Writing-Literature-Vocabulary 2021-22

The Class includes 28 x 1hr classes between September and May, all the homework scheduling, grading, downloadable outlines and marking rubrics, and email help for students. 

The details on the course:
1.  Writing Component

Power in Your Hands by Sharon Watson (each student must buy this text)
-they can read the details at her website here:  https://writingwithsharonwatson.com/the-power-in-your-hands/

-We will cover 1/2 the text this year:   Essay Planning, Opinion Essay, Persuasion Essentials Essay, Persuasion Next Level Essay, Logical Persuasion, Proof Reading and Common Mistakes Chapters, Letters/emails, How-To Essay, Writing a Devotional, Compare and Contrast Essay, and a Literary Analysis Essay
 

2. Literature Component
-the reading list is yet to be determined but will be chosen from this list (not all of it but probably 1/2 of it)

List of stories and books:

• “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, in the textbook

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dover Publications

• Silas Marner by George Eliot, Dover Publications

• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Dover Publications

  • An Assortment of Short Stories:

  • “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett, in the textbook

  • “The Garden of Forking Paths” by Jorge Luis Borges, link provided

  • “Haircut” by Ring Lardner, link provided

  • “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton, in the textbook

  • “Of the Passing of the First-Born” by W. E. B. Du Bois, in the textbook

  • “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas, link provided

• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Dover Publications

• Biography or autobiography of student’s choice

• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Mariner Books

3.  Vocabulary Component

-parents can choose from Vocabulary Workshop, or Abeka Vocabulary (or another vocabulary curricula if they have a favorite)

-we will place students at an individually appropriate level 

-Vocabulary workshop has the option of using the online resources only (so no extra cost), otherwise the cost of the workbook will be the responsibility of the family

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Costs:
Power in Your Hands Text:  aprox $50

Required Reading: $75-$100 (or find online or used)

Classes:  $10-13 per week for 28 weeks ($280-364)

Optional Vocabulary workbook: aprox: $30

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