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• y the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleishman
• Rifles for Waite by Harold Keith
• Hattie ig Sky by Kirby Larson
• Journey to Topaz by Yoshida Uchida

third, fourth, fifth, sixth, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, middle school, english, writing
• Elementary English: Fables, Myths & Fairy Tales – (3rd-6th graders) In this IEW (Institute for Excellence in

Writing) class, your 3rd-5th grader will delight in classic childrens tales while learning to write using structure
and style. Characters and adventures will capture your childs imagination and provide rich writing

content. Using this methodology, your child will learn concrete techniques and move from being an
inexperienced writer to a confident writer. Each week, 1-2 hours of homework will be assigned and parental

supervision and guidance will be required. Required Textbooks: IEW Fables, Myths & Fairy Tales: Writing Lessons
in Structure & Style by Lori Verstegen (IEW.com/AFF), Student Resource Notebook (by purchasing the student

text you will receive the Resource Notebook as a free download), and a thesaurus. Teacher: Keira Moody
Recommended Donation of $10 per weekly class
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 11th, writing, english, literature, high school, middle school
• Shakespeare- (7 -12 th grade) Shakespeare is Great Literature, enduring, thought-provoking and inspiring
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literature, although it is not novels/ Shakespeare’s plays were written to be performed and watched in
community, rather than read silently by an individual by a fireside. The 90-minute class period is intended to
allow for plenty of discussion of Shakespeare’s timeless themes and complex, insightful characters, but also for

watching professional performances of the plays, reading substantial sections of the plays out loud together,
and rehearsing and performing sonnets, soliloquies, and scenes ourselves. Required Texts: Students will need

copies of Hamlet, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and
several sonnets. Teacher: Laura Keifer Recommended Donation of $10 per weekly session

ninth, tenth, 9th, 10th, high school
• Freshman/Sophomore English (Literature & Writing)- (9 th &10 th grades) This class is for students beginning their

9th or 10th grade year of high school Language Arts. We will focus on close reading strategies and literary
analysis as well as the structure(s) and process of writing. This class is based on the belief that in order to learn

to write well one must READ! While the texts we read will certainly stand on their own, they will also provide
inspiration and a model for student writing. Please expect to have weekly homework in both reading and writing
in a addition to about four formal writing assignments throughout the year. Required Texts: The texts you will

need to acquire for this class are: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by
Robert Louis Stevenson, and (No Fear Shakespeare) A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare/ You

will also need reliable home internet access for the short stories & poems we will be reading this year. Teacher:

Emily Bolthouse Recommended Donation of $10 per weekly class session.
eleventh, twelfth, high school,
• Honors English (Literature & Writing)- (11 th & 12 th grades) This class is for students beginning their 11th or 12th

grade year of high school Language Arts. This is an upper level course and will focus on close reading, literary

analysis, and response to literature through writing. We will focus specifically on American Literature and
explore themes related to the !merican experience, the human condition, and the individual’s place in the

world he/she inhabits. Please expect to have weekly homework in both reading and writing in addition to about

four formal writing assignments throughout the year. The texts you will need to acquire for this class are: The
Crucible by Arthur Miller, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. You will
also need reliable home internet access for the short stories & poems we will be reading this year. Teacher:

Emily Bolthouse Recommended Donation of $10 per weekly class session