Links

Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric – Explains classical rhetoric in an easy to understand format, with a detailed glossary of classical rhetorical terms.

Books

Sr. Miriam Joseph, Shakespeare’s Use of the Arts of Language
Part I offers a scholarly explanation of classical education as Shakespeare would have experienced it.  The remainder of the work identifies rhetorical techniques to be found in Shakespeare’s works and in the rhetorical teachers of his time.  Examples from Shakespeare abound.

The Trivium consists of class notes that explore the philosophy behind the Trivium, along with a sketch of general grammar, logic and composition.  Her views on the ambiguity of language are of central importance for understanding ordinary language and its difference from mathematical and scientific language.

Multimedia

Institute for Excellence in Writing
The Institute offers a number of DVD and CD based resources for the language arts, including:

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style teaches teachers to pass on effective writing techniques to students.
  
  
• Linguistic Development through Poetic Memorization contains over 75 complete poems in three levels for memorization, as well as all the poems read on CD so students can hear them.
  
  
• The Profound Effects of Music on Life presents research regarding the profound neurological benefits of playing a musical instrument at a young age and the advantages of having the right kind of music in a child’s environment.