The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston: A Homeschool Literature Unit Study
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This homeschool literature unit study does NOT include the original book, The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston. You can obtain the original book through your local library or through retailers to use in conjunction with this curriculum.
Grade Levels: 3-7 Themes: The Value of Science, Loyalty, Respect for the Past Unit Projects: Essay, Software Design, Creative Writing, Art Project, Research Project, Book Trailer.
Schedule: 3 Schedules Included: (1) Two-week Schedule and (2) Four-week Schedules
Tolman Hall Literature Unit Studies are designed to give you the flexibility to design your own curriculum based on your children’s interests while still providing a solid foundation in literature. If used as designed, your children will learn and understand the literary concepts essential for doing well on standardized tests such as the SAT Literature Subject Test and the ACT Reading Test. Even more important, Tolman Hall Literature Studies will open your students’ eyes to ideas, concepts, and deeper meanings that they may previously have skimmed over in cursory literature studies and in their reading for pleasure. Each Unit Study provides background information about the author, several possible unit study schedules, a plot overview, and individual lessons. The lessons each contain a reading assignment, a summary and analysis of the assignment, a vocabulary lesson, a reading quiz, and short essay questions.
Depending on your needs and schedule, you can customize the lessons to fit your students’ needs. As the teacher, you can read along with your students, or if you’re short on time, you can keep up by simply reading the summaries and analyses of each lesson, which give enough information for you to discuss the assignment with your student. Many homeschooling parents teach more than one student at a time, and with Tolman Hall Unit Studies, you can teach the same work of literature at several grade levels. For instance, you could assign the same reading to students in grades 5 and 7 but assign the 7th grader more difficult writing assignments and more mature end-of-unit projects. In this way, your whole family can discuss the same books and authors while still meeting grade-appropriate requirements.
Written by Robert Paul Weston, The Creature Department is a futuristic fantasy novel that tells the story of two children who use their scientific prowess to rescue a company that produces magical inventions. This literature unit study is perfect for imaginative children who love science, engineering, and unbelievable creatures.
Rachel Tolman Terry
Rachel Terry is an author and mother of three charming teenagers. She was the managing editor of Mapletree Publishing Company in Denver, Colorado, and has authored and co-authored several books as well as Tolman Hall literature curriculum. She has contributed to national magazines such as The Old Schoolhouse, Practical Homeschooling, and BackHome. Rachel tutors for Lincoln Literacy and is the founder of School Choice Lincoln, an organization devoted to expanding school choice in Nebraska. She has spoken about educational issues on Southern California’s The Real Side radio program, Lincoln’s KLIN and KFOR, and Fox & Friends. Rachel studied English at Brigham Young University and lives in Lincoln with her husband and children.
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The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston - Rachel Tolman Terry
The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston
A Tolman Hall Homeschool Literature Unit Study
By Rachel Tolman Terry
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Schedules
Characters
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
Lesson 14
Lesson 15
Literary Devices and Terms
End-of-unit Project Options
Answer Key to Reading Quizzes
About the Author
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TOLMAN HALL
HOMESCHOOL LITERATURE UNIT STUDIES
As a homeschooling parent, you know what your children like to read, what you want them to learn, and what you want them exposed to at different ages. Tolman Hall Homeschool Literature Unit Studies allow you, as the parent and teacher, to customize your children's literature studies without having to do all the background work yourself. When you use Tolman Hall, you get all the resources you need to teach an in-depth literature unit, but you still have flexibility. If you want, you can focus your unit study on geography, or you can center your unit around a field trip. Even as you focus on one aspect of the literary work, your students will still learn about literary devices, vocabulary, and writing.
Tolman Hall Homeschool Literature Unit Studies are also ideal to use if you're teaching more than one student at home. Since each unit study offers a variety of essay questions, projects, and vocabulary words, you can assign more difficult assignments to your older students than to your younger students, but everyone can still read and discuss the same literary work at the same time. This method of teaching the same literary work to the whole family enriches everyone's understanding of the story. You can spend your meal times discussing literature familiar to everyone. Such discussions create common ground and cohesiveness and reduce the feelings of isolation students feel when they don't have anyone to talk to about what they're learning.
Enjoy learning with your children as you teach them with Tolman Hall Homeschool Literature Unit Studies. You'll prepare them for their future academic studies and get a chance to talk about ideas that add meaning to life.
INTRODUCTION TO TOLMAN HALL
Tolman Hall Literature Unit Studies are designed to give you the flexibility to customize your own curriculum based on your children’s interests while still providing a solid foundation in literature. If used as designed, your children will learn and understand the literary concepts essential for doing well on standardized tests such as the SAT Literature Subject Test and the ACT Reading Test. Even more important, Tolman Hall Literature Studies will open your students’ eyes to ideas, concepts, and deeper meanings that they may previously have skimmed over in cursory literature studies and in their reading for pleasure.
Each Unit Study provides background information about the author, several possible unit study schedules, a plot overview, and individual lessons. The lessons each contain a reading assignment, a summary and analysis of the assignment, a vocabulary lesson, a reading quiz, and short essay questions. Depending on your needs and schedule, you can customize the lessons to fit your students’ needs. As the teacher, you can read along with your students, or if you’re short on time, you can keep up by simply reading the summaries and analyses of each lesson, which give enough information for you to discuss the assignment with your student.
Many homeschooling parents teach more than one student at a time, and with Tolman Hall Unit Studies, you can teach the same work of literature at several grade levels. For instance, you could assign the same reading to students in grades 7 and 9 but assign the 9th grader more difficult writing assignments and more mature end-of-unit projects. In this way, your whole family can discuss the same books and authors while still meeting grade-appropriate requirements.
To help you use this unit study to the fullest, let’s look at how to use each part of the curriculum.
Introduction to the Literary Work
Although it’s sometimes fun to pick up a random library book and just begin reading, your student will gain a deeper understanding of the material with a formal introduction. The introduction generally includes information about the text: when it was written, how it came to be, and whether or not the literary work has been influential since it was published. You can read this introduction to your students, or give the information to your students and have them do further research on the Internet before presenting an introduction to you.
Schedule
Homeschooling schedules differ from public or private school schedules, and that’s one of the great benefits of homeschooling. Even though you can be more flexible in your scheduling, it’s wise to set up a schedule for your literature unit study so your students get into a rhythm and know what’s expected of them.
Each Tolman Hall Homeschool Literature Unit Study suggests at least two different schedules for the unit study in an effort to meet different needs. Some unit studies will be shorter, and some will be longer, depending on the difficulty and length of the book. Feel free to adapt these schedules or compose your own using the different components in the unit study.
The Author
Learning about a work’s author lends additional insight into the work itself, so each unit study includes biographical information about the author. If the author is still alive, you may also be able to