Alexandria Tutorials

(Ages 10 and above)

The purpose of this course is to provide young students with an introduction to two key facets of English: reading and understanding literature; and construction of an essay.  Students will have opportunity to enjoy, appreciate and discuss classic examples of fiction, poetry, plays and essays. This year our writing curriculum will include exercises from the progymnasmata, an approach to the process of written and spoken persuasion that breaks down that process into its discrete skills.  These exercises have been a favorite of my online students.  

Please purchase these texts prior to our discussion of them in class. The tutor will announce the order of the books as the year progresses. These versions have been chosen for economy as well as quality. It is recommended that the student purchase these particular versions of the texts in order to better facilitate ease of class discussion. Please click on the text title in red to go to ordering page.