Classical Christian Academy
2015-2016
Curriculum Guide
CCA GRAMMAR LITERATURE LIST
FIRST GRADE
SECOND GRADE
THIRD GRADE
FOURTH GRADE
FIFTH GRADE
SIXTH GRADE
Leveled by Scholastic
<300L Standard
220L-500L Stretch
140L-500L Standard
450L-620L Stretch
330L-700L Standard
550L-790L Stretch
445L-810L Standard
770L-910L Stretch
565L-910L Standard
860L-980L Stretch
665L-1000L Standard
950L-1040L Stretch
Beorn the Proud - Polland
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dahl
(810L)
From the Mixed Up Files from Mrs. Basil –
Frankwiler (700L)
Joan of Arc - Ross
My Side of the Mountain - George (810L)
The Borrowers - Norton (780L)
The Cricket in Times Square - Selden
(780L)
Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls
(700L)
Blood on the River - Carbone (820L)
Johnny Tremain - Forbes (840L)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O’Brien (780L)
The Bridge to Terabithia - Patterson
(810L)
The Princess and the Goblin - MacDonald
(1030L)
The Secret Garden - Burnett (820L)
Witch of Blackbird Pond - Speare (850L)
Hop on Pop - Seuss
The Foot Book - Seuss
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Seuss
The Cat In The Hat - Seuss
Are You My Mother - Eastman
The Horse in Harry's Room - Hoff
Harry and the Lady Next Door - Zion
Little Bear - Minarik
The Adventures of Snail at School Stadler
Julius - Hoff
Little Bears Friend - Minarik
Morris Goes To School - Wiseman
Bread and Jam For Frances - Hoban
There’s a Wocket in My Pocket - Seuss
Days With Frog and Toad - Lobel
Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing
Giraffe - Platt
Green Eggs and Ham - Seuss
Frog and Toad All Year - Lobel
Mouse Soup - Lobel
The Fire Cat - Averill
Frog and Toad Together - Lobel
A Kiss for Little Bear - Minarik
Arthurs Prize Reader - Hoban
Frog and Toad Are Friends - Lobel
Grasshopper on the Road - Lobel
Owl at Home - Lobel
Fox in Socks - Seuss
A Bargain For Frances - Hoban
Moose - Miles
Mouse Tales - Lobel
Little Bears Visit - Minarik
Danny and the Dinosaur - Hoff
Arthur's’ Honey Bear - Hoban
Dust For Dinner - Turner
The Magic Fish - Littledale
The Big Balloon Race - Coerr
Arthurs Funny Money - Hoban
Dr. Seuss’s ABC - Seuss
Prairie School - Avi
Bedtime For Frances - Hoban
A Birthday for Frances - Hoban
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Potter
First Flight - Shea
Frederick- Lionni
Dinosaur Hunters - McMullan
Emperor’s New Clothes - Andersen
Sherlock Holmes: The Red Headed League Sir Doyle * (2.3)
Curious George - Rey (2.4)
Dr. DeSoto - Steig (2.5)
Nate the Great and the Lost List - Weinman
(2.5)
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto
- Standiford and Cook (2.5)
Caps for Sale - Slobodkina (2.9)
Long Way Westward – Sandin (2.9)
Madeline - Bemelmans (2.9)
Amelia Bedelia - Parish (3.0)
A New Coat for Anna - Ziefert (3.1)
Make Way for Ducklings - McCloskey (3.1)
Miss Nelson is Missing - Allard (3.1)
A Chair for My Mother - William (3.3)
Blaze and the Lost Quarry - Anderson (3.5)
Glorious Flight - Provensen (3.5)
Biggest Bear - Ward (3.7)
Little House - Burton (3.8)
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found - Donnelly and
Watling * (3.9)
Stories from Grandma’s Attic - Richardson
More Stories from Grandma’s Attic Richardson
Still More Stories from Grandma’s Attic Richardson
Billy and Blaze - Anderson
Bears on Hemlock Mountain - Dagliesh
Mummies in the Morning - Osborne
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile – dePaola
Ox Cart Man - Hall and Cooney (4.2)
Little House in the Big Woods - Wilder (4.2)
(930L)
Courage of Sarah Noble - Dalgliesh (4.4)
ANCILLARY
Box Car Children Series (490L-550L)
Chalk Box Kid - (270L)
Nate the Great Series (130L-400L)
Flat Stanley Books (550L-650L)
Little House in the Prairie Series (630L)
Aesop for Children (NP)
Cleopatra - Stanley (730L)
Flip in the Morning
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
The Ugly Duckling (390L)
Magic Treehouse Series (240L-350L)
Amelia Bedelia Books (80L-400L)
American Girl Series (500-800L)
If only I had a Green Nose (530L)
Charlotte’s Web - White (680L)
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Dahl (600L)
Follow My Leader - Garfield (670L)
Henry Huggins - Cleary (670L)
Hour of the Olympics - Osborne (380L)
Misty of Chincoteague - Henry (750L)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins - Atwater (910L)
Stuart Little - White (500L)
The Big Wave - Buck (790L)
The Chocolate Touch - Catling (770L)
The Family under the Bridge - Carlson
(680L)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Lewis (940L)
The Trojan Horse - Little
The Trumpet of the Swan - White (750L)
Vacation under the Volcano - Osborne
(410L)
Velveteen Rabbit - Williams (4.2)
Winnie the Pooh - Milne (790L)
ANCILLARY
Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo (610L)
Black Stallion - Farley (680L)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Latham (570L)
