Goal: To have the student develop a love for reading fine literature and to write with conviction while using a clear and pleasing writing style.

Recommended Grade Level: This course is recommended for 9th through 12th graders who are studying a course in history from the year of our Lord 476 through 1611.

Objectives:
1. The student will read examples of the literature written during this period.
2. The student will read selected historical fictions about this period.
3. The student will be acquainted with the rise and fall of feudalism.
4. The student will learn 15 - 20 vocabulary words a week.
5. The student will learn the form for critical writing using acceptable grammar.
6. The student will develop a pleasing writing style.
7. The student will write and re-write eight (8) argumentative papers.
8. The student will study an objective method of poetic interpretation.
9. The student will evaluate the literature by applying a Biblical worldview and will interpret the literature solely on the integrity of the text alone.

Week 1--Studies in Poetry
Week 2--Studies in Poetry
Week 3--Writing Lessons
Week 4--Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Week 5--Idylls of the King
Week 6--Idylls of the King
Week 7--Idylls of the King
Week 8--Writing Lessons
Week 9--Beowulf
Week 10--The Song of Roland
Week 11--Macbeth
Week 12--Writing Lessons
Week 13--Ivanhoe
Week 14--Ivanhoe
Week 15--Ivanhoe
Week 16--Ivanhoe
Week 17--Ivanhoe
Week 18--Writing Lessons
Week 19--The Castle of Otranto
Week 20--La Vita Nuova
Week 21--Writing Lessons
Week 22--The Black Arrow
Week 23--The Black Arrow
Week 24--The Black Arrow
Week 25--The Black Arrow
Week 26--Utopia
Week 27--Utopia
Week 28--Writing Lessons
Week 29--The Prince and the Pauper
Week 30--The Prince and the Pauper
Week 31--The Prince and the Pauper
Week 32--Writing Lessons
Week 33--The Comedy of Errors
Week 34--The Merchant of Venice
Week 35--Othello
Week 36--Writing Lessons