The minimum age for rhetoric courses is 14. Recommended for 9th - 12th graders.

Tapestry of Grace Integrated Courses

Based on the award-winning Tapestry of Grace ​classical homeschool curriculum, Lucerna Academy provides a classical Christian education using an integrated unit study approach, with the history of the world as the core organizational theme. Rather than studying subjects independently, we integrate our study of the literature, geography, fine art, philosophy, and worldview of a people as we also study the history of that people, making rich connections and achieving a deeper understanding.

Where do we start? If you are new to Lucerna Academy, you are welcome to jump in with any of our four year plans.
Do we have to enroll in all the classes for the year plan? No. You may choose any class you like. ​

Are you considering slowing down the pace of your Tapestry of Grace studies or lightening the reading load?
We've already made the hard decisions for you in our rhetoric history and literature courses!
Paring down any course plan is complicated:
  • What content will you remove?
  • What important concepts will be missed?
  • Will that missed content be essential in future studies?
 That's why we offer both honors and rhetoric history and literature courses. 

While our honors students read 100% of Tapestry of Grace's reading recommendations each week, our rhetoric students cover about 75% of what the Tapestry of Grace curriculum assigns by paring down the reading list in literature courses and using Tapestry of Grace's Warp Reader articles in history courses.

So, we've made all those hard decisions for you! Your student can study Tapestry of Grace rhetoric history and literature at a more relaxed pace without missing any important concepts. Win, win!
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Year 1: The Ancient World
Year 1 Rhetoric History
Year 1 Rhetoric  Honors History
Year 1 Rhetoric Literature
Year 1 Rhetoric  Honors Literature
​Year 1 Rhetoric Writing take Writing 9, Writing 10, Writing 11, or Writing 12
Year 1 Rhetoric Fine Arts
Year 1 Rhetoric Worldviews
Year 1 Rhetoric Philosophy
​Year 1 Rhetoric Government

​YEAR 2: Medieval to Modern
Year 2 Rhetoric History
Year 2 Rhetoric  Honors History
Year 2 Rhetoric Literature
Year 2 Rhetoric  Honors Literature
Year 2 Rhetoric Writing​ take Writing 9, Writing 10, Writing 11, or Writing 12
Year 2 Rhetoric Fine Arts
Year 2 Rhetoric Worldviews
Year 2 Rhetoric Philosophy
​Year 2 Rhetoric Government

YEAR 3: The Nineteenth Century
Year 3 Rhetoric History
Year 3 Rhetoric  Honors History
Year 3 Rhetoric Literature
Year 3 Rhetoric  Honors Literature
Year 3 Rhetoric Writing ​take Writing 9, Writing 10, Writing 11, or Writing 12
Year 3 Rhetoric Fine Arts
Year 3 Rhetoric Worldviews
Year 3 Rhetoric Philosophy
​Year 3 Rhetoric Government

YEAR 4: The Twentieth Century & Beyond
Year 4 Rhetoric History
Year 4 Rhetoric  Honors History
Year 4 Rhetoric Literature
Year 4 Rhetoric  Honors Literature
Year 4 Rhetoric Writing ​take Writing 9, Writing 10, Writing 11, or Writing 12
Year 4 Rhetoric Fine Arts
Year 4 Rhetoric Worldviews
Year 4 Rhetoric Philosophy
​Year 4 Rhetoric Government

Other Rhetoric Courses

Writing
A Note About English Grammar Studies: we recommend that students study English Grammar at the upper grammar level, and we assume that students enrolling in one of our rhetoric writing classes have either completed the study of an English Grammar program or are concurrently enrolled in our Dialectic Grammar Intensive course. 
Rhetoric Writing 9
Rhetoric Writing 10
Rhetoric Writing 11
Rhetoric Writing 12

Science
Earth Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics 
​Exploring Coding

Electives
FULL YEAR
Vocabulary From Classical Roots C
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
​Inductive Bible Study

FALL SEMESTER
​Study Skills
Economics
Introductory Logic

SPRING SEMESTER
U.S. Government
Intermediate Logic
Health & Nutrition

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​Living Books

We help you manage the expense of getting the wonderful living books that our discussion courses use by providing you with a recommended book lists that identifies the ISBN number and which weeks the books are used, so you will know which books you should purchase and which books you might be able to borrow from your library system. These book lists are sent to enrolled students before classes begin, giving you plenty of time to plan.
To save time and money finding books, check out our handy links to help you quickly find book in the library or at Tapestry of Grace's Amazon store.