Post by Lene Mahler Jaqua on Aug 10, 2007 16:02:36 GMT -5
Classical Writing - Diogenes: Chreia
is available at
www.classicalwriting.com
It is the fourth book in our series. The main feature of the book
is expository essay writing using classical methods.
It is targeted at students about 8th grade and up through high
school. There are 100 lessons in the book and it should be completed in a school year by a 8th grader, possibly in 6 months for an older high schooler, doing two lessons per day.
The book is written in lesson by lesson form. You start at the
beginning of the book and go straight through, one lesson at a time.
The book begins by teaching the ancient outline for writing an essay to show the wisdom of a chreia (a short anecdote). From there we show how the ancient techniques can be used to write a modern essay.
We explain how to write a thesis statement, how to limit it, how to generate support for it, as well as how to write an introduction and how to write a conclusion.
This book integrates grammar, great books analysis and imitation
with rhetoric. We use models from Aeschylus, Seneca, Erasmus,
Churchill, Benjamin Franklin, and others.
The optional but highly recommended Student Guide organizes and schedules the student's work, making the student able to work more independently as well as making it easier for the teacher to check his work. The Student Guide provides copies of all models with room for student markings and notations, charts for all assignments, space for diagramming and sentence analysis, complete writing project models and assignments including planning and editing checklists. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, a thorough answer key for all grammar and most analysis exercises is included in the Student Guide. The Student Guide will make it much easier for your student to successfully complete the work in Diogenes Chreia.
is available at
www.classicalwriting.com
It is the fourth book in our series. The main feature of the book
is expository essay writing using classical methods.
It is targeted at students about 8th grade and up through high
school. There are 100 lessons in the book and it should be completed in a school year by a 8th grader, possibly in 6 months for an older high schooler, doing two lessons per day.
The book is written in lesson by lesson form. You start at the
beginning of the book and go straight through, one lesson at a time.
The book begins by teaching the ancient outline for writing an essay to show the wisdom of a chreia (a short anecdote). From there we show how the ancient techniques can be used to write a modern essay.
We explain how to write a thesis statement, how to limit it, how to generate support for it, as well as how to write an introduction and how to write a conclusion.
This book integrates grammar, great books analysis and imitation
with rhetoric. We use models from Aeschylus, Seneca, Erasmus,
Churchill, Benjamin Franklin, and others.
The optional but highly recommended Student Guide organizes and schedules the student's work, making the student able to work more independently as well as making it easier for the teacher to check his work. The Student Guide provides copies of all models with room for student markings and notations, charts for all assignments, space for diagramming and sentence analysis, complete writing project models and assignments including planning and editing checklists. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, a thorough answer key for all grammar and most analysis exercises is included in the Student Guide. The Student Guide will make it much easier for your student to successfully complete the work in Diogenes Chreia.