Drama, Writing, Speech | Homeschool Omnibus

Drama,Writing, Speech

Assignments

September

17 24

October

1 8 15 22 29

November

5 12 19 (27)

December

3 10 17 (25)

January

(1) 7 14 21 28

February

4 11 18 25

March

4 11 18 25

April

1 8 (15) 22 29

May

6 13 20 27

Materials Needed

Assignment 1 Material:

Complete Play

Lesson 1 on Rhetoric

Assignment 2 Material:

"Hosts and Guests" by Max Beerbohm (Essay)

Study Guide Material on "Hosts and Guests"

Assignment 5 Material:

Reading 1

Reading 2

Reading 3

Rhetorical Devices for Assignment 5

Assignment 6 Material:

Reading 1

Reading 2

Assignment 7 Material:

E. Nesbit's Summary of Merchant of Venice

Assignment 13 Material:

Orwell on King Lear (You do NOT have to read Tolstoy's essay on King Lear—just Orwell's essay in Tolstoy's opinion of King Lear)

Assignment 15 Material:

Outline for Critical Essay

Assignment 16 Material:

Speech by Hilary Clinton

Speech by Barry Goldwater

Assignment 18 Material:

Rhetorical devices used in Speeches that we have studied

Assignment 19 Material:

Rhetorical devices used in Speeches by Douglass, Lincoln and Bush

Assignment 21 Material:

Answer Key to Vocabulary and Reading Exercises

Assignment 23 Material:

Oscar Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest