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Post by Lene Mahler Jaqua on Sept 13, 2007 15:35:45 GMT -5
This is a typical sequence for a classical writing study.
grades 3 - 4: Aesop -- beginning narrative writing. Rewriting short fables.
grades 5 - 6: Homer -- narrative writing with longer stories, rearranging the chronological arrangement of the stories.
grades 7 - 8: Diogenes -- expository writing, explaining why something is wise, good, just kind, right, wrong. We cover the five paragraph essay, basic paragraph writing, outlining, and how to generate thesis statements.
grade 9: Herodotus -- argumentative writing, arguing for an against an issue, learning to generate proper arguments for and against an issue using the rhetorical topics of invention. (Also learning to employ both pathos and appeal to reason to persuade the audience).
grade 10: Plutarch -- descriptive writing, learning to describe (praise and blame) persons, places, things, and ideas. This book builds on and enhances the skills learned in grade 9 with argumentative writing, adding description as means of persuasion.
grade 11 and 12: Demosthenes -- thesis and research paper writing.
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Post by audrey on Oct 8, 2007 10:21:25 GMT -5
Where in this sequence is Logic taught?
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Post by Lene Mahler Jaqua on Oct 8, 2007 16:04:27 GMT -5
In Classical Writing Herodotus (the book I just wrote that my son is proofing for me) we begin with logic. We recommend either doing Memoria Press' Logic course before that book or concurrent with it.
Lene
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Post by Debbie Barker on May 10, 2008 23:20:59 GMT -5
Lene, My 13yo, is starting 7th grade next year and has completed only Book A of Homer. We've been moving a bit slowly through it. He's doing well, really, with everything but the diagramming, and we've switched over to another text for that that isn't quite as difficult for him.
My question--should he continue in Book B before moving on? If yes, would we do ok to accelerate it, and if so, what weeks would be essential to do in order to be prepared to move on to Diogenes?
Thanks!! Debbie
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Post by greengables on May 12, 2008 12:32:07 GMT -5
Debbie, I'm jumping in here to answer for Lene. I would not recommend skipping Homer B. There is too much in there he will need in Diogenes. Here are a few suggestions:
If you haven't bought Homer B yet, you could buy Older Beginners and start where the material from Homer A ends.
If you've already bought Homer B, try doing 1 1/2 to 2 weeks each week, but only do one writing project.
That way, if you finish Homer earlier next year, you could go ahead and start Diogenes Maxim.
I hope that helps. Let me know if you need any clarification.
Kathy
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