Classical Composition II: Narrative – DVD or Online Streaming

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Sample – Online Streaming

The Online Streaming product is a lifetime membership that gives you unlimited access to stream the Instructional Lessons.

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Sample – DVD

The Narrative Stage DVDs feature instruction by Dr. Brett Vaden and are a great resource for those using Memoria Press’s Classical Composition series.

The instructor on the Classical Composition II: Narrative Stage DVDs is Dr. Brett Vaden. Dr. Vaden is an instructor at Highlands Latin School and the Memoria Press Online Academy. He is a 2004 graduate of The Moody Bible Institute in Chicago with a degree in Biblical Languages. He brings several years of teaching experience to this course, along with an extensive knowledge of Classical Composition as an editor of the program for Memoria Press. At Southern Seminary, Brett earned an Advanced M.Div. in Biblical and Theological Studies and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Theology.

What if you could teach your child using the same writing program that produced such masters of the language as John Milton, William Shakespeare, and Benjamin Franklin? What if you could have the same composition curriculum used by Quintilian, the greatest teacher of ancient rhetoric, and Cicero, the greatest persuasive speaker of all time?

Jim Selby has blown the dust off the writing curriculum that was used in schools for over 1,500 years and put it in an easy-to-teach format that will revolutionize your home or private school curriculum. Presented clearly and systematically in a structured curriculum, Classical Composition will give you a clear road map to writing excellence.

Ancient writers invented a way of teaching writing known as the progymnasmata, which provided a method of teaching composition that not only taught budding writers a disciplined way to approach communication, but also helped them appeal to the heads of their audience. The progymnasmata gave them the stylistic tools to appeal to their hearts as well.

The greatest communicators of ancient times, Quintilian and Cicero among them, employed the progymnasmata to teach their students the art of communication. The 14 exercises, organized from the simplest and most basic to the most complex and sophisticated, were the core education of a classical speaker, designed to produce what Quintilian once called “the good man, speaking well.”

Companion Products

Classical Composition II: Narrative Stage – Student Book
Classical Composition II: Narrative Stage – Teacher Guide
Classical Composition II: Narrative Stage – Lesson Plans
Classical Composition II: Narrative Stage – DVDs