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Great Expectations

Name: Great Expectations
Author: LLC Henry Holt & Company
ISBN: 9780030234439

by LLC Henry Holt & Company

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Overview

Great Expectations follows the life of the orphan, Pip. We first meet him as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel to London, full of expectations to become a gentleman. But his life is already inextricably tangled in a mystery that surrounds a beautiful woman, an embittered recluse, and an ambitious lawyer.

Great Expectations is both a finely crafted novel and an acute examination of Victorian society. Filled with unforgettable settings and characters, it achieves greater dramatic richness through Frank Muller's masterful narration. Dickens supplied two endings to this great work. Both are included in the recording.

Young Phillip Pirrip's life is shaped by an act of kindness which raises him from poverty to wealth. One of the greatest works of classic literature, this novel is a timeless tale of love, hope and humanity.

Synopsis

This manual is a comprehensive program of literature study for grades 7-12. Each anthology includes a wide range of significant literary works, as well as supporting instruction that helps students become more proficient readers and writers as they learn to analyze, interpret, and evaluate literature. The first three units are organized around motifs or elements that recur in all types of conflict, characters, and discoveries. The other six units are organized by genre—short stories, poetry, drama, fantasy and science fiction, myth, and the novel. The instructional materials include background information for understanding the genres, the selections, and the writers’ lives; factual and interpretive discussion questions; and creative and critical writing assignments. For fifteen selections in the anthology, the Connections Between Reading and Writing worksheets provide further intensive reading and writing practice. Additionally exercises throughout the text use specific linguistic features of the selections as springboards to language and vocabulary instruction in some sixty skills. The exercises cover literary terms and techniques, such as allusions and figures of speech, as well as word-study skills important in reading, such as context clues, dictionary use, and word roots. Here are excellent material and tools to help your student become better readers and to help you base your teaching strategies around it so you can draw out the full potential of the anthology for reading development.