Dialectic Phase (ages 12+)

About Course

  • 32-week Program Fully laid out with our weekly agenda
  • Live interactive zoom classes 1 day a week for 4 hours
  • Offline 4 days a week with independent work
  • Students will read, research and practice at home 4 days a week and come to community prepared for public speaking, discussion, debate, and science/experiments  
  • Most students will average 4 hrs. a day doing coursework with our program.
  • Practicing the classical tools of learning provides the fundamentals of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.   
  • Our current availability is Wednesdays from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm EST

 

Required Book List

 

Debate

The Art of Argument 

 

Science & Research 

Provided on GCE Site 

 

Exposition

The Lost Tools of Writing 

1st Semester

The Lost Tools of Writing

2nd Semester

 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 

 

Inquisitor’s Tale 

Phantom Toll Booth

 

Number the Stars 

The Secret Garden 

 

Oliver Twist 

Crispin

     

Logic

Henle I and Companion Guide (Amy Tellason)

 

 

 

  • Our yearly calendar for your planning purposes is: 

    •     First Day of School Week of September 1st

    •     Thanksgiving Break Week of Nov 25th

    •     End of First Semester Week of December 16th

    •     Winter Break December 9th – January 3rd

    •     Beginning of Second Semester January 6th

    •     Second Semester Spring Break March 3rd-7th

    •     Last Day of ‘4 Hours to Freedom’ Classes May 2nd

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What Will You Learn?

  • Research - how to research and properly list your sources
  • How to write great essays
  • How to organize thoughts properly for a research paper or essay
  • How to ask questions that produce great answers
  • Reasoning (logic)- recognizing fallacies and practicing formal logic

Course Content

Semester 2 Week 17
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  • Strawman Fallacy
    02:12
  • Essay 3 Invention: Comparison
    00:00
  • Developing your Science Question
    00:00
  • Developing your Science Question into a Testable Question
    04:16
  • The Scientific Method
    00:00

Semester 2 Week 18
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Semester 2 Week 19
Links used to complete this week's assignments.