Monday, May 27, 2013

In-Depth Class Descriptions- Shakespeare

For our Shakespeare class, we will learn how to love, understand, and apply the works of William Shakespeare. We will read, write about, memorize, and practice performing some of his works, varying according to the students' choices.

Bigger projects that we will be doing include:
Presenting on a play of the student's choice,
Presenting a piece from a play (or a sonnet),
Writing poetry.

The only supplies needed are The Complete Works of William Shakespeare and a notebook and pen. I will provide the notebook and pen.
The cost of this class is $60.
The recommended age is 12+.
If you have any questions regarding this class or anything else, feel free to comment.

Monday, May 13, 2013

In-Depth Class Descriptions- Beginning World History

Beginning World History is obviously not very detailed. We won't go over the entire world's history, because that would be impossible while having a fun class that would be truly beneficial. Rather, we will cover a few main events and focus mainly on the interests of the student.

Over the semester, we'll do activities to help us step into the time period we are learning about. The student will have one presentation to give on an individual or group of their choice.

The supplies we will use are:
The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer (the whole series, not just the first one)
A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
A notebook and pen, provided by the mentor.

The reason I chose these books is that they are fun, brief, and very interesting. I myself am partial to A Little History of the World, as it is the first history book that I could barely pull myself away from reading, because it was too interesting. The Story of the World is what I used to use, and my little brother still uses. It was always very useful.


This class is recommended for children ages 8-11, but even if you are older you are certainly welcome to enjoy this class.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Class Scheduling

Good afternoon!
It's a lovely day over here in my area. Perfect for working on setting up classes and studying. :)
I don't believe I've explained the set-up of classes, and what the schedule will look like.

Class Schedule
Every week, we will have an hour or two (depending on the student) for each class. So, if a student took Beginning Writing, American Constitution and Piano, they could have 6 hours as the most, 3 at the least, or somewhere in the middle, such as 4.
The reason we do not have a set time for each of our classes is that we believe each student has different needs, and different times are more effective for different people.