Students will explore classic British tales, novels, and poems. During the first semester, students will dive deeper into the concepts presented in Essays 5 - 9 of The Lost Tools of Writing Level I. The focus will be writing with clarity and eloquence. During the second semester, the students will learn to write Comparison Essays.
Suggested Age: 13 years old and up
Prerequisites: Completion of Lost Tools of Writing Level 1
Required Text:
- Lost Tools of Writing Level One - Student Workbook
- Comparison Essay workbook
- Beowulf by R.K. Gordon, translator. (Dover Thrift Editions)- ISBN: 0486272648
- Selected Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (Dover Thrift Editions)- ISBN: 0486282414
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Retold in modern prose by Jessie L. Weston - ISBN: 0486431916
- The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. (Dover Thrift Edition)- ISBN: 0486426754
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (with N.C. Wyeth illustrations)- ISBN: 1948132192
- Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. (Dover Thrift Edition) - ISBN: 0486292738
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. (Dover Thrift edition) ISBN: 0486284735
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. (Dover Thrift edition)- ISBN: 978-0486406510
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. ISBN: 054792822X
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. ISBN: 0060652934
- Poetry links will be provided by the instructor.
Registration Numbers: Minimum 6; Maximum 14