7-8 Eastern Literature, Grammar, and Writing 2024-2025
Mondays, 10:30-12:30
Instructor: Kathy Zimmerman (B.A English) zimmermank517@gmail.com
Tuition: $650 per year or 10 equal installments of $65
Supply Fee: $75 per year, due at registration
Instructor accepts: Cash, Check, Venmo, and Zelle
*NOTE: There is a minimum of 6 students required for this class to progress.
Course Description: Eastern Literature, Grammar, and Writing takes students on an exotic adventure through the Eastern countries as we study the exciting literature of the Eastern hemisphere. Students learn about the culture of the countries, focusing on their religious beliefs and the mission work going on today. Students develop vocabulary and writing skills through regular essay assignments that interact with the nine novels being studied, as well as completing projects and presentations on different countries, figures, and events. Grammar is studied with Rules of Game, Level 2. Students should be expected to work on assignments at home at least 2-3 hours each week.
Required Books:
- Journey to the Eastern Hemisphere
April Lotempio (Available from Sonlight) - Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Sook Nyui Choi - Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell - Homeless Bird
Gloria Whelan - Beduin’s Gazelle
Frances Temple - Master Puppeteer
Katherine Paterson - Ghost in the Taikado Inn
Dorothy and Thomas Hobler - Land I Lost
Quang Nhuong Huynh - Eric Liddel: Something Greater than Gold
Janet and Geoff Benge - Shadow Spinner
Susan Fletcher - Rules of the Game (Grammar through Discovery) Book 2+,
Mary Page, Peter Guthrie, Sloan Sable(ISBN: 978-0838822395)
Required supplies:
- Three-ring binder with five dividers (Assignments, Writing, Vocabulary, Maps, Prayer) and looseleaf paper
- Pencils, pens, highlighters, red pen
- Colored pencils
- Access to a computer, internet, email, and a printer, as well as ink and paper.