Classic Myths to Real Aloud - Russell
Conqueror and Hero: The Search for
Alexander - Krensky
Courage of Sarah Noble - Dalgliesh (4.4)
Detective in Togas - Winterfield (700L)
Dr. Doolittle - Lofting
Eureka! It’s an Airplane! - Bendick (4.2)
Goat in the Garden - Baglio (630L)
If Wishes Were Horses - Kelly (630L)
In Search of Troy - Ventura
James and the Giant Peach - Dahl (870L)
Joel, A Boy of Galilee - Johnston
Little Pilgrim’s Progress - Bunyan
Miracles at the Plate - Christopher (630L)
Mouse and the Motorcycle - Cleary (4.1)
(860L)
Murder My Tweet - Spinelli (610L)
Piclemania - Farley (680L)
Pippi Longstocking - Lindgrin (5.2)
Ralph S. Mouse - Cleary (860L)
Sarah Plain and Tall - MacLachlan (4.2)
(560L)
The Children’s Homer - Colum
The Hundred Dresses - Estes (870L)
The Long Winter - Wilder (790L)
ANCILLARY
Airborne - Oppel (760L)
Call it Courage - Sperry (830L)
Charlemagne and the Twelve Peers of
Cheaper by the Dozen - Gilbreth (890L)
Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt MacLachlan (650L)
France - Church
Henry Huggins - Cleary (670L)
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Pyle
(850L)
Strawberry Girl - Lenski (650L)
The Book of Three - Alexander (770L)
The Bronze Bow - Speare (770L)
The Contest: Everest - Korman (690L)
The Cricket Winter - Holman (790L)
The Door in the Wall - Angeli (990L)
The Great Brain Series - Fitzgerald (790L850L)
The Lost Baron - French
The Misadventures of Maude March Couloumbis (810L)
The-Not-Just-Anybody Family - Byars
(690L)
The Penguins Peril - Miles (740L)
The Perilous Road - Steele (750L)
The Quest Begins: Seekers - Hunter
(840L)
The Tower Treasure - Dixon (740L)
Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt (770L)
Wheel on the School - DeJong (710L)
ANCILLARY
39 Clues Series - Riordan (550-730L)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Twain (750L)
Bud, Not Buddy - Curtis (950L)
Caddie Woodlawn - Brink (890L)
Goddess Girls Series - Holub (700-750L)
Guardians of Ga’Hoole Series - Lasky
(750-850L)
Hatchet - Paulsen (1020L)
Holes - Sachar (660L)
I Survived Series - Tarshis (590-620L)
Indian in the Cupboard - Banks (780L)
Inkheart Trilogy - Funke (780-890L)
Little Princess - Burnett (930L)
Matilda - Dahl (840L)
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
- Philbrick (950L)
Number the Stars - Lowry (670L)
Percy Jackson Series - Riordan (590740L)
Pollyanna - Porter (870L)
Princess and Curdie - MacDonald (1120L)
Redwall - Jacques (800L)
Return of the Indian - Banks (740L)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor
(920L)
Shiloh - Naylor (890L)
The BFG - Dahl (720L)
The Cabin Faced West - Fritz (870L)
The Canning Season - Horvath (870L)
The Landing of the Pilgrims - Daugherty
(990L)
The Saturdays - Enright (820L)
The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo
(670L)
Thimble Summer - Enright (810L)
Voyage of Dr. Dolittle - Lofting (660L)
Wind in the Willows - Grahame (920L)
Across Five Aprils - Hunt (1100L)
Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery
(990L)
Swiss Family Robinson - Wyss (820L)
The Red Badge of Courage - Crane
(920L)
White Fang - London (970L)
You Come Too - Frost
ANCILLARY
Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin To White House
(NL)
Abel’s Island - Steig (920L)
Amos Fortune, Free Man - Yates (1090L)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Stevenson
(1040L)
Hans Brinker: The Silver Skates - Dodge
(1020L)
Homer Price - McCloskey (1000L)
Island of the Blue Dolphins – O’Dell
(1000L)
Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story (NL)
James and the Giant Peach - Dahl (870L)
Lassie, Come Home - Knight (780L)
Marie Curie - MacLeod (960L)
Miracles on Maple Hill - Sorensen (750L)
Number The Stars - Lowry (670L)
Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren (870L)
Rabbit Hill - Lawson (1050L)
Stories of Great Americans - Eggleston
(560L)
The Neverending Story - Ende (930L)
The Pepins and their Problems - Horvath
(920L)
The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster (1000L)
The Rescuers - Sharp (880L)
The Sign of the Beaver - Speare (770L)
The Yearling - Rawlings (750L)
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Classical Christian Academy
2015-2016
Curriculum Guide
CCA LOGIC AND RHETORIC LITERATURE LIST
SEVENTH GRADE
EIGHTH GRADE
CLASSICAL
EUROPEAN
BRITISH
AMERICAN
735L-1065L Standard
1000L-1090L Stretch
805L-1100L Standard
1040L-1160L Stretch
855L-1165L Standard
1080L-1230L Stretch
905L-1210L Standard
1110L-1360L Stretch
905L-1210L Standard
1110L-1360L Stretch
905L-1210L Standard
1110L-1360L Stretch
Beowulf – trans. Heaney (NP)
Inferno - Alighieri (1000L)
Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare (1260L)
Selections from Don Quixote - de
Cervantes (1340-1500L)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - trans.
