Equip eighth graders for advanced literary analysis with the 4th edition BJU Press Making Connections in Literature 8 Home School Kit. This complete homeschool kit includes the Teacher Edition (with marginal notes, background info, discussion/essay questions, projects, and answers), Student Edition, Assessments, and Answer Key. Centered on reading strategies, text comprehension, analysis, interpretation, genre comparison, and theme identification—including a full study of Across Five Aprils—it fosters artistic and biblical discernment for Christlike communication through contemporary and classic selections. Medium teacher involvement in a traditional format makes it facilitator-friendly for homeschoolers developing wisdom, critical reading, and worldview evaluation in a faith-based middle school program.
BJU Press Making Connections in Literature 8 Home School Kit 4th Edition
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Kit Contents Include: Making Connections in Literature Teacher Edition, 4th ed. Making Connections in Literature Student Edition, 4th ed. Making Connections in Literature Assessments, 4th ed. Making Connections in Literature Assessments Answer Key, 4th ed.
Equip students to analyze texts and identify themes in a variety of genres so they can evaluate and connect literature to the rest of the world. Making Connections in Literature (4th edition), gives students the reading strategies and literary skills they need to comprehend, analyze, interpret, and compare texts of different genres. Students will look at both contemporary and classic selections and complete a full-length study of the novel Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt. Ultimately, this course will encourage students to develop both artistic and biblical discernment so they can be Christlike communicators.
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: | Other |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 8 |
| Brand: | BJU Press |
| Length in Inches: | 12.75 |
| Width in Inches: | 12.875 |
| Height in Inches: | 6.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 12.55 |