What’s cheaper than a plane ticket around the world? A literature course with authors from around the world of course! This course has a lot to cover, but I think you will appreciate the selections. There are 5 distinct units. Early Literature includes myths and folktales. Epic Poetry is full of adventure. Medieval-Renaissance includes Shakespeare and Chaucer. Enlightenment-Romanticism gets rather dark. Short Story parts 1 & 2 include a variety of well-known tales. And 20th Century includes 2 novel studies.
In addition to the readings in the Course Book, you will need 5 books, including a special anthology from LLATL. These novels and anthologies can be purchased a la carte, in our Book Package (LLTLGA) for the course, or in our Complete Set (LLCPGA).
Cultures represented include Chinese, Indian, Roman, Native American, German, Greek, Kenyan, Ugandan, Japanese, English, cultures from the Bible, French, and many more. ~Sara
The 3rd Edition Learning Language Arts Through Literature - The Gold Book - World Literature offers instructions and directions for student and teacher. Now the answers are in the Teacher Section along with novel summaries, answers, and more helps making this edition easier than ever to use!
The Gold Book - World Literature and its companion, A World Literature Anthology, are complete curricula for high school world literature language arts. Carefully selected poems, short stories, novels, and other writings from long ago and far away are included to represent as many different cultures as possible. Using A World Literature Anthology published by Common Sense Press, students will read several works in their entirety as well as excerpts from many others. A necessary component to The Gold Book - World Literature, A World Literature Anthology is also a valuable tool for any world history course.
The Gold Book series is designed to encourage the high school student's ability to interpret and access literary meaning in terms of content and philosophy and clearly state a position in response.
The 3rd edition Learning Language Arts Through Literature - The Gold Book - World offers easy-to-use instructions for student and teacher. Novel summaries, answers, and more helps are in the Teacher Section in the back of the book.
In The Gold Book - World Literature you will find:
Unit 1 - Early Literature
Unit 2 - Epic Poetry
Unit 3 - Medieval-Renaissance
Unit 4 - Enlightenment-Romanticism
Unit 5 - 20th Century
Ancient Literature Study introduces the student to world literature through the earliest recorded writings, many of which began as oral tradition. These include fables, myths, fairytales, folktales, and parables as well as poetry and sacred texts of ancient cultures.
Epic Study introduces the student to heroic stories from seven different cultures spanning hundreds of years. Students will be able to identify the elements that make up epic literature and will apply this knowledge to writing their own epic stories. Guided by thought-provoking questions, the student will compare and contrast these epics by analyzing characters and identifying qualities valued by each culture.
Novel Study takes an in-depth look at three classic works of literature from ancient times to modern. The student will learn to interpret literature and formulate an opinion of each novel. In addition to reading these full length books, students will be introduced to many books through an "over-view" of the work giving a broad foundation from which to expand their learning.
Poetry Study includes the poetry of ancient Greece and Rome, poetry from Egypt, Japan, China, the Middle East, and the European sonnet. Students will thoroughly review meter, rhyme scheme, and literary terms.
Play Study leads the student in reading two full length plays - Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and a comedy of manners play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Short Stories Study allows the student to explore plot lines, characters, settings, and themes of nine short stories from France, America, England, Russia, Canada, and New Zealand. Students will be given the opportunity to write a summary detailing what they have read.
Teacher's Guide and Answers are located in the back of the book.
World Literature explores literary periods through history, including early literature, epic poetry, Medieval-Renaissance, Enlightenment-Romanticism and the 20th century. The focus of the course is on literature and literary analysis but it also includes argument and persuasion writing, creative writing, and response to literature writing. There is an Anthology for this course that includes full-length works and excerpts. Four other full-length works are also studied.
You can purchase the four novels (The Odyssey; Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare); The Little Prince; and Cry, the Beloved Country) and the LLATL World Literature Anthology as part of a complete set with the Course Book and Course Notes/Tests, buy them separately, or source them from a local library.
If you would like to add more assessments to help with grading the course, the Course Notes, Tests and Answers book provides more background literature support as well as tests with answers.
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