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