How WriteAtHome Literature Works
WriteAtHome exists to support families by helping students reach their writing potential and develop a love for literature, language, and history.
Our live ($579) or self-paced ($249) literature courses are offered for grades 6-12. (As mentioned below, the high school courses are broken into two tracks, Classical or Conventional.) WriteAtHome literature isn’t just about developing a book list that will impress college admissions. It’s about giving students an appreciation and love for great books and the confidence to tackle even the most difficult work. Meet your teacher, Brian Wasko, HERE.
Our APPROACH:
Lit 1-4 courses focus on the great books of Western civilization (Classical Track), while our more traditional literature courses align with typical school reading requirements (Conventional Track). These courses are geared toward students in grades 8-12. We also offer three middle school courses that introduce students in grades 6-8 to a variety of works that will challenge and inspire them to love reading.
Our EXPECTATIONS:
Each week, students are given a reading assignment, a discussion post, and a quiz to complete before class time. Our literature courses are more rigorous than our writing courses and require a few hours per week to complete the assignments.
Our DELIVERY:
Our literature courses include weekly lectures and discussions led by WriteAtHome founder Brian Wasko. These live courses include individual student support from our dedicated Teacher Assistants. We also offer many of our literature courses as self-paced, which can be completed in any order and at any pace.
Our approach to literature is unique. It’s not about tests, defining literary terms, or memorizing names and dates ... It’s about the books.
We read a lot of good books together. And we talk about them. As time goes by, we learn to talk about them more intelligently. Sure, we teach literary terms like plot, conflict, and theme. But we use those terms to help us understand and appreciate the books.
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