Course Outline and Objectives

Class: World Literature

Tutor: Cindy Phiffer

Primary Text: Teacher will provide (on loan)

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Other books/materials, etc. required for class:

Dante's The Inferno translated by John Ciardi  

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas  "Unabridged"

Out of Bounds by Beverly Naidoo

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

The first four books above should be read during the summer. The Good Earth should be read during Christmas Break. All other printed material will be provided by instructor. Teacher communicates with students and parents throughout the year via email, making it necessary for students to have access to a computer with email capabilities.

***Parents are responsible for getting all texts and materials unless teacher specifies otherwise.

Yearly Tuition:        $288               Copy/Lab Fees: $15

With this tuition rate, I must have a minimum of        5     and maximum of         10            students.   

Overview of class: This class will take a cultural approach to world literature by focusing on different regions of the world and doing a chronological survey of the great masterpieces and authors that came from them. There will also be a Latin root-based vocabulary study and writing assignments.  We will study literary terminology, historical and cultural information and famous quotations from works that we read.

Prerequisites for this class: None, but a student’s access to a computer with email capabilities is necessary for mid-week communications, including turning in drafts of writing assignments.

Recommended Grade Level(s) for this class: 10-12

Estimated Difficulty Level of course for average student:   

Easy        average       above average           highly challenging

Average study time for this class will be approximately      5-6      hours per week.

Tutor Expectations for Parents: Students will be given a detailed syllabus with daily assignments.  Parents will make sure students are doing these daily assignments by asking about them regularly and engaging them in conversation about their reading and writing.  Parents will supervise testing.

Additional comments:

Our goal is to give students a broad general knowledge of literature that will allow them to recognize literary allusions and quotations and references to authors.  I also hope to prepare them sufficiently for writing college essays.