Product Description
Literature 5 Activities Book Expansion Pack
Expand Literature 5 with guided student work for eight additional novels and saint biographies.
The Literature 5 Activities Book Expansion Pack is designed for families using an Advanced 5 Reading Plan. It is also an essential resource for families building a customized Literature 5 course using selected titles from Kolbe’s offerings. The Expansion Pack provides discussion questions, reading checks, vocabulary practice, written responses, and creative projects.
This is an additional activities book. Students following either Advanced 5 Reading Plan use the regular Literature 5 Activities Book for shared core work and this Expansion Pack for activities connected to their additional assigned titles.
Expansion Pack Details
Grade Level
Grade 5
Subject
Literature
Product Type
Student Activities Expansion Pack
Use With
Advanced or customized Literature 5 study
- Guided discussion questions and reading checks
- Vocabulary, language, and comprehension practice
- Structured journals and written responses
- Creative, narrative, and hands-on projects
- Faith-centered saint-biography discussions and saint projects
- Student activities for eight additional Literature 5 titles
Eight Additional Reading Selections
Students deepen comprehension and literary analysis through classic fiction, animal stories, scientific fantasy, historical narrative, and lives of the saints.
- Black Beauty
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
- Misty of Chincoteague
- White Fang
- A Wrinkle in Time
- Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World
- Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity
- St. Katharine Drexel: Friend of the Oppressed
The saint-biography units encourage students to consider each saint’s life, virtues, faith, and example through guided discussion and structured projects.
Course Information
Literature 5 deepens comprehension and introduces more sustained literary analysis through classic fiction, historical narrative, adventure, animal stories, epic fantasy, poetry, and the lives of saints. Students develop mature reading habits through guided discussion, regular reading checks, and written responses that support clear, organized thinking.
Poetry study using Classic Poems Across the Ages is integrated throughout the year and extends beyond recitation to imagery, structure, meaning, and patterns of language. Students also complete structured journal work, paragraph practice, and projects.
The course supports adaptable pacing and multiple reading plans. Use the Course Plan to confirm assigned books and weekly work because titles and pacing vary by plan. Families may change plans if needed, but changing at a unit or quarter break is recommended to avoid repeating material or disrupting the sequence.
Advanced 5 Expansion Selections
Each Advanced 5 plan combines shared core readings from the regular Activities Book with selected titles from this Expansion Pack.
Advanced 5 Reading Plan 1
- Misty of Chincoteague
- A Wrinkle in Time
- Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World
Advanced 5 Reading Plan 2
- Black Beauty
- White Fang
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
- Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity
- St. Katharine Drexel: Friend of the Oppressed
Literature 5 Reading Paths
Families following the Elementary 5 plan use the regular Activities Book. Advanced 5 families use the regular Activities Book plus this Expansion Pack.
| Book | Elementary 5 | Advanced 5 Plan 1 |
Advanced 5 Plan 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Classic Poems Across the Ages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| My Side of the Mountain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Calico Captive | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Hobbit | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Kateri Tekakwitha: Mohawk Maiden | ✓ | ||
| Misty of Chincoteague | ✓ | ||
| A Wrinkle in Time | ✓ | ||
| Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World | ✓ | ||
| Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity | ✓ | ||
| Black Beauty | ✓ | ||
| White Fang | ✓ | ||
| St. Katharine Drexel: Friend of the Oppressed | ✓ | ||
| Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | ✓ |
Courses This Book Is Used In
This Expansion Pack is used with Kolbe Academy’s Advanced 5 homeschool literature reading plans and may also support a customized Literature 5 course.
Literature 5
Course Format
Companion Materials
Use the Expansion Pack alongside the regular Activities Book, the Teacher Manual, and the Course Plan for a complete Advanced 5 literature path.
Literature 5 Activities Book
Provides the student activities for the core readings shared across the Literature 5 reading plans.
View Activities BookLiterature 5 Teacher Manual
Provides answers, teacher guidance, grading criteria, rubrics, and project support for both student activity books.
View Teacher ManualLiterature 5 Course Plan
Provides weekly pacing, reading-path assignments, key points, exams and keys, book-report guidance, and grading support.
View Course PlanProduct Note
This product includes the Literature 5 Activities Book Expansion Pack only. The regular Activities Book, Teacher Manual, literature selections, poetry book, glossary, and Course Plan are sold separately.