Lightning Literature

Best for

• ✓secular families wanting literature-based language arts
• ✓strong readers
• ✓families on a budget

Not ideal for

• —struggling readers
• —families wanting heavy grammar included
• —younger students

Strengths

• ✓secular literature-based language arts
• ✓good writing instruction integrated with literature
• ✓flexible pacing
• ✓affordable

Watch-outs

• !limited grammar instruction
• !not as well-known or community-supported as other programs
• !requires strong independent reading ability