Every subgroup comes with stereotypes and those stereotypes usually are formed by impressions of the group stemming from people not within the group. I have found myself in the delightful position of homeschooling my kids for many years and then … Continue reading
Category Archives: Essay Writing
Musings about a Classical Education
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I want to share some thoughts about classical education, the idea of a classical education, its origins, and why this type of education seems to deliver the sort of rigor and mastery we wish our students to have. This summer, … Continue reading
Plagiarism – and when to worry about it
Because Classical Writing is BIG TIME into imitation, paraphrasing, and copybook, we often get asked where the line is between imitation and plagiarism. It is a valid question, one I have answered on the message boards and in blogs before, … Continue reading
Dictation in elementary school
🙂 The copybook post was so very popular, I thought would follow it up with a post on dictation. Copybook allows the student to study a passage, note the spelling and mechanics, and reproduce the piece accurately in his or … Continue reading
Modern Writing and Traditional Ancient Writing
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
Mmmmmmmore on Student Motivation: EFFORT
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
More on Student Motivation – Clear Directions in Writing Assignments
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
Motivating Students to Write
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
Paraphrase, Summary, and Precis – how to write them
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
Homeschooling, Writing, and Self-instruction
I often get emails and postings on our message boards that ask: “how long must I spend daily teaching this to my student? I am a busy mom, I have a toddler and a baby and I do not have … Continue reading