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We are offering the following online
writing, poetry, and Latin courses for the 2009/10 academic year:
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Writing
Workshop
Fridays at 8:00 Pacific Time. First class is
September 4.
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Poetry: Education by
the Muses
Mondays beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The first
class is September 14.
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Latin I: Introduction to Latin Tuesdays beginning at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
The first class is September 1.
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Latin
II: Further on the Latin Road Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
First class is September 3.
The course descriptions are below.
Please note that
class sizes are limited to 14 students. The exception is
Poetry, which is limited to 20.
Writing Workshop
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Students begin crafting complete
sentences – clear, concise and interesting – as the first exercise
in becoming familiar with the natural movement of a beginning, a
middle and an end, thought-to-written expression lessons. This
concept is expressed in concrete details and with attention to
correct grammar and usage so that the next step, the paragraph,
appears also with a beginning, middle and end. It is the natural
extension of the sentence. When the students begin to master the
paragraph, they are set to write full essays for any subject in
the curriculum.
Conversation about style and le mot juste (choosing the
best word), and the “musical notation” of punctuation, will be a
significant part of the writing experience. This class will
inspire and enrich both academic and personal writing.
Open from age 13 on up.
Specifics for Writing Workshop:
- There will be 28 hours of class time each semester. Each class
will be 2 hours long and will take place in one of our online
classrooms. There will be 14 weeks of classes.
- The classes will be on
Fridays beginning at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The first class is
September 4.
- Tuition is $395 per semester. If you register for both
semesters you will receive a 10% tuition discount. Tuition
will be $711 rather than $790.
- Family discounts are available
for those who would like to
enroll two or more students. The discount is 10% for all
students after the first one.
- To take advantage of these family discounts you may enroll by
mail sending the appropriate payment. You can also enroll with us
by phone at 800-331-6071. Or you may simply enroll your students
here online and send us an email at
info@greatbooksdiscussions.org requesting your family
discount. We'll promptly mail a check to you in the amount of the
discount.
- The course will continue with a second semester of 14 two hour
classes to begin in January.
- Class size limited to 14
students.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding the
Writing course feel
free to write to Dr. Taylor at
jamesstaylor22@gmail.com
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Poetry:
Education by the Muses What is this class? Here's Dr. Taylor to tell you:
Why don't poets say what they mean? I answer, they
do, we just need to listen closely and learn to read poetry in the
spirit of the Muse.
Do you hate poetry? I would too if I had been taught by teachers
who cut, chop and dissect the poor defenseless poem until it dies
a brutal death. And too often such a manner of "teaching poetry"
kills something in our souls, as well. Millions of students
graduate from high school, and from college too, having a keen
distaste for poetry and the poetic way of seeing life. It was
never thus in the past -- and the remedy is here and now,
following the natural way of reading poetry before the academics
and specialists got hold of it and ruined one of the greatest
experiences of a good education.
I say let the poem be your teacher and let me be your guide.
We will read and talk about selections from the huge treasury of
British and U.S. poetry.
Open from age 13 on
up.
Specifics for Poetry: Education by
the Muses
- There will be 28 hours of class time each semester. Each class
will be 2 hours long and will take place in one of our online
classrooms. There will be 14 weeks of classes.
- The classes will be on
Mondays beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The first class is
September 14.
- Tuition is $395 per semester. If you register for both
semesters you will receive a 10% tuition discount. Tuition
will be $711 rather than $790.
- Family discounts are available
for those who would like to
enroll two or more students. The discount is 10% for all
students after the first one.
- To take advantage of these family discounts you may enroll by
mail sending the appropriate payment. You can also enroll with us
by phone at 800-331-6071. Or you may simply enroll your students
here online and send us an email at
info@greatbooksdiscussions.org requesting your family
discount. We'll promptly mail a check to you in the amount of the
discount.
- The courses will continue with a second semester of 14 two hour
classes to begin in January.
Questions?
If you have any
questions regarding the Poetry course feel free to write to Dr.
Taylor at
jamesstaylor22@gmail.com
.
Please
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to enroll securely online.
Latin I:
Introduction to Latin
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The instructor will be Mrs. Anne Van Fossen. She has a master’s degree in Classics and has 8 years of
experience teaching classical languages.
The course will use the Oxford Latin Course [OLC] – a series
commonly used in both high schools and colleges in the United
States. For Latin I we will be using Part One of the
OLC. Half of the book will be covered each semester. The OLC offers a good mixture of both inductive and deductive
learning. It includes a clear and systematic presentation of
grammar with the regular use of extended readings so students can
begin to absorb the patterns of a new language. The narrative
passages detail the life of the Roman poet Horace and help
students to develop an understanding of a critical point in the
history of Rome – the transition from the Republic to the Empire
during the times of Cicero and Augustus.
