THE RHETORIC STAGE: 10th – 12th
High school students begin to develop a sense of how others perceive them, and become aware of various forms of expression. Students learn to speak and write in order to relate to their audience with clarity and persuasion.
ELOQUENCE & WISDOM
Now that the students have passed through grammar school learning true facts on a multitude of topics, and they have battled through logic school sharpening their intellect and worldview; they are finally ready to communicate eloquently and winsomely.
In rhetoric school they will begin to see their abilities as a leader and will be given more opportunities to mentor younger students.
As a rhetoric student, they are given classroom responsibilities, which aides them in maturing during these years.
These opportunities to mature as a Christian will benefit them throughout there life as they navigate relationships at college, at work, and within there own family and church.
IN RHETORIC SCHOOL YOUR CHILD WILL…
explain how Christians live in two worlds and the implications this has for Christian living on earth and our reclamation of culture
compare and contrast a Christian government with the American government
argue clearly in prose employing both inductive and deductive proofs
explain the relationship between human philosophy and God’s revelation
identify a Homeric simile and state its importance to the study of Greek history
tell why the Apocryphal books should not be included in the Scriptures
explain to others how the Greek “golden mean” affected the artistic works of the Greeks
BOOKS RHETORIC STUDENTS WILL READ
Purgatory
Don Quixote
City of God
U.S. Constitution
The Great Divorce
The Federalist Papers
Democracy in America
Death of a Salesman
Common Sense
Plus many more classics