In our 4th year of Omnibus ~ not a writing curriculum...if you need writing (instruction), you need to add it!

We took 3 on-line classes with VP this year (currently) and are only looking at the Rhetoric next year with them..... The course description doesn't tell me a lot..... What actually DO they do? When I hear "rhetoric" I think of "speech" class? I know it must be more than that ~ On a learning curve (for upcoming junior) Debbie

We had Omnibus III last year, and we are currently in IV.....I sold my Omnibus III to one of you wonderful ladies....however.... Our tutorial is moving to the Omnibus Program next fall, beginning with III due to where our cycle we are currently on.....and we are in the process of laying out the classes/tutors/goals/etc.....but no one has the III TE CD and we are wanting to look at the lesson plan layout for the year to see how the year is laid out....and only about 2 of us have ever seen it, and we are educating a group of women about how this is laid out and how to convert it to our tutorial. Does anyone have just the lesson plans that can send me? If it's not a copyright issue(?) Someone purchased the textbook, but no one has yet bought the text with the CD (?) at the tutorial because this has not been firnly nail downed yet (though will be soon). If you have it to share, could you please attach it and email it to me? Many thanks, Debbie

Admissions said they do not accept any duel enrollment credits from a community college since it counted for high school. No exceptions. However, they do accept AP courses if the score was a 4 or higher and it only counts as an elective, and not to fulfill core requirements. She was very positive about home schoolers with some tips about applying and what to submit (and not to submit). But, Sewanee is a private university. I think most state universities are a little more generous in awarding credits.

This was out first year with on-line classes (at VP or elsewhere). DS had Omnibus I and II at a local Classical School and we went "public" for Omnibus III year...... but we're back home and stayed track and went on to IV. Anyway, I have really liked it...especially the thought of keeping up with the reading and accountability..... However, if you asked my 16 year old son, he hasn't liked it as much as I have :) He doesn't hate it...but certainly not his preference. He likes the teachers and classroom set-up fine....he is just not keen about getting on the microphone and talking with a lot of "strangers" (students he doesn't know) ....some kids it doesn't bother at all....but my son is reserved, and it's been a struggle. Although he listens and takes notes well, I personally think he is a little disengaged from the class mentally, because he does not want to "share" and participate in the live class discussion (he did this in public school as well, though at the small private school, we couldn't get him to be quiet). So, I know in one of his classes, hardly anyone talks at all. So, I think a lot of it has to do with your child's personality to determine if this will be a good experience for him/her. I realize this is just my child and not any reflection whatsoever on the quality of the classes, teachers, or Veritas.....personally, I love it. IN the end, we will be doing two more on line classes next year though!

I'm so thrilled to find this ~ again!

I have searched and just cannot find it....?

JA Economics/Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?/The Invisible Heart....our tutorial is using these three together and I think it makes for a good course.....

DS is in Omnibus IV:Ancients Civilization. I have to report grades to my umbrella (I'm in TN) and I'm a little confused about how to count Omnibus. Oour state requires (as well as most the umbrellas) for high school: 3 credits of Social Studies: 1 year of world history 1 year of us history (doing next year) 1/2 econ (doing now) 1/2 government (next yeat or two) So, can I in good conscious count Ancient Civ as World History. Somehow I think that might be a stretch (?) Thoughts ~ ?

Thanks, all. Talked to friends today and got a good reference for an evaluator.

question resolved

My sister recieved a gift today from our brother and neither one of us has any idea what it is. I can't save the file so let me describe it. This would be for those of you with finer taste. It about 4 x 5 " padded woven french fabric ( that makes a lot of table linens). It has a strap across the back of it, and then a small fabric loop at top (supposely to hang it). The strap across the back is what is confusing. Oh, and the front has a pocket you could only fit about 3 fingers into. We searched under the company name, under table and bath items, ....and we can't find anything. Too small for a post holder... I thought maybe a small wash mitt? If you have a clue, we would like to know.

Well, I understand that.....but I know on the CD, it gives the break down per book I think.....for example, a book may carry a value of 3 for history, 1 for lit.....etc..something.....I just need an example. I downloaded the grading directions from VP, but it doesn't include the weights.

I'm assisting a lady at our tutorial in presenting to our membership a desired interest moving our group over to Omnibus in the years to come (beginning next year). My part of the presentation is high school credit logistics. DS did Omnibus I and II at a Classical Christian School, so I never bough the CD with it for the Teacher to know. This year, we are doing IV on-line, and as some of you may know....we are still waiting for our textbooks and working off on-line readings. VP has not put on line the credit weights....which is what I'm having to help parents understand how it's done. Oh, and did I mention, this is tomorrow morning! :( If you have the CD, can you give me a run down of two books for an example of how it is done? Preferably a history heavy and a lit heavy book. I know they are weighted....I just don't remember the total weight values to use as an example. Many thanks, Debbie in Nashville

Big Ditto to that one! (Scheduling and Planning)

I have outline maps, and could make the kids draw in their own boundaries for the various biomes ~ just hoping there was something already outlined out there that I haven't been able to find.

