Classical Cottage School
Upper School Packet
2013-2014
Table of Contents
OVERVIEW OF UPPER SCHOOL CORE STRANDS 1
PROJECTED FOUR YEAR SEQUENCE 3
WHAT ARE THE PROGYMNASMATA? 4
COURSES BY SUBJECT AREA 6
THURSDAY SCHEDULE 7
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY SCHEDULE 8
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 9
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS 22
TUITION LIST 23
BOOKLIST 25
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OVERVIEW OF UPPER SCHOOL CORE STRANDS
The Classical Cottage School upper school curriculum has three core strands that we see as being essential for the purpose of developing the tools of learning; each strand comprises six years of study: Latin, Logic/Rhetoric, and Omnibus. While the ideal might be for students to begin these core courses in early middle school, some flexibility is possible. Please see the Course Recommendations handout for a more complete explanation that can be applied to your child’s needs.
Core Strand Courses
Latin Logic/Rhetoric Omnibus
Latin 1/2 (grammar, translation, derivatives) Progymnasmata I Omnibus I - (Ancients)
or Introduction to Latin
Latin 2/2 (grammar, translation, derivatives) Progymnasmata II Omnibus II - (Medieval/Renaissance)
or Latin 2/3 and 3/3
Latin II (grammar, translation, derivatives) Logic I** Omnibus III - (Modern)
Latin III (Roman history, literary devices) Logic II*** Omnibus IV - (Ancients)
Latin IV Cicero, Catullus, Ovid, Vergil* Rhetoric I Omnibus V - (Medieval/Renaissance)
Latin V Advanced Placement -- Caesar & Vergil Rhetoric II Omnibus VI - (Modern) ****
* for thoseintending to take the SAT Latin exam instead.
** If necessary, may be taken simultaneously with Progymnasmata I
*** If necessary, may be taken simultaneously with Progymnasmata II
**** Culminates in Advanced Placement English Literature and English Language & Composition exams
CORE STRANDS EXPANDED
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Latin (the key to language, the basis for most modern European languages -- and helps even with those that are not derivatives, to achieve advanced understanding of vocabulary and syntax, to learn close and logical analysis, to learn how to master a complex system)
Latin 1/2 -- 5 declensions, 5 cases, active voice, passive voice, present and imperfect tenses, translation, derivatives
Latin 2/2 -- future tense, perfect tenses, adverbs, pronouns, translation, derivatives
Latin II -- subjective mood, complex constructions, translation, derivatives
Latin III -- Roman history, rhetorical devices, advanced grammar
Latin IV -- Cicero, Catullus, Ovid, Vergil’s Aeneid advanced analysis of structure/meaning -- preparation for Advanced Placement Exam
Latin V -- Vergil’s Aeneid & Caesar advanced analysis of structure/meaning -- leads to Advanced Placement Exam
Logic/Rhetoric (based on 4th century B.C. Greek writers, the key to thinking and writing clearly and effectively, to understand how writing conveys meaning, to learn rhetorical techniques used for persuasion, to be able to generate and arrange ideas for essays)
Progymnasmata I -- narrative, description, fable, proverb, anecdote, essay, diction, sentence variety
Progymnasmata II -- confirmation/refutation, commonplace, encomium/invective, speech-in-character, thesis
Logic I -- beginning formal logic: categorical and hypothetical syllogisms, rules of validity, mood, and figures
Logic II -- formal logic: complex syllogisms, enthymemes, polysyllogisms, sorites, informal fallacies & material logic
Rhetoric I -- Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Poetics, speaker & audience, pathos, logos, ethos, figures of speech, How to Read a Book
