James P. Stobaugh - British Literature

First printing: November 2012

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Dedication

This Book is gratefully dedicated to Karen and our four children: Rachel, Jessica, Timothy, and Peter.

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Contents

Reading List: The following is a list of additional books and texts not included within the study that are needed for this course. It is strongly suggested that students read most, if not all these titles during the summer before taking this course. Most will be available at local libraries or as free downloads at The Online Books Page (onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html), Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page), or Bartleby (www.bartleby.com/).

Beowulf (Author Unknown)

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Venerable Bede

The Pardoners Tale and The Nuns Priests Tale from Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Author Unknown)

The Fairie Queene by Edmund Spenser

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Holy Sonnet XIV by John Donne

Silex by Henry Vaughan

Paradise Lost by John Milton

An Essay of Dramatic Poesy by John Dryden

Eveline or Cecilia by Frances Burney dArblay

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

The Rivals by Richard Brimsley Sheridan

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Witch by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

Are Women Human? and The Human-Not-Quite by Dorothy Sayers

Terence, This is Stupid Stuff, Loveliest of Trees, and Be Still my Soul, by A.E. Housman

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, When You are Old, The Second Coming, The White Swans at Coole, and Bazantium by William Butler Yeats

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

Using Your Teacher Guide

How this course has been developed:

1. Chapters: This course has 34 chapters (representing 34 weeks of study) to earn two full credits; writing and literature.

2. Lessons: Each chapter has five lessons, taking approximately 45 to 60 minutes each.

3. Student responsibility: Responsibility to complete this course is on the student. Students must read ahead in order to stay on schedule with the readings. Independence is strongly encouraged in this course, which was designed for the student to practice independent learning.

4. Grading: Depending on the grading option chosen, the parent/educator will grade the daily concept builders, and the weekly tests and essays. (See pages 7 and 8.)

5. Additional books and texts: A list of outside reading is provided after the table of contents. Students should try and read ahead whenever possible. Most readings are available free online or at a local library.

Throughout this book you will find the following:

1. Chapter Learning Objectives: Always read the First Thoughts and Chapter Learning Objectives in order to comprehend the scope of the material to be covered in a particular week.

2. Daily warm-ups: You should write or give oral responses for the daily warm-ups to your educator/parent. These are not necessarily meant to be evaluated, but should stimulate discussion.

3. Concept builders: You should complete a daily concept builder. These activities take 15 minutes or less and emphasize a particular concept that is vital to that particular chapter topic. These will relate to a subject covered in the chapter, though not necessarily in that days lesson.

4. Assigned readings: Remember to read ahead on the required literary material for this course. Students should plan to read some of the required literature the summer before the course.

5. Weekly essays: You will be writing at least one essay per week, depending on the level of accomplishment you and your parent/educator decide upon. These are available in the teacher guide and online.

6. Weekly tests: These are available in the teacher guide and online.

Earn a bonus credit!

Easily integrate related history curriculum for an additional credit, a combination study done in less than two hours daily! History Connections are shown on the chapter introduction page in order to help a student study these texts consecutively, exploring literature and history in unison. (The American , British , and World History curriculum is also written by James Stobaugh and published by Master Books.)

What the student will need each day:

1. Notepad/computer: for writing assignments.

2. Pen/pencil: for taking notes and for essays.

3. A prayer journal. As often as you can hopefully daily keep a prayer journal.

4. Daily concept builders, weekly essay options, and weekly tests are available in the teacher guide and as free downloads at: nlpg.com/AmericanLitAids

Increasing your vocabulary:

Part of the reason for reading so many challenging literary works is for one to increase his or her functional vocabulary. The best means of increasing vocabulary is through reading a vast amount of classical, well-written literary works. While reading these works, one should harvest as many unknown words as possible, and try to use five new words in each essay written.

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