These videos provide additional teaching instruction for the Lost Tools of Writing Level 2. There’s a video for every lesson, one video each week, about 10-15 minutes each.

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The Lost Tools of Writing Level Two, features eight new lessons (and thus eight new essays), each of which enable you and your students to dig – and think – deeper.

In LTW I, your students learned the basics of constructing a persuasive essay. By implementing the three canons of classical rhetoric – Invention, Arrangement, and Elocution – your young writers learned the process of crafting a coherent written argument, starting with the blank slate and ending with a complete and thorough essay. Our goal in LTW I was not so much to worry about the kind of persuasive essay the students were writing so much as it was to ensure they were growing increasingly comfortable with the steps necessary to create it.

In LTW II, however, you’ll continue your study of classical rhetoric by studying the judicial address, which refines the persuasive essay taught in LTW I. So just as the elements of LTW I build upon one another, so LTW II builds upon LTW I.

Through the eight lessons/addresses in LTW II, your students will work within the framework of the three canons, but each will be aimed at this new kind of address. This familiarity will empower you as a teacher and will provide confidence for your students.

Much is familiar: You will recognize the invention charts, the arrangement templates, and much of the format. But a lot is new as well. Featuring clarified teaching materials (with new discussion tips, simplified assessments steps, and improved examples), this new edition is the ideal follow-up for any teacher or student who is familiar and comfortable with LTW I.

To learn more about The Lost Tools of Writing and read FAQs, please click HERE

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The Lost Tools of Writing Level Two, features eight new lessons (and thus eight new essays), each of which enables you and your students to dig – and think – deeper.

In LTW I, your students learned the basics of constructing a persuasive essay. By implementing the three canons of classical rhetoric – Invention, Arrangement, and Elocution – your young writers learned the process of crafting a coherent written argument, starting with the blank slate and ending with a complete and thorough essay. Our goal in LTW I was not so much to worry about the kind of persuasive essay the students were writing so much as it was to ensure they were growing increasingly comfortable with the steps necessary to create it.

In LTW II, however, you’ll continue your study of classical rhetoric by studying the judicial address, which refines the persuasive essay taught in LTW I. So just as the elements of LTW I build upon one another, so LTW II builds upon LTW I.

Through the eight lessons/addresses in LTW II, your students will work within the framework of the three canons, but each will be aimed at this new kind of address. This familiarity will empower you as a teacher and will provide confidence for your students.

Much is familiar: You will recognize the invention charts, the arrangement templates, and much of the format. But a lot is new as well. Featuring clarified teaching materials (with new discussion tips, simplified assessments steps, and improved examples), this new edition is the ideal follow-up for any teacher or student who is familiar and comfortable with LTW I.

Please note that the complete set of the LTW II includes one Student’s Workbook. A separate workbook must be purchased for each additional student using the program.

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With the Classical Composition II: Narrative Stage Student Book, students continue to build invention skills as well as the ability to engage the imagination of an audience. They master the structures of thought that originate narratives and learn to create recognition by using figures of description. They develop the ability to communicate the same idea using a variety of words, sentence structures, and various perspectives.

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.”

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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

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A 1-semester course for grades 8 or 9 and up

Think of the progymnasmata as a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. In the award-winning Writing & Rhetoric series, author Paul Kortepeter has recovered this proven method of teaching writing in conjunction with critical thinking and speaking. This is the eleventh in a series of 12 books that will train students over 6 years.

Thesis Part 2

The Writing & Rhetoric Book 11: Thesis Part 2 Teacher’s Edition includes the complete student text, as well as answer keys, teacher’s notes, and explanations. This teacher’s edition supplies descriptions and examples of what excellent student writing should be like for every writing assignment, providing the teacher with meaningful and concrete guidance.

In Writing & Rhetoric Book 11: Thesis Part 2, students will implement what they learned about writing well-crafted persuasive thesis essays in Writing & Rhetoric Book 10: Thesis Part 1 and advance those skills by creating dynamic and powerful speeches. A vital part of rhetoric, oratory connects thinking and writing to the indispensable art of public speaking. Students will learn from masters of oratory, past and present, by studying the great speeches of Cicero, Thurgood Marshall, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Malala Yousafzai, among others. When preparing and delivering their speeches, students will utilize the 5 canons of rhetoric and the common topics of invention to help them discover and refine their theses.