Rhetoric II -- advanced analysis, complex structures, stasis, schemes and tropes, heads of purpose, forensics, public speaking, debate
Omnibus (the key to analysis and discussion, to read the best of the Western tradition, to understand the progression of ideas that shaped our civilization and its literature, to learn to use evidence to support an interpretation, to understand the genres of Western literature, to write creative and expository compositions about great literature)
Omnibus I (Ancients) -- Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, oral and written traditions, the study of history, Livy, Herodotus, Thucydides)
Omnibus II (Medieval/Renaissance) -- Arthurian legends, Song of Roland, Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, history of the English language, Canterbury Tales, Romeo and Juliet)
Omnibus III (Modern) -- Paradise Lost, Gulliver’s Travels, the novel, Tale of Two Cities, Huckleberry Finn, American poetry, To Kill a Mockingbird
Omnibus IV (Ancients) -- Gilgamesh, Herodotus, Livy Thucydides, Ancient Drama: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Plautus
Omnibus V (Medieval/Renaissance) -- Sonnets, Morte D’Arthur, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Fairie Queene, Doctor Faustus, Medieval political philosophy, In Praise of Folly, Utopia, The Prince, Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Macbeth
Omnibus VI (Modern) -- Don Quixote, Goethe’s Faust, Brothers Karamazov, Thoreau, the short story, modern poetry, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Daisy Miller, The Great Gatsby, Our Town, -- leads to Advanced Placement English Literature and English Language & Composition exams
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PROJECTED FOUR YEAR SEQUENCE
AND SCOPE OF CLASSICAL COTTAGE SCHOOL UPPER SCHOOL COURSES
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
CORE COURSES
Latin IV (A.P.) Latin V (Caesar & Vergil) Latin 1/2 Latin 2/2
Latin 2/3 Latin 3/3 Latin II Latin III
Latin 3/3 Latin II Latin III Latin IV
Latin II Latin III Latin IV (A.P.) Latin V (Caesar & Vergil)
---- Latin 1/3 Latin 2/3 Latin 3/3
Latin 1/2 Latin 2/2 Latin II Latin III
*Omnibus I Omnibus II Omnibus III Omnibus IV
*Omnibus IV Omnibus V Omnibus VI Omnibus I
(Ancient) (Medieval/Renaissance) (Modern) (Ancient)
Progymnasmata II Progymnasmata I Progymnasmata II Progymnasmata I
Logic II Logic I Logic II Logic I
**Rhetoric II Rhetoric I Rhetoric II Rhetoric I
YEAR-LONG ACADEMIC COURSES
(A.P.) U.S. Govt. (A.P.) American History (A.P.) U.S. Govt. (A.P.) American History
Civics Civics
Economics Economics
Philosophy: Philosophy: Philosophy: Philosophy:
(Enlightenment - Postmodern) (American Foundings) (Plato & Augustine) (Aristotle & Aquinas)
(SAT II) Biology & lab Physical Science & lab (SAT II) Biology & lab Physical Science & lab
(SAT II) Physics & lab Chemistry & lab (SAT II) Physics & lab Chemistry & lab
Geometry Algebra I Geometry Algebra I
PreCalculus/Trig Algebra II **** PreCalculus/Trig Algebra II ****
High School French 2/2 High School French II High School French 1/2 High School French 2/2
High School French 1/2 High School French 2/2 High School French II High School French 1/2
High School Spanish 2/2 High School Spanish II High School Spanish 1/2 High School Spanish 2/2
High School Spanish II High School Spanish 1/2 High School Spanish 2/2 High School Spanish II
SEMESTER-LONG COURSES
(A.P.) Art History I (A.P.) Art History III (A.P.) Art History II
(Ancient) Modern) (Renaissance - 18TH C.)
Art History II (A.P.) Art History I Art History III
(Renaissance - 18TH C.) (Ancient) (Modern)
(A.P.) World History II *** (A.P.) World History I (A.P.) World History III (A.P.) World History II
(Renaissance - 18TH C.) (Ancient - Byzantine) Modern) (Renaissance - 18TH C.)
