Illuminating Literature: Characters in Crisis Complete Bundle

Teens feel at home with the welcoming tone of this course as they read fun facts, compelling background information, and author bios that draw them into the novels and stories. College-prep students and reluctant readers alike benefit from this engaging literature course. This is the second volume in a series. However, students may take this and the first volume Illuminating Literature: When Worlds Collide in any order. They are not sequential.

By the end of “Characters in Crisis”, your teen will have learned almost 100 literary terms and devices as they occur naturally in the selections. They’ll also gain an appreciation for fine literature and be aware of the powerful tools authors use to get in your teen’s head.

Features:

• Written for Christian high schools, homeschools, and co-ops.
• Two-semester course earning one credit.
• 38 lessons to introduce the selection and follow up on it.
• Student-directed, with easy-to-follow reading and homework schedules.
• Monthly lesson plan provided in teacher’s guide.
• Complete novels or stories, not just passages.
• Christian worldview
• No prerequisites necessary

The bundle contains all the items required to complete the course:

• Student Text – consumable, if teaching more than one student, extras can be purchased.
• Teacher’s Guide
• Novel Notebook – required element of the course and coordinates with the textbook. Students will answer questions in it, collect favorite passages, and draw conclusions about what they’ve just read. (The publisher has provided this as a free download – see details below).
• Printed Quiz and Answer Manual – consumable. If teaching more than one student, you will need to purchase additional manuals.  Another option is to use the FREE online quizzes provided by the publisher. (Passwords for those are found in both the textbook and teacher’s guide.)
• Five required novels:
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dover Publications
  • Silas Marner by George Eliot, Dover Publications
  • Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Dover Publications
  • Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Dover Publications
  • The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Mariner Books

Please note: An exclusive feature of this course is that the textbook is keyed to specific page numbers of the novels and play. Students using the coordinating versions of the books (listed above) will easily find the examples referenced in the textbook. This will reduce wasted time and needless frustration.  The novels can be purchased individually or in this complete bundle we have put together for your convenience.

Here are the other stories provided for you in the course:

• “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, in the textbook
• Biography or autobiography of student’s choice
• An Assortment of Short Stories:
  • “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett, in the textbook
  • “The Garden of Forking Paths” by Jorge Luis Borges, link provided
  • “Haircut” by Ring Lardner, link provided
  • “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton, in the textbook
  • “Of the Passing of the First-Born” by W. E. B. Du Bois, in the textbook
  • “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas, link provided