HollyDay Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 literature. Dd will be in 10th grade next year. What are pros/cons of this program? Should I do Patterns then Traditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangato3 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I've recently purchased, but haven't used them yet. This is what I like from what I see: Discussion questions start with comprehension, then move up through analyzing and extending. Literary term is reviewed (or introduced) and applied for each selection. Writing suggestions for each selection. What I especially like, compared to current public school texts that I've seen, it that the work for each selection is just a a couple of pages. Presentation is very clean - no distracting sidebards, pages and pages of skills, etc.. There are many interesting features (articles) on related topics (e.g. Reading a Short Story, Staging Plays in Shakespeare's Time, etc). In the back are both a handbook of literary terms (with detailed examples) and a writer's handbook. The U.S. and England editions are arranged chronologically with commentary on the various movements of literature throughout time. These books only include one or two whole novel selections, so I plan to add in whole novels, applying the terms and/or writing suggestions from the book. These books can be found so inexpensively, you might want to purchase one to preview. I believe Patterns is for 9th and Traditions for 10th. I don't think you would need to do Patterns before if your student will be in 10th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 :lurk5: anyone else use these books and have any input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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