Connections: Literature
Grades 6–12
Immerse students in outstanding literature while developing critical reading and writing skills
- Engaging Anthologies—captivate student interest with classic and contemporary texts including world literature, American literature, British literature, and multicultural literature.
- Literary Analysis—each of the six anthologies incorporates a literary analysis feature for every selection. The Literary Lens activities provide the focus for close reading, questions for discussion and collaboration, and prompts for written responses.
- Easy to Use—the streamlined lesson design and focused skill development enables quick lesson planning and easy classroom implementation.
- Flexible—integrate into your curriculum by unit, selection, or learning objective.
- Interactive Editions feature a range of learning tools to improve comprehension (translation, text-to-speech, reading accessibility features), close reading and text analysis (annotation and note-taking tools), discussion and collaboration (real-time Collaboration Walls), and much more.
Literary Analysis
- A Literary Lens identifies one aspect of each selection for students to analyze, discuss, and write about.
- Each anthology has a grade-specific Special Focus, encouraging students to "dig deeper" to draw meaning from the text through reading and writing activities.
—Middle School: A Multicultural Reader: Collection One | Making Cultural Connections
—Ninth Grade: Pathways: Literature for Readers and Writers | Writing Workshops
—Tenth Grade: Reading the World | Research
—Eleventh Grade: American Voices | Author's Style
—Twelfth Grade: British Literature | Critical Reading & Analysis
—High School: A Multicultural Reader: Collection Two | Making Cultural Connections
Instructional Design
- Create context using introductory essays, visuals, and concept vocabulary.
- Read the passage using the Literary Lens to focus attention with comprehension support from Immersive Reader*.
- Identify and annotate textual evidence with support from the Interactive Text* to organize evidence and notes.
- Facilitate dynamic, inclusive discussions of evidence, ideas, and points of view in large and small groups; support online conversations with the Collaboration Wall*; and extend discussions with the Great Books Discussion Guides.
- Synthesize textual evidence, ideas, and perspectives in the writing activities.
- Check progress using built-in assessments, auto-grade items*, and online reporting*.
*Available with Interactive Edition.
Flexible Application
- Access any selection from the anthology series regardless of grade.
- Select the units, selections, or learning objectives you need.
- Create custom assignments for the whole class, small groups, or individual students.
- Connections: Literature
