Fundamentals of Literature Teacher Edition, 3rd ed.

The two-volume Literature 9 Teacher Edition provides teaching strategies to guide students through literary analysis and to interpret reading selections from a biblical perspective.

Teachers will guide students through literary analysis, focusing on six key elements—conflict, character, theme, point of view, structure, and tone—from a biblical worldview perspective. They will learn to analyze and evaluate authors’ words and themes in light of Scripture. Additionally, teachers will guide students in apply reading strategies and literary skills to explore these elements across various genres such as autobiographies, biblical narratives, poetry, biographies, cartoons, dramas, monologues, and dystopian literature. The curriculum also includes an English translation of Rostand’s drama Cyrano de Bergerac.

Key Features:

• Numerous teaching strategies for teaching literature, including small group discussions, visual analysis, video clips, and Before, During and AfterReading  questions
• Writing reflections that encourage students to reflect on what they learned from reading selections from a biblical worldview
• Rubrics for easily grading writing assignments
• Text-to-text connections, text-to-self connections, and text-to-world connections
• Class instruction, collaborative learning, and independent learning
• Differentiated instruction, clarifying notes, and background information