Course: 7/8 Language Arts | Cornerstone Classical Educators

7/8 Language Arts

Grades 7 - 9
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Course Schedule

Class Follows Upper Annual Schedule
Dates: 2025-08-12 to 2026-05-14

Cost

Tuition: $400 / Annual
Supplies: $0

Expectations and Homework

Students must come to class prepared to engage with the instructor and peers as well as to take in new information. Weekly homework will include preparing to speak, reading a poem or short story and completing analysis questions, practicing different creative writing techniques to develop an interesting story, and analyzing and parsing sentences. Students can expect to spend two to three hours per week on homework.

Class Supplies Needed

Specified workbooks, 3 ring binder, loose leaf paper, pen/pencils

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About the Course

In this course, students will:

1. Practice speaking in front of their peers on a bi-weekly basis.

2. Hone their creative writing skills through weekly poetry study and creative writing instruction.

3. Investigate the English language through sentence diagramming and parsing.

Required materials:

1. Memoria Press Poetry & Short Stories Anthology

2. Memoria Press Poetry & Short Stories Student Guide

3. Analytical Grammar- Level 3- Student workbook

4. The Creative Writer- Level 2

*My preferred payment method for deposits and tuition is Venmo. (@HeatherKHawley). I will also accept a personal check.

**Each section must have a minimum of four students to be held.

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About Heather

In 2025/2026 I will be teaching 7/8 writing, Biology, Foundations of Composition, and Earth Science.

After many years as a homeschooling mom, I started teaching at Cornerstone three years ago. I enjoy it immensely! As nerdy as it sounds, I love to learn! What an amazing blessing from God to be able to study the world around us and learn more about Him.
I attended Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana, where I earned a Bachelor's degree in Science Education in 2008. Amazingly, I taught only one year in a public school before I had the blessing of staying home with my oldest daughter. I re-started my formal education three summers ago when I took an online course and became registered as an IEW instructor.
With God's help, I am finishing my 11th year of homeschooling my three daughters. Living and learning with my husband and our daughters in the countryside of southern Indiana is one of the greatest blessings of my life. When I'm not teaching or homeschooling, I enjoy baking, cooking, gardening, and reading. I am looking forward to the honor of teaching new classes and new students in the fall of 2025!

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