Lost Tools of Writing (LTW) Resource & Questions

The Lost Tools of Writing (LTW) Resource

Classical Conversations carries The Lost Tools of Writing Level One Complete Set and The Lost Tools of Writing Level One Student Workbook on our online bookstore. Lost Tools of Writing is published by The CiRCE Institute who carry additional levels of The Lost Tools of Writing as well as video resources for Level One and Two. Classical Conversations bookstore does not sell the LTW 1 video resources or the Teacher only book by themselves.  

These resources are used in the Challenge A, B, and I program curriculums in the Exposition strand along with our Literature selections.

How can I get the code for LTW videos?

If you have purchased The Lost Tools of Writing Level One, Complete Teacher set from us, please email customerservice@classicalconversations.com to receive the code for the streaming videos. 

If you did not purchase with us, please contact the person or vendor where you purchased your Level One complete set or LTW I video series for assistance.

Why doesn't CC use other levels of LTW in its curricula?

We implement The Lost Tools of Writing Level 1 for three years to build a firm foundation in writing for our Challenge A, B and I programs. We encourage students to use those tools and skills they have developed from LTW in other ways through all the challenge seminars up through Challenge IV. 

While The CiRCE Institute does carry other levels of The Lost Tools of Writing levels and resources, Classical Conversations only uses Level One in the Challenge program. Generally, we hand select resources from our partners' full product lines to best fit the academic goals for programs. You may find The Lost Tools of Writing Levels 2 and 3 to be helpful resources for your education at home, but we do not include them as a required part of our curricula at this time.