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Product Code 2685706 ( MR #052123 )
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A vibrant, engaging, and accessible book presenting British literature chronologically from the mid-400s through today.
SPECIAL FOCUS: Critical Thinking and Connections Among Texts
Students explore fine literature and use critical thinking strategies across a range of genres. In approaching texts comparatively and critically, students are challenged to read deeply, think creatively, and write meaningfully.
Relevant
• Students experience the literary, historic, and artistic influences of a time period and experience life as a teen in each time. Students see how the thoughts and ideals of a generation and culture connect to those that came before and those that follow.
• Discussion and writing activities relate modern issues to classic literature
• Students find evidence to support interpretations and apply and extend their understanding through engaging and relevant activities.
• Students use critical thinking skills to explore modern relevance by relating a piece of contemporary literature to the literature in the unit and to modern issues.
• A look at classic novels and their impact on British and world literature.
Accessible
• Scaffolded reading support
—select early-era works include original text and a line-by-line modern translation
—in-text summaries and primary source visuals preview difficult selections
—boldfaced type for essential ideas and themes
• A critical thinking page preceding each unit presents a key skill developed during the unit instruction.
• An engaging, highly visual timeline sets the stage for understanding the literature, history, art, and important issues of each era as well as contemporaneous events around the world.
• Before-reading pages build on students' knowledge; introduce author biographies, literary elements, and themes; and guide students to apply critical thinking to the reading experience.
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Contents
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Lexile Levels
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Many Voices Literature Series
A Multicultural Reader
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Many Voices Literature Series
Pathways
Literature for Readers and Writers
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Many Voices Literature Series
Poetry in Six Dimensions
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Many Voices Literature Series
Poetry in Six Dimensions
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Many Voices Literature Series
Snapshots
Literature for Young Adults
hardcover
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Many Voices Literature Series
Themes
An Introduction to Literature
hardcover
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Many Voices Literature Series
American Tradition
Short Stories from 1820 to 1920
HARDCOVER
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Many Voices Literature Series
American Tradition
Short Stories from 1820 to 1920
softcover
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- Pages 992
- Copyright 2010