Middle School Literature & Writing

Course: Middle School Literature and Composition - Shelley George 
Olivia Oster’s classes are listed below

Grade Level: 6-8
Day/Time: Wednesday 9:00 - 10:30am OR Wednesday 2:20 - 3:50pm
Instructor: Shelley George 
Cost: $75 per month + $40 application fee
Online Availability: Students can enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student, pending teacher approval.
Books: Order used or new online through Amazon, Thrift Books, AbeBooks, or try McKay’s.  If you have trouble locating a copy of the Easy Grammar, go to easygrammar.com. 

Fall & Spring Semester

• Easy Grammar Ultimate Series: 180 Daily Teaching Lessons Grade 8 Student Workbook 2009, ISBN: 0936981628

• Write Source 2000, ISBN: 0669467731 or 066946774X 

• Jim Elliot: One Great Purpose (Christian Heroes: Then and Now), ISBN: 1576581462

• The Hiding Place; by Corrie ten Boom, ISBN: 0553256696 

• The Miracle Worker, ISBN: 0743457587

• I am David ISBN: 0152051600

• Across Five Aprils, ISBN: 0425182789

Spring Semester Only

• Easy Grammar Ultimate Series: 180 Daily Teaching Lessons Grade 8 Student Workbook 2009, ISBN: 0936981628

• Write Source 2000, ISBN: 0669467731 or 066946774X

• I am David ISBN: 0152051600

• Across Five Aprils, ISBN: 0425182789 

Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, binder dividers, notebook paper, pencils, and a red pen
Description: Our classes will travel through five books that captivate readers with dynamic plots and characters.  We will climb the Alps with a young boy named David, sit in a concentration camp with Corrie ten Boom, paddle down a jungle river with Jim Elliot, and much more.  Students will acquire the basic tools needed to distinguish between a Biblical worldview and a secular worldview as presented in literature.  Extensive reading, various writing assignments, grammar practice, vocabulary quizzes, and several projects will be assigned.  Each semester students will choose a biography to read and analyze, in addition to the required reading.  We also offer an Advanced Reading Program for students who want to tackle more than the books covered in class. We use a 3-year rotation of various books, which are never repeated, so students can enter as 6th graders and take this class until they are ready for High School Literature and Composition grades 9-10 (English I/II).

Course: Middle School Literature and Composition - Olivia Oster  
Shelley George’s classes are listed above

Grade Level: 6-8
Day/Time: Monday 10:25 - 11:55pm OR Wednesday 10:40am - 12:10pm OR Wednesday 12:40 - 2:10pm
Instructor: Olivia Oster
Cost: $75 per month + $40 application fee
Online Availability: Students can enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student, pending teacher approval.
Books:  Order used or new online through Amazon, Thrift Books, AbeBooks, or try McKay’s. Please note: neither The Hiding Place nor God’s Smuggler are the young reader’s edition. They are both the full work.  Mrs. Oster will have copies of A New Grammary available for $15 on the first day of class. (They are around $25 on Amazon.)

Fall & Spring Semester

• A New Grammary, by Olivia Oster, ISBN# 979-8210544629

• The Bible Smuggler, by Louis Vernon, ISBN# 0836115570 

• Ink on His Fingers, by Louis Vernon, ISBN# 0836116739 

• The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten-Boom, ISBN# 9780800794057

• A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline Le’Engle, ISBN# 9780312367541

• God’s Smuggler, by Brother Andrew with J. and E. Sherrill, ISBN# 9780800796853

Spring Semester Only 

• A New Grammary, by Olivia Oster, ISBN# 979-8210544629

• A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline Le’Engle, ISBN# 9780312367541

• God’s Smuggler, by Brother Andrew with J. and E. Sherrill, ISBN# 9780800796853

Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, binder dividers, notebook paper, and pencils
Description: Through the use of exciting, well-written fiction and non-fiction, we will explore the theme of God’s Word overcoming darkness. We will read the exciting fictionalized stories of Gutenberg and Tyndale to understand better how amazing it is to have our translated copies of Scripture. We will marvel at the stories of the real and fictional characters of Ten-Boom, Meg Murry, and Brother Andrew to stretch our imaginations and increase our belief. Students will acquire the basic tools needed to distinguish between a Biblical worldview and a secular worldview as presented in literature.  It is my prayer for these students that they will grow in faith and understand better the adventure of being a Christian through these works of literature. Extensive reading, various writing assignments, vocabulary quizzes, and several projects will be assigned.  Students will write sentences following the grammar text each week. A three-year rotation of books is used, so students can take this class from 6th-8th grades until they advance to High School Literature and Composition grades 9-10 (English I/II).  All assignments and classwork for Middle School Literature and Composition with Mrs. Oster will be posted weekly on the class blog: hhlosterlit.blogspot.com. You can also refer to the blog for a preview of the year’s work.