Who did it? How did they do it? Should they receive a consequence for their action? Who's to judge? Which laws and standards ought to be applied? These questions lead students to contemplate right action, right judgment, and right consequence. Students who have had two years of LTW I, or have mastered the persuasive essay elements through LTW 1 Lesson 7, will be ready to increase their thinking skills and hone the deliberative address by refining previous elements such as the narratio, exordium, amplification, and refutation, as well as learn about character bias, applying laws and norms, practicing complex sentences, citations, and more elocution elements to liven their prose, all while attending to the cinematography, sound, light, and plot of tried and true films.

Through this course, your student will continue working through the first three canons of rhetoric: Invention, Arrangement, and Elocution. They will ultimately craft a 10-12 paragraph deliberative essay that utilizes thesis-building, character bias, and evidence substantiation, proofs with terminating sentences, refutation with a counterargument, and various language devices. This is not a writing and editing course, though it does address complex sentence usage. Students will need to be proficient in understanding and constructing complete sentences, recognizing and utilizing verb tenses, understanding and applying parallelism, and editing and formatting effectively. Parents are encouraged to help with editing and formatting. 
Course Prerequisites:
Students must have:

• Completed LTW Level One twice or show they have a strong working knowledge of Lessons' 1-7 Invention and Arrangement components
• Submit an LTW I Essay 8 composition for class acceptance
• A strong understanding of parallelism
• The ability to edit their work for mechanics (commons, capitals, punctuation, spelling, formatting), verb tense and agreement, weak verbs and passive voice.
• Enough room in their schedule to watch the films multiple times, closely while taking notes, and complete the writing lessons

Students can prepare for this course by re-taking LTW I.

Films to watch for discussion and writing throughout the year:
Semester 1

• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Director: Sidney Lumet
• The Sandlot (1993)
• Director: David Mickey Evans
• Holes (2003)
• Director: Andrew Davis
• Home Alone (1990)
• Director: Chris Columbus
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
• Director: Wes Anderson
• Rise of the Guardians (2012)
• Director: Peter Ramsey

Semester 2

• The Karate Kid (1984)
• Director: John G. Avildsen
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Director: Peter Jackson
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Director: Peter Jackson
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Director: Peter Jackson
• Secondhand Lions (2003)
• Director: Tim McCanlies
• October Sky (1999)
• Director: Joe Johnston

**All films are selected for narrative clarity, moral seriousness, and suitability for discussion in a Christian classical rhetoric context. Some films may contain content your family is personally not comfortable with. Families are encouraged to review films in advance using their preferred resources for critique and disclosure. Neither Kepler Education nor Cheryl Floyd is responsible for individual family viewing decisions, which remain under parental authority and discernment.

Course Objectives:

1. Practice with Special Topics of Invention in LTW II
2. Practice the arrangement of formal elements in a deliberative essay
3. Practice using schemes and tropes
4. Write deliberative essays
5. Practice rhetorical thinking skills
6. Learn how to "read" good films
7. Learn how to analyze and apply plot points, themes, and character choices from good films

Curriculum Texts:

• Lost Tools of Writing Level II, 2nd edition CiRCE Institute

Film notation hand-outs given in class