Great Books K-12 Catalog

read.think.

discuss

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Great Books Roundtable

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for Grades 6–8

See pages 12 to 15

Critical Thinking Walkthrough

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and Connecting Conversations

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See pages 6 and 7

K–12 CATALOG

2009/2010

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Shared Inquiry

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is a trademark of the Great Books Foundation.

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Teacher and Student Success

When teachers use Shared Inquiry, students learnhow to read closely, ask questions, support theiropinions, and engage with classmates duringdiscussions of literature from around the world.Through reading, discussion, writing, and otherclassroom activities, students who participate inGreat Books programs improve their:

•Criticalthinking•Readingcomprehension•Writing•Listening•SpeakingResearchshowsthatwhenschoolsuseGreatBooks,

student attendance improves and test scores rise.

Great Books

programs combine the

Shared Inquiry

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to enable students to read, think, and write more effectively. Teacherslearn the Shared Inquiry method in our professional development courses, then use our

Leader’sEditions,studentanthologies,andotherclassroommaterialstoconducta

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Great Books Program of Professional Development ....4Critical Thinking Walkthrough ......................6Connecting Conversations .........................7Great Books Read-Aloud for Grades K–1 .............8Great Books for Grade 2 ...........................9Great Books for Grades 3–5 ......................10NEW! Great Books Roundtable for Grades 6–8 .......12Great Books and Perfection Learning ...............16Great Books for Grades 9–12 ......................18Great Books for Science ..........................19Great Books for Social Studies .....................20Readers 2 Leaders Program .......................21More Great Books Anthologies and Resources .......22

Shared Inquiry transforms the classroom. As students improve their reading and thinking,their enthusiasm for learning grows.

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programsand the Shared Inquiry method today by calling your sales representative at 800-222-5870or visiting us at www.greatbooks.org!

In all 2006, all the third- through fth-grade teachers

atCoppereldElementarySchoolcompletedour

introductory proessional development course sothey could begin leading Great Books discussion

intheirclassrooms.Coppereld’sthoroughplan

or implementing Great Books included providingclassroom sets o materials or all their teachers,as well as ollow-up proessional development.

Inaddition,Coppereldplannedforregularly

scheduled classroom coaching by a Great Bookssta instructor.

AneighborhoodschoolwithalargeLatinopopulation,Coppereldhaswatchedasstudents

enthusiastically participate in the program andimprove their test scores. Teachers are enjoying

Great Books Success Stories:

Copperfeld Elementary School, Austin, Texas

Great Books so much that they consistently includeschoolwide Great Books “Discussion Days” in their

languageartscurriculum.SeeavideoofCoppereld’s

Discussion Day at www.youtube.com/greatbooksnd.Now entering its ourth year using Great Books,

Coppereldhasexpandeditsprogramtoinclude

second grade. The school also has several bilingualteachers leading discussions as a dual language

activityinEnglishandSpanish.Lastspring,Nyssa

Arcos, a fth-grade bilingual teacher, received a GreatBooks, Great Teacher award rom the Foundation.Students say they enjoy Great Books because it gives

themthefreedomofbeingabletoexpressthemselves withoutwaitingtobecalledon.“That’swhatIreally

think is good about Junior Great Books, becauseeverybody gets to interact with each other, everybody actually gets to talk to each other without getting introuble . . . because everybody gets to say what they eel,” said one fth-grader. “Since you have dierentopinions and they can all be right in their own ways,you all have to fnd something rom the story andput all your evidence together to get a conclusion,”said another student.

“They are using highervocabulary, looking formore proof to supporttheir answers—they are ableto communicate with each other and be more patientwith each other.”

—Mrs. Adkins, ourth-grade teacher at Copperfeld,conducts a Great Books discussion with students.

For more Great Books success stories about implementationsat all grade levels, go to www.greatbooks.org/success.

“Great Books has defnitely met my expectations . . . and more. We have students excited to really be able to show their thoughts and ideas. . . . I tell principals that it’s a antastic program— it’s really good or teachers, it’s good or kids, it’s good or the school.”

—Dr. Sandra Bell, CopperfeldElementary School, Austin, Texas

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