I never knew that pairs existed? Where is that listing or pairing located? And the comparison passages? Where do you find those? I learn something new every day!
For what it’s worth …. Here is how we have done it thus far:
We started in early Elementary (2nd I think) with Plutarch. We read two lives per year by reading one passage a week. We narrate on sections as we read and then do a narrative drawing of our favorite scene (children’s choice) at the end of the reading. We pre-read each time – discussing what was happening during the last reading, going over vocabulary, checking out other relevant information such as maps, etc. Our drawings create a pretty neat little book of each Life at the end of the year.
I am always impressed with how much they take from reading Plutarch. It’s imposing to start, but my advice would be to plunge in and go for it. You’ll get better at it as time goes on and nothing is lost if your first readings/lessons do not go perfectly. I always giggle a little before I start reading and do some funny vocal exercises … the language is not as flowing due to longer sentence structure, etc. I have to loosen my tounge to get the rhythm right.