Following Narnia: Literature-Based Writing (6th-8th grades)
Live Online – Thursdays 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Date: Aug. 26, 2021 -May 13, 2022
Instructor: Renee Metcalf
Course Description:
With absorbing source texts on topics such as Sherlock Holmes, the crown jewels of England, Buckingham Palace, and events of World War II, writing is simply easier when it is more fun. Using IEW’s popular theme-based book, Following Narnia, Vol. 1, students write about these topics and more. They learn to write summaries, stories, reports, and respond to literature. Each week students work on one new assignment as they work to polish a previous assignment. They receive expert evaluations that help to them improve. Students will be reading three of the novels from the Chronicles of Narnia series and have an opportunity to talk about their favorite parts. Included in this course is a unique grammar book using the Fix-It series, where students learn editing skills, vocabulary, parts of speech, and other useful grammar skills. Students learn to take ownership of their writing as they make it their very own.
Tuition: $59/month OR $212/semester
Texts:
Following Narnia, Vol. 1(Jan. 2016) 3rd edition by Laura Bettis
ISBN: 978-1-62341-238-8
Fix-It Grammar: Robin Hood by Pamela White
Student Resource Packet
thesaurus
Goals and Objectives:
Live Online – Thursdays 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Date: Aug. 26, 2021 -May 13, 2022
Instructor: Renee Metcalf
Course Description:
With absorbing source texts on topics such as Sherlock Holmes, the crown jewels of England, Buckingham Palace, and events of World War II, writing is simply easier when it is more fun. Using IEW’s popular theme-based book, Following Narnia, Vol. 1, students write about these topics and more. They learn to write summaries, stories, reports, and respond to literature. Each week students work on one new assignment as they work to polish a previous assignment. They receive expert evaluations that help to them improve. Students will be reading three of the novels from the Chronicles of Narnia series and have an opportunity to talk about their favorite parts. Included in this course is a unique grammar book using the Fix-It series, where students learn editing skills, vocabulary, parts of speech, and other useful grammar skills. Students learn to take ownership of their writing as they make it their very own.
Tuition: $59/month OR $212/semester
Texts:
Following Narnia, Vol. 1(Jan. 2016) 3rd edition by Laura Bettis
ISBN: 978-1-62341-238-8
Fix-It Grammar: Robin Hood by Pamela White
Student Resource Packet
thesaurus
Goals and Objectives:
- Learn about famous people and events from British history.
- Read and discuss some of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis.
- Create outlines and take notes suitable to the type of writing structure.
- Learn to write from your notes in your own words.
- Use stylistic techniques to improve writing quality.
- Use advanced writing techniques and decorations to add flair.
- Learn and include new vocabulary.
- Build your grammar foundation.
- Write a variety of types of papers: summaries, formal reports, creative writing, narrative stories, and critiques
- Learn the skills of self-editing and revision.
