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Dear Fellow Writing Teacher, Homeschool Mom or Parent,
As I flew to the West Virginia
homeschool book fair, I enjoyed reading a terrific program, Windows
to the World, by Lesha Myers. There are so many great things to tell
you about Lesha's program, but the first thing I noticed was how
personal it was. I was immediately attracted to Ms. Myers and her
literature guide. I felt like she was my long lost friend, sitting
next to me sharing exactly what I to do.
If you are looking for your own personal teacher for you & your
kids, Windows to the World is for you. I'm sure you will find
Ms. Myers the perfect literature teacher for your kids.
Should YOU Use Windows To the World
With Your Own Kids?
If
you are scared to teach high school literature...
If
you want your kids to study literature with a Christian
perspective...
If you don't have time to
research literature
If you homeschool high school
kids?
If
you teach high school literature at a private school or
co-op...
If
you want your kids to think Biblically as they read...
If your kids don't
know how to write a well-thought argument...
Two Guides for One
It wasn't until I had a chance to read through these manuals that I
realized Lesha Myers actually gives you two guides for the price of
one. She teaches your kids both reading & writing skills in one
manual. As they complete this manual, they will analyze literature
and use what they discover in their own writings. Pretty Cool if you
ask me. This saves you time as an high school English teacher. You
don't have to create separate lessons for reading & writing. It's
all in one manual.
Save you time & hassle Windows to the World includes every detail you need to teach
literature as a teacher. It also includes a Student Book that
tells your student exactly what to do when they read their
literature.
You also receive a schedule for the entire year. You can choose to
cover the lessons in one semester (18 weeks) or three quarters (26
weeks - Enhanced with Supplements).
Takes out the Guess Work -
Shows & Tells what to do If your student is suppose to do something, he/she is told
what to do and how to do it. Then, Ms. Myers SHOWS examples so kid
can see exactly what she means. No more guessing what the author
means.
Research is done for you Resources for Enhanced Studies are included in each lesson.
You don't have to do any research, just open up your manual and
use the resources provided for Enhanced studies. When your kids
want to learn more or need extra help, you already know what to
do.
Answers to Student Manual This may seem obvious, but not all guides provide answers to
the student questions. Ms. Myers has provided sample answers for
the Student Manual. Use this as a guide for you to stimulate
discussion and/or grade exercises.
Complete explanations for each
literary element. The student manual provides explanations for each literary
element being taught. Not only does your student receive
explanations, he/she will have lots of exercises to practice.
Graphic Organizers Many of the literary elements are easier understood with
charts, graphic organizers and drawings. If your kids learn better
seeing something drawn out, this will help them understand better.
Checklists Many lessons have checklists to help your students keep track
of what they are learning. You don't have to design your own
checklists! They are done for you! As a BONUS, students have all
checklists rewritten at the end of their Student Manual. You can
make copies as you analyze individual pieces of literature or as
your kids write their literary analysis essay.
Teaching the Classics is a video seminar that will
teach you the basics of literary analysis (character,
setting, plot, conflict, theme), which you can then
apply to any piece of literature you study. It is
suitable for teaching any age student. The workbook
includes suggested reading and provides a list of
Socratic questions that you can choose from in your
literature study. There are no laid-out lesson plans
with this program, so it lends itself to literary study
in combination with whatever books you are using.
Windows to the World is appropriate for advanced
middle school and high school students (due to the
stories used for analysis) and will teach annotation and
all the literary terms you need to know with specific
information for the teacher as well as the student. The
lesson plans are clearly laid out. You can intersperse
longer novels if you wish, or use the course as is,
since it is self-contained.
Both products are suitable for use by teachers who are
not familiar with literary analysis.
Because of the nature of the literature, Excellence in Literature is best for 10th-12th graders, whereas Windows is ideal as a freshman Intro to Literature class. EIL has very little direct teacher instruction in the book. Instead, Janice Campbell provides a wealth of internet articles for the student to read about the topic, plus writing assignments. One of the exciting things in the book is a detailed explanation (with examples) of how to write various literary analysis papers. I think she does a very fine job explaining how to go about writing these. Unlike Windows, EIL is more of a student-directed course, with very little teacher involvement required. Windows has extensive instruction for the teacher as well as extensive instruction for the student. If you've not done either, I'd start with Windows and then move to EIL.
~P. White~
IEW Accomplished Instructor
No More Book Reports
As your student works through the
Windows manual, he will write literary analysis instead of book
reports. This means you get 2 guides in 1. Your students will learn
to analyze books they are reading AND discover how to form
well-written arguments. This is NOT a BOOK REPORT.
Students will write arguments that answer questions about meaning
and purpose.
If you don't know how to teach the process of writing argument, you
have come to the right place.
Windows to the World will show your students how to....
Form a thesis statement
Structure body paragraphs that
develop your argument.
Write good topic sentences
Blend quotations into their
argument
Use correct punctuation with
quotations
Develop commentary within your
argument
Form thoughtful introductions and
conclusions
Most of all Lesha Myers provides
plenty of examples for each part of your kids' persuasive argument.
I've seen teachers explain the structure of the body paragraphs but
NEVER give examples of well-written paragraphs. Your students will
see what a good introduction, body and conclusion paragraph look
like.
Your students will have a checklist they can use to be sure their
essay is written correctly.
Windows to the World goes beyond literary analysis and includes
strategies to analyze the worldview of literature. As a Christian
parent, this is one of my favorite parts of this book. It gives your
kids a method to analyze the worldview from a Biblical perspective.
Isn't that one of the main goals as we teach our kids to think for
themselves? That they analyze the world around them from a Biblical
perspective. This includes analyzing the books they read.