Thesis Part 2 is designed to build students’ confidence in public speaking, teaching them the habits of excellent delivery and proper breathing. Incorporating the skills learned throughout the series, students will research, write, and then deliver 3 practice speeches (or declamations) of their own creation in the manner of the traditional branches of rhetoric: judicial, ceremonial, and political. As students gain skill, they will learn to delight in discourse as a way “to enlighten the understanding, please the imagination, move the passion, and influence the will” (George Campbell).

In this 1-semester book, students will learn to:

• write persuasive speeches in the style of a closing argument in a courtroom, a eulogy at a funeral, and the proposal of a law in a legislative body
• refine their writing of theses, topic sentences, and antitheses
• improve their conclusions to extend and enhance their original theses
• strengthen their ability to derive information from texts, organizing and summarizing it in expository paragraphs
• develop an awareness of transitions, tone, and writing style
• practice fluent reading using diverse speech texts
• identify a variety of genres, particularly judicial, ceremonial, and political oration
• interact with well-written texts through discussions and exercises in evaluation and critical thinking
• draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
• strengthen their oratory skills through opportunities for public speaking
• see the relationship between writing and speaking
• use oration as an aid to the process of revisionSee the Support tab above for suggested schedule and product support.

Suggested Schedule
Speech Content Rubric
Speech-Writing Instructions
Resources for Select Audio Recordings

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Writing & Rhetoric Book 11: Thesis Part 2
Writing & Rhetoric Book 11: Thesis Part 2 Teacher Guide

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A 1-semester course for grades 8 or 9 and up

Think of the progymnasmata as a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. In the award-winning Writing & Rhetoric series, author Paul Kortepeter has recovered this proven method of teaching writing in conjunction with critical thinking and speaking. This is the eleventh in a series of 12 books that will train students over 6 years.

Thesis Part 2

In this book, students will implement what they learned about writing well-crafted persuasive thesis essays in Writing & Rhetoric Book 10: Thesis Part 1 and advance those skills by creating dynamic and powerful speeches. A vital part of rhetoric, oratory connects thinking and writing to the indispensable art of public speaking. Students will learn from masters of oratory, past and present, by studying the great speeches of Cicero, Thurgood Marshall, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Malala Yousafzai, among others. When preparing and delivering their speeches, students will utilize the 5 canons of rhetoric and the common topics of invention to help them discover and refine their theses.

Thesis Part 2 is designed to build students’ confidence in public speaking, teaching them the habits of excellent delivery and proper breathing. Incorporating the skills learned throughout the series, students will research, write, and then deliver 3 practice speeches (or declamations) of their own creation in the manner of the traditional branches of rhetoric: judicial, ceremonial, and political. As students gain skill, they will learn to delight in discourse as a way “to enlighten the understanding, please the imagination, move the passion, and influence the will” (George Campbell).

In this 1-semester book, students will learn to:

• write persuasive speeches in the style of a closing argument in a courtroom, a eulogy at a funeral, and the proposal of a law in a legislative body
• refine their writing of theses, topic sentences, and antitheses
• improve their conclusions to extend and enhance their original theses
• strengthen their ability to derive information from texts, organizing and summarizing it in expository paragraphs
• develop an awareness of transitions, tone, and writing style
• practice fluent reading using diverse speech texts
• identify a variety of genres, particularly judicial, ceremonial, and political oration
• interact with well-written texts through discussions and exercises in evaluation and critical thinking
• draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
• strengthen their oratory skills through opportunities for public speaking
• see the relationship between writing and speaking
• use oration as an aid to the process of revision

Suggested Schedule
Speech Content Rubric
Speech-Writing Instructions
Resources for Select Audio Recordings

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Writing & Rhetoric Book 11: Thesis Part 2
Writing & Rhetoric Book 11: Thesis Part 2 Teacher Guide

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