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.