I haven't read the other responses, but we used one book a year, for only a semester. Then I did units on other things I thought were important ~ atoms, molecules, simple machines, biology, etc ~ for the other semester, just to keep our science a little broader. But as far as using that book only? I always supplemented with worksheets, from Parent Teacher Store, or where ever and always adding experiments if appropriate. But, that works for us. I like the best of both worlds. But, honestly, I think adding more projects was a time consumer for us. But, adding some actual worksheets was easy (labeling, etc). But, that's just my style.

I bought Ellen CHerry's things ~ the basis of the class for the INtro, though I'm packing stuff on the front and back ends of all this and I really like her stuff. OK, girls, my feet are back on the ground now. I think I can live without it! Thanks for the tips ~

So, I'm teaching an Intro to Chem for some 7th graders at co-op this year, and my 10th grader is doing Chemistry this year. So, I ran across this article about this 9th Grade Boy who made, designed and is marketing this game about the Elements, in the fashion of Pokemon (which I was never fond of). What a genius! It's one of those things you want to bang your head wondering why you didn't think of it first. Probably because I didn't like Pokemon, is why :tongue_smilie: ! Anyway, the biggest drawback is the card set is $30.00. Is that high!?? Or am I just a super tightwad (who just came back from the used book store) ~ But, I really WANT this game!! Has anyone bought this for $30.00 and regretted it? That is a chunk of change. I'm just such a sucker for clever games and with DS doing CHem this year, what better thing to do along side? Right :001_huh: This is NOT a sales plug ~ I'm just researching the value of this card game! www.elementeo.com If you have bought it ~ please give me some feedback, so I can determine what I need to sell in order to appease my science impulse here ~ Many thanks ~ Debbie

I'm not a teacher. So let me say that on the front end here. My son will be a 10th grader this year. He attended a local academic public high school here in town this last school year; one of the top 3 high schools in our state and in the top 25 "best" public high schools in the nation (according to Newsweek anyway). I hate the way they score that, but that's for another thread. This is one of the two academic magnets here for high school in town. Both in the top 25 of the best high schools (public) in the nation. One is math and science (engineering and pre-med) the other is humanities based. He attended the latter. So, time came around to prepare for the state EOC (end of course) in English. She gave them a practice test (this teacher normally teaches AP English at this school, but got saddled with some freshman English classes this past year). Well, they did great on the lit part, and BOMBED the grammar part. Hearsay has it she came into class and threw the computer graded practice tests on her desk and just ranted how she didn't know how these kids got into this magnet school, when they failed the grammar portion of the practice EOC test. My observations of this whole matter: 1. Grammar being taught for 9th grade IS in the English state standards, and she failed to teach it. She admitted this, because she felt like the standards required them to be proficient prior to 9th grade anyway. I don't fault her personally here, because apparantly most of the high school teachers don't teach grammar. They view it as a middle school subject and they should be finished with it by the end of 8th grade. I have a good friend who teaches in our local district high school English, and she admits to the above being standard. 2. Public school has so many things they have to teach in English, and they tend to cut corners where they can due to time. Grammar usually gets cut from the classroom, due to the reasons mentioned above. 3. The tutor my son is taking writing from this year (we are not returning him to public school this year ~ he will homeschool) has taught high school English at three of the most exclusive private schools in town in the past 10-15 years. She said that none of them teach grammar in high school and that is pretty normal all the way around ~ which she personally disagrees with. She now homeschools her own children and now teaches English for homeschool students in our community. So, she continues to teach and incorporate a lot of review for grammar in all her high school tutoring classes. Her experience says, you use it or lose it. Even on the homeschool boards here, I see us putting on finishing checkmark on grammar in middle school, and then never give it another throught until SAT and ACT time. 4. My own son had heavy amounts of grammar in homeschooling from 3-7 grade. He was immensely proficient in it. He went to a private school for 8th grade, where they in fact, did some grammar review. Then he went on to 9th grade public school this past year, where he had no grammar this year. Now, after doing a pretest on some grammar skills to get him ready for this new writing class, mentioned above, he is so rusty that he can't remember a lot of the more complex particulars. He didn't use it, he is now losing it already. All that to say, I don't think it's all that uncommon what you experienced, though missing ALL of them makes me wonder if he was just not wanting to put his mind to it. I don't know (and I didn't read all the other posts). Enjoy your remaining years with your son ~ and enjoy grammar! PS: my son did really well on that practice EOC mentioned above. Not perfect, but he passed that portion at least. It even came back on his PSAT as his area to work on more (though he tested in the top 99% anyway in Language). But, he will tell anyone, that the only reason he knew what grammar he did was because of spending this year in Latin II. So, there you go ~ a case of Latin!

Project ~ I mean the "projectors" I have seen (probably not the right word) where you can project your laptop screen to a wall or large screen. Those may be somewhat out of date ??

OK, that was a simple and easy explanation. It's that easy??? Great ~ exactly what I wanted to know! I'll give it a shot after I buy a cable. The most useful bit of information in months.....MANY THANKS ~ Debbie

We have been to some lectures where they use a laptop and somehow fed the powerpoint presentation into a television to show it larger. I've searched everywhere on line how to do this and can't seem to find it. I think I must not be using the right lingo in my search. And I don't want to project, but a feed. Anyone know? TIA, Debbie

I used it for ME when I was helping teach a class at our tutorial (trying to refresh my memory on long ago concepts. DS is taking Chem this year and I will probably use it as a supplement to his textbook as needed. I really like it.