(A.P.) World History III (A.P.) World History II (A.P.) World History I (A.P.) World History III
(Modern) (Renaissance - 18TH C.) (Ancient - Byzantine) (Modern)
Physical Geography World Geography Physical Geography World Geography
ELECTIVES (offerings determined yearly by demand and logistics)
American Stories I & II Ancient Egypt Poetry Shakespeare
Creative Writing I & II Drama A, B Study Skills Civil War
Learning through Literature I & II Math Tutoring Computer Programming Mini Greek
*Omnibus leads to A.P. English Language and Composition & English Literature exams; a 3-year sequence of Omnibus recommended minimum before A.P. testing
** Rhetoric I prerequisites: Progymnasmata I & 2, Logic 1&2
*** 3-semester sequence of Art History and World History needed before considering A.P. testing
**** Can serve as a foundation for Math SAT II test
Courses labeled (A.P.) or (SAT II) are for high school age only and may be taken as a portion of the preparation for Advanced Placement exams or SAT subject tests. Please consult course descriptions and the Upper School Registration packet for details concerning additional preparation needed.
WHAT ARE THE PROGYMNASMATA?
The ancient Greeks prepared their grammar school stage students for participation as citizens at the Heliaia, or people’s court, by having them work on a series of writing exercises called the progymnasmata. These preliminary exercises increased in length and complexity as the student advanced.
The progymnasmata provide a firm foundation for imitation of great writers. Through these imitations students are introduced to a variety of writing skills which will help them learn how good writing works and will help them express their own ideas.
Below is an outline of the exercises compiled by the Greek rhetorician, Apthonius, in the 4th Century B.C.
EXPRESSIVE WRITING
1. Narrative: Analyzing and imitating short narratives from history and mythology, identifying the components, attributes and modes of a narrative. Practice in condensing, expanding and slanting narratives using vivid diction, imagery, dialogue, and credible details.
2. Description (Ekphrasis): Learning to create vivid descriptions of people, things, places, time, and actions. Learning to order the details of description. Examining the role of sentence variety in writing style. Identifying the different types of sentences.
3. Fable: Examining fable structure. Manipulating fables to be condensed, expanded, slanted. Presenting a fable inductively as well as deductively.
EXPOSITORY WRITING
4. Proverb: Studying maxims and sententiae, and identifying their themes. Using a proverb as a component of an essay to relate to personal experience or a modern issue.
5. Anecdote (Chreia): Using a story about a famous person to illustrate a point in an essay. Identifying verbal, action and mixed anecdotes and their uses.
6. Encomium and Invective: Praising or blaming a given subject, usually a person. Controlling levels of English usage, analyzing uses of pathos, ethos and logos.
7. Comparison: Comparing a given subject with another subject. Practice using techniques of transition.
8. Common topic (Commonplace): Explaining the good or evil that a person represents.
9. Speech-in-Character (êthopoeia): Inventing dialogue, which a given person might have made on a specified occasion. Chronology of progression of ideas.
10. Confirmation and Refutation: Arguing for or against an issue in question. Analyzing the truth of a statement. Inventing and arranging arguments according to probability and clarity. Identifying biased and fallacious statements.
11. Thesis: Inquiring through reason into a debatable question, which argues a general point. Writing and supporting a thesis statement.
12. Proposal of law: Arguing for or against a legislative proposal. This we save for the Advanced Placement United States Government class.
