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summer shakespeare workshopA five day intensive Shakespeare program for high school students.introduction to great booksA survey of Classics and Christianity | ||
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about Shakespeare Workshop |
The Summer Shakespeare Workshop is designed to help students meaningfully engage with one of the greatest writers in the English Language. For students both well-read and new to Shakespeare's work, this workshop will provide deepened understanding of Shakespeare by exploring his literary, theatrical and historical context, as well as interacting with his works first hand. Lectures will develop a knowledge base that enables students to approach Shakespeare's works in an informed manner. The purpose of the lectures is not to give conclusive answers on a topic, but to provide context and information that will aid students in asking their own well-directed questions of Shakespeare's work. Group discussions provide a forum for students to ask those questions and engage critically with Shakespeare's plays first hand. Discussion cultivates good reading and interpretation skills as students and tutor work together to discern the meaning of Shakespeare's writing. Through theatrical activities, the workshop aims to bring Shakespeare's plays to life according to their intended media of acting, and round out the education process by enabling students to think, breath, move and speak the drama they find in the pages of Shakespeare. Check back next Spring for information concerning Summer 2009 Workshops. |
| Introduction to Great Books is designed to prepare students for future Great Books studies in the following three ways: firstly, through providing a foundation for understanding western culture by surveying its roots in the mythology and ideology of ancient Greek culture; secondly, by developing strong writing skills through regular instruction and writing assignments; and lastly, by helping students engage in the dialogue between Christian and secular thought. Reading selections, to be prepared for class discussion, will include Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days, selections from Edith Hamilton's Mythology, The Children's Homer, selections from Greek philosophy, Scripture (Genesis, various New Testament Epistles) and more. Writing lessons and assignments will develop writing skills as outlined by the Escondido Tutorial Service writing guide (studying the styles of narrative, expository, argument, characterization, persuasion, as well as mechanics of writing). Class format is part instruction, part discussion, and class will be held online, Fridays 10:00am - 12:00am PST. |
about Introduction to Great Books |