Score key included.

Enter Marie's enchanted adventure with the Nutcracker, Drosselmeier, and the Mouse King. Students follow the conflict, explore fantasy and mood, and use story evidence to explain courage, loyalty, and judgments based on appearance.

This illustrated Starline educational adaptation includes vocabulary, reading questions, reviews, a Final Review, and a Final Test. Students read, respond, score, correct, and re-score, with parent or teacher support as needed.

Included: 45-page student workbook and matching 23-page score/test key. The key supplies answers and scoring guidance for the workbook and final assessment.

Suggested placement: Grade 4. Suggested pace: about 3 weeks, adjusted to the learner. Use this stand-alone title on its own or within the five-title Grade 4 Semester 1 sequence.

Literary skills: fantasy setting, sequence, conflict, symbolism, courage and loyalty.