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• IEW Middle School English (MS) - In this IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) class, your 6-
8th grader will explore ancient history themes while learning to write using structure and style. In
addition, this class will incorporate literature and vocabulary development. As we move through
the units, your middle schooler will develop their speaking skills; grammar, word choice, and
sentence fluency; ability to summarize and write stories and research reports. Each week, 2-4
hours of homework, depending on the project, will be assigned, and parental supervision and
guidance will be required. Required texts: Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons and Student
Resource Notebook (by purchasing the main text through IEW, you will receive this as a free e-
book download to print), The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek
Myths, Who was Alexander the Great? by Kathryn Waterfield, and Detectives in Togas by Henry
Winterfield. Instructor: Keira Moody Recommended Donation of $10

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• Shakespeare (7 -12 ) - **May Be Offered 2019-2020** Shakespeare is Great Literature,
enduring, thought-provoking and inspiring 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. Students
will need copies of Hamlet, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The
Taming of the Shrew, and several sonnets. Core text for high school courses only (to be used as
a reference for structure and style, not for writing prompts, which will come from course topics):
Kane, Thomas S. The New Oxford Guide to Writing. New York: Oxford U, 2007. 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. Instructor: Laura Keifer Recommended
Donation of $10 per weekly session

• Public Speaking & Human Communication- (MS & HS) In this course, students will learn the
methodology of human communication. Course work will cover both the theory and
implementation of successful public speaking, in its many forms (persuasive, demonstrational,
impromptu, interpretive, and others). This is done through readings, workshops, research, peer
critiques, and class presentations. Instructor: Abigail Ford Recommended Donation of $10 per
weekly session

• Movies as Literature (HS) - This is a full High School English course which includes both
literature and composition. The fun twist is that classic movies provide the literature. As the
author states, “The emphasis in this course is on directing students to make inferences, draw
conclusions, and identify and interpret figurative language as they study character, plot, theme
and various literary and film techniques.” (Kathryn Stout) The movies to be studied are Shane,
Friendly Persuasion, The Quiet Man, The Music Man, E.T., Maltese Falcon, Rear Window,
Emma, The Philadelphia Story, To Kill a Mockingbird, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Henry V, and
Chariots of Fire. Text: Movies as Literature, Student Workbook, by Kathryn and Richard Stout
ISBN-10: 1-891975-12-9, ISBN-13: 978-1-891975-12-7 Students will also need to watch each
movie once at home before we watch and discuss it in class. Movies can be purchased, rented,
borrowed from the library, or rented from the Quest library. Almost all are available to stream
from Amazon for a low cost. Instructor: Karen Roat Recommended Donation of $10 per weekly
session