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Lingua Mater: Language Lessons from Literature

Margot Davidson

This program by Margot Davidson combines the beauty of literature, art, and poetry with the study of grammar and composition. In this completely integrated program, your student will study grammar concepts within the context of real literature and will write compositions that encourage critical-thinking skills.

The text provides daily student lessons for 36 four-day weeks. Each week features a piece of literature or a painting, one grammar concept, and one student writing assignment. The student will learn and practice narrative, expository, and persuasive writing as well as try his hand at writing poetry. Integrated throughout the text are the thoughts of great Catholic thinkers, making this a uniquely Catholic book.

Literature selections include pieces by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abraham Lincoln, Kenneth Grahame, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Poetry selections include authors such as Sir Walter Scott, Longfellow, John Henry Newman, and Father Abraham Ryan. Printed in full color, the art selections feature painters such as Auguste Renoir, William Liddall Armitage, Winslow Homer, and Carlo Dolci.

The Teacher's Guide includes a complete answer key, numerous teaching tips, and scoring rubrics for assessing student writing. Recommended as a one-year program for 7th grade. Student text is spiral bound for ease of use. 300-page student text and 80-page Teacher's Guide.

The student book of Lingua Mater is non-consumable so it may be used with more than one student. There are a number of consumable worksheets which the author grants permission to photocopy for your own students. 7th/8th grade.

“My five children have been using Catholic Heritage Curricula's "Language of God" series for a number of years now, and I am so pleased with the fact that, as they are learning about grammar and the proper use of our English language, they are also being educated in the fundamentals of the Church! Interesting facts about our beloved Saints, Church history, and the catechism are woven into the material so that as they learn about the use of quotation marks, for example, they are also gathering information that will strengthen their understanding of our faith. We had tried other Language Arts texts prior to my discovery of CHC and all of its offerings, but none of them ever left me feeling as though we had found exactly what our children needed - until "Language of God". We are grateful to CHC and authors Nancy Nicholson, Sandra Garant, and Christine Schintgen for providing us with this excellent series which enables us to continue "Educating for Eternity". God bless you all.”

- Miriam, NJ

“Thank you for offering the Lingua Mater program for 7th grade. It is the best program, by far, that we have used in teaching grammar and composition. I love the Catholic perspective, the simple explanations of grammatical terms (helpful to parents who may not remember all grammatical terms!), and the application of various writing styles. God bless.”

- Sandy, Missouri

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