The Good and the Beautiful High School Language Arts

The program builds systematic knowledge across multiple domains including literature, art history, geography, and cultural content.

Courses cover 'sufficient coverage of art and geography for a half credit in those two subjects' and include 'art history, artists' biographies' with geographical studies of regions like New England

The program provides substantial support materials including instructional videos and detailed guidance for parents facilitating the curriculum.

Includes 'How to Complete the Course' video, 'How to Practice Memorization' video, detailed instructions in unit booklets, and forms for 'scheduling and grading'

The curriculum uses explicit instruction through unit booklets that provide clear lesson plans and guided activities.

Review describes 'clear, detailed guidance for both parents and teens' with 'lesson plans and course content' in unit booklets that tell students 'when to read pages in the Grammar & Writing Guide'

The curriculum includes systematic vocabulary instruction through multiple approaches including Greek and Latin roots.

Review mentions 'vocabulary practice sentences,' exercises with synonyms, and 'Greek and Latin roots cards each list 15 roots, their meanings, and example words'

The program provides structured writing instruction with progressive complexity and clear rubrics for assessment.

Writing assignments 'gradually become more challenging' from 'essays and many Insights Journal entries' to 'research paper and also branch out into articles, a response paper, a short story, and a résumé' with 'rubrics provided'

The curriculum uses complete novels and literary works rather than excerpts, with titles like 'Up From Slavery,' 'Men of Iron,' and 'A Girl of the Limberlost.'

Review states 'The unabridged novels are available from The Good and the Beautiful' and lists specific complete works for each course level

The curriculum uses age-appropriate complex texts including classic literature, though some may question whether more contemporary works should be included.

Uses unabridged novels like 'Men of Iron' and classic works, though reviewer notes 'parents might want their students to read some more-current literature'

The curriculum includes some review through dictation exercises and memorization cards, but limited evidence of systematic retrieval practice.

Program uses 'dictation exercises' where students 'repeat the dictation for any sentences that were not completely correct' and memorization with 'Geography & Poetry Cards'

Not applicable for high school grades 9-12, as phonics instruction is primarily needed in elementary grades.

This is a high school curriculum for grades 9-12, beyond the typical phonics instruction age range