Rhetoric Literature Co-op 12
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:56 pm
The TOG curriculum assigns Paradise Lost over three weeks, in an assignment that is college or graduate level work. We are adjusting for a two-week time frame, hopefully in a way that fits the needs of our current students and families.
Here are TWO assignment options. Please do one or the other, or a combination of both approved by your parents:
1) Complete the assignment as posted by Mrs. Pepper in 2020:
A) B) The end of TOG week 24 (in my edition) lists sections of possible concern (graphic in some way) for the following week. Though they may be hard to decipher in the complex language, parents, please preview them to see if they pose a concern.
This assignment provides a large amount of reading. Please preview thoroughly.
OR
2) Complete this online FREE Hillsdale course. It is a total of five hours of lecture...I did the first one today.
https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/pr ... ZHYKIV-lfD
Here's my take:
*Engaging!
*Summarizes the work, highlighting key sections of the text
*Gives great background on Milton, fitting the work into history and his purpose of writing for God's glory
Possible concerns?
The video is a lecture brought to life by video and illustrations which are mostly artwork from the period. They are what you would expect from the time period. Some more revealing than others. Parents please preview so you know specifics (personally, I recommend watching with your student just for the academic benefit...but you might want to preview beforehand so you know specifics).
NONE of the passages from the "Glimpse" page mentioned above figure into the Lesson One video (on book one). More than half of the sections listed in the "glimpse" were from book one; I looked up all of the passages (rather obscure in the original language); none of them make an appearance in the lecture material. Most of them are in a monologue by Satan as he assessing how to move on after the catastrophe of being thrown out of heaven (he ends by deciding they will bring as much destruction to Good as they are able), too small a reference or detail to make it into a plot overview. As the lectures go on, however, some of those sections may end up being a part of the plot and may be highlighted, so be aware as needed.
EITHER choice you make above, I recommend watching at least the first lecture on the Hillsdale series. It does a great job of fitting this story into history and showing Milton's motive of writing for God's glory. Neat to see how the God's great story of redemption ends up making its way into so much literature.
Please feel free to reach out with questions for clarifications.
Here are TWO assignment options. Please do one or the other, or a combination of both approved by your parents:
1) Complete the assignment as posted by Mrs. Pepper in 2020:
A) B) The end of TOG week 24 (in my edition) lists sections of possible concern (graphic in some way) for the following week. Though they may be hard to decipher in the complex language, parents, please preview them to see if they pose a concern.
This assignment provides a large amount of reading. Please preview thoroughly.
OR
2) Complete this online FREE Hillsdale course. It is a total of five hours of lecture...I did the first one today.
https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/pr ... ZHYKIV-lfD
Here's my take:
*Engaging!
*Summarizes the work, highlighting key sections of the text
*Gives great background on Milton, fitting the work into history and his purpose of writing for God's glory
Possible concerns?
The video is a lecture brought to life by video and illustrations which are mostly artwork from the period. They are what you would expect from the time period. Some more revealing than others. Parents please preview so you know specifics (personally, I recommend watching with your student just for the academic benefit...but you might want to preview beforehand so you know specifics).
NONE of the passages from the "Glimpse" page mentioned above figure into the Lesson One video (on book one). More than half of the sections listed in the "glimpse" were from book one; I looked up all of the passages (rather obscure in the original language); none of them make an appearance in the lecture material. Most of them are in a monologue by Satan as he assessing how to move on after the catastrophe of being thrown out of heaven (he ends by deciding they will bring as much destruction to Good as they are able), too small a reference or detail to make it into a plot overview. As the lectures go on, however, some of those sections may end up being a part of the plot and may be highlighted, so be aware as needed.
EITHER choice you make above, I recommend watching at least the first lecture on the Hillsdale series. It does a great job of fitting this story into history and showing Milton's motive of writing for God's glory. Neat to see how the God's great story of redemption ends up making its way into so much literature.
Please feel free to reach out with questions for clarifications.