Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 6+ provides 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example: Fiction Stories: – “Hercules and the Many-Headed Hydra” – “A Clever Jester Fools a King” – “The Sausage” Nonfiction Stories: – “The Terra Cotta Warriors: An Army of Clay” – “Animal Partnerships” – “Deborah Sampson, Revolutionary Soldier” Activity pages include: – comprehension questions – a vocabulary exercise for every story Other skills addressed include the following: – critical thinking – interpreting graphic information – using a dictionary – summarizing