The Art of Tragedy

A full year of Charlotte Mason literature for grades 9–12: Shakespeare's Macbeth in the fall and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights in the spring.

Two of the fiercest tragedies in English, read aloud and read slowly, with one question running under both: how much is fate, and how much is our own hand?

HOW IT WORKS

Each term is fifteen weeks. We go through the book section by section, alternating a Read week with a Deep-Dive week. Students narrate first, in their own words, before anyone tells them what to think. Then they Find It, Follow It, and Frame It: notice what is on the page, trace it through the text, and say what it means.

Each term gathers to a Follow-the-Thread essay and a square for the class Quilt. The Macbeth term also includes a debate.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

- Thirty weeks of lessons, fifteen per term

- Weekly handouts, projects, and writing lessons

- Capstone materials for both terms

- An optional Honors track

- Great Conversation readings alongside the literature

WHO IT'S FOR

Homeschool families and co-op teachers with students in grades 9–12. No Charlotte Mason background is needed, and a student who has never read Shakespeare can begin here.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

A copy of Macbeth and a copy of Wuthering Heights. Any standard edition works.

HOW YOU GET ACCESS

The course lives on In the Margin, our course site. After purchase you'll receive After purchase you'll receive a short PDF with your sign-up link and class code.

I taught AP Literature and AP Language in public school for nine years and hold a master's in Literary Studies. I wrote this course for my own co-op students first.

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