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Learning Language Arts Through Literature Green Teacher Book (3rd Edition)
The Teacher Book provides all necessary background and instructional information; laid out step-by-step for the teacher. This contains all the content from the Student Book in 2/3 page width columns placed side-by-side in the center of the book (two-page spread). These inside columns sometimes contain information not found in the Student Book such as the introduction and background information for the book studies. The outside 1/3 page contain teachers notes as well as all the answers.
The updated third edition is even easier to use with added exercises that will strengthen your student's reading comprehension and writing skills. Based on dictation lessons, the Everyday Words unit teaches grammar, sentence structure, and sentence diagramming using classical literature for the middle school student. The Poetry Unit encourages an appreciation while memorizing, reciting, and analyzing various poems. In the Short Story Unit, students will analyze the elements of a story, develop a plot line, write dialogue and much more. In the Research Unit, students will learn how to do research in an easy to follow step by step plan for student and teacher.
- 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. Teacher friendly, with little or no teacher preparation needed!
- Three Unit Studies: Poetry, Short Story, Research
- Three Book Studies: The Star of Light by Patricia St. John,The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart,Much Ado About Nothing- a play by William Shakespeare
- Each Book Study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.
- The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.
- Review Activities follow each lesson providing additional skill practice.
- Assessments aid teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses.
Covers grammar (parts of speech, punctuation, modifiers, diagramming, participle phrases, possessives, prepositional phrases, sentences, quotations, titles, verb tenses and much more), vocabulary, reading skills (book reports, character development, comedy/tragedy, comprehension, figurative language, historical fiction, metaphors, similes, poetry), spelling skills, penmanship, composition (analogies, bibliography, topic sentences, persuasive writing, outlining, note-taking, theme and much more), poetry, research, and higher order thinking skills. Includes excerpts from literature and the Psalms as well as three full-length book studies. Passages from: Black Beauty, Borrowers, Devil in Print, Around the World in Eighty Days, Eight Cousins, Psalm 1, and Story of the Treasure Seekers.
The three full-length books studied in this level include: Star of Light, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and Much Ado About Nothing. You can purchase these novels as part of the Complete Package with the Teacher and Student books, buy them separately, or source them from a local library.
Changes to the 3rd edition include: The Mysterious Benedict Society has replaced Adam and His Kin book study; several lessons have been replaced and reading comprehension and writing activities have been added to many lessons.
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Grade: | 7 |
Brand: | Common Sense Press |
ISBN: | 9781929683451 |
Length in Inches: | 11 |
Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
Height in Inches: | 0.75 |
Weight in Pounds: | 1.95 |
easy to understand lessons we have been using for 10 yrs.
Works well with my teaching style and each daily lesson does not overwhelm student with busywork. Instead, it teaches all components of language arts by focusing on a few things at a time that tie in…
Recommended by a fellow homeschool friend. Her kids love this language arts program, so we are giving it a try.
Have been using LLATL through highschool and love it.