• Just David by Eleanor H. Porter
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
• Silas Marner by George Eliot
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Notebook

1. We are going to read through the 4 selections (listed above) consecutively.  As you read, write down any impressions or thoughts that may be helpful to you in your life.

2.  In December you are welcome to choose a Christmas literature selection of your choice in addition to finishing Great Expectations.

3. Keep a notebook.  The notebook can be used for thoughts and impressions, summaries, quotes, and more.

“It is very helpful to read with a commonplace book or reading-diary, in which to put down any striking thought in your author, or your own impression of the work, or of any part of it; but not summaries of facts. Such a diary, carefully kept through life, should be exceedingly interesting as containing the intellectual history of the writer; besides, we never forget the book that we have made extracts from, and of which we have taken the trouble to write a short review.” 

• Read Just David chapters 1 - 8

• Keep a notebook

• Read Just David chapters 9 - 16

• Keep a notebook

• Read Just David chapters 17 - 25

• Keep a notebook

• Read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch chapters 1 - 8

• Keep a notebook

• Read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch chapters 9 - 16

• Keep a notebook

• Read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch chapters 17 - 24

• Keep a notebook

• Read Silas Marner chapters 1 - 10

• Keep a notebook

• Read Silas Marner chapters 11 - 21

• Keep a notebook

• Read Great Expectations chapters 1 - 15

• Keep a notebook

• Read Great Expectations chapters 16 - 30

• Keep a notebook

• Read Great Expectations chapters 31 - 45

• Keep a notebook

• Read Great Expectations chapters 46 - 59

• Read a Christmas literature selection of your choice!

• Keep a notebook