Class Description:

In this lighthearted but instructive 8-week class, students will take fantastical trips with a pigkeeper and a princess in Prydain and with an ordinary schoolboy and schoolgirl in the early days of Narnia. Students will discover the art of the writer's craft as they learn to identify literary techniques that keep readers engaged throughout the stories, and they will write literary critiques to share their opinions of the novels.    

Meets Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. PST (online)

June 2 - July 28 (no class week of Fourth of July)

Materials needed:

The Magician's Nephew, C.S. Lewis

The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander

Summer session: $200

(Minimum four students needed to hold session)

Class Description:

For millennia, authors have enlisted animals in allegories to entertain and instruct. In this 8-week session, students will take fantastical trips into the worlds of foolish and formidable talking animals. Students will discover the art of the writer's craft as they learn to identify literary techniques that keep readers engaged throughout the stories, and they will write a persuasive essay and a literary analysis.

Meets Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. PST (online)

June 4 - July 30 (no class week of Fourth of July)

Materials needed:

The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

Redwall, Brian Jacques

Summer session: $200

(Minimum four students needed to hold session)

Get ready for a year of creepy creatures, plucky pirates and pilots, and larger-than-life legends in this exciting writing class! Covering the IEW Units 1-9, students will learn IEW Structure and Style® writing method along with games and activities to help reinforce concepts. Includes two novel unit studies. 

Tuesdays 1-2:30 p.m. (online) 

September 8, 2026 - May 25, 2027

Materials needed:

Structure and Style for Students Year 1 Level B

The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling

The Children's Homer, Padraic Colum

Suggested: Fix It! Grammar Level 2: Town Mouse and Country Mouse Student Book and Teacher's Manual

Tuition (4 or more students):  $900/yr; payable $100 monthly

Using the acclaimed IEW Structure and Style® approach, students will enjoy writing about perilous pirates, wacky perfume ingredients, cheeky chimpanzees, a faithful priest, and a famous pirate author.  Students will practice writing solid paragraphs leading to formal reports, essays, and critiques. Includes two novel studies.

Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PST (online)

September 10 - May 27

Materials needed:

Structure and Style for Students Year 1 Level C

Julius Caesar

Treasure Island

Suggested: Fix It! Grammar Level 3: Robin Hood Student Book & Teachers Manual

Tuition (4 or more students):  $900/yr; payable $100 monthly

Literature & The Lost Tools of Writing is a class where students learn the art of persuasive writing about issues in selected literature. Students cultivate wisdom and virtue for each essay that they write as they work through three stages: invention, arrangement, and elocution. With each assignment, more tools will be added to create lengthier, well-ordered, and stylish essays. As they read each book, students will also maintain a literary response journal and learn literary techniques authors use in their works for characterization, to create mood, and to emphasize themes.

Thursdays 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PST (online) 

September 10 - May 27

Materials needed:

         The Lost Tools of Writing (Student seminar book only!)

         Little Britches by Ralph Moody

         The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

         Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

         The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

         The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

         Master Cornhill by Eloise Jarvis McGraw 

*Some selections may contain distinctly Christian content

Tuition (4 or more students):  $900/yr; payable $100 monthly