dawnofmotherhood Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 We are making our plans for next school year, and I have the list of works that my high schooler will be reading. Now, I am on the search for some good resources like literature guides or unit studies (?) to help guide us through each work. Sooo.... this is the plan. Do you have a lit guide/unit study that you LOVED for any of these works? These are lining up with our history study pretty well. For History we are using "America: A Narrative History" along with "For the Record" - spending 2 weeks on each of the 18 chapters. First Semester: (15-18 weeks planned) King James Bible - Psalms - poetry (1-2 weeks) Paradise Lost (selections) (2 weeks) Pilgrim's Progress - maybe selections, depending on how well he enjoys it (2 weeks) Gulliver's Travels (3 weeks) Historical Documents (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers, etc) (5-6 weeks) Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (2-3 weeks) Second Semester: (15-18 weeks planned) Poetry Unit (4 weeks) including works from Blake, Wordsworth & Coleridge, Keats and Lord Tennyson Poe stories and poems (2 weeks) Frankenstein (2-3 weeks) Last of the Mohicans (2-3 weeks) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (2-3 weeks) The Scarlet Letter (2-3 weeks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofmotherhood Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 no one has any tried and true literature guides to suggest? Any to avoid? pretty please with a cherry on top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I haven't used anything for your specific titles, but here are some place to look for online lit guides. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/ http://www.gradesaver.com/ http://www.sparknotes.com/ http://www.pinkmonkey.com/ Also if you haven't listened to SWB's lecture on literary analysis, it's a good investment. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofmotherhood Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Thank you, Paula. I do have a (long) list of different lit guides - and we also plan on using Well Educated Mind for some - but I think he will need much more than just the WEM for the titles included in there. Just figuring out what is good, what I should pass on, etc. I hadn't heard of the pink monkey one - thank you! Off to make my list even longer... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I have used enotes.com in the past and that has worked pretty well. It is $49 a year and would have study guides, which include summaries, critical essays, quizzes, and essay assignments for most of the works. There is a portion of the guide that is free on their site. This year I bit the bullet and bought the complete binder from Excellence in Literature. My dd loves to do things independently and I felt it would work well for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I like the Progeny Press Guides. Look at their website, there may be more for the time period, but we have used the ones for Frankenstein, A Tale of Two Cities, Last of the Mohicans, and The Scarlet Letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibaker103 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 This year I bit the bullet and bought the complete binder from Excellence in Literature. My dd loves to do things independently and I felt it would work well for her. I have been thinking about doing the same for my ds. How has it worked out? What did each of you like and dislike about the program? Were all of the links working and accessible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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