With literature at its base, the
Gold Book enhances your high school student's ability to read and understand literature in all its varying forms. Little to no preparation is needed, and its conversational form, story summaries and complete answers provided for discussion questions make this curriculum easy for anyone to use and enjoy. Students will become aware of famous American literature, authors and a wider range of vocabulary. A Short story unit focuses upon Henry James, Hawthorne, James Thurber, Mark Twain and others.
The Novel unit takes a look at the
Red Badge of Courage, The Old Man and the Sea and The Pearl.
The Poetry unit analyzes Emerson, Longfellow, Dickinson, Frost, cummings, Auden and others.
This book is designed for teacher directed use, however students may use it on their own. Answers are found at the end of each lesson. 185 pages with glossary of literary terms. This is a college preparatory course which may be used at any high school level.
Note:For a printable list of what books are needed for this book, please see the "More Information" (PDF) link above.
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Reviewed by Patricia Jaquish (Lancaster, KY), September 12, 2007
My 15 year old daughter says that it is really advanced but that she likes it. We have always used another program so this is a bit different.
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Reviewed by Kelly Glenn (Enumclaw, WA), April 29, 2002
This is a really good curriculum. My daughter is in 11th grade and it is challenging for her yet she is basically doing it on her own with my oversight. Lot's of good classic stories with thought provoking questions. The only complaint I have is trying to locate all the books needed when you need them! You really have to plan ahead if you are going to use the public library. We ended up purchasing a lot of the books due to not being able to find them when needed. I plan on using this with my other kids when they reach High school.
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