Answer from a high school writing teacher:
I became so excited about this offering as I read it that I'm
glad to spread my enthusiasm!
Personally, I would use
Windows to the World over the course of a year,
perhaps adding in for an older student two or three longer
works, such as novels or Shakespearean plays. I believe the
author said she teaches it in one semester, but it could work
as a year course. It's packed with a huge amount of
information. I really would hate to have to push it all into
one semester! As I read through it, I also got ideas about
applying the concepts to other works of literature that I
already know.
As
to your second question: Yes and no. Once you learn the
principles being taught, you could easily extend them to other
works of literature--perhaps especially in conjunction with
the Socratic questions. And yes, the two complement one
another very well. She also talks about plot in very similar
terms to the story chart, plus suggests more complex story
chart patterns. Also, she mentions other stories or works to
use to teach similar concepts, so you have more to build on
already suggested.
Lesha Myers's Windows is a very solid grounding in literary
analysis: what to look for when we read literature, what
authors commonly use as literary devices and why they work
well, how authors succeed in conveying tone or theme or
character or irony or point of view, and so forth. It's very
detailed, too, so you, the teacher, aren't left to figure it
out yourself before you present it to your children.
Unit 5 - Literary Analysis Essays Forming the Thesis Statement
Body Paragraphs
Introductions & Conclusions
Exercise #5 - Suspense Essay
Graphic Organizer
Literary Analysis Checklist Examples, Issues and Sample Graphic Organizers (included in
Teacher's Manual)
Unit 6 - The Writer's Toolbox Parallelism, Euphemism, Similes
Unit 7 - Characterization Kinds of Characters
How Authors Develop Character
The Character Arc
"The Necklace"
Exercise #6 - Characterization
Fate vs. Chance vs. Providence
Exercise #7 - "The Necklace" Essay Vocabulary (included in Teacher's Manual)
Inference (included in Teacher's Manual)
Character Projects (included in Teacher's Manual)
Unit 8 - Symbolism & Emphasis Anaphora & Epistrophe
Exercise #8 - Symbolism: "The Convergence of the Twain" Symbol Analysis (included in Teacher's Manual)
Symbolism Project (included in Teacher's Manual)
Further Example (included in Teacher's Manual)
Unit 9 - Theme & Worldview Finding the Theme
Exercise #9 - Finding the Theme
Exercise #10 - Questioning the Story
"A Jury of Her Peers"
Exercise #11 - "A Jury of Her Peers"
Exercise #12 - Journal Writing
Theme Checklist
Unit 10 - Setting Characterization Through Setting
Mood and Atmosphere
Exercise #13 - Setting and Character More Stories for Setting (included in Teacher's Manual)
Unit 11 - Imagery "Meeting at Night"
Diction & Personification
Similes & Metaphors
"A Fight with a Cannon"
Exercise #14 - Language Analysis Imagery Activities (included in Teacher's Manual)
Unit 12 - Point of View The Narrator
Points of View
Unreliable Narrator
Point of View Shifts
Exercise #15 - Changing Point of View
Unit 13 - Tone Exercise #16 - Pinpointing Tone
Exercise #17 - Creating Tone
Exercise #18 - Analyzing POV and Tone
"The Open Window" More Tone Analysis Exercise #13a (included in Teacher's Manual)
Unit 14 - Irony Effect of Irony
Exercise #19 - Detecting Irony
Exercise #20 - Irony in Poetry Irony in the Bible Project (included in Teacher's Manual)
Sample "Ozymandias" Essay (included in Teacher's Manual)
"Richard Cory" Exercise #14a (included in Teacher's Manual)
Unit 15 - Farewell Exercise #21 - Reflective Narrative Final Exam (included in the Teacher's Manual)
What Else Is Included In the
Teacher's Manual?
How To Teach Each Lesson
Objectives
Step-By-Step Schedule
Supplemental Activities
Enrichment Activities on the Internet
Click here
to view a PDF sample of the Student Book. Click here
to view a PDF sample of the Teacher Book. Click here
to view a PDF sample of a Lesson Plan. Click here to view a PDF comparison chart of "Windows to the World" versus "Teaching the Classics"
As you can see, Windows to the World is the perfect High School
English course to teach your students to think for themselves as
they analyze & write about literature pieces. I highly recommend it
to Christian parents and teachers who want their students to think
Biblically as they read & write.
If you are looking for an English course that has lots of
worksheets, questions and pre-written tests, this is not the course
for you. If you are looking for a course that has open-ended
questions so your students actually think about the topic at hand,
Windows to the World is definitely for you...Enjoy!
Because of the nature of the literature, Excellence in Literature is best for 10th-12th graders, whereas Windows is ideal as a freshman Intro to Literature class. EIL has very little direct teacher instruction in the book. Instead, Janice Campbell provides a wealth of internet articles for the student to read about the topic, plus writing assignments. One of the exciting things in the book is a detailed explanation (with examples) of how to write various literary analysis papers. I think she does a very fine job explaining how to go about writing these. Unlike Windows, EIL is more of a student-directed course, with very little teacher involvement required. Windows has extensive instruction for the teacher as well as extensive instruction for the student. If you've not done either, I'd start with Windows and then move to EIL.
~P. White~
IEW Accomplished Instructor
*Windows to the World is recommended before Excellence in Literature.
Throughout the
Manual, You Receive
Several BONUS ITEMS:
Stories - The
stories and lessons are right here in the book for you. You do NOT
have to spend time searching for each story and literary piece.
Samples & Examples -
Unless otherwise noted, Lesha has not used actual student samples
for these lessons. Instead, she has created examples based on typical
student responses.
Assessment & Discussion
Ideas
Windows to the World is the perfect
addition to your literature and humanities curriculum.
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