Modern World Literature: Renaissance to Present (St. Therese Wednesdays Session A 9:00-9:45 a.m.) 5th-8th

Year long ($50 enrollment fee)

Crafts, activities, discussion, games, worksheets & play are typical classroom activities in our literature class. Elementary classes are not graded, but fun and interactive learning. In our Jr. High classes, we strive to introduce your students to some of the skills of analysis they’ll need in the upcoming high school years.

Covering abridged versions of the classics, biographies and some really fun literature, we’ll gallop the globe across the modern world of children’s literature.

Elementary classes are not graded, but assigned homework is required for this class.

Required Materials: FINALIZED book list will be announced in summer based on availability of books.

Here's a tentative list for Jr. High:

Michelangelo by Diane Stanley

William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki

Don Quixote (abridged) any or Don Quixote Dover Children's Thrift Classics isbn 978-0486407913

Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal

You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century

Treasure Island abridged any

Peter the Great by Diane Stanley

You Wouldn't Want to Be an Aristocrat in the French Revolution!

David Livingstone – any (online free)

A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, abridged any

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, abridged by Lisa Church or any abridged

The Secret Garden abridged by Martha Hailey DuBose or any abridged

War Horse by Morpurgo, Michael

Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum

Instructor: TBA

*** Significant discounts are available for full-day enrollment and co-op families. ***
Contact Jenn MacDonald for questions (260) 445-3838.

St. Therese Catholic Church, 2304 Lower Huntington Rd., Fort Wayne, IN

* If a student has special needs, please contact the teacher to discuss any accommodations that might be made.

** All classes require online family registration and enrollment. Year-long classes carry a $50 yearly enrollment fee. This enrolls your student in the class for the entire year. There is no need to re-enroll for 2nd semester. The cost of the class is due no later than the first day of each semester in an envelope labeled with your student's name & the class name with cash or a check made out to the teacher. Registration and Enrollment Fees are non-refundable.