WordWielder Literature & The Lost Tools of Writing

In this class, Shawn McCowan will pair quality literature with analysis and persuasive essays. Every writer—no matter how old or experienced or published—has to come up with good ideas, organize those ideas clearly, and express them effectively. The three canons of classical rhetoric—Invention, Arrangement, Elocution—do this. Once the aspiring writer grasps how to employ these tools effectively the stresses and confusions that accompany writing begin to fade and with it the fear that often comes with writing assignments.

Classes meet at 2-3 p.m. PST Tuesdays, online. You can sign up here: https://www.wearewordwielders.com/

You'll need the Lost Tools of Writing textbook, and the following titles.

Literature selections:

• Little Britches by Ralph Moody
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
  
   
• Master Cornhill by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (not included in bundle, but often available used)

*Contains distinctly Christian content