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British Literature for Those Who Hate to Read Single Semester

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Ages 14-18
Live Group Course
In this 15 week class, students will explore excerpts from a wide range of British Literary works. Students will gain basic knowledge of the authors and their works through discussion, games, projects and guided reading activities.
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Live video meetings
1x per week, 15 weeks
2-10 learners per class
75 min

What's included

15 live meetings
18 hrs 45 mins in-class hours
Assignments
2-4 hours per week. Each work that is studied will have a guided reading or vocabulary assignment. Homework is 50% of the grade. 1 quality essay will be assigned and will be 15% of the grade. 20% will be various fun projects to share with the class and 15% will be final assessments. Homework coupons will be given for students to use to turn in late assignments or to skip an assignment. (Not to be used on Essays or tests) When students use all of their coupons, no late work will be allowed unless pre-approved by me and the parent. I encourage conversation for families who desire accommodations. EVERYONE can enjoy literature!
Letter Grade
Homework, Essays and Exams will be turned in to me and graded. Projects are presented to the class and will be graded according to rubrics given.

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner Level
British Literature (.5 cr) will consist of  analyzing and discussion on  a wide range of British Literature.  We start with the Dorian Gray and end the year with Beowulf.  
I will be discussing the use of AI with the students.  For this class, unless expressed permission is given by me, AI in any form is not allowed.

Books/Works:   Dorian Gray,The Princess and the Goblin, The Lost World, Canterbury Tales, Legends of King Arthur and Beowulf.

Assignments:   Guided reading activities, vocabulary proficiency (50%), projects (20%), 2 Essays (15%), and a mid-term and final (15%).We will also experience High Tea, have costume contests, create a monster, create a class short story, play games and celebrate Hobbit Day.

Supplies:  books/poems from either public domain or local library
                  youtube access for free audiobooks if so desired (links will be provided)
                  additional handouts from me, printed
                  tons of sticky notes for annotations
                  word or google docs access
                  something to snack or to drink while we have our class

As a believer in Classical Education, my classes are driven with discussion over lecture.  However, I will be using white boards and screen sharing to present information as well.

Learning Goals

Students will be able to read classic British Literature (in the context of the times) and analyze through their own, unique worldview.  Using the tools of invention, they will create  theses, and support those theses in  well-organized persuasive/informa

Syllabus

Curriculum
Follows Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Curriculum
15 Lessons
over 15 Weeks
Lesson 1:
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
 Using Dorian Gray as our source, we will discuss setting and character and we will also tie in excerpts from The Selfish Giant to compare an contrast theme and worldview. 
75 mins online live lesson
1 assignment
Lesson 2:
Pride and Prejudice
 Jane Austin and the class structure of England, use of imagery and language will be explored. We will also learn about a proper British tea party and do some practicing. Pinkies out, my dears! 
75 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Pride and Prejudice
 Continuing with Pride and Prejudice, we will discuss tone; how to pinpoint tone, how to create tone and how your own point of view seeps into the tone of a story. 
75 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
The Princess and the Goblin
 Who is this obscure author and who did he influence?  We will find out. As we discuss the Princess and the Goblin, we will review the elements of a story using the Freytag's Pyramid. 
75 mins online live lesson

Other Details

Supply List
The book or text we are reading
LOTS of sticky notes
Printed handouts and materials for the week
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Some of the literature we will be reading include mature themes. For example, Canterbury Tales has some sexual content, although we will not be focusing on those stories. The Arthur Legends have themes of incest and many others have themes of dark-arts or magic. Many stories were written from a Judeo-Christian author point of view and those views are expressed in their writing, while some authors were unapologetically agnostic . Epic battles and violence, murder and suicide are in many of these books.

Meet the teacher

Joined September, 2023
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a certified IEW teacher and have used this method to homeschool my own children who have successfully completed college composition and literature courses. (Hurray!)  I have taught British Literature in traditional classrooms, co-ops for homeschooling students, via google meet classes and around my own kitchen table. 

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