It is not uncommon for a student’s reading fluency to outpace his or her reading comprehension. That means that even though the student can decode words accurately and at a reasonable speed, he or she may have little recollection of the text after the reading. Homeschool parents are often puzzled when their students seem to…

Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told. With practice and focused attention, homeschool students will become more perceptive in identifying the author’s choices and explaining the effects they have on the reader. This process is the backbone of literary analysis. When crafting a work of literature, the author must decide…