This is a content-based, one-year course that presumes a certain level or writing skills. Each literary work is treated individually, much like a unit study, with each author or work able to be studied independently from the other. This Literature Critical Thinking curriculum is primarily essay-based with each lesson containing several critical thinking questions that requires students to write two or three essays per week. Students will discover and deliberate the writings of Homer, Clement of Rome, Confucius, Dante, Goethe, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Camus, and more. A sampling of works covered include: Papyrus of Ani, The Iliad and The Odyssey, The Martyrdom of Polycarp, The Koran, A Doll's House, All Quiet on the Western Front. For ages 13-19. Daily lesson plans give structure but allow flexibility so your student can grow at his or her own pace. This course also offers a track designed specifically with special needs learners in mind. For all students, teaching goals and evaluation tools provide clear cut assessment opportunities, predicated on B.S. Bloom's time-honored 6-step Taxonomy of effective learning--knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. DVD with author insights included. |
