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Making Connections in Literature 8 Student Edition 4th Edition
The Making Connections in Literature Student Edition (4th ed.) engages students with a variety of literary selections that are current and relevant to them. The structure of the student edition helps students to use the reading process as they learn more about each literary selection. As they progress through each selection, students will be encouraged and challenged to shift their purpose for reading so they will grow in their ability to analyze literary features, read with understanding, and evaluate big ideas that they take from each selection.
Features of the Literature 8 Student Edition: Big questions to direct students' attention toward key literary features and cultural beliefs for worldview shaping. Selections introduced with a reading process structure, with a Before Reading, During Reading, and After Reading section for each piece. Author backgrounds, biographies, literary features, and vocabulary words explained to prepare students before reading. Questions to encourage close reading in During Reading sections. Think & Discuss questions after reading for analysis, evaluation, and text comparison. Thematic organization of literary selections into the following themes: Maturity, Wisdom, Generosity, Freedom, and Nature. Inviting and engaging artwork and design for visual analysis skill development and engagement. Writing assignments and corresponding rubrics to effectively prepare students for writing. Frequent opportunities for oral presentation.
Evaluate literature in light of God’s Word with BJU Press Literature. All levels offer carefully selected excerpts or short stories of Christian and religiously neutral literary selections in multiple genres. The middle grades organize studies by themes. Grades 7 and up include one full-length work to study. As the series progresses, goals shift from reading for pleasure to reading for wisdom, then to analytical reading, delving more deeply into literary analysis in the high school levels. The first two high school years instruct in literary elements, with a Romeo and Juliet study in grade 10. Covering over 70 authors each, the 11th and 12th grades home in on writing from specific locales. The 11th grade American literature covers Colonial through Modern periods and the play The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden. The 12th grade British Literature covers 8 literature periods from Old English to Modern, including religious literature developments and a Macbeth study. All Teacher Editions contain a copy of the student text with marginal notes, background information, commentary, discussion/essay questions, project ideas, and answers. Homeschool Kits include the Student Books, the Teacher’s Edition, Tests and Tests Answer Keys.
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Grade: | 8 |
Brand: | BJU Press |
ISBN: | 9781646261048 |
Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
Height in Inches: | 1 |
Weight in Pounds: | 3.1 |