Excursions in Literature, 3rd Edition Lesson Plan Overview Day(s) Topic Pages Support Materials Bible Integration Unit 1: Friends 1 Unit Opener xxiv–3 Bulletin Board: How Does Your Grow? Introduction: Qualities of true friendship (1 Cor. 13) Opener: The gift of friendship in light of the Fall and Redemption (Gen. 2:18; , 15; Prov. –25; etc.) Scriptural Application: Abraham, the “Friend of God” (James ; Gen. etc.) 2 “A Most Important Person” 4–9 Teaching Help 1A Word List 1 3 “A Most Important Person” Thinking Zone 10–16 Quiz 1A Teaching Help 1B Scriptural Application: Salvation, irony, and symbolism 4 “Being Neighborly” 17–20 5 “Being Neighborly” Thinking Zone 21–25 Quiz 1B Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1C Teaching Help 1D Scriptural Application: Loving one another in friendship (1 John 4:7–8) 6–7 Writing Activity 1A: Friendly Letter Writing Worksheet 1A Writing Rubric 1A 8 “The Doll’s House” 26–29 Scriptural Application: How others should be treated 9 “The Doll’s House” 30–34 Quiz 1C Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1E Teaching Help 1F Scriptural Application: Valuing people more than status or things Writing Link: The role of Christians in the world (Matt. , 16) 10 “Thank You, M’am” Thinking Zone 35–39 Quiz 1D Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1G Teaching Help 1H Reading Standardized Test Practice 1A Scriptural Application: Keeping a neat appearance (1 Sam. 16:7; Prov. 31:22; etc.) Scriptural Application: The sinful nature of all people and God’s loving response ( 5:8) 11 “After Twenty Years” Thinking Zone 40–44 Quiz 1E Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1I Teaching Help 1J Scriptural Application: Determining moral obligations based on biblical commands, inferences, and examples 12 “Half a Gift” Thinking Zone 45–49 Quiz 1F Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1K Reading Standardized Test Practice 1B Scriptural Application: Giving and receiving Thinking Zone: Character evaluation and unselfish love 13–14 Writing Activity 1B: Alternate Story Ending Writing Worksheet 1B Writing Rubric 1B
15 “Christian Beholds the Cross” Thinking Zone 50–53 Quiz 1G Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1L Bulletin Board: Artful Expression Pilgrim’s Progress: A picture of salvation (1 Cor. , 15:3–4) Hymn: “He Who Would Valiant Be” 16 “Seeing Off a Friend” Thinking Zone 54–56 Quiz 1H Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1M 17 From Versos Sencillos Thinking Zone 57–59 Quiz 1I Teaching Help 1A Teaching Help 1N Scriptural Application and Thinking Zone: Loving your enemies (Matt. , 46) 18 “God’s Victorious Servant” 60–61 Isaiah 52:13–53:12: The righteous but merciful God making a way of salvation Scriptural Application: Christ’s actions compared to 1 Corinthians 13 19 “God’s Victorious Servant” Thinking Zone 62–63 Quiz 1J Teaching Help 1A Exercise 1 Scriptural Application: Christ’s loving actions foretold (John 17; Phil. 2:5–8) Thinking Zone: Parallelism in Old Testament poetry (Ps. 142:1) 20 Hymn and Scripture 64–65 Teaching Help 1A Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice 1 Hymn: “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” Introduction: Loyal and sacrificial friendship (Matt. ) 21 Unit 1 Review 66–69 Teaching Help 1O Teaching Help 1P 22 Unit 1 Test Unit 2: Choices 23 Unit Opener 70–73 Bulletin Board: Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve Teaching Help 2A Opener and Discussion: