Lost Tools of Writing 1-2 Transition with British Literature

Writing is a skill that requires coaching and practice. This course will create a shared literary experience with British literature while allowing students to learn and hone their persuasive writing using the rhetorical tools in Lost Tools of Writing 1. Towards the end of our first semester and then through our second semester together, we will incorporate the new skills and topics of Justice into our writing.

At the end of this course, your student will have written a total of eight essays, four of which will incorporate the judicial essay topics of Justice and stasis questions. Students will have a solid grasp of the ideas behind a judicial essay and grow in discernment and judgment by thinking deeply about issues arising from the literature we will read together. At the culmination of this class, students will possess the skills and practice to allow them to take either a full year of level 2 or possibly a level 3 LTW class.

Prerequisites:
This course is for students 15 – 18 years of age or with permission of instructor.
Must have completed at least one year of a Lost Tools of Writing Level 1 class.

Course Objectives
Semester 1
Solidify existing Level 1 skills while practicing writing a complete essay
Write 4 level 1 essays
Recognize and appropriately use schemes and tropes from Level 1
Utilize new editing skills of citations, terminating, and compound and complex sentences
Grow in their ability to think and write well
Learn how to read great books using annotation and highlighting

Semester 2
Refine the thinking and writing skills introduced in LTW I
Utilize the new Invention Topics of Justice and Stasis Questions
Recognize and use new schemes and tropes from level 2
Utilize all new editing skills to clarify and enhance essay
Write four Judicial Addresses
Grow in their ability to think and write well
Continued practice in how to read great books

Weekly Time Commitment:
1.5 hours participating in a live-interactive class
2-3 hours completing LTW assignments
2-3 hours reading and annotating assigned text

Required Texts:
Lost Tools of Writing Level One
**Note Bene: if you have a student workbook from a previous class, you do not need a new one.
Lost Tools of Writing Level Two, 2nd Edition, Third Printing, Student Workbook, published by the CiRCE Institute, 2022. ISBN 97818734785371
Beowulf, Translated by RK Gordon, Dover Thrift Editions
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens.
The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien
Out of Silent Planet, by CS Lewis
Animal Farm, by George Orwell

Optional Items:
3 ring binder
10-12 dividers
Highlighters
Post-its
Pencils