I normally do not “overtly” push my products, and, really, I am not trying to do that now. However, some of my readers, have asked me to include the books that I read in each of my books. Ergo, I am going to spend 3 days and do that.
Here is my Skills for Literary Analysis (a dialectic/logic level, grades 6-9, skill based, whole book literature course) books/resources:
| Lesson One | *The Call of the Wild, Jack London | Setting | Overview |
| Lesson Two | General Discussion | World Views | Problems in Style: Active and Passive Voice |
| Lesson Three | *The Call of the Wild, Jack London | Narration | Spelling |
| Lesson Four | *The Call of the Wild, Jack London | Theme | Capitalization |
| Lesson Five | Joseph Narrative | Characterization | Punctuation |
| Lesson Six | Joseph Narrative | Plot | Problems in Style: Using Commas |
| Lesson Seven | *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain | Humor/Tone | Problems in Style: Using Commas |
| Lesson Eight | *Idylls of the King, Alfred Lord Tennyson | Allegory | Problems in Style: Using Paragraphs |
| Lesson Nine | *Idylls of the King, Alfred Lord Tennyson | Characterization | Problems in Style: Using Paragraphs |
| Lesson Ten | *Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson | Plot | Problems in Style: Writing in Positive Terms |
| Lesson Eleven | *Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson | Tone: Suspense | Problems in Punctuation: Possessives |
| Lesson Twelve | *How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn | Narration | Problems in Style: Parallelism |
| Lesson Thirteen | *Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll | Theme | Problems in Style: Keep Related Words Together |
| Lesson Fourteen | *Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll | Parody | Problems in Style: Irregardless vs. Regardless |
| Lesson Fifteen | “Oracle of the Dog,†G. K. Chesterton | Dialogue | Problems in Style: Different than vs. Different from |
| Lesson Sixteen | *Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis | Humor vs. Satire | Problems in Style: Colloquialisms |
| Lesson Seventeen | *Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe | Tone: Propaganda | Problems in Style: Misused Words |
| Lesson Eighteen | *Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe | Allegory | Problems in Style: Misused Words |
| Lesson Nineteen | *Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank | Character Development | Problems in Style: Misused Words |
| Lesson Twenty | *Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank | Setting | Problems in Style: Writer in the Background |
| Lesson Twenty-One | *Silas Marner, George Eliot | Plot: Coincidence | Problems in Style: Overworked Words |
| Lesson Twenty-Two | *Silas Marner, George Eliot | Tone: Irony and Sentimentality | Problems in Style: Periods for Commas |
| Lesson Twenty-Three | *Silas Marner, George Eliot | Theme | Problems in Style: Consistency |
| Lesson Twenty-Four | *The Religious Life of the Negro, Booker T. Washington | Precis | Problems in Style: Specific, Definite Language |
| Lesson Twenty-Five | *Anne of Green Gables, L. Maude Montgomery | Characterization | Problems in Style: Quotation Marks |
| Lesson Twenty-Six | *Anne of Green Gables, L. Maude Montgomery | Theme | Problems in Style: Using Unnecessary Words |
| Lesson Twenty-Seven | *Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott | Plot | Problems in Style: Same Size Font |
| Lesson Twenty-Eight | *Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott | World Views in Characters | Problems in Style: Misused Words |
| Lesson Twenty-Nine | *Shane, Jack Warner Schaefer | Tone: Suspense | Problems in Style: Write in Positive Style |
| Lesson Thirty | *Shane, Jack Warner Schaefer | Character: Internal Conflict | Problems in Style: Wordy |
| Lesson Thirty-One | *A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare | Literary Review: Drama | Problems in Style: Use of Exclamation Points |
| Lesson Thirty-Two | “Letters,†C. S. Lewis | Literary Review: Letters | Problems in Style: Misused Words |
| Lesson Thirty-Three | “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,†Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Literary Review: Poetry | Problems in Style: Review |
| Lesson Thirty-Four | “Lady or the Tiger,†Frank Stockton | Literary Review: Short Story | Problems in Style: Review |
| Lesson Thirty-Five | Final Project | Final Project | Final Project |