Learning Language Arts Through Literature: Gold Book - American Literature (Course Book)

Grades 9 - 12, 3rd Edition

Learning Language Arts Through Literature: The Gold Book - American Literature (Course Book) offers instructions and directions for student and teacher. Now the answers are in the Teacher Section along with novel summaries and more helps making this edition easier than ever to use!

The Gold Book - American Literature is complete curriculum for high school language arts courses. Classic poems, short stories, and novels by the best and most influential American authors were selected to demonstrate literary principles. Novel Units take an in-depth look at famous American British novels. Students are challenged with thought-provoking questions, learn to interpret literature, analyze characters, and more. The Essay Unit includes the process and uses for expository, descriptive, and narrative essays. The Poetry Unit includes the poetry of notable American poets such as Emerson, Longfellow, Dickinson, Frost, Cummings, Auden, and more. Your student will analyze poetry, interpret poetry, and learn various poetic styles. Teacher's Guide and Answers are located in the back of the book.

Books needed for this course:

• Great American Short Stories - Edited by Wallace and Mary Stegner, Random House.
• The Mentor Book of Major American Poets - Edited by Oscar Williams and Edwin Honig, Penguin.
• The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway, Simon and Schuster.
• The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Penguin.
• The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane, Random House.