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Literature & Thought
Grades 6–12
A ground-breaking thematic literature program that teaches students to be critical readers and thinkers
Literature & Thought emphasizes critical thinking skills with unique features that make it different from any other literature program available today.
Benefits
- A unique questioning strategy helps students learn to use higher-order thinking skills as they probe deeply into a theme.
- Students read a wide variety of genres, including nonfiction selections, by distinguished authors.
- A flexible teaching plan allows you to create your own literature program, supplement a literature anthology, or provide extension activities for a novel or informational book.
- Choose from an array of relevant themes that easily blend into an existing language arts or literature program.
- A strong Historical Events & Eras strand supports integrating literature and American history.
- Vocabulary, writing, and discussion activities keep students thinking about the theme.
- Student books have author biographies and tematic library sets.
Program Design
- An essential question for the entire book frames students' reading and thinking.
- Cluster questions (unit questions) tie the unit selections together and help students relate to the essential question.
- Thinking skills are directly taught and applied throughout the anthology.
- End-of-cluster activities help students synthesize what they have learned in a unit and respond to the cluster and unit questions.
- A writing prompt at the end of each cluster asks students to respond to the cluster question.
- Assessment options include an essay test, vocabulary quizzes, and scoring rubrics for individual projects.
Teacher Guides
A superbly focused teacher guide is centered around essential information to plan a 2-, 4-, or 6-week unit, model and teach critical thinking skills, build thematic vocabulary, and develop writing skills.
Theme Libraries
For a complete list of titles and pricing, select a strand below.

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Program Overview
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