Tutor:
Alisa DeBorde
Meeting Time:
Section I
Mondays, 8:30-9:20
Section II
Wednesdays, 10:30-11:20
Course Description
This class will enforce students’ knowledge of the elements of literature, expand their research skills, investigate logical fallacies, review high-school level grammar and mechanics, and feature the reading and study of several classic literary texts. The course curriculum rotates every other year so that students can take the course in 9th and 10th grade.
Homework Expectation
Academic Class: Expect 2-3 hours a week of homework, depending upon the student’s reading and writing pace.
Resources
Easy Grammar Grade 10, ISBN: 0936981644 (we use this book in both grades 9 and 10).
The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn
Quarter 1
Peace Like a River Leif Enger (America)
The Hiding Place or a Prisoner and Yet (Netherlands/Germany)
Quarter 2
Things Fall Apart (Nigeria) Chinua Achebe
Julius Caesar (Rome) Shakespeare
Quarter 3
The Book Thief (Poland/Germany) Marcus Zusak
TBD: Lord of the Flies or Screwtape Letters (England) William Golding
Quarter 4
The Queen of Water (Ecuador) Laura Resau
A free-choice novel from a geographical location not covered in class
Other Authors/locations covered—texts will be provided: Dostoyevsky (Russia), Lahiri (India), Lee (China).