Wrapping up another fantstic year!

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