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| INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE |
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| These novel-studies programs lead a middle-school reader through the process of reading for theme, context, and genre. Students will learn to be close readers by working on comprehension skills through engagement in critical thinking. A work of literature belongs to the era it was written in. Our links and graphics provide crucial context to bolster understanding of the era and the themes. |
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 | Reading between the Lines is designed for the early-middle-school reading level. Based around 12 novel-study units, the program guides students through the complexities of narrative by providing them with a framework for understanding what they are reading. The program transports students past plot and builds reading comprehension skills by modeling the reading process and engaging students in critical thinking. The program offers integrated assignments and writing opportunities in the form of You Try It activities. |
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 | Live Tour: "Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Paterson" (Unit 1) |
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| Enduring Authors is designed for the late-middle-school reading level. Based around 12 novel-study units, the program explores fundamental truths of the human experience and and is guided by the question: “What does literature teach us about ourselves?” For the teacher, standards-based integrated assignments and writing opportunities make this a very useful teaching tool. |
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| Building Language is geared for students at the 8th-grade level and above. Its purpose is to develop students' writing and communications skills. The program begins by reviewing the parts of speech and progresses through the fundamentals of grammar and mechanics to the complexities of expository writing. Every topic includes an opportunity for students to write and practice what they have learned, and the steps of the writing process are modeled and reinforced throughout the program. Interactive exercises, quizzes, and writing challenges pique students' interest and help them learn to write clearly. |
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| Live Tour: "Basically Speaking: Language Arts Rudiments" (Unit 1) |
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| Two programs in American literature survey the first colonial writing up through the 20th century. Both programs include essays, poetry, short stories, and novels, and their content is a springboard for study and student investigation. These courses are appropriate for high-school students. |
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| American Literary Voices: Part 1 covers the colonial period to the beginning of the 20th century. |
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| American Literary Voices: Part 2 surveys 20th-century American literature. |
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| Live Tour: "Truth or Dare: Taming the American West" (Unit 3) |
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| From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf engages students in the study of British literature from 1300 to the present, starting with the very first works written in the English language and culminating in Virginia Woolf's novel approach to the novel. This course is appropriate for high-school students. |
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| Live Tour: "Renaissance, Reason, and Order" (Unit 2) |
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| Shakespeare provides extensive background on the social, historic, and political influences that shaped Shakespeare's world and work. This program also includes in-depth study of two plays: Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. The characters, themes, critical scenes, and speeches are addressed. Interactive exercises, quizzes, and writing challenges pique students' interest. This course is appropriate for high-school students. |
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| Live Tour: "Romeo and Juliet: What's Going On?" (Unit 5) |
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