{"id":1239,"date":"2023-08-28T20:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeywithadestination.com\/blog\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2023-11-04T19:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T23:35:54","slug":"7th-grade-literature-journey-into-shadows-and-shining-armor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeywithadestination.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/28\/7th-grade-literature-journey-into-shadows-and-shining-armor\/","title":{"rendered":"Free 7th Grade Literature Curriculum: Journey Into Shadows And Shining Armor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Journey Into Shadows and Shining Armor is a free curriculum that offers everything you need for a complete year of world-class literature studies, with a primary focus on mystery stories and medieval legends. It is intended for use by advanced 7th graders, but is entirely suitable for 8th or even 9th grade studies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Help Your Child Journey Into Literature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This beautiful three-volume set is the 7th grade entry in our Journey Into Literature<\/a><\/em> series. Filled with enigmatic mysteries, quests of adventure and intrigue, desperate feats of battlefield valor, selfless acts of loyalty and courtly love, and impossible struggles against mighty dragons, young readers will delight in this rich collection of beloved classics. With extensive annotations, helpful background information, and insights into the narrative tools employed by skilled authors, Journey Into Shadows and Shining Armor<\/em> will guide your student into a deep understanding of complex literary masterpieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rigorous Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our curriculum is intended to be challenging. It’s also meant to be entirely achievable to students who are willing to put in a bit of effort; we go to great lengths to equip them to handle everything within. We’ve added thousands of footnotes to explain unfamiliar words and build vocabulary skills, and have written numerous explanations of key concepts and background information. In the case of the hardest works – the poetry of Edmund Spenser and Lord Alfred Tennyson – we first provide simplified adaptations in prose, and only afterwards <\/em>introduce students to the original verses. Your child will be a vastly more confident reader upon completing our curriculum, and you’ll have every reason to be a proud parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Quality Reading Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Journey Into Shadows and Shining Armor<\/em> might look a bit different from other curricula you’ve seen. A typical literature textbook takes the form of an intimidating behemoth that makes reading unpleasant through shear unwieldiness. Our books, by contrast, are designed to be read in comfort. Rather than publishing one massive tome, we’ve divided Journey Into Shadows and Shining Armor<\/em> into three convenient volumes that are filled with hundreds of evocative illustrations. We want your child to view reading as an enticing summit to be climbed, not an onerous chore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Busywork<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This curriculum respects your time and your child’s time. Unlike traditional textbooks, we don’t add unnecessary discussion questions that break the flow of reading, or assign tedious projects that take excessive amounts of time while offering little academic value. Like any good teacher, we offer as much guidance as necessary, and then move out of the way. The vast majority of your child’s time with this curriculum will be spent reading literature – as it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available in Several Formats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Journey Into Shadows and Shining Armor<\/em> is available in three formats: as free PDFs (see below for the download links), as Kindle eBooks<\/a>, and as printed physical copies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following works are included in this curriculum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • When Knights Were Bold (historical information about knights)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Song of Roland (simplified version)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ogier the Dane<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Tale of the Cid<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Gateway to Spenser<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Little Hunchback<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Adventure of the Copper Beeches<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Art of War<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • An Ideal Husband<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Warriors of Old Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Adventures of Don Quixote (simplified version)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ars\u00e8ne Lupin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Henry IV (simplified version of two Shakespearean plays)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Henry V (simplified version)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Musgrave Ritual<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Reluctant Dragon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Great Mining Swindle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Sexton Blake’s Xmas Truce<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Red-Headed League<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Coin of Dionysius<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Book of Arthur<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Great Pegram Mystery<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Hour and the Man<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Gateway to Tennyson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Full Video Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    If you’d like more information about Journey Into Shadows and Shining Armor<\/em>, we suggest you take a look at the video below, in which we describe every component of the curriculum in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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