Offering Christ-Centered Academics to support Homeschool Families, Kindergarten through Grade 12
American Literature
Students will read and discuss classic works of American literature.
Description
The student will read classic works of American literature. The literature will include novels, short stories, poems, and biographies. Emphasis is placed on how the literature reflects the cultural setting in which the work is set, with special consideration for biblical truth. This course is taught chronologically and pairs well with a study of American History. Class time includes book discussion, review of literary terms, and small group activities. The student will complete quarterly essays and tests. Each student will give a presentation on an author they choose at the beginning of the year. Reading notes for each chapter are required as homework.
Requirements
and Prerequisites - (if applicable)
Text Required:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Weekly Tuition
$10/week
Class Fees
paid directly to the instructor
N/A
Instructor
Credits
Period
Term
Christine Gatchell
1 Credit
Period 3: 12:20 - 1:20pm
Full Year