Dialectic Literature Modules

Minimum age 12. Recommended for 7th – 9th graders

These a la carte classes are offered throughout the year. Ranging from 2 week to 12 weeks in length, our mod courses allow you to customize your school year to fit your schedule and interests. Literature students complete their work before class, then meet once per week in our live online classrooms at the scheduled times to discuss their work. 

These modules are based on the award-winning Tapestry of Grace homeschool curriculum, but you do not need to be studying Tapestry of Grace at home to join one of our mods. We have scheduled these mod courses to coincide with our year-long classes to insure that, as long as we have a full-year class in session, all registered mod students have a class to join. If interest in a module is high enough to host a separate class, we'll open a second section. Some light reading (provided by your teacher) might be required beforehand to provide you with background information.

NOTE: teachers do not provide grades for module courses.

2023-2024 School Year

The Ancients (Tapestry of Grace Year 1)

The Golden Goblet​, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
​Students read The Golden Goblet and learn about the genre of historical fiction, character analysis, and identifying similes in the story.

Required Resources:  
  • The Golden Goblet​, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw 
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$30
Black Ships Before Troy, by Rosemary Sutcliff
Students read Black Ships Before Troy and explore concepts such as the physical, temporal, and cultural setting; plot devices; characterization and complete a character sketch for a character in the book.

Required Resources:  
  • Black Ships Before Troy, by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$30 Total
The Wandering of Odysseus, by Rosemary Sutcliff
Students read The Wanderings of Odysseus and study plot devices, character conflicts, experiments in living, characterization, and possible topics and themes.

Required Resources:  
  • The Wandering of Odysseus, by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$30 Total
The Hittite Warrior, by Joanne Williamson
Students read Hittite Warrior and discuss the concepts of dialogue, style, point of view, genre, characterization, and elements of a well-made plot.

Required Resources:  
  • The Hittite Warrior, by Joanne Williamson
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$30 Total
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
Students read The Bronze Bow and learn about character analysis, settings, and protagonist and antagonist.

Required Resources:  
  • The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$30 Total

Medieval to Modern (Tapestry of Grace Year 2)

Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle
Students will read Men of Iron and discuss protagonists and antagonists, characterization, elements of narrative (story), and narration of the story.

Required Resources:  
  • Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 2 Integrated Curriculum or Year 2 Dialectic Literature Spool
3 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$45 Total
Dangerous Journey, by Oliver Hunkin
Students read Dangerous Journey and explore concepts such as character analysis, metaphor, allegory, ​and how Christian's journey parallels our own life.

Required Resources:  
  • Dangerous Journey, by Oliver Hunkin
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 2 Integrated Curriculum or Year 2 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Winter
$30 Total
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Students will read Johnny Tremain and explore concepts such as setting, character analysis, character conflicts, similes, metaphors, the genre of historical fiction, protagonist, point of view, alliteration, texture, style, and experiment in living.

Required Resources:  
  • Johnny Tremain, by Esther Hoskins Forbes
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 2 Integrated Curriculum or Year 2 Dialectic Literature Spool
3 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$45 Total

The Nineteenth Century (Tapestry of Grace Year 3)

Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell
Students will read Island of the Blue Dolphins and discuss concepts such as similes and metaphors, character analysis, settings, plot arrangement, experiment in living, how the character's actions show what she believes, worldview, and the author's life and culture.

Required Resources:  
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Integrated Curriculum or Year 3 Dialectic Literature Spool
3 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$45 Total
Behind Rebel Lines, by Seymour Reit
Students will read Behind Rebel Lines and explore concepts like the genres of historical fiction, fairy tale, drama, mystery, novel, comedy, and tragedy; plot summaries, and how the author's life impacts his written works.

Required Resources:  
  • Behind Rebel Lines, by Seymour Reit
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Integrated Curriculum or Year 3 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Winter
$30 Total
The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
Students will read The Invisible Man and explore the author's life, the settings of the book, and its characters, diction, point of view, genre, major events in the plot, style, and the main character's experiment in living.

Required Resources:  
  • The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Integrated Curriculum or Year 3 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$30 Total

The Twentieth Century (Tapestry of Grace Year 4)

Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
Students will read Anne of Green Gables and examine Anne and Gilbert's characterization, the setting of Anne's new home, the function of the protagonist, character conflicts, and the similarities and differences between the author's wordview, our own, and that upheld in the Bible.

Required Resources:  
  • Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
3 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$45 Total
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
Students will read Lord of the Flies and explore several aspects of the texture of the work, including point of view, imagery, and diction. They will discuss the imagery used by the author and the tone of the piece and possible themes of the book.

Required Resources:  
  • Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
3 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$45 Total
Raising Dragons, by Bryan Davis
Students will read Raising Dragons and consider foreshadowing, style, setting, types of characters, imagery, and symbolism.

Required Resources:  
  • Raising Dragons, by Bryan Davis
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic Literature Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$30 Total

    Wish we offered other book studies?

    Let us know! You are welcome to join us for any of the books we study in any of our Tapestry of Grace literature book studies.