Ashwren

The Catalog

Great books, with study guides made chapter by chapter. Free to read, print and share.

From Scouts to Trail Guides

Every book sits at its recommended band, with a band on either side of it: room to stretch, or room to breathe. Each stop is ruled at the line height its guides print.

  1. Scouts

    1st–3rd

    Copywork passages of up to 2 sentences, or 4 lines of verse. Printed vocabulary comes as a crossword.

  2. Trailblazers

    4th–6th

    Copywork passages of up to 4 sentences, or 8 lines of verse. Printed vocabulary comes as a crossword.

  3. Pathfinders

    7th–9th

    Copywork passages of up to 6 sentences, or 12 lines of verse.

  4. Mountaineers

    10th–12th

    Copywork passages of up to 8 sentences, or 16 lines of verse.

  5. Trail Guides

    college and beyond

    Copywork passages of up to 10 sentences, or 20 lines of verse.

Inside every guide

  1. Copywork

    A short passage from the chapter, chosen for its prose and copied by hand on lines ruled for the band.

  2. Discussion

    Narration first, then as many open questions as the chapter holds, each tagged with the kind of thinking it asks for.

  1. Vocabulary

    As many words as the chapter earns, each defined against the sentence the book uses it in.

  2. Critical thinking

    Written work: evidence in complete sentences at the lower bands; thesis, objection and revision at the upper.

Every guide comes with a Teaching Companion: coaching for the adult, never an answer key.