Great Books is an exciting and challenging course, but one that is extremely demanding of the English teacher's time and intellect. The purpose of the lessons presented in Great Books is to make palatable and accessible to both the teacher and the student some of the greatest works of world literature. Each lesson is designed to highlight a different aspect of the writer's craft such as tone, symbolism, diction and plot construction. Lessons have accompanying homework assignments, writing exercises, term paper options, lecture notes, take home and in-class tests, examination rubrics, and in many cases model responses. These model responses have been crafted under ordinary classroom conditions, without additional shaping or subsequent correction by Gabriel Sloyer, an exceptional honors student.

Table of Contents:

1. Sophocles, Electra
2. Dante, The Inferno
3. Shakespeare, King Lear
4. Voltaire, Candide
5. Dickens, David Copperfield

6. Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
7. James, The Turn of the Screw
8. Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author
9. The Epic of Gilgamesh (Optional Unit - On CD Only)
10. Gulliver's Travels (Optional Unit - On CD Only)

Course materials cover a full year with daily support for all aspects of instruction. The Teacher’s Edition includes a syllabus; correlation to standards; pacing guide; daily lesson plans; teacher’s workbook; CD with daily class notes in PDF (for use as color overheads) and/or PowerPoints; complete assessments. Classroom sets includes 25 Student Workbooks and Teacher Edition with CD. After purchase of Teacher’s Edition, additional Student Workbooks are available for individual purchase. Click here for details.