British Literature: Excellence in Literature English 4, 4th ed. (Excellence in Literature Curriculum)

British Literature, the fourth volume of the Excellence in Literature curriculum, is designed to cultivate not only a love for great literature, but also to build college-ready writing skills and deep cultural literacy. Students work with unabridged great classics (purchased separately), including novels, short stories, poems, and drama, which have been selected for compelling ideas, literary quality, and in honor of their place in the historical development of literature. This study guide is designed for one year of study, and it covers the following books, and includes poetry in every module.-Beowulf-Canterbury Tales (selected) by Geoffrey Chaucer-Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and other Arthurian works-King Lear by William Shakespeare-Paradise Lost by John Milton-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen-Great Expectations by Charles Dickens-Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë-To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfStudy Guide Features: Self-directed;Structured and easy to use with week-by-week lesson plans;Formats and Models chapter with instructions for each type of paper and a student-written model;Optional Honors track;Grading instructions and a rubric.Additional short readings and audio-visual resources (linked) provide background information about the author, the historical period, and the literary and artistic context of each great book. Carefully designed assignments help students fully understand what they are studying as they develop competence in various types of written composition. An optional Honors track provides additional reading, writing, and the possibility of taking an assigned CLEP as a final exam.How it works A four-week lesson plan guides the study of each unabridged classic, providing writing assignments and context resources - information on the author, relevant historical events, related art and music resources, etc.. To help students stay engaged, a variety of sources, voices, and formats have been carefully chosen as context resources, with links provided to those that are online. There are 9 4-week modules in each study guide for one school year of study. The text is written directly to the student, and can be used independently or in a classroom. There is no separate teacher manual; all writing assignments, context resource links, and student/teacher helps are included in each study guide. This guide is appropriate for Grades 10-12.Student helps- Instructions and a student-written model for each type of paper assigned- A chapter on how to read and understand challenging literature- Overview of how to write an essay, from conception to revision- A curriculum website with supporting resources (author biographies, art, music, poetry, and writing helps)- Time for both a rough and a final draft of each month's essay- A model essay that teaches and demonstrates MLA formattingTeacher helps- Week-by-week pacing chart with overview of reading and writing for the entire school year- Grading instructions and reproducible rubric- Suggestions for using in a co-op or classroom- A year-end Student Evaluation Summary to keep with student recordsEach student and teacher will need a copy of the study guide, plus a copy of each classic that is studied (short stories are linked online). It is also helpful to have access to a dictionary, thesaurus, and the Handbook for Writers (from Excellence in Literature). Read more