Tolkien
Frankenstein - Shelley (940L)
Hamlet - Shakespeare (NP)
Heart of Darkness - Conrad (1020L)
Out of the Silent Planet - Lewis (1020L)
Paradise Lost - Milton (NP)
The Canterbury Tales - Chaucer (1410L)
Til We Have Faces – Lewis (860L)
Various poems, essays and short stories
from European authors
Various poems, essays and short stories
from British authors
ANCILLARY
Screwtape Letters - Lewis (1250L)
ANCILLARY
A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens (1490L)
Great Expectations - Dickens (1200L)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (4) Shakespeare (NP)
Favorite Father Brown Stories Chesterton
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2) Verne (1040L)
Prince Caspian (1) - Lewis (870L)
The Black Arrow (3) - Stevenson (980L)
(*) – Reading order
ANCILLARY
Adam of the Road - Gray (1030L)
Gulliver’s Travels - Swift (1060L)
The Chronicles of Narnia Series - Lewis
(790L-970L)
101 Great American Poems
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Twain (950L)
The Hobbit - Tolkien (1000L)
The Pilgrim’s Progress - Bunyan (NP)
The Tempest - Shakespeare (NP)
Julius Caeser - Shakespeare (NP)
The Aeneid - Virgil (NP)
The Iliad - Homer (1320L)
The Odyssey - Homer (NP)
The Oresteia - Aeschylus (NP)
ANCILLARY
Escape from Warsaw - Serrallier (810L)
Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights’
Entertainments - trans. Burton
MacBeth - Shakespeare (NP)
Treasure Island - Stevenson (1100L)
ANCILLARY
Job - Moses
The Maccabees I
Highly recommended authors:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Leo Tolstoy
Highly recommended authors:
Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Lewis Carroll,
Geoffrey Chaucer, Daniel Defoe,
Charles Dickens, George Eliot, T.S. Eliot,
C.S. Lewis, John Milton, Dorothy Sayers,
William Shakespeare,
Robert Lewis Stevenson, J.R.R. Tolkien
A Modest Proposal - Swift
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Twain
(810L-990L)
Bartleby and Benito Cereno - Melville
The Raven and Other Favorite Poems Poe
The Scarlet Letter - Hawthorne (1420L)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee (870L)
Various poems, essays and short stories
from American authors
ANCILLARY
Bridge of San Luis Rey - Wilder (1080L)
Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway (940L)
The Crucible - Miller (NP)
The Gold-Bug and Other Tales - Poe
The Pearl - Steinbeck (1010L)
The Turn of the Screw - James (1140L)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Stowe (1050L)
*NP = Non-Prose Literature
CCA LOGIC AND RHETORIC LITERATURE SELECTIONS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY
SEVENTH GRADE
HISTORY
Journals of Lewis and Clark
Journals of Narcissa Whitman
Journals of various explorers including
Vancouver and Cook
Letters of Pioneers
SCIENCE
Evolution: The Fossils Say No! (excerpts)
- Gish
EIGHTH GRADE
HISTORY
Letters and Papers from Prison – Bonhoeffer
(1170L))
The Hiding Place – ten Boom (900L)
LOGIC
Introduction to Aristotle - Aristotle
Meno - Plato
Theaetetus - Plato
NINTH GRADE
GEOMETRY
Elements - Euclid
HISTORY
The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek
Lives- Plutarch (NP)
Oedipus the King- Sophocles (NP)
The Epic of Gilgamesh - trans. Ferry (NP)
SCIENCE
Galileo - Stokes
PHILOSOPHY
Meditations on First Philosophy Descartes
On Faith and Reason - Aquinas
The Republic - Plato
TENTH GRADE
HISTORY
Prince - Machiavelli (1510L)
The Song of Roland - trans. Sayers (NP)
Book of Martyrs - Foxe
ELEVENTH GRADE
HISTORY
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Edwards
The Cost of Discipleship - Bonhoeffer
(1180L)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Stowe (1050L)
BIOLOGY
Darwin’s Black Box - Behe
Origin of the Species (excerpts) - Darwin
PRE-CALCULUS
Isaac Newton - Stokes
TWELFTH GRADE
CIVICS
1984 – Orwell (1090L)
Animal Farm - Orwell (1170L)
Communist Manifesto - Marx
The Federalist Papers - Madison,
Hamilton and Jay
APOLOGETICS
Mere Christianity – Lewis
7 Men Who Rule the World from the
Grave – Breese
PHYSICS
The Theory of Everything – Hawking
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