OFFERED 2026-2027

• 2026-2027 Time & Tuition:
  • 2026-2027 Academic Year
    • Mondays, 2:00 – 3:30 pm Eastern
    • Seminar with writing tutorial: $95 per month (10 months, August through May)
    • Seminar only: $80 per month (10 months, August through May)
    • THIS COURSE MAY ALSO BE TAKEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WRITING III SUPPLEMENT AND ANCIENT HISTORY – Please see the Writing III page for further information; combined tuition for all three courses is $245 per month (10 months, August through May)
• Location: Signal Mountain, Tennessee
• Grades: 9th-12th grades and 8th grade strong readers
• Prerequisite for tutorial portion: Writing III
• Pairing: You can pair this course with Ancient History!
• Description: Through works of ancient Greek and Roman literature, this course examines the great questions humans ask.
• Assessment:
  • All: Students must complete all readings and daily-work/commonplacing as well as oral exams.
  • Writing tutorial only: Each term, students compose one essay, one other written piece, and one project – choosing between an academic/artistic portfolio and a history-related handcraft. (Students in both history and literature courses only create one project per term.) In December and May, students participate in Defense Day by giving a brief presentation on one of their essays and responding to questions from the audience.
• POTENTIAL BOOK LIST – FINAL BOOK LIST WILL BE AVAILABLE MIDSUMMER: (Hard copies are required; recommended editions/translations are listed below)
  • Homer – Iliad (Recommended: Lattimore translation, ISBN: 9780226470497)
  • Homer – Odyssey (Recommended: Lattimore translation, ISBN: 9780061244186)
  • Aeschylus—The Oresteia (Recommended: Lattimore/Grene translation, ISBN: 9780226311470)
  • Sophocles—Three Theban Plays (Recommended: Fagles translation, ISBN: 9780140444254)
  • Virgil—Aeneid (Recommended: Ahl translation, ISBN: 9780199231959)
  • Augustine—Confessions (Recommended: Boulding translation/Ignatius, ISBN: 9781586176839)