Chiara and Dominic A reminder that this fortnight’s assignment is: Friday June 11th: submit, the section of your paper describing your writer’s work and major concerns/themes.– You want facts about his or her writing career, including what kinds of literature he or she produced and an overview of everything he…
Chiara and Dominic A reminder that week’s assignment is: Friday May 21: submit the section of your paper telling the life story of your writer — Return to your outline paper and ‘flesh it out.’Ideally I would like to see 1 typed page, however I understand you may find it…
Don’t forget that by next Friday, May 7th you’re submitting to me an outline for your paper. It should look like this: I. Biography A. Early Life1. fact2. fact3. fact(and so on) B. Education1. fact2. fact3. fact C. Adult life1. fact2. fact3. fact II. Literary CareerA. Early career1. works written2.…
As you have now chosen your author it is time to begin your research.Tips: *Sources All sources are not equal. You want reliable sources. You want to read material pertaining to your subject which is reliably accurate, intelligent, and written for thoughtful, intelligent readers. *reliable encyclopedias, like the Encyclopedia Britannica…
You will be completing an independent research project by mid June. This will be a focus on a writer/poet of your choice. *This Literature Paper will be your Lit Study, Research Paper combined for this time period. Your 5 page+ paper will include the following: 1. a biographical section in…
We made an effort to settle into a regular rhythm this week. Advent has begun so our rhythm has changed. Little OnesRevised a few sounds with Genevieve.Tested her on which ones she does know. She has forgotten some.She read a couple of Fitzroy Readers. Tested Saxon on maths knowledge; he…
I’m gathering links together for dictation and narration ideas etc. Needing to remind myself just why we are doing this, re-charge my enthusiasm and gather fresh ways to present it all. Higher Up and Further In – Dictation and Spelling and Narration and Composition posts.Classical Christian Homeschooling – Writing in…
Wednesdays this term were devoted to the Language Arts. In fact they were my favourite days as I felt the time available very helpful to dig deep and improve skills in this area. Although this was also where the drawback to a subject a day became apparent, for some reason…