Writing I: Grammar

Time & Tuition:
- 2023-2024 Academic Year
  - 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Mondays
  - Seminar with writing tutorial: $75 per month (10 months, August through May)
  - Seminar only: $60 per month (10 months, August through May)
Location: Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Grades: 5th grade strong readers and up
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course provides an introduction to narrative and descriptive writing, with instruction in grammar and vocabulary from Greek and Latin roots. Writing assignments are based on Greek and Roman myths and classic tales. (Why study mythology and fantasy? See these posts from Scriptorium’s blog: Why Read Myths? An Apologia and Mythology and Fantasy Workshop Handout)
Assessment:
- All: Students complete readings and daily-work/commonplacing.
- Writing tutorial only: Students complete weekly writing assignments which are gradually developed into several substantial papers.
Books Needed: (Hard copies are required; recommended editions/translations are listed below)
- 2023-2024 Academic Year
  - Rex Barks: Diagramming Sentences Made Easy – ISBN: 9781889439358
  - Hamilton, Mythology – ISBN: 9780446574754
  - Green, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table – Puffin Classics, ISBN: ‎ 9780141321011
- REMAINING BOOKS WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY – PLEASE CHECK BACK!
- Optional but highly recommended: The Top 500 Poems – ASIN: B01FMVSBIE