Anonymous wrote:A looonnggg time ago when I was in school we had that program at Lafayette (I think we maybe started it in second or third grade?). It likely has changed some--but at the time, it was essentially classic short stories and novel excerpts that were grade level appropriate that came along with discussion questions. We had parent volunteers come in to lead the book discussion, and sometimes lead activities related to the story. Mostly it was a nice way to get group discussions started on reading and foster greater reading comprehension and understanding of literary techniques (i.e. understanding what a metaphor was) and had some writing goals associated with it. It wasn't a list of books--it was just a program that came with a book that had carefully chosen stories and discussion questions.

Anonymous wrote:I was told by the school my daughter attends (WOTP, elementary) that they have "Junior Great Books" program for their advanced students. My daughter has always been advanced on the DC CAS in both math and reading and I feel that she should be in this group if it is what it actually supposed to be for advanced students. Anyone know anything about this so that I know if its wortwhile or just some fluff?