Poetry & Prose Book Two: The Elizabethan to the Neoclassical Age Set from Memoria Press
High school literature doesn't have to be intimidating! Recently, we have been exploring Poetry & Prose Book Two: The Elizabethan to the Neoclassical Age Set from Memoria Press.
This set is the second in an anthology of British literature. It contains everything you need for your 8-12th graders to study high quality Poetry and Prose from the English Renaissance, the Cavalier Poets of the early seventeenth century, the great Puritan writers, the Restoration period, and the Neoclassical Age. This gives a great literary view of the 1485-1784 time period.
This course is a rigorous, comprehensive study of literature. Included are literary and rhetorical devices, vocabulary, comprehension questions and Socratic discussion. In addition, each historical period has a timeline and introduction. Major authors also have biographical information included.
The set includes a Student Book, a reader, and the Teacher Guide. The Student Book is written directly to your student. They recommend keeping a notebook for answers, vocabulary and notes. It is designed so you can modify each lesson to meet the needs of your student.
The entire programs is organized around the "Four Stages to the Central One Idea". I love how it keeps directing the student's attention back to the literature selection's main idea. Each stage moves the student from understanding the main idea (the pre-grammar stage), discovering facts, elements and features of each story (grammar), using reason to compare and ideas (logic), and finally expressing this in written form (rhetoric).
My tester is an 8th grader. We modified many of our assignments to be more oral and discussion based. If you have older students, or those that really enjoy writing, this will be a great choice.
The Reader is designed so that your student can write/annotate directly on the poetry, or prose selections. This is the part that makes the reading active. My tester LOVED this part. She likes to make it colorful too...
Don't worry if you do not have time to keep up with your student's reading (what busy homeschool mom does?) The Teacher Guide contains answers to all the questions, with a handy student book view for you too.
15 quizzes are included, covering each reading selection, as well as - 2 Exams on Literary terms.
My tester really enjoyed getting to read deeply. I love that this program has done all the hard work for me, by putting it all together in an easy to use format!
You will want to check out some other great products from Memoria Press that the Crew is using:
- Classical Phonics with the First Start Reading Program.
- Poetry for the Grammar Stage Set.
- Poetry & Short Stories: American Literature Set.
- Poetry, Prose & Drama: The Old English & Medieval Periods Set.
- Poetry & Prose Book Two: The Elizabethan to the Neoclassical Age Set.
- Poetry Book Three: The Romantic to the Victorian Age Set.
- Prima Latina: Complete set.
- Latina Christiana: Complete set.
- First Form Latin: Complete set.
- Second Form Latin: Complete set.
- Third Form Latin: Complete set.
- Fourth Form Latin + Henle I: Complete set.
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