The Lightning Literature & Composition American Literature Early - Mid 19th Century Student Guide (Hewitt Research Foundation) is a non-consumable guide for high school (9-12, especially recommended for freshmen or those new to the series/American History). It covers authors/works like Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant poems, Frederick Douglass's Narrative, Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Melville's Moby-Dick, and Longfellow poems. Lessons explore persuasive writing, tone, conflict, character, rhyme/meter, with comprehension questions, writing exercises, discussions, projects, reading lists, schedules, and bibliography. Multi-sensory and sequential with low teacher involvement; requires separate Teacher Guide for answers and literature texts.
Lightning Literature & Composition American Literature Early - Mid 19th Century Student Guide
Description
Students read in the following order:
- Benjamin Franklin(nonfiction: Autobiography)
- Washington Irving (essay, text in this Guide: "The Angler")
- William Cullen Bryant (selected poems, text in this Guide)
- Frederick Douglass(nonfiction: Narrative)
- Edgar Allan Poe (short story, text in this Guide: "The Tell-Tale Heart")
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (novel:The Scarlet Letter)
- Herman Melville (novel:Moby-Dick)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (selected poems, text in this Guide)
Lessons cover persuasive writing, tone, conflict, character, and rhyme and meter in poetry. The Student's Guide includes information about the authors, comprehension questions, writing exercises, discussion questions and project suggestions, reading lists appropriate to the period or subject, semester and full-year schedules, and a bibliography. The answers to comprehension questions are in the Teacher's Guide.
Recommendations: This book is especially recommended for freshmen students new to Lightning Literature in any high school grade, students taking American History, or students interested in American literature. These should not be viewed as restrictions as this course can profitably be used by high school students of any grade regardless of which previous Lightning Literature courses they have completed.
Lessons cover persuasive writing, tone, conflict, character, and rhyme and meter in poetry. The Student Guide includes information about the authors, comprehension questions, writing exercises, discussion questions and project suggestions, reading lists appropriate to the period or subject, semester and full-year schedules, and a bibliography. The Teacher's Guide is needed if you want the answers to the comprehension questions. It also provides a teaching schedule, teaching and grading aids, and a copy of the writing exercises and discussion questions for the teacher's convenience. The Course Package includes the Student Book, the Teacher Book, and any necessary literature selections not included in the text of the Student Book.
This book is especially useful for freshmen students, students new to Lightning Literature in any high school grade, students taking American History, or students interested in American literature. However, the course can be used by any high school students of any grade without any previous experience in Lightning Literature courses.
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Brand: | Hewitt Research Foundation |
| Author: | Elizabeth Kamath |
| ISBN: | 9781578962389 |
| Length in Inches: | 10.75 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.375 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.4375 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.1 |