Progymnasmata uses models of writing, written only by the very best writers, such as:
Ovid -- master of description
Plutarch -- moral biography
Shakespeare -- encomium, invective, speech-in-character
Benjamin Franklin -- technique
Charles Dickens -- irony and characterization
Winston Churchill -- pathos, ethos, logos
Martin Luther King - rhetorical devices
Tony Blair -- commonplace
The two-year Progymnasmata class focuses on the following aspects of writing throughout the study of the genres:
• Role of diction, sentence variety, and rhetorical devices in writing style
• Uses of pathos, ethos and logos in rhetoric
• Ways to generate ideas and arrange them in an effective progression
• Role of the audience in determining purpose and style
• The importance of delivery
• The essential attributes of clarity, brevity and credibility
UPPER SCHOOL COURSES BY SUBJECT AREA
(Subject to change)
Core Strands Courses
Latin 1/2
Latin 2/3
Latin 3/3
Latin II
Latin IV
Socratic Logic II
* Omnibus I - Ancient
* Omnibus IV - Ancient
Progymnasmata II
Rhetoric II
Languages
French: High School 2/2
French: High School 1/2
Greek Mini Class
Spanish: High School 2/2
Spanish: High School II
History/Government/Culture
AP Government
American Stories I - Fall
American Stories II - Spring
Civil War – Fall/Spring
World Geography
* World History Part III: Modern - Spring
* World History Part II: Medieval Renaissance - Fall
Modern European History Seminar – (Wednesday)
Study Skills
Philosophy
Philosophy III: Enlightenment through Modern – (Friday)
Arts
Drama Forensics A - Fall
Drama Forensics B – Spring
Studio Art A – Fall
Studio Art B- Spring
Math
Mathematics: Geometry – (Friday)
* Mathematics: PreCalculus – (Friday)
Mathematics: Tutoring – (Friday)
Science & Technology
General Science (Middle School ONLY)
* Biology & lab – (Friday)
* Physics & lab – (Friday)
Introduction to Computer Programming
Senior High School
College Application Seminar -- - Fall (Monday p.m.)
* Advanced Placement English Preparatory Class – Spring (Monday p.m.)
(refer to Core Strands Courses for core writing & literature classes)
* Course titles with an asterisk or labeled A.P. or SAT II are for high school age only and may be taken as a portion of the preparation for Advanced Placement exams or SAT subject tests. Please consult course descriptions and the Upper School Registration packet for details concerning additional preparation needed.
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Upper School Schedule 2013-2014
8:00-8:30 a.m. / / A.P. Government / Omnibus I: Ancient Epic & History / Memory Period8:10-8:25
(No registration required)
8:30-9:30 a.m. /
A.P. Government
/ Omnibus I: Ancient Epic & History9:35-
10:35 a.m. / American Stories I (fall)
______
Civil War (spring) / World History II: Medieval (fall)
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World History III: Modern (spring) / Socratic Logic II /
Spanish 2/2
French 1/2 / Latin 3/3H. Schearer / Latin II
10:40—10:55 a.m. / CHAPEL
11:00 -12:00 p.m. / Civil War (fall)
______
American Stories II (spring) / Study Skills
(Ages 11-14) / Socratic Logic II / French 2/2 / Latin 1/2 / Latin IV
S. Schearer
12:00 p.m. / LUNCH
12:30-12:45 p.m. / Greek Mini Class / Certamen Practice
12:50-1:50 p.m. / World Geography: Advanced / Rhetoric II / Progym II / Spanish II / Latin 2/3 ______
Latin IV
D. Solomon
2:00-
3:30 p.m.** /
Roman Culture (1x/month)
(No registration required) / Drama Forensics A (fall)______
Drama Forensics B (spring) / Omnibus IV: Ancient Drama & History / Studio Art A (fall)
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Studio Art B (spring) / General Science (11-13) / Latin 3/3
P. Whittle
**All 5th period classes are offered for 1 ½ hours three times a month except for Latin 3/3 which meets for 1 hour every week.
Classical Cottage School
Monday, Wednesday & Friday Upper School Schedule 2013-2014
CLASSES HELD AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH(FRIDAY)
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. / Philosophy III: Modern
(3x a month) / Math Tutoring (contact teacher directly for scheduling)
11:00 – 11:30 / LUNCH / Math Tutoring (contact teacher directly for scheduling)
11:30 – 1:30 p.m. / Physics / Geometry
1:35 – 3:35 p.m. / Biology / PreCalculus
CLASSES HELD AT HOME
OF CINDY LEAHY
(MONDAY / TIME TBD)
College Application Seminar (fall)
Advanced Placement English Prep Class (spring)
CLASS HELD AT IN BERRYVILLE
(WEDNESDAY / 10-11:30 a.m., 3 times per month on average)
Modern European History Seminar
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