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Academics

Literature List

Below, you will find lists of the literature students will encounter at each grade level. Lists are subject to change and may not be exhaustive, but should provide a broadly indicative picture of what students can expect at each level.

Second Grade

  • Animal Folk Tales

  • Prairie School

  • The Courage of Sarah Noble

  • Little House in the Big Woods

  • The Tales of Peter Rabbit Benjamin Bunny,Tom Kitten, and Johnny Town-Mouse

  • Tales from Beatrix Potter

Third Grade

  • Poetry for the Grammar Stage

  • Farmer Boy

  • Charlotte's Web

  • A Bear Called Paddington

  • Mr. Popper's Penguins

  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Fourth Grade

  • Poetry for Grammar Stage

  • Cricket in Times Square

  • Homer Price

  • Blue Fairy Book

  • Dangerous Journey

  • 12 Days of Christmas

  • Good King Wenceslas

  • Papa Panov's Christmas

  • Promise Kept

Fifth Grade

  • Poetry for the Grammar Stage

  • The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

  • Heidi

  • Lassie Come-Home

Sixth Grade

  • Poetry for the Grammar Stage

  • Adam of the Road

  • The Door in the Wall

  • Robin Hood

  • King Arthur

Seventh Grade

  • Poetry for the Grammar Stage

  • Anne of Green Gables

  • The Bronze Bow

  • The Hobbit

  • The Trojan War

Eighth Grade

  • Poetry & Short Stories for the Logic Stage

  • Treasure Island

  • The Wind in the Willows

  • Julius Caesar

  • Bard of Avon

Ninth Grade

  • The Book of Middle Ages

  • Poetry, Prose and Drama: British Tradition I

  • Beowulf the Warrior

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

  • Midsummer Night's Dream

  • The Aeneid

Tenth Grade

  • Poetry and Prose: British Tradition II

  • Romeo & Juliet

  • Macbeth

  • Pride & Prejudice

  • Scarlet Letter

  • The Iliad

  • Plato’s Dialogues

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