COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course guides students through an in-depth reading of The Odyssey with a hard copy study guide written (not by an anonymous person employed by a curriculum company but instead) by a real teacher, Ms. Finnigan, who has been teaching this book, to high school students, online, for over 13 years. Everything is informed by her experience of teaching real students online. The study guide, and videos, teach students how to engage with a text through note-taking, active reading, personal reflection, and literary analysis. The study guide has no answer key (because there are no "right answers" in literature)! Quizzes check for basic reading comprehension and understanding of major points and key themes, while writing prompts will help students to formulate original ideas based on their interpretation of the story, and make connections with their lives, their world, and their faith. The guide includes additional coursework, such as vocabulary and minor assignments, leading up to a personal project, a creative project, or a major paper at the end.

SELF-PACED COURSE DETAILS

Course Components:

• Hard copy study guide (free shipping) with no answer key!
• Nine video lectures (Ms. Finnigan's "Greatest Hits")
• One bonus video on active-reading and note-taking
• Auto-graded quizzes
• Course text not included

Duration:

• 6-12 weeks semester, depending on depth of study
• Course expires after 100 days

Teacher-Student Interaction for Self-Paced:

• This course is a self-paced course, but students may email Ms. Finnigan to schedule office hours, either to ask questions or to discuss the book!
• Total office hours: 2 hours (can be split up into increments)
• Want more? Consider our async option...

OTHER OPTIONS

Async:

• Want to submit coursework for feedback and grading? Do not purchase. Email to make special arrangements.

Live online:

• Read this book with a live, online, high school class: Ancient Literature I and Intermediate Composition. Starts in September.

Co-teaching:

• Don't have a teacher for your students? Or would you like to make your teacher's job a lot easier? This course is available for co-teaching for hybrids and co-ops. Groups can enroll at a discount. Contact Ms. Finnigan for details.
  

Questions?

Email Ms. Finnigan

contact@teachtothetext.com

A Note About Religion

The Study Guide is "Catholic and Classical". It deals with moral, spiritual, and philosophical questions from a Christian perspective, and it draws on the 2,000-year-old intellectual tradition of the Catholic Church to articulate and present that perspective. However, this is not a theology course. The religious content is very general and should be acceptable to any Christian, whether Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant.

Not a believer? Perhaps, you will find the religious content interesting from a cultural or historical perspective. After all, the pagans who told these stories for hundreds of years were religious people: They believed in divine beings, they engaged in religious rituals, they worshipped, they prayed. Most of them eventually converted to Christianity. This Study Guide will sometimes ask you to think about differing concepts of the divine, make connections with Sacred Scripture, or engage in introspection and spiritual reflection. If these exercises are not valuable to you, you can easily skip them, because they are clearly labeled, and you will still get a lot out of this study!