Fall in love with reading again!
The Middle School Reading Journal is a full-year homeschool language arts curriculum that allows your middle schooler to
pick their own fiction and nonfiction books while sharpening their
comprehension and
analytical skills.
With a special focus on style, facts, ideas, and biographical character evaluation, our Nonfiction portion of the Middle School Reading Journal helps your middle schooler discern between worldly wisdom and biblically sound philosophies in their reading.
Our Fiction section hones in on plot, character development, atmosphere, and literary devices to guide your middle schooler in recognizing when literature presents a biblical worldview and when it glorifies themes or characters who oppose God and His truth.
Suggested age level: Grades 6-8
See how it works below!
Ranked #1 in the Teach Them Diligently Homeschool Family Favorites Guide for Middle School Language Arts!
Nothing will be mailed to you as this is a digital product. You can print off the file and staple it or have it bound.
Once your student picks their book to read, simply write in the section of the journal that applies to that book's category (fiction/nonfiction) and genre (biography, Christian lifestyle, informational, etc.).
The journal will guide them through pre-reading evaluation and planning, daily questions to answer based on their reading, and a final application project to complete when they finish their book!
Another option is to make your curriculum complete by selecting the books you'd like to read at the beginning of the year and filling out the right journal pages for each book.
Simply select 1 nonfiction book in each category of Biography/Autobiography, Christian Lifestyle/Leadership, Money/Business, Informational text, and 4 fiction books of your choice!
This reading journal teaches reading comprehension, how to analyze what you're reading, helps build your student's writing skills, and even tackles the subject of worldview in literature.
Also, just by adding a grammar component, this journal becomes a full English credit. Planning your child's homeschool advancement just got easier!
What started as an elementary-level curriculum has now grown into a multi-level language arts curriculum that will take you from 2nd grade all the way through high school!
I created the Reading Journal when one of my daughters began seriously struggling with our reading curriculum. I knew some underlying vision issues were causing her to be a little below level, but the main issue was that she hated the subject. We needed a change. So I dusted off my M.A.Ed. and created a reading curriculum that would fit ANY book that piqued her interest. Together she and I created something that changed everything.
Select the number of participants in each age group:
