Due to the demand for this course, we are opening a separate section for the Winter – Spring term. This course is a condensed version of the full year course which began in August.
This course will be somewhat similar to that of the same name for the younger years, but the focus will be on classics of international poetry and prose. Additionally, the writing component will target skill development in literary and rhetorical analysis. As such, students who take assignments seriously will see an improvement in the skills necessary for success on AP, CLEP, and IB English examinations. As with the course for the younger years, discussions and assignments will ask students to contextualize their knowledge and analysis within an Islamic framework. The course will explore multiple examples of the following genres:
- Classic Fiction
- Biography
- Poetry
- Modern Fiction
- Speeches of American Society
This is a reading-intensive course which hopes to capitalize on the proclivity of most homeschoolers for reading. In some units, students will have a choice of texts to read rather than being obliged to read each text. In others, they may be assigned different texts as deemed suitable by the instructor. In the case of poetry and speeches, a good number of samples will be available as audio or video. By its end, students will have had exposure to a treasury of global literature quite unlike that experienced by most teens, whether homeschooled or otherwise.
Duration: 17 Weeks / Meetings: Three per Week / Start Date: January 18 | Register here