Literature for Teens ~ High School
Lit for Teens will meet live on
Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 EST
during the 2024-2025 Academic Year.
Fall Semester: Sept 4, 2024 - Nov, 27, 2024
This is a high school literature course for students in grades 9-12.
This course offers an opportunity for homeschoolers to discuss and explore literature with other homeschooled teens from different countries and with different backgrounds. This experience typically results in the teens developing a love of reading, discussing, and studying literature.
Literature Guides will be provided by the instructor for most selections. These emphasize vocabulary, reading comprehension, plot, character development, and common literary devices. Students will be required to read from a specific edition for some selections.
Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 EST
during the 2024-2025 Academic Year.
Fall Semester: Sept 4, 2024 - Nov, 27, 2024
- Poetry
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- Gilgamesh the Hero as told by Geraldine McCaughrean
- The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare
This is a high school literature course for students in grades 9-12.
This course offers an opportunity for homeschoolers to discuss and explore literature with other homeschooled teens from different countries and with different backgrounds. This experience typically results in the teens developing a love of reading, discussing, and studying literature.
Literature Guides will be provided by the instructor for most selections. These emphasize vocabulary, reading comprehension, plot, character development, and common literary devices. Students will be required to read from a specific edition for some selections.