Thank you all for entrusting your students to me this year! I'm certain they have taught me as much as I have taught them.
I've updated all the assignment record pages, so feel free to check those. If you notice any discrepancies between my records and those of your student, please don't hesitate to call that to my attention. Most students need only to submit revisions for their final essay to complete the writing coursework for the spring semester. You can submit those by e-mail or drop them by if you happen to be in the area.
I made a list for my own records of the literature we've read and discussed since our class began its literary journey in the Fall of 2012. I thought I'd share that with you.
2012-13:
The Odyssey, Beowulf, The
Dream of the Rood, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Idylls of the King (excerpts), The
Inferno, The Once and Future King
2013-14:
The Aeneid (books 1-6), Dr. Faustus,
Poetry unit: The
Consolation of Philosophy: On Human Folly (Boetheus), Passionate
Shepherd to his Love (Marlowe), The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd (Sir
Walter Raleigh), and The Bait & Death Be not Proud & The Bait
(Donne)
The Tempest, The King of the Golden River (Ruskin), The Meno (Plato), Aristotle
for Everybody: Ch 1-9 (Adler)
2014-15:
Kicking off the year with Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress!
As for our study of classical composition, here is a list of tools your students have aquired this year:
Canon of Invention:
The 5 Topics of Invention (basic familiarity)
Definition of terms I & II
Comparison of terms
Differences in Kind vs. Degree
Canon of Arrangement:
Basic sorting and outlining
Thesis statement
Proofs and Sub proofs
Exordium
Amplification
Division and Distribution
Refutation
Naratio
Canon of Elocution:
Basic subject editing
Basic verb editing
4 nominalization patterns to avoid
Parallelism
Antithesis
Simile
Metaphor
Enjoy your summer, and I hope to see you all back in the fall. Hang on to Aristotle for Everybody. We'll continue to discuss his ideas and their relevance to classical composition as well as to our general reading.
To register for the fall, and to ensure I include you in our group book order, please mail your $70 deposit by May 31st. Be sure the return address on the envelope (or your check) matches your shipping address. I plan to order our books and have them sent to you the first week in June. That way they'll be able to preview the book over the summer.
Mail deposit to:
7 Ashworth Ct
Conroe, TX 77385
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
Week 24+
Last reading assignment!
Read the last half of Meno slowly and carefully, making notes in the margins and finding blues.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
April 3rd
Reminder:
No class this coming Thursday. We'll resume class at our usual time on April 17.
This week (and next week) you will move on to write your final essay for the semester on The King of the Golden River. Before you begin, check your number to see whether you need to make any changes to the content of your outline before you begin your essay.
Things to check on your outline (other than content):
Most of the outlines are still too wordy. Outlines should omit all unnecessary information. Do not write sentences in your outline. The only possible exception to this rule is your thesis, and even that should be abbreviated if possible. Go through your outlines this week and see which words can be removed. Remove articles (the, a, an), adjectives that are not critical to the point, prepositions, pronouns (he, she, they), etc. Do not write your full exordium in your outline. If you plan to reference something from the text, the Bible, or some other place, give the location and a few words to represent the idea.
Writing Assignment:
*view DVD lessons on nominalizations for patterns 2, 3, & 4 if needed. Review the gray boxes on pages 99, 105, and 129. Complete section 5 "Practice" of each of the nominalization worksheets as follows:
No class this coming Thursday. We'll resume class at our usual time on April 17.
This week (and next week) you will move on to write your final essay for the semester on The King of the Golden River. Before you begin, check your number to see whether you need to make any changes to the content of your outline before you begin your essay.
Things to check on your outline (other than content):
Most of the outlines are still too wordy. Outlines should omit all unnecessary information. Do not write sentences in your outline. The only possible exception to this rule is your thesis, and even that should be abbreviated if possible. Go through your outlines this week and see which words can be removed. Remove articles (the, a, an), adjectives that are not critical to the point, prepositions, pronouns (he, she, they), etc. Do not write your full exordium in your outline. If you plan to reference something from the text, the Bible, or some other place, give the location and a few words to represent the idea.
Writing Assignment:
*view DVD lessons on nominalizations for patterns 2, 3, & 4 if needed. Review the gray boxes on pages 99, 105, and 129. Complete section 5 "Practice" of each of the nominalization worksheets as follows:
- Nominalization pattern 2: pages 100-101
- Nominalization pattern 3: page 107
- Nominalization pattern 4: pages 130-131
- Use the checklist on page 217 and your outline to write your lesson 7 essay. Page 133 contains a sample essay for you to use as a model. Attach the checklist to the front of your essay. Please have someone proofread your essay for mechanics (capital letters, punctuation, spelling, etc). These sorts of errors are very hard to spot in your own writing, but should be corrected before you submit your paper for assessment.
Reading Assignment:
- Aristotle for everybody chapters 8 & 9 with highlighting and notes
- Keep reading the Meno, especially the first half. No one is ever "finished" reading the Bible, and similarly, no one is ever finished reading Plato :-)
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