3 American Literature College Credits

CLASS DAY/TIME:
Tuesdays, 1 – 1:50 EST, August to late April (Calendar)

SYNOPSIS:
American Literature includes this:

• American Literature (obviously). Readings include inspiring, edifying, and humorous American essays, poems, letters, speeches, and short stories. Additional selections include an uplifting autobiography (Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington), and a fine novel (The Magnificent Ambersons, the Pulitzer-prize winner by Booth Tarkington). Students review literary elements (theme, plot, character, setting, poetry terms, irony, symbolism, tone, and style), comparing often humanistic worldviews with a Christian view.
• Grammar & Usage. Students study usage and grammar rules and concepts (the possessive case, gerunds, serial commas and comma use, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parenthetic expressions, restrictive clauses, and non-restrictive clauses.  Concepts are reinforced through regular practice worksheets.
• Composition. No boring essays to write! Students receive thorough corrections on their turn-in essays, with the benefit of Scott Clifton’s degree in journalism and his experience as a writer and editor. This semester students write several shorter essays, and a longer, multi-part 1250-word essay in MLA format, with assistance/guidance.

TEXT(S)/MATERIALS NEEDED:

• American Literature for Christian Homeschoolers, Volume 1
• American Literature for Christian Homeschoolers, Volume 2
• American Literature for Christian Homeschoolers, Volume 3
• American Literature for Christian Homeschoolers, Volume 4
• Microsoft Word or something that can produce .doc or .docx documents, like Google Docs
• High-speed Internet, email

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