The text will be supplemented with chants, games, online
activities and drills. Online class time is spent in reading Latin
aloud, translating with the help of the teacher and the class, and
going over homework as a group. Intriguing word histories
(etymology) are discovered along the way.
Students will have the option of taking the National Latin Exam in
the Spring semester.
Course Requirements:
Students should expect to work 30-45 minutes a day to complete
homework assignments.
Latin I is open to students with little or no previous Latin.
Open to grades 7 to adult or with permission of instructor.
Specifics for Introduction to Latin:
- There will be 28 hours of class time each semester. Each class
will be 2 hours long and will take place in one of our online
classrooms. There will be 14 weeks of classes.
- The classes will be on
Tuesdays beginning at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time. The first class is
September 1.
- Tuition is $395 per semester. If you register for both
semesters you will receive a 10% tuition discount. Tuition
will be $711 rather than $790.
- Family discounts are available
for those who would like to
enroll two or more students. The discount is 10% for all
students after the first one.
- To take advantage of these family discounts you may enroll by
mail sending the appropriate payment. You can also enroll with us
by phone at 800-331-6071. Or you may simply enroll your students
here online and send us an email at
info@greatbooksdiscussions.org requesting your family
discount. We'll promptly mail a check to you in the amount of the
discount.
- The course will continue with a second semester of 14 two hour
classes to begin in January.
-
Oxford Latin Course Part One will be the student text. The Oxford book may be purchased
from
our bookstore here.
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Class size limited to 14 students.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding the Latin course feel
free to write to Mrs. Van Fossen at
annevan@west.net .
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to enroll securely online.
Latin II: Further on the Latin Road
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The instructor will be Mrs. Anne Van Fossen. She has a master’s degree in Classics and has 8 years of
experience teaching classical languages.
The course will use the Oxford Latin Course [OLC] – a series
commonly used in both high schools and colleges in the United
States. For Latin II we will be using Part Two of the
OLC. Half of the book will be covered each semester. The OLC offers a good mixture of both inductive and deductive
learning. It includes a clear and systematic presentation of
grammar with the regular use of extended readings so students can
begin to absorb the patterns of a new language. The narrative
passages detail the life of the Roman poet Horace and help
students to develop an understanding of a critical point in the
history of Rome – the transition from the Republic to the Empire
during the times of Cicero and Augustus.
The text will be supplemented with chants, games, online
activities and drills. Online class time is spent in reading Latin
aloud, translating with the help of the teacher and the class, and
going over homework as a group. Intriguing word histories
(etymology) are discovered along the way.
Students will have the option of taking the National Latin Exam in
the Spring semester.
Course Requirements:
Students should expect to work 30-45 minutes a day to complete
homework assignments.
Latin II is open to students with previous Latin experience.
Open to grades 7 to adult or with permission of instructor.
Specifics for Latin II: Further on
the Latin Road
- There will be 28 hours of class time each semester. Each class
will be 2 hours long and will take place in one of our online
classrooms. There will be 14 weeks of classes.
- The classes will be on
Thursdays beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The first class is
September 1.
- Tuition is $395 per semester. If you register for both
semesters you will receive a 10% tuition discount. Tuition
will be $711 rather than $790.
- Family discounts are available
for those who would like to
enroll two or more students. The discount is 10% for all
students after the first one.
- To take advantage of these family discounts you may enroll by
mail sending the appropriate payment. You can also enroll with us
by phone at 800-331-6071. Or you may simply enroll your students
here online and send us an email at
info@greatbooksdiscussions.org requesting your family
discount. We'll promptly mail a check to you in the amount of the
discount.
- The course will continue with a second semester of 14 two hour
classes to begin in January.
-
Oxford Latin Course Part Two will be the student text. The Oxford book may be purchased
from
our bookstore here.
-
Class size limited to 14 students.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding the Latin course feel
free to write to ____Van Fossen at
annevan@west.net .
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Writing Workshop - First
semester, $395
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Writing Workshop - Both
semesters, $711
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Poetry: Education by the Muses
- First
semester, $395
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Poetry: Education by the Muses
- Both
semesters, $711
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Latin I: Introduction to Latin -
First semester,
$395
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Latin I: Introduction to Latin -
Both semesters, $711
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Latin
II: - First semester,
$395
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Latin II:
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Both semesters,
$711
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