About Lene Jaqua
Co-author of Classical Writing books
To finish my thoughts on story. Story is what life is made of, in hindsight. We all have stories to tell of our lives. There isn’t a person who doesn’t have a life story with unique details, details that shape … Continue reading →
Story is a concept that mankind seems to have employed from the beginnings of his communications. Story tells of what is, what was, what might be, and sometimes it tells of what never was, but perhaps what could have been, … Continue reading →
WE all hear it, “Read to your kids!” but how do we fit it into a busy day? Some of my fondest moments in homeschooling were the times when we read aloud literature to each other. We plowed through so … Continue reading →
Copybook and dictation for grades 2 and 3 and up. I am going to write a series of blogs on the sequence of writing instruction starting with copybook, then dictation, then simple retelling of stories up through writing of the … Continue reading →
Note – I wrote a blog a while back on ancient writing – Discovering the Arguments: Artistic and Inartistic Proofs. You may want to read that after reading this, to go more in depth with the ancient modes (if that … Continue reading →
This will be a short blog. Motivated students put in effort. DONE!! Ok?? not good enough?? I think effort is the hardest topic to write about 1. because it will come across preachy. 2. because we all know what it … Continue reading →
Direction, the first step in student motivation When my oldest homeschooled child was in 3rd grade, I started him in a simple Latin curriculum, one of the few elementary grade Latin curricula available at the time. At the end of … Continue reading →
One of the questions I often get is “How do I motivate my students to write?”This post will simply deal with the skeleton of motivation, and then in future blogs we can examine each component separately. According to Natalie Ekberg … Continue reading →
Paraphrasing, summarizing, and precis’ing are three different types of writing. All three are important skills for your student to learn. When you paraphrase, you retell the story in your own words in a passage that is about the same length … Continue reading →
Today’s blog will deal with the nuances of grammar. 🙂 Take a look at the following sentences. 1. I should always think of others before I think of myself. 2. You should always think of others before you think of … Continue reading →
