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Learn more about the Progymnasmata and the Classical Writing Method

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Classical Writing's Diogenes: Chreia  covers the Chreia level of the Progymnasmata, teaching advancing essay analysis and culminating in the modern expository essay.  This course is appropriate for students 8th grade and up who have completed Diogenes: Maxim. If you have any questions about your student's readiness for this course, please email the tutor.

Class Forum Procedures:

Students will complete all assignments at home using the Diogenes: Chreia Student Guide (see Materials Needed below).  This student guide contains an answer key.  

Students are encouraged to post their writing projects and imitation and analysis work on the class forum often (weekly, if possible).  The tutor will monitor the class forum regularly in order to assess class progress and needs, and to give general feedback to the students. If it is evident that a student needs assistance, the student and parent will receive an email offer of assistance.  In addition, students and parents also can post on the class forum and ask for specific help with assignments if they need it. Students are also encouraged to read other students’ work posted on the class forum.

The home educating parent will generally be responsible for evaluation and grading.  Classical Writing provides very specific and exhaustive editing checklists which should enable parents to more easily evaluate their students' progress. These class forums are not meant to replace parent/teacher involvement, but to augment it.

For students and parents who prefer specific evaluation and/or grading of writing projects, each student can submit up to twelve writing projects via email during their six month class forum membership.  There will be an additional fee of $10 per evaluation for this service. See Fees and Registration for more details.

Private tutoring sessions in a virtual classroom will also be available to class forum participants, subject to tutor availability, to provide extra support if the student has difficulty with any of the assignments or concepts.  These private tutoring sessions are billed at $20 per half hour session.

All Harvey's Grammar exercises will also be completed and checked by the home educating parent. (Answer keys to Harvey's Elementary Student Workbooks are available to assist in this.)  Questions and problems in these exercises may also be addressed on the class forum.

Materials Needed:

• *Diogenes: Chreia
• *Diogenes: Chreia Student Guide
• Harvey's Elementary Grammar (order from Amazon using this link)
• *Harvey's Student Workbook II (optional, but recommended)
• *Harvey's Answer Key II (optional, but recommended)

 

*Classical Writing materials will be offered to class participants at our 20% co-op discount. Do not place your order through our online store, but include the materials you wish to order in your registration email.