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Reluctant Reader? Here’s a secret: I hate Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Cue the gasps. I read it for the first time as a high school freshman, and I promptly fell asleep every time I read a page. I had to set syncopated alarms on my phone just to get through…
As the year winds down, I want to share a word of encouragement with you! I’m a homeschool mom, too! If you are like me, you want the first part of the school year to fly by so that we can get to all the holidays and the break from school that comes with it. …
What can I do for my homeschool student who struggles with understanding literature and who “just doesn’t get it”? Somewhat recently, a friend and I were discussing some short stories assigned in her Introduction to Literature class. “I’ve read some of them before in seventh grade,” she told me, “but it doesn’t really matter….
“My homeschool student’s literature response is poorly written! How do I grade the response and help my student write better?” This is an issue that every educator deals with. Some people might be tempted to slap a D or an F on the assignment and move forward, but that won’t help the student in future…
For some of us, writing is something to check off the to-do list. Writing may simply seem like a necessary evil. However, I think every homeschool student has the potential to love writing. How? By writing even more. Let me explain. My mom was determined that all eight of her kids would be creative. When…
Why is proofreading an important part of the homeschool writing process? Proofreading, to many students, is a dirty word. Visions of poring over endless lines of text dance in their heads, trapping them until the composition is “good enough”—and even then, mistakes may have slipped through, causing them to wonder in frustration why they…
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