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Having a similar problem in limiting our American Lit. for next year to a reasonable amount! ;) One thing that is helping me a little bit is going with some short stories or novellas from some authors, which gives you a little more time for covering just a few more authors -- and it study the form of the short story a little bit more, which often gets neglected in a lit. study.

 

The only other help I can offer is what I'm doing to narrow down my American Lit: I mad a giant list with every work from the various programs, listed chronologically and slowly whittled it down to the amount we'll be able to reasonably do. Then, if most of the works are in one program, I'll just get that program. If they are all over the place, then we'll do individual lit. guides. I also allow for several works (lighter, more whimsical, or faster reads) to be just read and enjoyed without lit. guides or analysis, which allows you to slip just a few more books into your schedule. :tongue_smilie:

 

It's *tough* having to cut anything out -- I totally sympathize! BEST of luck in making your decision! Warmest regards, Lori D.

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Sonlight's British Lit. It is FULL though, a lot of books, with a lot of literary notes to get through. He did about 1/2 the books, which was plenty. The writing prompts are first rate too.

 

We did Stobaugh's American Lit, but I didn't like it. There are typos that are inexcusable....Scarlet Letter's Mr. Chillingworth was always spelled Chillingsworth as one example. It has some really DEEP questions, but there was no real way (other than the teacher's guide) for the student to understand how to FIND the answer to the question. Also, there were some books that I thought warranted more comment and/or questions and there was just about nothing. Just not a balanced course. I don't have the book anymore or I would give you an example. I think his course is for someone who is pretty knowledgeable already, not for your average student.

 

I own Lightning Lit (just bought it at a used book sale) and I'm still trying to decide how I feel about it. It takes one literary topic, say conflict, and uses one book to explore that topic. It does NOT go through a book (even though whole books are read) and analyze the whole thing, nothing like find the theme, point out foreshadowing, what is the point of view, etc. Nothing like that. It really helps the student to understand ONE topic in the one book, but that's it. If you chose to skip one of the books, say Moby Dick, you would miss out on characterization. I don't know if that what my dd needs.

 

I would love to hear more opinions on this too!

 

Margo

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I'm thinking about looking at BJU's British Lit course, and adding whole books to it. I've never used a "big box curriculum" provider (i.e. A Beka or BJU) but my dd seems to do well with a more linear style (read this, answer these questions, read this, etc.) and I'm looking for some juicy options. I'm also trying to put together a British history course to go with it - she's just interested in Britain, that's all there is to it! I'll be interested to see the answers to this question!:lurk5:

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Here is what we did for British Lit. This was for my ds who couldn't tolerate Austen. He is also a voracious reader.

 

 

Lightning Lit. British Medieval Lit.

Beowulf

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

 

Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings by Tolkien

 

Hamlet by Shakespeare

William Shakespeare's Hamlet by Bloom

Shakespeare and CO. by Stanley Wells

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

 

 

Paradise Lost by John Milton

 

The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

 

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

 

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

 

 

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WinterPromise has a British Lit that uses EMC Paradigm's British Lit, a couple of other complete works, and there is a literature package that you can add-on. I do not believe that there is coverage/analysis of the add-on lit other than what is in the EMC Paradigm books, but I could be incorrect.

 

WinterPromise British Lit

WP LA HS3 Program Guide

EMC Paradigm British Literature Write-In Reader

EMC Paradigm Language Essentials

EMC Paradigm British Literature

EMC Paradigm Word Study

Hamlet

Romeo & Juliet

Add-on Lit

Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Gulliver’s Travels, Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Pride & Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Til We Have Faces

 

Another Option-

Mandy

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