Exploring Themes in Literature
Growing Discerning Readers
Exploring Themes in Literature prepares students for reading and critical thinking at the high school level. This course explores texts from many different authors and genres to challenge students to understand the problems of the human condition. Students should learn to recognize where man’s solutions to problems diverge from biblical solutions. As they develop skills in analysis and evaluation, students will also develop discernment in how to choose literature and entertainment that is valuable both artistically and morally.
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Results for 7th Grade Literature
Exploring Themes in Literature Student Edition, 5th ed.
SKU520056$68.00This student edition offers readings from various genres and authors, focusing on strong writing and exploring controversial topics. It features engagement questions, a step-by-step Reading Process Approach, and a study of C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle.
Literature 7 Trove eStudent Edition, 5th ed.
SKU547976$35.75The student edition offers a broad array of works representing many genres, authors, and time periods. Selections model great writing for students and prompt them to think on issues and topics relevant to their lives. Lessons use the Reading Process Approach to scaffold student comprehension and apply close reading to each selection.
Literature 7 Print & Trove eStudent Edition, 5th ed.
SKU548586$71.50The student edition offers a broad array of works representing many genres, authors, and time periods. Selections model great writing for students and prompt them to think on issues and topics relevant to their lives. Lessons use the Reading Process Approach to scaffold student comprehension and apply close reading to each selection.
Exploring Themes in Literature Assessments, 5th ed.
SKU520072$7.39The assessments packet includes six unit tests and one test on the novel. Questions are drawn directly from the student and teacher materials. Question options include multiple choice, short answer, matching, true/false, and short essay.
Literature 7 Trove eAssessments, 5th ed.
SKU549113$7.39The digital assessment set includes six unit assessments and one assessment on the novel.
The Last Battle
SKU526087$10.99A beautiful paperback edition of The Last Battle, book seven in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, featuring cover art by illustrator David Wiesner, and black-and-white illustrations by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.
Exploring Themes in Literature Teacher Edition, 5th ed.
SKU520064$84.50This two-volume teacher edition helps you teach literature with lesson overviews and instructional methods tailored to your child’s needs. It includes background information, a study of C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle, and teaching resources.
Exploring Themes Assessments Answer Key, 5th ed.
SKU520080$13.75The assessments answer key includes a copy of the student tests with overprint answers for easy grading.
Explorations in Literature Tests Answer Key, 4th ed.
SKU291518$13.75The Answer Key includes copies of the tests with answer overprint. Suggested answers for the essays appear with each essay section.
How We Teach Literature 7
Reading Process Approach
Teachers can guide students through each stage of the reading process approach—before reading, during reading, and after reading—to develop their close reading skills.
Analysis & Evaluation
Teacher modeling activities help students to learn how to analyze and evaluate literature for artistic merit and to apply their critical thinking skills.
Practice & Application
Opportunities to evaluate literature gives students a guide to practicing and using artistic and biblical discernment in the classroom.
Independent & Collaborative Learning
Activities in the teacher edition and the student edition encourage students to practice evaluation independently and in collaboration with other students.
Worldview Application
Pre-assessment and reflective writing assignments encourage students to consider and apply worldview shaping themes in how they communicate, how they choose entertainment, and more.
Literature 7 Educational Materials
Student Edition
The student edition covers a broad array of works representing many genres, authors, and time periods. Essential questions and unit themes guide students in developing discernment and thinking skills both as a class and individually.
Teacher Edition
The teacher edition offers teaching strategies and guides to deepen understanding and cover essential material in an organized way. It also includes a detailed guide for teaching a novel study on C. S. Lewis’s The Last Battle. Assessments packets and assessments answer keys are also available.