Core 530

A college-prep survey of significant, beautiful literature

• Survey key works of British Lit.
• Finesse skills in creative writing and persuasive academic writing.
• Prepare for the AP English Literature Exam* and equip your scholars for university-level study.
• Combine this unique literature-only Core with other Sonlight high school subjects for a complete one-year high school curriculum.

Unique literature-only Core

Core 530 is a complete, one-year literature program. My daughter Amy (a literature major and homeschooling mom) and I designed it to help prepare students for college and life. Students evaluate beauty and literature from an academic perspective and biblical worldview.

Core 530 is largely self-guided. You, mom or dad, will primarily act as a coach: encouraging, cheering and monitoring the progress of your students.

Though Survey of British Lit does not include history or Bible, Sonlight treats it as a Core curriculum that qualifies for the 10% Sonlighters Club discount, counts toward your Core requirements for our college scholarship program (p. 155) and all other Core Club benefits (see p. 24).

Choose this program to ...

Help your students engage thoughtfully with the world around them, and:

• Write with clarity, punch and purpose.
• Confidently analyze a work's message, literary style and aesthetic qualities.
• Evaluate truth, beauty and goodness in works of cultural importance.
• Vastly expand their vocabulary.
• Gain confidence in how to practically approach and analyze poetry.
• Gain appreciation for classic literature.
• Prepare for college and/or prepare to take the AP* exam in English Literature.

This guided journey through literature and literary analysis features a wide variety of forms and genres. You'll start with a heroic epic poem written when the Christian gospel first came to the British Isles. Then read tales of a knight of the Round Table. Ponder the human condition as expressed in Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet. Engage with classic novels by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Emily Brontë and Lewis Carroll. Discover a variety of gripping poetic forms.

Interspersed among the famous "Great Conversation" texts, relax with popular characters including Sherlock Holmes, Peter Pan and P. G. Wodehouse's famous butler, Jeeves.

Experience the horror of life without laws or God in works such as Lord of the Flies, Passage to India, and Frankenstein.

Then study insightful and influential Christian works such as Milton's Paradise Lost and C. S. Lewis' The Great Divorce.

Students could earn college credit!

Core 530 also prepares students for the AP* exam. Colleges often award credit to students who do well on the exam.

The AP English Literature exam requires students to understand literary terms, analyze poetry, know a few literary works in depth and write compelling literary analysis. Core 530 specifically equips them in all these skills. For additional help we recommend Cracking the AP English Literature Exam (see p. 129).

Combine Core 530 with other courses

Add these upper-level courses to your year:

• Psychology
• Economics
• College and Career Planning
• NEW What Good is Christianity?

Your Core 530 Package includes:

Instructor's Guide

Your students can follow their guide each day for a wonderful year of learning. Flip to p. 156 to read about new improvements to the guide.

British Literature

Includes 24 masterpieces of literature woven together into a cohesive study.

Poetry/Vocabulary

These practical tools give students keys to understand poetry and big words.

Language Arts

Students receive excellent instruction to help them write college-level academic and creative compositions.

Solid preparation for the years ahead

May your students enjoy these beautiful and thought-provoking works as they prepare for life beyond high school!

*AP and Advanced Placement are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.