Hi again Robin! I do have my daughter narrate her readings as well. We are just starting the Animal Farm guide and so I haven’t really planned out exactly what parts we will use. I was going to wing it. 😀
I have my daughter read and narrate a chapter each day. When we finish the assigned number of chapters, we do that portion of the guide during the next day’s literature scheduled time. I’ll go look at the guide and come back to let you know which parts I think we’ll use.
In this case, we will read the introduction to the book, skip the rest and move on to do the personal response questions that I find relevant orally. I’ll do the same with the Analyzing Literature section. I don’t like the writing assignment from the first section. I’ll pass on that. I’ll probably only have my daughter do one writing assignment from the whole book and I’ll allow her to choose a question from one of the guides (either the Boomerang or Glencoe) to answer for her assignment.
I actually like some of the charts they assign to be filled in. I may have my daughter do a few-only because of the subject matter. I really want her to understand how communism works and to be able to recognize propaganda when she sees/hears it.
I really think the Glencoe guides are overkill for the most part. I plan on using the Bravewriter guides for most books. I just wanted to delve deeper into Animal Farm than the Boomerang guide went. If I used the Glencoe guides for a less allegorical book, I would use it very sparingly. I don’t want to kill any love my daughter may have for a book by overanalyzing it.