Teaching

  • Love of reading

  • Enthusiasm for writing

  • Practice the art of listening with respectful attention

  • Practice the art of speaking with confidence

  • Develop critical reasoning and analytical skills

  • Take delight in the complexity of the world, and reflect on your place within it

Objectives

  • Small group and individual instruction

  • Close readings and discussion of literature, nonfiction, poetry, myth, and theater.

  • Creative Writing (fiction, poetry, and nonfiction)

  • Project based learning

  • Team based word games

  • Reader’s theater mini-plays and acting

  • Collaboration (writing workshops, group projects, D & D learning adventures)

  • Public speaking (reading aloud, recitation, speeches)

Methods