THIS IS A TWO-SEMESTER COURSE.

In MCT2, the second level of the MCT language arts curriculum, Michael Clay Thompson takes students into Paragraph Town, where two ducks, Fishmeal and Queequack, explore the art of the paragraph. Grammar Town examines the building blocks of the English language within the context of a town. Students are introduced in the vocabulary strand to the ancient world of Caesar and the contributions of the Romans to the English language. Caesar’s English I is not only a sophisticated vocabulary book but also a broad introduction to many aspects of Roman history, culture, and ingenuity. Roman architecture is reinforced in the poetics book for this level, Building Poems. During the second semester, students will read the Alice, Peter, and Mole Trilogy of literary novels.

This level is considerably more sophisticated than the first level, and Michael is the ideal instructor to help students navigate the challenges of learning the language arts.

Class Meetings:* Mondays at 7:00 p.m. OR Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (Students can choose which time works best for them.)
Fall Semester: August 18/19 – December 15/16, 2025
Spring Semester: January 12/13 – May 11/12, 2026

*NEW INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE – Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time: This time slot is primarily for students who live in time zones outside of the United States so that they, too, have the opportunity to learn from Michael himself. Students who take this course MUST be proficient in English. This is NOT an ESL (English as a Second Language) course. Because Michael teaches language arts at the highest academic levels, students should already be comfortable speaking and writing in English in order to participate in this course.

There will not be a class meeting every week. The core of the course is the assignments and the extensive feedback given by Michael.

Student Expectations: Students must be able to do assignments using a keyboard (no handwritten assignments). Students are expected to attend the live class meetings with their cameras turned on. Students who do not wish to turn on their cameras will need to take the audit-only version of this course instead. Students who attend class regularly but who miss a live class meeting will be able to access a recording of the class.

Student Support: Michael is available via email.

Feedback/Assessment: Michael may reply to students’ answers with comments or questions, and he will want them to answer those emails.

Materials: Students will need the Level 2 texts: Grammar Town, Practice Town, Caesar’s English I CEE, Paragraph Town, and Building Poems, as well as the Alice, Peter, and Mole Trilogy novels: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Wind in the Willows.

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