THIS IS A TWO-SEMESTER COURSE.

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; there is also 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 children on an extraordinary exploration of Plato’s aesthetics and how the great poets interpreted his ideas of beauty. During the second semester, Michael will add the Fog Trilogy of literary novels to the curriculum.

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: Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Fall Semester: August 22 – December 19, 2024
Spring Semester: January 16 – May 15, 2025

There will not be a class meeting every week. The core of the course is the assignments and the extensive feedback given by Michael, with the class meeting being a voluntary enrichment for students who are able to attend. Students’ attendance of the class meetings has no effect on their grades. Students unable to attend a 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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