This is an outline of the materials we will be creating for our Hi-Lo readers in middle and high school. We have tried to select literature that has both entertainment quality and moral value. Once these are completed, we will add new series and stand-alone novels.
As unit studies are created for each, the links will become active. All of the teaching guides linked below are free.
Series Units
- Ranger's Apprentice
- Combining the Ranger's Apprentice, Royal Rangers, and Brotherband Chronicles, we are using these books to examine fan fiction and do some creative writing! Access the full unit here.
- Dusty Sourdough
- Four books chronicle Dusty's adventures in the Yukon and Klondike gold rushes of the late 19th century. These are Hi-Lo books at their very best!
- Access the novel studies & cooking adventures here!
- We Were There historical series
- The books in this series each tackle the fictional retelling of an actual historic event. Teens are the primary characters, which makes the books accessible and easy to relate to...an excellent way to learn our history!
- Access all 36 unit studies & the FREE Activity Pack
- Nick & Tesla science series
- These adventures use science-experiments to solve the problem! Each book includes hands-on projects.
- High-Voltage Danger Lab
- Robot Army Rampage
- Secret Agent Gadget Battle
- Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove
- Special Effects Spectacular
- Solar-Powered Showdown
- Flashback Four time travel series
- **Sean Livingstone series
- Perfect for science-fiction and action-adventure fans, this blends time travel and mythology themes.
- Mythical Creatures Unit (covers both books in series)
- **Modern Mythology
- Percy Jackson - Greek
- Kane Chronicles - Egypt
- Heroes of Olympus - Roman
- Magnus Chase - Norse
- Aru Shah - Hindu
- Storm Runner - Mayan
- Dragon Pearl - Korean
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Chinese
- Mansa Musa - African
- Call it Courage - Pacific Islands
- The Golden Bull - Mesopotamian
- Legends of the Southwest - Native American
- Midsummer Night's Dream - Celtic
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky - African-American
- Race to the Sun - Navajo
- Karen Meyer books - Ohio History - notebooking pages
- Mr. Barrington's Mysterious Trunk - Texas History - notebooking pages
Graphic Novels
A mix of text and visuals, graphic novels help to bring stories to life for lower-skilled readers.- King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table
- Max Axiom & Worksheets
- You can also find worksheets to print on Teachers Pay Teachers.
- Chester Comix & Teaching Guides
- The creator of Chester Comix, in an incredible show of foresight, has already created teaching resources for every single one of his books!
- Breaking Stalin's Nose + unit study
- Code Talker + unit study
- Within These Lines + Internment Camps unit**
- True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle + unit study
- Vietnam + unit study
- War-Torn Heart + Pearl Harbor unit**
- Shouting at the Rain + Stormy Weather unit*
- My Side of the Mountain + unit study
- Theodore Boone + Legal System unit
- The Queen of Persia + Purim unit study
- Devil's Arithmetic + Passover unit study
- The Secret Shofar of Barcelona + Rosh Hashana unit study
- The Yom Kippur Shortstop + Yom Kippur unit study
- The Mysterious Guests + Sukkot unit study
- All-of-a-Kind Family Hannukah + Chanukah unit study
- Broken Strings + Fiddler on the Roof
Off-Site Units
- I Survived series & Scholastic Teaching Guides
- Scholastic has teaching guides already prepared for each of the books in this series, so we are not reinventing the wheel! Tailor them up or down, as needed, for your students.
- **Chronicles of Narnia & Living the Legacy of C.S. Lewis
- Both the Narnia site and Living the Legacy of C.S. Lewis have put together excellent teaching resources to accompany these books.
**These have a higher reading level than your traditional hi-lo reader will tackle at first, but many kids are interested in going for it! (Start with non-starred books unless it's a topic that your student is already very interested in.)
