Full Courses
These are ESA-verified courses for your students to help them with a variety of areas of English study. Browse the list below. There are also several courses for parents/teachers to help guide students through reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Be sure to explore my Free Resources page as well if you aren't ready for a full course yet. Materials are added regularly, so check back for more.
And feel free to contact me if there is a particular course your students would enjoy!
The Magic Writing Formula
This short course is for students who want to learn the structure of academic writing that will help them in all of their classes and for all types of assignments. Along with my instruction, there are numerous essay examples provided with color-coded annotations for easy application. Great for elementary through college students. Become a better essay writer in no time!
(2 modules—$29)
The American Mind: How to Create a More Intelligent Culture
This course for students is a guided reading through the excellent book The State of the American Mind by Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow. Students will engage in a thorough analysis of the intellectual fabric of our country and explore how we can regain our common culture. This course offers excellent discussion, research, and writing opportunities and can be applied to studies in English, history, philosophy, education, and more.
The book can be purchased cheaply through Amazon or borrowed for free from your local library.
(19 modules—$99)
Frankenstein Lecture Series
This audio lecture series helps students understand and connect to one of the most important novels of all time, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Along the way, you’ll hear names and titles as diverse as Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Jordan Peterson, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, James Madison, Karl Marx, Johann Goethe, Marshall McLuhan, Thomas Sowell, Henry Ford, Mark Zuckerberg, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hamlet, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Batman, and Paradise Lost, along with topics such as AI, capitalism, Christianity, Covid, electricity, false confessions in criminal trials, depression, parenting, friendship, and more.
(13 modules—$59)
Introduction to Research Writing
This course helps students learn how professional scholars engage in and present their research by exploring the excellent book iGen by Jean Twenge. Modules include analysis of important writing and reading skills by using a popular trade book on a relevant topic for young people. Good for students in middle school (with parental supervision) through high school and even college.
The book can be purchased cheaply through Amazon or borrowed for free from your local library.
(14 modules—$59)
Sports and Literature
This course uses sports to teach students about literature, life lessons, and good morals. Sports are one place where we find heroes who teach us how to live, how to serve our communities, how to inspire those around us, and how to develop important skills. This course is intended for older students, but themes can be adapted for any age. It's also great for athletic boys who don't usually like English, and girls who enjoy sports will love it as well.
(19 modules—$199)
Technology and Christianity
This course is designed to help students develop a Christian worldview to help shape their perspective on media and technology. The modules include a reading guide to the book Digital Liturgies by Samuel D. James, filled with questions and activities, adaptable for students 7th grade through college.
The book can be purchased cheaply through Amazon or borrowed for free from your local library.
(12 modules—$59)
Othello Lecture Series
This video lecture series helps students understand and relate to one of the greatest works of literature, Shakespeare's Othello, by focusing on the biology of social relationships. This course can be applied to studies in English, biology, psychology, and more.
(6 modules—$39)
English Teaching Boot Camp
Not everyone has a formal background for teaching English, so let me help! With nearly 25 years of teaching at every level—from elementary to college—I’ll help you learn the best basics for teaching English to any age group in this course for parents/teachers. With advice for getting your reading and writing classes off the ground, you will help your students know what to focus on to be successful.
(14 modules—$99)
