Course Description: In this course, students will gain an understanding of how to study literature through reading at least six classic works, annotating their texts, and writing analysis paragraphs and essays concerning the works. Students will learn how to cite and document texts properly and write a research paper including an outline, notecards, bibliography cards, parenthetical citations, and a works cited. After reading each text, they will write a literary analysis paragraphs or essay and will write one literature-based research paper during the year. Students will be exposed to researching background information about the text and its author as well as receive an introduction to credible secondary literary sources. Homework involving reading the literature, annotating the text, and writing literary analysis paragraphs and/or essays will be assigned in some capacity each week. As students are exposed to different time periods, themes, and cultures through the literature, discussion of ideas will be presented from a Biblical worldview. Internet access for research, a Shelby County library card, an email address, and a Google Drive account are requirements for this course. Students will need to create an account on Google Classroom to access their assignments and grades.

Highschool Credit Value: 1

Homework Level: In semester homework is 2-3 hours per week

THIS CLASS HAS MANDITORY SUMMER READING AND A WINTER BREAK ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS BEFORE YOU ENROLL YOUR STUDENT. YOU MUST SUBMIT A WRITING SAMPLE AND HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR TO ENROLL IN THIS CLASS.

Texts: How to Read Literature Like a Professor: for Kids by Thomas C Foster 978-0062200853

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien 978-061826030

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 978-0141330136

The Pigman by Paul Zindel 978-0060757359

Our Town by Thornton Wilder 978-0060512637

Supplies: none

Class Size: If a class minimum of 5 students is not reached, class may be cancelled. A maximum of 8 students will be accepted.

When and Where:

Location: St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, 642 King’s Home Drive, Chelsea

Day: Tuesday

Time: 8:45 - 10:15

Tuition and Fees:

Registration Fee: $25 nonrefundable payable to Beth Moore

Tuition: $185 per semester payable to Beth Moore

Faculty Fee: The annual administrative fee for this class is $30 per student, not to exceed $180 per family. This fee is payable to Grace Presbyterian Church, PCA, on the first day of class.

Instructor: Mrs. Beth Moore. Mrs. Moore holds a B.A. in English from Samford University with a minor in History. She has an M.A. in English from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She has seven years of teaching experience at Pelham High School where she taught General English, Advanced English, and AP Prep English classes. After completing her master’s degree, she taught Composition 101 - level courses at UAB and Composition 101- and 102- level courses at Jefferson State Community College (Shelby Campus) until the arrival of her first child. She has taught at Chelsea Tutorials for the past eight years. She is married and has four children. She is an active member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church. Mrs. Moore addresses subject matter from a biblical world view

Contact Info:

Phone: 205-601-9236

Email: moorebeth4@gmail.com