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530 Reader Packages & Literature
- Ages:
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- Grades:
- P3/4
- P4/5
- K
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Discover 24 masterfully told works of literature containing priceless life lessons!
Core 530 is a complete, one-year "literature-only" program designed to help prepare your pre-college students for "life" as they evaluate a story's message from a biblical worldview.
Your students will also:
- Discover how to make their communication interesting, engaging, and easy to understand.
- Become familiar with British literary works from content and stylistic standpoints.
- Develop a practical understanding of the inner workings of poetry.
- Vastly expand their vocabulary.
- Uncover many secrets of great storytellers and understand how to develop stories that captivate their readers.
- Prepare to take the Advanced Placement test in English Literature.(Note: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Program, and AP are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.)
The literature selections they'll read in Survey of British Literature run the gamut of style, voice, and genre and include works of: comedy, tragedy, epic poetry, detective stories, romance novels, historical fiction, satire, adventure, Arthurian (King Arthur) narratives, fantasy, travelogue, autobiography, Gothic horror, and Christian allegory.
Surprises await around every corner...
The literary explorations of your students will reveal many great plots, intriguing characters, and unforgettable tales:
Along the way they will:
- Discover Old English poem that unveils the first Anglo superhero, written when the Christian gospel first came to the pagans of Scandinavia.
- Meet Sir Gawain, a knight of the Round Table who struggles with temptation and the superficiality of King Arthur's court.
- Admire Chaucer's wit and wisdom as he regales us with some of his most popular tales.
- Deeply ponder the human condition as it is expressed in Shakespeare's incredible tragedy, Hamlet.
- Relax in the presence of popular stories about Sherlock Holmes, Peter Pan, and a butler, Jeeves.
- Meditate on several thought-provoking, insightful, and influential Christian works along the path: works like Milton's Paradise Lost and C. S. Lewis' Great Divorce.
- Experience the horror of life without laws or God in works like Golding's Lord of the Flies, Forster's A Passage to India, and Shelley's Frankenstein.
The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
These stories show Holmes' successes, his mistakes, his biographer, and, finally, his nemesis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
As a critic says, the worlds of childhood, dreams, nonsense and logic meet in this delightful and unexpected story.
Canterbury Quintet
The General Prologue & Four Tales: A Reader-Friendly Edition
This text uses Chaucer's original language, but updates the spelling and offers definitions and occasional translations as needed.
Frankenstein
The original Gothic horror story that started a genre.
The Great Divorce
The speaker tours hell and heaven and offers insight into man's sinful nature and God's grace.
The Importance of Being Earnest
A bored lord invents a relative as a useful excuse for avoiding unpleasant social engagements.
Lord of the Flies
A plane crash strands a group of boys on a tropical island and they form a new society . . .
Paradise Lost
The story of Adam and Eve: their creation, bliss, temptation, fall, and subsequent misery.
A Passage to India
Forster highlights the cultural differences between British colonials and their Indian counterparts.
Right Ho, Jeeves
Two people are in love. Marriage doesn't seem far away. But when Bertie Wooster wishes to help, the expected happy ending proves ever more elusive.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
and Other Poems
A sailor kills an albatross and finds himself punished horribly as a result.
The Secret Sharer & Other Stories
Unabridged
Powerful short stories about sailing and the sea.
A Severe Mercy
With 18 Letters by C.S. Lewis
The autobiography of two pagans, deeply in love, who come to Christ.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
One of the earliest and finest accounts of King Arthur's court.
Sound and Sense
12th Edition
Unlocks the depth and delight of poetry.
A Tale of Two Cities
A vivid picture of class struggles shown through the lens of two families on two continents.
Three Men in a Boat
and Three Men on the Bummel
Three friends decide to spend a week relaxing in a boat on the Thames. Forget the relaxation!
Wuthering Heights
The civilized Linton children meet the wild Catherine Earnshaw and her savage adopted brother Heathcliff.
Word Power Made Easy
The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary.
Consumable. The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary. Vocabulary study at its finest.