Making biblical choices (Prov. 16:2; Gal. 6:7; etc.) 24 “Weep No More, My Lady” 74–80 Word List 2A 25 “Weep No More, My Lady” Thinking Zone 81–87 Quiz 2A Teaching Help 2B Teaching Help 2C Teaching Help 2D Scriptural Application: Making choices based on principle Thinking Zone: The reality of moral absolutes Thinking Zone: Right relationships (Phil. 2:3–4) 26 “Mama and the Graduation Present” 88–90 Reading Standardized Test Practice 2A 27 “Mama and the Graduation Present” Thinking Zone 91–94 Quiz 2B Scriptural Application: Esau’s birthright (Gen. 25:20–34) 28 “The Brothers” 95–98 Teaching Help 2F Introduction: Right relationships (Phil. 2:1–4) Scriptural Application: Offending a brother (Prov. ) Scriptural Application: The idea that
Practice 2B 44 Hymn and Scripture 157–59 Hymn: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” Scriptural Application: Comparing and contrasting each unit selection’s approach to choices, pointing out when each affirms biblical truth Scriptural Application: Seeing Christ as Judge or Savior (Rev. 19) The Conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1–31) 45–46 Writing Activity 2B: Essay Writing Worksheet 2B Writing Rubric 2B 47 Unit 2 Review 160–63 48 Unit 2 Test Unit 3: Heroes 49 Unit Opener 164–67 Opener and Discussion: Heroes in the Bible and Christ, the greatest hero (Heb. –15; Rev. 5:12) 50 In Search of Honor Prologue Thinking Zone 168–71 Bulletin Board: Quiz 3A Headnote: Applying Proverbs 15:33 to the Prologue Scriptural Application: Biblical (Prov. ) Scriptural Application: The point of prologues as seen in John 1:1–18 51 In Search of Honor Part 1, Ch. 1 Thinking Zone 172–78 Quiz 3B Word List 3A Teaching Help 3A Thinking Zone: Evaluating stealing (Exod. 20:15; Prov. –31) 52 In Search of Honor Ch. 2, 3 179–81 Discussion: Dealing with despair 53 In Search of Honor Ch. 2, 3 Thinking Zone 181–86 Quiz 3C Teaching Help 3B Scriptural Application: Christian artists and expressing truth (Eph. ; Col. 3: 54 In Search of Honor Ch. 4, 5 187–89 55 In Search of Honor Ch. 4, 5 Thinking Zone 190–94 Quiz 3D Teaching Help 3C Discussion: Christians and evaluating literature 56 In Search of Honor Ch. 6, 7 195–99 57 In Search of Honor Ch. 6, 7 Thinking Zone 200–204 Quiz 3E Scriptural Application: Psalm 37 Loving your enemies (Rom. –21) 58 In Search of Honor Ch. 8, 9 205–6 Teaching Help 3D 59 In Search of Honor Ch. 8, 207–11 Quiz 3F Bulletin Board: Scriptural Application: Personal character revealed through actions,
9 Thinking Zone reactions, and conversations (Luke Gen. 18; etc.) 60–61 Writing Activity 3A: Scene Writing Worksheet 3A Writing Rubric 3A 62 In Search of Honor Ch. 10, 11 212–16 Teaching Help 3E Analysis and Scriptural Application: Poetic parallelism in Isaiah 55:1–3, and 57:15. 63 In Search of Honor Ch. 10, 11 Thinking Zone 217–21 Quiz 3G Scriptural Application: The idea that the condition of our spiritual heart is more important than our circumstances Thinking Zone: Man’s spiritual condition and his need for humility (Isa. 55 and 57; Prov. ) 64 In Search of Honor Ch. 12, 13 222–26 65 In Search of Honor Ch. 12, 13 Thinking Zone 226–31 Quiz 3H Scriptural Application: Spreading bitterness (Heb. ) 66 In Search of Honor Ch. 14, 15 232–35 Teaching Help 3A Word List 3A Scriptural Application: Sympathetic and unsympathetic characters (Gen. 37; Matt. 26:69–75) 67 In Search of Honor Ch. 14, 15 Thinking Zone 235–40 Quiz 3I Teaching Help 3F Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice 