Your student can summarize a book perfectly and remember nothing of it a month later.
That is not a comprehension problem. Understanding something once and keeping it are different acts, and school almost never asks for the second one.
The Fourfold Method is four moves that turn reading into something a student keeps. Gather collects what is there. Test weighs it. Connect joins it to what you already know. Commit makes it yours. The move almost everyone skips is Connect, and it is the one that determines whether anything stays.
Inside:
- The method explained, with a signed note from the author
- Vocabulary pages, because reading begins with knowing what the words meant to the author
- Course map, materials, grades, and an hours log
- Works read log and literary terms
- Twenty-six two-page entry spreads, with Gather and Test facing Connect and Commit
- Six Work Study spreads for major texts
- Six passage collection pages
- Three comparison spreads, where literary thinking actually happens
- Four essay planning pages
- An index of entries, Looking Back reflection pages, and a course description page that feeds straight onto a transcript
Course-agnostic by design. American, British, or World Literature: your student writes in their own course title, texts, and units. One journal per course, per year.
What you receive
- A printable PDF, 100 pages including the cover, 8.5 × 11 inches, designed to print clearly in black and white on a home printer.
- A family license: print as many copies as your household needs, for every child, every year.
- Your file is available only from the download page. It is not sent through a link in your order confirmation email, so please download it from the download page.
A first edition, shaped by the families who use it
Written by Gina Steffy. This is a first edition, and we would love your help making the next one better. If a page is unclear, something is missing, or an idea would work better at your table, please tell us. We welcome every suggestion and will build the best of them into future editions.
Every purchase includes free updates. When a new edition is released, you will receive it at no additional cost.
Lisa Nehring and her husband, Dr. David Nehring, a Clinical Psychologist, and Biblical Scholar speak together on a wide variety of topics, including education, classical education, vision, mission, parenting, marriage, and more.
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