In this course, students will work through an advanced review of LTW Level I in the first semester and the new LTW Comparison essay program in the second semester while reading and discussing Shakespeare and selections from Plutarch’s Lives. This class will provide an excellent opportunity for review and internalization of skills introduced in Level 1. Although Essays Five to Nine will be the focus, the whole tool box will be explored and reinforced during the 1st semester. For 2nd semester we will continue to refine and develop skills as we work with LTW Comparison Essay and internalize a new and valuable form of essay writing.
Suggested Age: 13 years old and up
Prerequisites: Completion of at least one year of LTW Level I
Required Texts:
- The Lost Tools of Writing Level One - Student Workbook
- The Lost Tools of Writing - Comparison Essay
- The Lawgivers - The Parallel Lives of Numa Pompilius and Lycurgus of Sparta by David Hicks and C. Scot Hicks
- The Folger Shakespeare Library Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare Publisher: Simon & Schuster (July 7, 2020) ISBN13: 9781982157371
- The Folger Shakespeare Library Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 11, 2011) ISBN13: 9781439196717 [either the second volume of Plutarch or another Shakespeare]
- The Statesman - The Parallel Lives of Cato the Younger and Phocion of Athens by David HIcks and C. Scot Hicks (*used spring semester)
Registration Numbers: Minimum 4; Maximum 14