Dunwoody Home School English Classes 2011-2012
Teacher: Sondra Sparks 770-804-0081 Email: sondrasparks722@gmail.com
Website for Dunwoody Home School Classes: www.dunwoodyclasses.com
High School- World Literature: Class meets Wednesday 9:00-10:30 AM.
Students will read from the classics as well as modern authors. We will write a paper weekly on topics coordinating with the literature. Students will gain experience in paragraph, essay, and creative writing as well as writing poetry, reports, and research writing. The students will do a research paper spring semester. There will be some in-class writing to prepare the students for standardized testing. We will also have experience in note taking and outlining. Mini-grammar lessons will be taught as the students’ writing assignments necessitate them to be taught. Students will be well-prepared for standardized testing such as the SATs by the types of writing and evaluation given as well as critical reading skills that are taught through the literature. Mrs. Sparks has attended a class on how SAT writing essays are graded, and from that she encourages students to write with “voice,” pertinent details, organized central themes, and mature vocabulary. The students will have a brief vocabulary assignment from Sadlier-Oxford weekly.
All books need to be provided by the student/parent and should be unabridged editions unless otherwise noted.
Beowulf 9780451527400
Book of Job
Edith Hamilton’s Mythology 0446607258
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong
Epic of Gilgamesh (excerpts)
Antigone -Sophocles (Greek) 0486278042 (Dover edition)
St. Augustine’s Confessions (excerpts)
The Odyssey – Homer (Greek)
Tuition: $200 for first semester and $250 for second semester
Registration: $25
Payment Plan: $50 per month from the first day of class until May 1st
Upon enrolling and attending classes, you are financially responsible for that semester’s tuition. All fees are non-refundable unless the class is cancelled.
Make checks payable to Sondra Sparks,
Please mail or give registration checks to Sondra Sparks along with your registration form which can be found on the website.