kidsnbooks8 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I was wondering if anyone has used the LLATL American Lit. Gold Book? If you have would you be willing to tell me about it? The samples look great, but I would like to hear from someone that has used it. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzymom Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 We used it last year (9th). It was easy to use and we took most of the reading out of the library, so the expense was minimal. I wouldn't say my son loved it, but it didn't drive him crazy either. :) We would use it, move out to either other works by the same author or other works in the genre, then come back to it. Hope that helps a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsnbooks8 Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Thank you , that does help. Do you think it could be used with an 11th grader and 8th grader together? I was considering it for this year(7th and 10th) But I think I want to give the younger one at least another year before getting into these works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 We are using it this year. The first 10 weeks are short stories, 1 story/week (basically). Then there are 3 short books: The Pearl, Red Badge of Courage, and Old Man and the Sea. Poetry is in there too. I did buy the 2 "spines" (short stories and poetry book) when I purchased the guide. RR had the cheapest price, but cbd had the quickest shipping. We are on the 2nd week, 2nd short story. So far, it is very good. The reading is broken up over the entire week, so it is not overwhelming. I like the discussion questions. It makes you think about character development, setting, conflict, etc. I'm glad I bought it. We will plan on the British lit at some point in high school as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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