Rhetoric 4 (Ages 17+) — Honors Scholar (Agenda + Live + Agora Table)
About Course
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Rhetoric 4 Books & Materials
Everything your student uses this year — designed for ages 17+, built on trusted classical curriculum.
Look for the badge on each book — we cover some, you provide others.
Rhetoric Alive! Senior Thesis
ISBN 978-1600513572
Family provides
Exploring Creation With Chemistry, 3rd Edition
ISBN 978-1940110257
Family provides
Habitudes Images #1
ISBN 978-1931132053
Family provides
Habitudes Images #2
ISBN 978-1931132084
Family provides
Habitudes For Leading Others
ISBN 978-1931132077
Family provides
Habitudes Images #4
ISBN 978-0979294006
Family provides
Resolving Everyday Conflict
ISBN 978-0801005688
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Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
ISBN 978-0942617641
Family provides
The Odyssey Teacher Manual
ISBN 978-1615383443
Optional
The Iliad Teacher Manual
ISBN 978-1615389865
Optional
Heroes of the City of Man Companion Guide
ISBN 978-1885767554
Family provides
The Eumenides
ISBN 979-8691672729
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The Iliad
ISBN 978-0140275360
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The Odyssey
ISBN 978-0140268867
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Theogony & Works and Days
ISBN 978-0199538317
Family provides
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Every subject in the weekly agenda has two parts: the plan for class day, and the reading and work done at home on a schedule that fits your week.
EExpositionGreek literature+
ON CLASS DAY
- Discuss the week’s reading, starting with Hesiod’s Theogony
- Tackle the week’s big question together
AT HOME
- Read the week’s literature
- Research ancient Greek geography and background
LLogicLeadership and economics+
ON CLASS DAY
- Come with your questions from the reading
- Discuss the week’s leadership topic together
AT HOME
- Read the week’s leadership chapter
- Journal your responses
DDebateSenior thesis+
ON CLASS DAY
- Be drawn into the discussion with questions
- Work toward choosing and shaping a thesis topic
AT HOME
- Read the workbook chapter
- Complete the thesis topic questions
SScienceChemistry+
ON CLASS DAY
- Go over the week’s chemistry module together
AT HOME
- Read the module, taking notes
- Work the practice problems
Subjects and activities change by week. This is a typical Rhetoric 4 week. See a full GCE week →