English 7

Laurie Lamb, Instructor

This class is designed to prepare students for high school English. We will study grammar, SAT/ACT prep vocabulary (including Latin and Greek root words), composition, poetry and literature analysis.  The students will learn the importance of the writing process and writing structure and style with IEW, poetry and literature.  Our class will be full of life, creativity, discussion group work, and hands-on activities.

Required Books: 

  • Evan-Moor Daily Language Review, Grade 7 Student Workbook, ISBN: 9781609633530 Changing for 26/27 TBA

  • IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons, Student Book (5th edition), ISBN: 9781623413118

  • IEW Fix It! Grammar: Robin Hood, Student Book Level 3 (New Edition), ISBN: 9781623413613

  • Vocabulary Cartoons, SAT Word Power, ISBN: 9780965242233 or try Thriftbooks

  • King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table by Andrew Lang

  • One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean

  • The King’s Shadow by Elizabeth Alder

  • Robin Hood by J. Walker McSpadden

  • The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

  • The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean

  • Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi

English 8

Laurie Lamb, Instructor

This class is designed to prepare students for high school English. We will study grammar, SAT/ACT prep vocabulary (including Latin and Greek root words), composition, poetry and literature analysis.  The students will learn the importance of the writing process and writing structure and style with IEW, poetry and literature.  Our class will be full of life, creativity, discussion group work, and hands-on activities.

Required Books: 

  • Spectrum Language Arts Grade 8 (2014 Update), ISBN: 9781483812120

  • IEW Bible-Based Writing Lessons (Student Book; 3rd Edition), ISBN: 9781623413156

  • Fix It! Grammar: Mowgli and Shere Khan, Student Book Level 4 (New Edition), ISBN: 9781623413637

  • Vocabulary Cartoons, SAT Word Power, ISBN: 978-0965242233 or try Thriftbooks (students who took Eng 7 can reuse their book)

  • Shipwrecked at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong

  • The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

  • The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  • Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier

  • Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

  • Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

  • The Trojan War and the Adventures of Odysseus (Books of Wonder) by Padriac Colum