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The Tale of Despereaux, The Newbery Medalist for 2004

Plus 19 Bluebonnet Award BooksSM for 2005-2006

Plus Thunder from the Sea!

 

  

Light in the Darkness

Great Multi-Cultural Literature Units from every genre in 21 Award Winning Books!

272 pages of activities!

Kate DiCamillo said, "Life without books is meaningless, they are light in the darkness." Books hold the light that will conquer the darkness in our curriculum and in our preparation for standardized tests. Character lessons, academic skills, and authentic life skills are transmitted through exciting ways as a natural part of fine literature. Kids Wings has helped to bring those skills to the surface in our guide, Light in the Darkness. Life is not a drill-kill-test! It is true heroes facing everyday challenges, lighting candles of character and hope to destroy darkness of family breakdown, terrorism, peer pressure, fears, depression, and substance abuse. These heroes are present in the best literature for children!


The units in Light in the Darkness are designed to strengthen students' academic skills and character development to prepare them for the times when their path is dark by introducing them to characters who have walked the same paths and found the light! Used as literary group guides or independent study, Light in the Darkness will enable literature to give your children the tools they need to find light in the darkness! That means, stimulating high level thinking to help them ace those standardized tests, too!

The Tale of Despereaux, the 2004 Newbery Medalist, takes your youngsters into rich fantasy in which a tiny mouse struggles with darkness, but finds that LOVE will provide the light to overcome seemingly impossible odds.

Sample Pages from Light in the Darkness:

From the The Boy on Fairfield Street, How Ted Geisel became Dr. Seuss

 

2005 index (pdf file) 

Index of Skills

Activities include: 

  • logic and crossword puzzles, 
  • vocabulary study, 
  • journal writing, 
  • cross curriculum problem solving, 
  • authentic assessments, 
  • research projects, 
  • writing prompts,
  • cooperative learning, 
  • excellent literary circle guide,
  • standardized test practice,

    • and much more!

    Based on the 2005-2005 Texas Bluebonnet Award BooksSM, the 2004 Newbery Medalist, and a bonus book, Thunder from the Sea!

    Grades 3-7

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