Although Memoria Press suggests beginning the course in fourth or fifth grade, we find it much more valuable for students to work on the outlining and organization skills we describe in the middle grades and turn to the progymnasmata in high school. Students who have made use of our earlier recommendations will be able to move quickly through the early books. We suggest the following plan: Ninth grade I: Fable Stage II: Narrative Stage III: Chreia/Maxim Stage Tenth grade IV: Refutation/Confirmation Stage V: Common Topic Stage Eleventh grade VI: Encomium/Invective/Comparison Stage VII:
...more
