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Classical Writing -
The Books in the Series
Level I: Classical Writing -
Aesop
The Classical Writing Series •
is easy to use curriculum series for beginners through high school •
follows classical progymnasmata methodology •
uses great literature and poetry as models for writing •
integrates spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and logic with writing instruction •
imitates great literature eliminates the common student frustration of “what”
to write • is adaptable to multiple
students and grades • is perfect for homeschools and co-ops Each Classical Writing Level Consists of •
A Core Book with classical principles, theory, and lessons explained. For those who want to do their own planning
and use their own models, the Core Manual offers maximum flexibility. •
Student Workbooks for
the beginning levels and Student Guides for higher levels with weekly models,
grammar lessons, review, and detailed writing projects. •
Instructor’s Guides for the Student
Workbooks. These Guides
have teacher preparation and helps, as well as scheduling ideas, so you can
simply pick up the Student Workbook and begin teaching. Aesop is for
beginning writers. Using analysis and imitation of great writers and practice
as the backbone, the book utilizes applied grammar and the classical Greek
progymnasmata to teach students to write. This first volume of the Classical Writing series is for the beginning writer of any age. 98 pages. •
CW Aesop Student Workbooks A and B •
CW Aesop Instructor’s Guides A and B Classical Writing
- Homer is
for writers who have completed Aesop. Many special lessons
are included for older students, making the book appropriate for high
schoolers. It covers reading skills, literary analysis, and the writing of
narratives, along with intensive grammar analysis and imitation at the word,
sentence, and paragraph levels. 383 pages. •
CW Homer Student Workbooks A and B •
CW Homer Instructor’s Guides A and B Diogenes:
Maxim is for writers who want to study beginning
thesis formulation, outlining and essay writing. Lessons include grammar
application doing analysis and imitation on literary passages from the Great
Books, such as William Shakespeare’s works, Jane Austen’s novels as well as
great speeches and letters. •
CW Diogenes: Maxim Student Guide Diogenes:
Chreia is for writers who want to study beginning
thesis formulation, outlining and essay writing. Lessons include grammar
application doing analysis and imitation on literary passages from the Great
Books, such as William Shakespeare’s works, Jane Austen’s novels as well as
great speeches and letters. •
CW Diogenes: Maxim Student Guide There are more Levels to come - Poetry for
Beginners is an introductory course in poetry featuring techniques
for analysis and imitation of great poetry. The student learns to analyze by
working with narrative and lyrical poems, identifying and marking figures of
speech, scanning for rhyme and meter, and determining classical stanza
forms. He is taught to imitate the
figures, meter, rhyme, grammar, and poetic content of classic poetry. The book
includes complete teaching instructions, mini-anthologies of model poems,
historical and background information for parents and teachers, and numerous
examples and exercises. 323 pages. Suitable for beginners of 5th
grade and up. CW Poetry Student Workbook A CW Poetry Instructor’s Guide A CW Poetry Student Workbook B CW Poetry Instructor’s Guide B Intermediate
Poetry is a continuing course in poetry featuring techniques for
analysis and imitation of great poetry. The students complete their skills in
meter and feet, add figures, and begin to work with great poems from the
Romantic and Victorian era. Suitable for 7th grade
and up. CW Poetry Student Workbook CW Poetry Instructor’s
Guide If you like to
plan and choose your own literature as models for your writing analysis and
imitation, work with only the core books. If you like to plan your own skill
levels, but want the models ready to go, add the free model downloads. If you
prefer the whole curriculum to be “pick up and go”, add the student workbooks
and the instructor’s guides, as shown in the table: If you like to plan and choose your own literature as models If you like to plan your own skill levels, but want the models
ready to go, add If you prefer the whole
curriculum to be “pick up and go”, add Classical
Writing - Aesop Core Book Traditional
Tales Classical
Writing - Aesop Instructor’s
Guide A & B and Student Workbooks A & B Homer Core Book Narratives
Homer Instructor’s Guide A & B and
Student
Workbooks A
& B Classical Writing - Diogenes: Maxim
Core
Book Speeches,
Essays, and Letters (pdf
or print) Classical Writing
Diogenes: Maxim - Student Guide (available
spring 2006) Diogenes: Chreia (available
2006) More Speeches,
Essays, and Letters (pdf
or print) (available 2006) (Not
available yet) Herodotus (available
2007) Arguments (pdf or print) (available
2007) (Not
available yet) Supplementary Books Poetry for Beginners Core Book Poems for Beginners Poetry for Beginners Instructor’s Guide A and
Student
Workbooks A (B available in
2006) Classical Writing Intermediate Poetry
Core Book (available Spring 2006) Poems
(pdf or print) (available 2006) *(Not available
yet)
Level II: Classical Writing -
Homer
Level III:
Diogenes
Enrichment: Classical Writing -
Poetry
Planning CWLevel I:
Level II:
Level III:
Level 4: Classical Writing - Herodotus which is
basic argumentation for or against an issue
Level 5: Classical Writing - Plutarch Description, praise, blame, and
commonplace
Level 6: Classical
Writing - Demosthenes, thesis,
research, and law.
Supplementary Enrichment Texts: