More About Our Elements of Literature Homeschool Language Arts Course

This comprehensive Elements of Literature homeschool language arts course examines the following main readings and literary elements:

Elements of Literature studies the following main readings and literary elements:

Unit One includes an introduction to studying literature and the Coming-of-Age Novel. It explores characters such as the protagonist, antagonist, and anti-hero, as well as the importance of secondary characters, through the study of Peter Pan by Peter Barrie.

Unit Two explores historical fiction and the importance of conflict, crisis, climax, and closure through a study of For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by G.A. Henty.

Unit Three looks at humor and various points of view by studying The Story Girl by L. M. Montgomery.

Unit Four studies fantasy, fables, and the element of setting through The Great Big Treasure of Beatrix Potter and The Book of Dragons (c. 1890s) by E. Nesbit.

Unit Five steps into the world of poetry and applying literary elements to poetry by studying Poems Every Child Should Know, edited by Mary E. Burt.

Unit Six includes a look at biography and non-fiction and applying literary elements to non-fiction through the study of Ten Boys from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser, True Stories of Wonderful Deeds (anonymous), The Story of Opal by Opal Stanley Whitely, and Chatterbox by various authors.

Unit Seven explores drama and applying literary elements to drama by looking at Children’s Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson and Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades by Florence Holbrook.

Unit Eight dives into the world of short stories and applying literary elements to all literature through a study of Little Wizard Stories of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Aunt Joe’s Scrap Bag by Louisa May Alcott and Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

Unit Nine focuses on a novel of the student’s choice and analyzing it in view of all that has been learned.