Overview - ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS BLACK BEAUTY READ-ALONG
The world's most familiar and beloved works of literature come to life in the Illustrated Classics read-along sets. The colorful, high-interest books encourage even reluctant or struggling readers to enjoy standard classics that are taught in middle and high school classrooms. Each text, written and adapted by teachers and researchers, has been edited to a reading level of 4.6 to 5.2 using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system. The motivating series is based on the premise that everyone, regardless of reading level, deserves to read the best in literature.
The full-color, beautifully illustrated 62-page books are written in comic-book style and format, yet contain key literary phrases and quotations from the original works. Much time and effort went into ensuring that the readers retain all of the excitement, intrigue, and adventure of the original books, as well as stay true to the style of the author.
By using the Illustrated Classics series, students will learn how to:
• establish a purpose for reading
• use prior knowledge
• evaluate his or her reading
The stimulating series helps students develop the confidence and sense of accomplishment that builds self-esteem while motivating them to read. The series also teaches and reviews literary and language skills that provide young readers with the opportunity to discover the power and value of language as they welcome great literature into their lives. Students will meet authors from Shakespeare to Poe, H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, Jack London, Jonathan Swift, Herman Melville, Victor Hugo, and many more.
Read-Along Sets include:
• one book
• one 16-page activity book with comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking questions
• one read-along CD (features professional actors and sound effects)
Book Sets include:
The classic books are also available without the accompanying activity books and CDs.
Illustrated Classics Set 1
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• A Christmas Carol
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Black Beauty
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Dracula |
• Hamlet
• Huckleberry Finn
• Jane Eyre
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Moby Dick
• Romeo and Juliet |
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• The Last of the Mohicans
• The Scarlet Letter
• The Three Musketeers
• Tom Sawyer
• Treasure Island |
Illustrated Classics Set 2
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• A Tale of Two Cities
• Around the World in Eighty Days
• Gulliver's Travels
• Kidnapped
• Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty |
• Red Badge of Courage
• The Best of Poe
• The Call of the Wild
• The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Invisible Man
• The Man in the Iron Mask |
• The Mysterious Island
• Frankenstein
• The Prince and the Pauper
• The Swiss Family Robinson
• Time Machine
• War of the Worlds |
Special Features
Each Illustrated Classic contains an interesting, informative, one-page biography of the author, followed by a page that identifies and illustrates the main characters.