SUNRISE READING 600 – Calls to Courage
601: So Many Things to Learn
Using context clues to define words
Determining a character’s emotions
from dialogue
How prejudice can affect one’s judgment
Synonyms for words or phrases
Specialized vocabulary
Working with the etymology of words
Rhythm, rhyme, and theme in poetry
Matching Scripture verses with statements about the poor
Idiomatic phrases
Determining character by actions
First- and third-person narrators
Working with words and word roots
Interpreting poems
Dynamic and static characters
Hyperbole and understatement
Making inferences
Main ideas of paragraphs
Onomatopoeia and alliteration
The SQ3R study method
Replacing a phrase with a single
word
Similes and metaphors
Theme in a story
The weak/strong rhythm in poetry
Personification
Euphemisms
The Latin root spect
Compliment and complement
Using dialogue to understand characters’ traits
Rules for marking rhythm in poetry
602: Contentment
Synonyms and antonyms
Comparing a poem and a parable
Comparing two parables
Completing an outline of the parable
Alliteration
Special KJV vocabulary
Comparing fables and parables
Working with words and word parts
Metaphors, similes, personification,
and euphemisms
Describing a character’s character
Narration, description, and explanation
Working with the word ending -age
Categorizing words
Working with story setting
Identifying why a different title would
have fit a story well
Reviewing theme
Applying lines of poetry to real-life situations
reviewing rhythm and rhyme
Double meanings in Negro spirituals
Determining character by actions and
words
A word’s “roots and branches”
Reviewing literary terms
Using a map to work with a story setting
Comparing two stories
Word parts -ant and -ance
Using a concordance
Applying the idea of a poem to a story
Adjusting oral reading speed to material being read
Interpreting dialect
603: Courage
Describing how characters were
courageous
Conflict, climax, and resolution
Word parts -ard, -art
Categorizing words
Comparing another culture with our
own
Review oral reading of various types
of passages
Description, narration, and explanation
The weak/weak/strong rhythm pattern
Onomatopoeia and alliteration
Imagery in poetry
Mood in poetry
Reviewing theme
Reviewing word parts
Applying a Scripture verse to the story
Modern spellings of Chinese place
names
Identifying the mood of a selection
Identifying tone in a passage
Comparing a poem and a story
Comparing a story and a Scripture
verse
Reviewing static and dynamic characters
Reviewing figures of speech
Completing analogies
Connotation and denotation
The word part -ous
Main ideas of paragraphs
The word part para
Making inferences
First- and third-person narrators
Putting story events in order
How a character obeyed a verse
Finding synonyms for words
The word endings -ic, -ical
Comparing a poem and a Bible character
Working with paradoxes
604: In All Thy Ways
Defining words from context clues
Identifying sources used for a biography
Working with Greek roots
Reviewing connotation and denotation
Three kinds of parallels in Hebrew
poetry
The wisdom books of the Bible
Tone in a character’s speech
Review oral reading according to context
Ways to practice conservation
How Gospels differ from biographies
Reviewing conflict
Researching an inventor’s inventions
Interpreting a Bible verse
Categorizing words
Determining what parts of a historical
fiction piece are factual and what
parts are made up
Internal and external conflict
How a character obeyed a Scripture
Answering questions about an essay
Main ideas of paragraphs
Stewardship and wastefulness
Fact and speculation
Scanning for accuracy
Reviewing narration, description, and
explanation
Reviewing word parts
Reviewing setting
Defining archaic words
Comparing an Irish version of the
Flood story to the Bible account
Reviewing literary forms in the Bible
Choosing verbs from a poem for certain nouns
Interpreting poetry
Reviewing theme
605: Responsibility
Figurative and literal language
Interpreting figurative language
Making inferences
Main ideas of paragraphs
Reviewing setting
Understanding responsibility
Reviewing theme and poetic rhythm
Antonyms and synonyms
Responsible actions of characters
Reviewing dynamic and static characters
Reviewing hyperbole, understatement, metaphor, personification
and simile
Interpreting a poem
Comparing a poem and a story
Interpreting and applying Scripture
Identifying courage in a character
Tracing change in a dynamic character
How crisis relates to climax
Understanding and working with
sources for historical fiction
Reviewing description, narration, and
explanation
Writing a specific type of paragraph
Reviewing denotation and connotation
Comparing themes of two poems
Comparing poem themes to story
characters’ actions
Using etymology to define a word
Reviewing roots, prefixes, and
suffixes
Evaluating a story character’s words
in the light of history
The Greek prefix anti-
Reviewing conflict, climax, and resolution
Using a map to show setting
Historical fiction and biography

[NJKelli]

Wow! I really appreciate that list!

I joined the yahoogroup and can't wait to hear more.