THIS IS A TWO-SEMESTER COURSE.

MCT6, the sixth level of the MCT language arts curriculum, offers a high level of challenge. Using the strategies explained in Advanced Academic Writing II, Michael Clay Thompson teaches the students how to write academic essays, complete with citations and works cited. The grammar book, The Magic Lens II, explores the intricacies of how the English language is constructed through grammar. There are hundreds of stems in The Word Within the Word II that will enable students to understand words that they have never before encountered. It is methodically interdisciplinary, making the students stronger in every subject. Also in that book is an engaging discussion of the development of the ancient Roman Republic. The poetics strand is both an important and a fun part of the curriculum; Poetry, Plato, and the Problem of Beauty takes students on an extraordinary exploration of Plato’s aesthetics and how the great poets interpreted his ideas of beauty. During the second semester, students will read the Fog Trilogy of literary novels.

As with all of the levels, the students in Michael’s online courses will get a good deal more in the way of images and explication than those who simply use the texts.

Class Meetings: Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. OR Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (Students can choose which time works best for them.)
Fall Semester: August 18/19 – December 15/16, 2026
Spring Semester: January 12/13 – May 11/12, 2027

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 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/Supplies: Students will need the Level 6 texts: The Magic Lens II; 4Practice II; The Word Within the Word II; Advanced Academic Writing II; and Poetry, Plato, and the Problem of Beauty; as well as the Fog Trilogy novels: The War of the Worlds, The Red Badge of Courage, and Kidnapped.

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