Student Edition
Gold for 8th grade is an extraordinary
textbook with highly literate curriculum
and artwork that enchants. Students will
be intrigued by introductory word banks with
fascinating bits of information, and helped
by vocabulary definitions on each page.
The novel, The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon, is suspenseful and powerful. Let Mosdos Press show your students the joys of poetry!

• 26 Short Stories • A Novella • 23 Poetry Selections
• A Drama Selection • 9 Nonfiction Essays • A Complete Novel
• Index of Authors & Titles • Glossary of Literary Terms
• Vocabulary Glossary • Author Biographies
• 733 pages. Published 2001.

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Teacher's Annotated Edition
Developed by master educators, Gold Teacher's
Annotated Edition will delight classroom and
homeschooling instructors. Selections open
with exercises that hone students' comprehension
skills. Background Bytes, Into the Selection, and
Focus complement the textbook curriculum with information
that will intrigue teachers and students. The detailed analysis
of literary components is, itself, an education in critical thinking.
The poetry unit will enable teachers to bring clarity to the study of verse.

•Scope and Seqence
• Workbook Answer Guide
• 733+ pages. Published 2001. Spiral bound in two parts.

Student Companion Workbook
Our consumable Gold Workbook is the only tool of its kind on the market: We have taken the tedium out of language and analytical exercises! This Workbook is very funny and imaginative. There are a pair of vocabulary exercises, one graphic organizer, and a research or creative writing activity, Going One Step Further, for each of Gold's short stories and nonfiction essays, as well as for the drama, novella, and novel. The vocabulary usage exercises often mimic the great authors. Practice exercises with synonyms/antonyms/homonyms, word analogies, and tests of context are witty and instructive. Complimentary Teacher's Answer Guide.

•217 pages. Published 2001.

Gold Test Masters
The Gold CD has test masters for each prose selection, unit tests, vocabulary tests, and essay questions drawn from each unit appropriate for use as a test or independent assignment.

• Published 2007.

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