That sounds like a plan!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I want to make sure to include all the main elements of literary analysis and that’s why I was wondering if we’d miss things if we just followed the TOG year I have. But I guess I could pick from the material all the main elements and cover those and then choose the novels to cover and do the literary analysis with. Also, I do believe TOG has a Literary Criticism supplement separate from the Poetics and Frameworks. I’ll look into that and see how long it is and what material it contains as well. 🙂

My first thought is that TOG high school literature is divided into two parts. One is for beginning students just starting TOG rhetoric literature, and the other is for continuing students. I doubt there will be any problem jumping in at the beginning level. You could even pick and choose topics from the continuing level to discuss.

TOG has come out with a bound copy of Poetics that includes the Framework material. It’s thick… really thick! My recommendation is not to attempt to read all of Poetics and Frameworks, instead pick out the parts that are important. For instance, if you’re reading Homer’s Iliad, read the sections related to Homer, epic, and the ancient Greeks. Basically, read the sections of poetics that are assigned; don’t attempt to read everything. I doubt you’ll have any trouble jumping into the middle as TOG accounts for kids in large families doing just that. I’ve had children start rhetoric TOG in year 2, year 4, and year 1. The discussions are gold and fill in the gaps. 🙂

Picking and choosing the novels you prefer to read is a great idea! You can take a look at the literature cutting chart for ideas, but I’ve often adapted it according to my preferences and tastes.

I was really wanting to hone in on more literary analysis this next year with my highschooler. She will be a senior. This week, I began looking through the TOG materials I have and thought I could utilize them. But it seems like it would be fragmented since we haven’t done the other TOG years in high school and so she wouldn’t be working through all of the literary resources. My thoughts were I could possibly print out the poetics and frameworks and have her read through that in its entirety and then pick and choose from the novels listed in the TOG materials to do literary analysis with. Since you are a TOG user at the high school level, do you have any thoughts on that or any suggestions?

You’re welcome! TOG has been a wonderful program for my family. 🙂

Thanks, Samantha!

Thanks for dropping by, Terri.

It is! 🙂