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Senior Course (14 yrs and up), $195, 14 week course – Prerequisite: One Intermediate Level Course
(Extra Evaluation Version available - see below)
Shakespeare – the man who captured all it is to be human! You’ve got a front-row ticket to the theatre, and the curtain is about to rise on some of the most gloriously gripping stories ever to drip from the Bard’s quill. Split your sides laughing at the endless duel of wits between Beatrice and Benedick. Quiver with suspense as the Duke of Gloucester, twisted in body and soul, weaves an intricate web of murders with the crown of England at the centre. Soar on the wings of the wind with the castaway wizard Prospero, as he magically conjures a storm to trap his enemies – but is it to obtain revenge or forgiveness? Best of all, interrogate these stories on a deeper level through Socratic discussion, tangling with the intricate truths and ethics at the heart of these incredible plays. With seven plays in all, this course spans all three Shakespearean genres – comedy, tragedy, and history – and dedicates two weeks to each play. Students are introduced to Shakespeare’s writing in an inviting way designed to build confidence, enjoyment, and fluency. Shakespeare meant for his plays to delight both the mind and heart, so “come away, come away,” and feast them both.
Intermediate Course (13 yrs and up), $285 per term, 28 week course/class twice weekly – No Prerequisite
Private 30 minute tutorials are available upon request. (Cost: $25/tutorial)
Contact Nicole Noster for more information or to book a tutorial: nicole@wisdomhomeschooling.com
Latin 1 is a full year course running from Fall to Spring (two 14-week terms). Students are automatically enrolled for the entire year when registering in the Fall.
Students in Latin 1 will study from a book entitled Lingua Latina: Familia Romana by Hans Orberg. This work immerses the student in the language, and grammar and syntax will be learned from within the context of reading lengthy Latin prose. It is a particularly exciting and novel way to approach learning Latin. In Lingua Latina, the student will first attempt to understand what is said, then investigate the rules which are the foundation of the language.
Intermediate Course (13 yrs and up), $285 per term, 28 week course/class twice weekly – Prerequisite: Latin 1 or equivalent
(Students may be required to pass a Latin 2 placement exam.)
Private 30 minute tutorials are available upon request. (Cost: $25/tutorial)
Contact Nicole Noster for more information or to book a tutorial: nicole@wisdomhomeschooling.com
Latin 2 is a full year course running from Fall to Spring (two 14-week terms). Students are automatically enrolled for the entire year when registering in the Fall.
Students in Latin 2 will use the same book as those in Latin 1: Lingua Latina: Familia Romana by Hans Orberg. Having studied Latin for at least one year, students will continue to see the concepts they have learned unfolding in the lengthy prose of Lingua Latina. This course year can sometimes be the most challenging as students move past the opening concepts of the Latin language and begin to grapple with more intricate elements.
Latin 2 covers approximately Chapters 11 - 18 of Lingua Latina. Focus includes:
Senior Course (14 yrs and up), $285 per term, 28 week course/class twice weekly – Prerequisite: Latin 2 or equivalent
Private 30 minute tutorials are available upon request. (Cost: $25/tutorial)
Contact Nicole Noster for more information or to book a tutorial: nicole@wisdomhomeschooling.com
Latin 3 is a full year course running from Fall to Spring (two 14-week terms). Students are automatically enrolled for the entire year when registering in the Fall.
Students in Latin 3 will use the same book as those in Latin 1 and Latin 2, Lingua Latina: Familia Romana by Hans Orberg. Having already studied Latin for at least two years, Latin 3 students will continue to develop the concepts he/she has been studying and will move toward learning the subjunctive case.
Latin 3 covers approximately Chapter 19 - 27+.
Intermediate Course (13 yrs and up), $285 per term, 28 week course/class twice weekly – No Prerequisite
Euclid's Elements has proved itself to be the most enduring work on basic geometry and for good reason. Euclid begins with the most basic principles of geometry, such as the definitions of points and straight lines or the axiom that things equal to the same thing are equal to each other. From these modest beginnings, he deduces step by step many amazing truths about shapes and quantity. This course covers the first six books of Euclid, which are on plane geometry. These first six books were the parts of Euclid's Elements studied by most university students from the Middle Ages until fairly recently. Students will learn the proofs in these books, present them to the class, and then discuss them. Students will be expected to learn about 3 proofs in preparation for class. For most students, this preparation will take about an hour per class.
Students will present their proofs to the class by video and audio, so they will need a working webcam.
Senior Course (14 yrs and up), $285, 14 week course/class twice weekly - Prerequisite: Foundational Great Books
In this course, students will become acquainted with the basic phenomena of the sun, moon, planets, and stars. Students will see how Ptolemy (2nd cent. A.D.) took naked eye observations and came up with an earth-centered model that explained the motions of the heavenly bodies and allowed predictions of their future locations. After immersing themselves in this geocentric system, students will see why Copernicus's heliocentric model of the cosmos came to replace Ptolemy's, and how the heliocentric system was bolstered by the observations and theories of Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. This investigation of cosmic models will allow students to see the interplay of observation and mathematical theory that is found in many of the scientific disciplines.
Students will make observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars, especially in the first portion of the semester. The main readings consist of excerpts from Ptolemy's Almagest, Copernicus's On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Galileo's Starry Messenger, and Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Many of the readings are technical and will be accompanied by reading notes. In preparation for each class, students should expect to spend up to 60-90 minutes on reading and other assignments.