Twelve finished lessons
Not outlines. Each lesson has a hook, timed sequence, student pages, differentiation for Grades 6–8, and an exit ticket.
The Vol’Tour Saga · Book One
Shadows of the Silent Master
The complete Grades 6–8 curriculum system. A six-week novel study an educator can open, teach, differentiate, and score — without inventing the missing lessons.
Teacher edition · student packets · assessments · decks · keys
The Vol’Tour Saga
Shadows of the Silent Master
Book One
- 6 weeks
- novel study
- 12 lessons
- fully built
- Grades 6–8
- one plan
- TEKS
- named, not guessed
Course syllabus
Six weeks. Twelve lessons. Nothing left as a stub.
A working middle-school novel study, written as a syllabus you can hand to a substitute, a homeschool parent, or a first-year teacher. Every lesson is built to the same production standard as Lesson 1.
Vol’Tour Classroom
Book One · Shadows of the Silent Master · 6-week term
Grades 6–8 ELA
Week 1 · Threshold
6.6A · 7.6A · 8.6A
L1 · The Door That Does Not Speak
Launch · 50 min
Pre-reading ritual, series world-building, academic vocabulary, and a silent-observation protocol that makes the first chapter land.
L2 · First Shadows
Character · 50 min
Indirect characterization and inference. Students track what the Silent Master withholds — and what that withholding costs.
Inside the system
A curriculum you can teach, not a packet you have to finish.
Teacher, student, assess
Slide decks, printable packets, answer keys, and scoring guides ship together. Open the folder. Teach the hour.
TEKS, named in the margin
Every lesson lists the Grades 6–8 ELA standards it actually teaches — inference, craft, composition, and argument.
CER that students can hear
Claim–Evidence–Reasoning is modeled, rehearsed, and scored. No ‘because I said so’ paragraphs survive the rubric.
Built for three grades at once
On-level, stretch, and support paths live on the same student page. Homeschool and mixed-grade rooms can run one plan.
Content, named honestly
Advisories, sensitive-passage notes, and an accessibility checklist sit in the teacher front matter — not buried in a footnote.
What ships in the folder
- Teacher edition with minute-by-minute flow
- Student packets (print + digital)
- Presentation decks for all 12 lessons
- Answer keys and exemplar responses
- CER posters and sentence stems
- Grade 6 / 7 / 8 differentiation menus
- Culminating-project brief and rubric
- Content advisory and accessibility notes
Required reading
The novel the syllabus is built on.
Curriculum licenses do not include the trade paperback. Families and classrooms buy the book on its own — or add it from Preparation Station with the license.
The Vol’Tour Saga
Shadows of the Silent Master
Book One
The novel
Shadows of the Silent Master
The Vol’Tour Saga · Book One
4.786 ratings
$16.99$18.99
A middle-grade literary fantasy about what silence protects — and what it costs. Written to be taught: dense enough for Grade 8, readable for Grade 6, and structured so a six-week novel study has real turning points.
Trade paperback and Kindle. Sold separately from the curriculum license.
- Format
- Paperback · 312 pages
- Audience
- Ages 11–14 · Grades 6–8
- Genre
- Literary fantasy
- Publisher
- Leyanna Legacy Press
Reader reviews
What teachers and families said about the novel.
4 featured reviews
- Renee P.Grade 7 ELA · Fort Worth, TX
I taught the unit without inventing a single worksheet
Reviewed on August 12, 2026Verified purchase
I bought the novel first, then the curriculum. The book actually gives you twelve lessons worth of pressure — silence, keys, who is allowed to speak. My seventh graders argued about the Master for a week. The prose is clean enough for striving readers and still has sentences Grade 8 can chew on.
- James K.Homeschool, two readers
Finally a middle-grade book that wants to be discussed
Reviewed on July 28, 2026Verified purchase
We read it aloud over two weeks. My 11-year-old followed the plot; my 13-year-old caught the motif work. It does not talk down, and it does not hide the cost of the choices the characters make. Pair it with the syllabus and you have a real term of English.
- Alicia M.Grade 6 · Dallas ISD
Strong world, a few dense pages — worth the stretch
Reviewed on June 3, 2026Verified purchase
Chapter four is a lift for sixth grade, which is why the curriculum’s support path matters. Once they had the vocabulary, they were in. Several students asked if Book Two exists. (Please let Book Two exist.)
- Chris D.Librarian
Quietly gripping — the kind of book a kid finishes on the bus
Reviewed on May 19, 2026Verified purchase
Literary without being precious. The Silent Master is a presence, not a lecture. I put it on the Grade 6–8 display and it did not come back for three weeks.
Licenses
One classroom. One family. One campus.
Digital curriculum, ready to print or project. The novel is sold separately. Licenses cover the teaching system. Checkout runs through Preparation Station — including TEFA request lanes.
Homeschool Studio
$49
one family, lifetime files
The full 6-week syllabus, student pages, and answer keys for a household.
- All 12 lessons + culminating project
- Printable student packets
- Answer keys and exemplars
- Grade 6–8 menus at the kitchen table
Classroom License
Most chosen$129
one teacher · 12 months of updates
The version a working teacher can open on Sunday and teach on Monday.
- Everything in Homeschool
- Slide decks for all 12 lessons
- Unlimited students in one classroom
- Scoring guides and CER rubrics
- Content advisories + accessibility notes
- Year of file updates as Book Two lands
Campus Pack
$799
one campus · shared faculty drive
A site license for a middle school, a pilot, or a small network.
- Everything in Classroom
- Campus-wide teacher access
- PD session outline (90 min)
- Shared assessment bank
- Print-shop ready packet files
Not ready to license?
Get the kit
Send the sample — and hold a license.
We email Lesson 1 in full (teacher pages, student pages, key) and a checkout link for the plan you pick. No account required to look.
- Lesson 1 PDF · teacher + student + key
- Syllabus map for all 12 lessons
- Content advisory sheet