BIO
I was born and raised in Kingsport, Tennessee. I attended East Tennessee State University and Middle Tennessee State University. I married David (now deceased) in 1979 and moved to Middle Tennessee permanently. I first heard about home education from my pastor in 1978, and I told David before we were even married that I wanted to homeschool any future children we might have. God gave us three precious children and we were blessed and privileged to home educate them from birth through high school graduation. We began our home school journey in the fall of 1988 and continued for the next nineteen years. All three children have graduated from college and two have gotten their master’s degrees. Our son is an officer in the United States Army. Even more important than that, I am now a grandmother!
During those nineteen years, we volunteered in various capacities in the homeschool community. David and I served on the Middle Tennessee Home Education Association Board of Directors for thirteen years, and we helped to organize and start the Home Education Association of Rutherford, Tennessee (HEART). I spoke at various conferences, graduations, and homeschool seminars and workshops. In the fall of 2002, I began teaching at Rutherford Tutorial Academy, where I continue to teach today. I also do private tutoring. In addition to teaching and tutoring, being a Mama and a Gigi, I also serve on the Powerfully Positive, Inc., Board of Directors.
British Literature & Comp
32 WEEK CLASS
Tutor Name: Ginger McCreery
Course Name: British Literature & Comp
Required Texts:
While you will need a lot of books for this class, most of these titles can be found at used bookstores or through online sources quite cheaply. Instead of buying an expensive textbook that you will never use again, you will be investing in real books for your student and home. ISBN’s have been provided below, but these specific editions are not required. Bargain books are fine as long as they are unabridged and the student has a physical copy to bring to class.
Required summer reading:
BEOWOLF, A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney
ISBN: 0-393-32097-9
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT (A New Verse Translation)
by Simon Armitage
ISBN: 978-0-393-33415-9
MACBETH (No Fear Shakespeare)
ISBN: 978-1-58663-846-7
ROBINSON CRUSOE
by Daniel Defoe
Barnes and Noble Classics
ISBN: 978-1-59308-360-1
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
by Jane Austen
Barnes and Noble Classics
ISBN: 978-1-59308-201-7
FRANKENSTEIN
by Mary Shelley
Barnes and Noble Classics
ISBN: 978-1-59308-115-7
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by Charles Dickens
Barnes and Noble Classics
ISBN: 978-1-59308-116-4
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
by Emily Bronte
Penguin Classics
ISBN: 978-0141439556
TREASURE ISLAND
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Barnes and Noble
ISBN: 978-59308-247-5
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 978-1503312753
SURPRISED BY JOY
by C.S. Lewis
ISBN: 978-0062565433
THE HOBBIT
by J.R.R Tolkien
ISBN: 978-0547928227
1984
by George Orwell
Signet Classics
ISBN: 978-0451524935
Other Required Materials:
TBD
Copy Fee: $25
Minimum Number of Students: 5
Maximum Number of Students: 15
Course Description/Outline/Objectives:
Oh, my, what could be more exciting than British Literature! England-the land from whence all good books come! This course will be taught in a chronological order, covering the major eras of British Literature. Some will be sampled, some will be covered more thoroughly. These include Old English; the Elizabethan Era; the Restoration and beyond; the Romantic Period; the Victorian Period and the Industrial Revolution; the Modernist Movement; and the Contemporary English Literature (we won’t get any more “contemporary” than 1984 by George Orwell). There will be weekly quizzes over the assigned reading; 4 essays, 1 per quarter and 4 exams, 1 per quarter. Come join me as we spend some glorious time with the great minds of British Literature!
Expected Weekly Time Commitment for Homework:
Prerequisites: None
Recommended Grade Level: 11th-12th
Rate for Additional Private Tutoring: $25/hour
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