In this initial Fable stage, students look at a single story or idea and begin learning how to use words to engage the imagination of the audience. They master the structures of thought or ideas that go into a narrative and learn to create recognition by using figures of description. Students learn to restructure facts to tell the same story or idea. They also discover that words are symbols representing ideas, and as writers they can communicate the same idea using a variety of words and sentence structures.
In this initial Fable stage, students look at a single story or idea and begin learning how to use words to engage the imagination of the audience. They master the structures of thought or ideas that go into a narrative and learn to create recognition by using figures of description.
Students learn to restructure facts to tell the same story or idea. They also discover that words are symbols representing ideas, and as writers they can communicate the same idea using a variety of words and sentence structures.
Online Streaming: The Classical Composition II: Narrative Instructional Videos provide expert instruction in a portable and convenient format. Let master teacher Abigail Johnson guide your student through all 20 Narrative lessons!
The Classical Composition II: Narrative Instructional Videos provide expert instruction in a portable and convenient format. Let master teacher Abigail Johnson guide your student through all 20 Narrative lessons!
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The Classical Composition III: Chreia & Maxim Student Book, Second Edition contains the student exercises for the Chreia & Maxim Stage of the Classical Composition series.
The Classical Composition III: Chreia & Maxim - Teacher Guide (Second Edition) provides sample answers for every lesson, as well as teaching and grading guidance.
The Classical Composition III: Chreia & Maxim Instructional - DVD or Online Streaming ontains instruction for Memoria Press’ Chreia & Maxim Stage of Classical Composition by Dr. Brett Vaden. The track list for this course can be viewed here.
In Classical Composition IV: Refutation & Confirmation, there are two sets of exercises, Refutation and Confirmation, which would correspond to an argumentative essay in modern composition theory.
The students are learning how to structure their thoughts, and thus their communication process, when given the task of arguing for or against an idea, thought, chain of events, method, or story.
The Classical Composition IV: Refutation & Confirmation Student Book contains the student exercises for the Refutation & Confirmation Stage of the Classical Composition series.
The Classical Composition IV: Refutation & Confirmation contains the student exercises for the Refutation & Confirmation Stage of the Classical Composition series.
The Thesis and Law Stages hone reasoning skills through the introduction of counterpoint and resolution, providing the students with a plethora of opportunities to create arguments (Invention) using the Heads of Purpose, and to demonstrate them using the Heads of Development. Student capabilities include:
Skills of argumentation
Prepared for the advanced skills of rhetoric
Ability to write “qualifying” essays for college entrance exams