Description: Dr. James Taylor is a renowned classical educator. Former head of Hillsdale College's School of Education and winner of the Russell Kirk Paidea Prize for teaching, he has taught writing for over 20 years and is now bringing his expertise to Memoria Press' Online Classical Academy.

Students will work from samples of good writing from prose and poetry, talk about and learn from them and, using imitation and good, old-fashioned grammar rules, get down to work. They will first discuss the importance words, etymologies, and context, then work on the construction of sentences and paragraphs, which both are organic entities with a beginning, a middle and an end. With sentence and paragraph theory and practice in mind, the student will be prepared to write an essay or article or even newspaper stories for practice. Simpler and less structured than the "Lost Tools of Writing" composition class, the more organic approach of this course is still ideal for aspiring writers of all ages.
Suggested Age/Background: 8th grade and up
Required Text: Elements of Style, Strunk and White
Estimated Work Load: 45 min./day
Instructor: Dr. James Taylor
Class Time: Monday, 2:15 p.m. EST, Wednesday, 2:30pm EST
High School Course Credit: 1/2 year high school credit per semester
Cost: $199.95/sem.; $99.95/sem. if taken with another online English Class

Enroll, Fall 2009 Semester ($199.95)
Enroll, Spring 2010 Semester($199.95)

Enroll, Fall 2009 Semester ($99.95: discounted price for those who have also enrolled in an English course)
Enroll, Spring 2010 Semester($99.95: discounted price for those who have also enrolled in an English course)