3A Scriptural Application: Justice and “an eye for an eye” (Lev. 24:19–20) 68 In Search of Honor Part 2, 1, 2 241–44 Word List 3B Bulletin Board: A Lineup of Literary Terms 69 In Search of Honor Ch. 1, 2 Thinking Zone 245–48 Quiz 3J Scriptural Application: Learning from characters (pragmatism and James 1:5–8) 70 In Search of Honor Ch. 3, 4 249–53 Scriptural Application: Believers and government ( 13:1–7; Acts –21) Scriptural Application: Objectionable elements in literature (Ps. 11:5) Scriptural Application: Rationalizing wrong behavior (1 Sam. –23; Gen. 29:26–27) and searing our consciences ( 12:1–2) 71 In Search of Honor Ch. 3, 4 Thinking Zone 254–60 Quiz 3K 72 In Search of Honor Ch. 5, 6 261–63 Scriptural Application: Honor in God’s eyes (Matt. 23:11–12; James 4:10) 73 In Search of Honor Ch. 5, 6 Thinking Zone 264–69 Quiz 3L Thinking Zone: The praise of men Thinking Zone: Evaluating author perspective from a biblical worldview
valuable things in life (Prov. 22:1; Josh. –26; etc.) 96–97 Writing Activity 4A Video Script Writing Worksheet 4A Writing Rubric 4A 98 “You’ve Got to Learn” 332–35 99 “You’ve Got to Learn” 336–40 100 “You’ve Got to Learn” Thinking Zone 341–44 Quiz 4E Teaching Help 4F Teaching Help 4L Teaching Help 4M 101 From Evidence Not Seen Thinking Zone 345–52 Quiz 4F Teaching Help 4G Reading Standardized Test Practice 4C Scriptural Application: Enduring hardness (2 Tim. 2:3) Scriptural Application: Depending on God for strength in trials (Eph. ) Scriptural Application: Enduring trials today, even small ones 102–3 Writing Activity 4B: Reflective Paragraph Writing Worksheet 4B Writing Rubric 4B 104 “Symbols” Thinking Zone 352–54 Quiz 4G Teaching Help 4H Scriptural Application: God’s compassion (Lam. ) 105–6 “The Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean” ”Sunset” Thinking Zone 355–58 Quiz 4H Word List 4 Teaching Help 4I Teaching Help 4J Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice 4 Bulletin Board: Soaring to Understanding 107 “Coloss. 3.3” Thinking Zone 359–61 Quiz 4I Teaching Help 4K Exercise 4 Scriptural Application: God as our treasure 108 Hymn and Scripture 362–63 Hymn: “Christ Returneth” 109 Hymn and Scripture 364–65 Scriptural Application: Using suspense to reinforce God’s message of hope (Gen. 22:1–19) Abraham and Isaac (Gen. 22:1–9) 110 Unit 4 Review 366–69 111 Unit 4 Test Unit 5: Adventurers 112 Unit Opener 370–73 Discussion: Adventurous versus foolhardy 113 “The Banks of the ” 374–77 Word List 5 114 “The Banks of the ” Thinking Zone 378–83 Quiz 5A Teaching Help 5A Scriptural Application: God as our Father (Prov. 15:3; Matt. 28:20; etc.) 115–16 Writing Activity 5A: Personal Writing Worksheet 5A Writing Rubric 5A
168 A Christmas Carol Stave IV 575–77 169 A Christmas Carol Stave IV Thinking Zone 578–83 Quiz 6L Teaching Help 6L Scriptural Application: Reputation and how we are remembered (Prov. 22:1; Eccles. 7:1) 170 A Christmas Carol Stave V 584–87 Word List 6B 171 A Christmas Carol Stave V Thinking Zone 587–91 Quiz 6M Exercise 6 Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice 6B Bulletin Board: Reflections Teaching Help 6M Teaching Help 6N Scriptural Application: Evaluating A Christmas Carol from a biblical worldview 172–73 Hymn and Scripture 592–93 Hymn: “Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart” The Way to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–32) 174 Unit Review 594–97 175 Unit 6 Test 176–80 Final Review and Final Examination