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Why do children need stories? What is the purpose of education? The Greek historian Plutarch said, “The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.” One might say that literature, as it draws upon the senses and fosters learning through the exploration of other worlds, ignites the greatest flame. With this spark comes greater knowledge, understanding, imagination, and inspiration. As students enter the worlds of different characters, they will witness the virtues and vices represented by the protagonists and antagonists. They will become inspired with curiosity and wonder. They will reflect on and delight in what is true, good, and beautiful.
This class follows Scholé Academy’s Classic Children's Literature VI course while introducing supplemental liberal arts studies. Students will read, enjoy, and interact with classic works of literature while reflecting on specific virtues and literary themes during each quarter. Readings will be supplemented by poems, age-appropriate and relevant looks into the history behind the stories and authors, and explorations into background science and nature studies. Students will respond to these texts through rich discussion, thoughtful written analysis and reflection, commonplace entries, and artistic mediums in order to reach the whole child.
Get to Know Classic Children’s Literature VII with Alison Johansen
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Section 1 with Alison Johansen (M/W 2-3:15 pm EST)
Section 2 with Morgan Moore
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Alison Grace Johansen serves as a Scholé Academy instructor, tutor, and host of the Poetry Club. While tutoring in grammar and writing, she teaches Upper-School American Literature, Art of Poetry, and Introduction to Law & Justice, along with Middle-School Creative Writing and Classic Literature VII. Alison earned her Juris Doctor from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a minor in French, from the University of Richmond. She worked as a legal journalist in Washington, D.C., for over 13 years, while also freelancing in writing, editing, and marketing for over two decades. She hopes to inspire her students to find joy in discovering the many ways they can use their own words to express themselves with truth, goodness, and beauty. Alison lives in Virginia with her husband and two children. Her faith and family influence every part of her life, from teaching Sunday school and writing a children’s picture book about food allergies to exploring the beauty of God’s world together. If they aren’t walking (or running) with their sweet Goldendoodle, Nugget, you might find them doing art projects, reading together, or delighting in music on the piano, flute, guitar, ukulele, and drums!
Morgan Moore has been teaching ever since she learned how to explain to her younger siblings the difference between an adjective and an adverb. As a homeschool graduate, Morgan loves the classical, online learning environment and began professionally teaching English, Integrated Humanities, and Writing to middle schoolers and high schoolers upon graduating with her Bachelor’s in English: Creative Writing from Liberty University online in 2022. Wanting to take her academic studies even further, she graduated with a M.F.A. in Creative Writing the summer of 2024, also from Liberty University online.
Being the oldest daughter of nine siblings has not only accustomed Morgan to sharing dressers, beds, and clothes all while hearing the battle cries of blanket-caped warriors running through halls, but it has also familiarized her with both the challenges and joys a classical, homeschool education can provide. It is her experiences with these situations that she brings to her teaching to encourage both her students and their parents and show how exciting learning truly can be.
Morgan loves children and one day hopes to have her own large flock of littles to teach, if it is the Lord's will. Until that time, however, she believes that the Lord has called her to teach others’ children. Now more than ever, children need to know the joy and hope that literature and writing may bring them; for, to quote C.S. Lewis, “it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, [so] let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” When she’s not teaching, you’ll find Morgan writing her novel, knitting lots of sweaters, playing the cello and guitar, walking in the North Carolinian outdoors, or singing along with The Sound of Music—all while drinking lots of coffee.
_As indicated by this course map, students can expect to complete similar assignments throughout the school year that will gradually increase in creativity, knowledge, and scope as students learn and put into practice literary analysis. _
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