NEW FORMAT FOR LITERATURE GUIDES:
MINI-GUIDES

                   What is a Mini-Guide?
Christian Novel Studies is committed to providing literature-based materials with a Christian perspective at affordable prices.  The mini-guide's simple format is inexpensive for CNS to produce and easy for you to use:  Put it in a three-ring binder of your choice.

In our family's decade of homeschooling we tried a variety of literature studies.  Although our children love to read, they did not enjoy reading and studying a book for six to eight weeks; this dislike of long studies has been confirmed by other parents/teachers.  Therefore, another feature of a mini-guide is that the time period for reading  a book and completing a guide is approximately two weeks.
 
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Each mini-guide contains vocabulary words and exercises, discussion questions, a variety of activities, and a complete answer key.  The purpose of a mini-guide is to learn more about a book than is  possible from a quick read-through, but to refrain from overanalyzing it so your child never wants to see the book again (this has happened a couple of times in our home school).  Mini-guides are ideal for use in home educational settings and in Christian schools.*

*Reproducible sheets that contain fill-in-the-blank activities and crossword  puzzles are available (see the price list below).  The sheets are designed to be photocopied for multiple students. Sample reproducible sheets will be able to be viewed at the end of the sample guide for The Gold Cadillac (the guide and reproducible sheets will be available in fall of 2007).

Mini-guides are available for the following types of books that relate to world history, American history, and geography:
       *Historical fiction     *True historical books        *Classic books                                                         
             Mini-Guides for Beginners (1st-3rd Grades)
             Mini-Guides for Juniors(4th-6th Grades)
             Mini-Guides for Middlers (6th-9th Grades)
             Mini-Guides for Seniors (10th-12th Grades)

Two sample mini-guides will be available in fall of 2007 for the following books: The Gold Cadillac, by Mildred D. Taylor and Day of the Blizzard,
by Marietta Moskin (both guides are for Juniors-4th-6th gr.):
The Gold Cadillac Sample-with sample reproducible sheets......Book $4.99
Day of the Blizzard Sample........................................Book is out-of-print; used copies are available on Amazon or Abe Books

PRICES:
Mini-guide (any grade).....................................................  $4.00 each Quantity discount: Purchase 5 or more...........................  $3.50 each
Mini-guide with reproducible sheets................................. $5.00 each


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