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Learning Language Arts Through Literature Gold - Literary Criticism e-book
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Grade 11-12
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Charlotte Mason
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Description
Access to the e-books comes in an email with download information that is sent 1-2 business days after the order is processed. You then have 14 days to download the book which does not expire from your computer. (Access will come from the following email address: orders@commonsensepress.com.) This Course Book provides all student lessons plus a teacher section that supplies answers and scoring/grading guidance.
Publisher's Description of Learning Language Arts Through Literature Gold - Literary Criticism e-book
e-book edition (not print)
Learning Language Arts Through Literature - The Gold Book – Literary Criticism and its companion A Literary Criticism Anthology (sold separately) provide a complete course that will satisfy high school language arts requirements. The main goal of the course is to prepare the student for college level writing. All the writing assignments are based on literature and intended to challenge the student's ability to think critically. Students will be introduced to different methods of literary criticism and given instructions, along with example papers, on writing essays. By the end of the course, the student will have written a short memoir, a college essay, nine five-paragraph essays, three five-page essays, and one ten-page essay.
The Gold Book – Literary Criticism offers easy-to-use instructions for student and teacher. The book is written for student self-direction with answers for the teacher in the back of the book.
The Gold Book – Literary Criticism is designed for 11th and 12th grade students and is organized by following literary criticism techniques:
Focus on the Reader
Focus on the Author
Focus on the Culture, Society, History
Focus on the Work
Focus on Poetry
Focus on Satire
To complete the assignments in this book, the student will need access to the internet and/or a library as well as the following books:
A Literary Criticism Anthology, published by Common Sense Press
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, published by Broadway Books
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, published by Ace Trade
The Trial by Franz Kafka, translated by Breon Mitchell, published by Schocken Books
No Fear Shakespeare, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, published by Spark Publishing
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, published by Townsend Press, Inc.
Category Description for LLATL Gold Program - Literary Criticism
Filling a pivotal spot in the LLATL Gold series, this course covers college prep writing with a focus on literary response writing. Utilizing the LLATL-Gold format of complete daily instructional lessons (five lessons per week for 36 weeks) written directly to the student and incorporating an impressive collection of literary genres and selections, challenging writing assignments are approached in a manageable step-by-step manner. The student is taught to think critically and to organize their thoughts coherently. With reading assignments, thought-provoking discussion questions, writing samples, and opportunities to practice techniques with writing prompts, the emphasis is on effective thesis statements and well-crafted essays. During the course, the student will construct 12 five-paragraph essays, 3 five-page essays, and 1 ten-page essay. The course covers outlining and different literary styles, considers historical/author context, and notes how the reader responds to the literary selection. Within the daily lessons are reading, research, and writing assignments.
The Course Book provides all student lessons plus a teacher section that supplies answers and scoring/grading guidance. The Anthology is a collection of short stories and literary excerpts used in the course but several whole book studies are also completed. The eBooks are digital versions with identical content. (After your order is processed, you will receive an email from the publisher with the download information which must be activated within 14 days.) The Book Package includes the Required Resources for the course. The Complete Package includes the Course Book plus the Required Resources. Course Book – 221 pgs, pb; Anthology - 225 pgs, pb. ~ Janice
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| Product Format: | Other |
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| Grades: | 11-12 |
| Brand: | Common Sense Press |
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