[oxford guide writing pls help]

i have just gone back university after almost 18 yrs and doing ba in english. would you recommend oxford guide writing as refresher to help me with my writing skills?

[oxford guide writing pls help]

i have just gone back university after almost 18 yrs and doing ba in english. would you recommend oxford guide writing as refresher to help me with my writing skills?

[Answering questions about Writing With Skill]

i have just gone back university after almost 18 yrs and doing ba in english. would you recommend oxford guide writing as refresher to help me with my writing skills?

[oxford guide to writing]

im almsot 40 and going back to do a ba in english. what books recommend help me do lit crit and various essays i will have to do for school. is oxford guide to writing good and what edition and who is author?

thanks

[Science writing suggestions needed.]

i have seventh grader and if you could send me your curric map of the 8th grade class u taught that would be great

thanks

mariss

marissrafuse@yahoo.com

[Answering questions about Advanced Language Lessons]

i understand that i cannot rely on ALL future levels. previously i dbeing using growing with grammar for gr.6 and gr,7(before that FLL and Rod and Staff)I noticed GWG wasn't one of your options and was wondering why? Now that ALl not on for future i was thinking to go back to GWG what do u think?

[How long should it take for 12 yo boys to learn math??]

wow! im so happy im not the only one. this as been an incredibly stressful 6 weeks. my son previously did well with singapore in gr.6 and now in gr.7 when we moved into singaore's . discovering maths he is taking sooo long. he was great at math facts and now he has take few extra secs to remember them and he gets some wrong?not to mention all the careless mistakes he has been making. i dont have time for extra reinforcemnt as we would never at this rate be able to finish by the end of yr. i was considering switching to saxon.

hmm

mariss

[wws is ok doing togetheR?]

my son is in gr.7 with no experience in classical writing . we focused all the last 6 years on narrative/poetry writing.(writing workshop model). he likes creative writing.he is not keen on the switchover so even in week 5 he requires me to do the lesson with him. he prefers it .I read the lesson aloud and then send him off to do assignment. i am there to work with him if he gets stuck or revise his narrations/outlines. is that ok?by week 13 do you think he will be able to do it independtly. also is it normal some lessons take over an hour?

thanks

mariss

ps im so pleased with his expository writing . i hope this will help us with history/science writing which until now we havent focused on as i didnt know how to teach it.

[help with dm1 or lial?]

i finished 6b with my non mathy son after having done all pm bks, We moved into dm1 which he is not liking and slogs thru even basic exercises . im not sure its level of difficulty, age, (hormones he 12,5 boy) or needs better explantions or maybe due long lessons.their is defintelty a lack of foucus and most of his work is careless mistakes.

do you do dm with lial and how if so do u weave the two.

i am only in chapter two and everyday is battle of wits to get him focus and not make careless mistakes and takes sooo loong to complete ex,

pls if you can help with your experience

thanks

[anyone have pix of school logos]

anyone who has come up with school name do you have any pix of logos on poster, badges, t-shirts

thanks for sharing

[after mind benders b2 can skip to critical thinking bk1]

my son is in gr.7 and last yr we only managed to finish until b2 mid yr and got busy with other things mid yr. this yr i want be more consisitent witth logic can i just start with critic thinking bk one

thanks

mariss

[how many hrs is ur school day/gr.7/gr.8 child]

trying to create a realsitc timetable for my gr.7 son,

1. how long is your schoolday excluding lunch and breaks

2. how long are your lunch breaks and other breaks? and what does ur child usually do on breaks

3. do any of you after your for ex, 8-3 school day is over assign free and/or structured reading and if so how llong

pls reply to help me carve our reasonable amt time for middle schoool. i was thinking 6-7 hours?

thanks

[Answering questions about Writing With Skill]

my son will be doing wws with a friend who wilkl be comin over twice a week.so i was wondering if you double up lessons

[anyone with middle schooler homeschools some subjects on weekend]

going over my gr.7 son's schedule already 6 hr day and wondering how to fit it all in. should i winnow stuff out or add extra things not fitting in 6hr block fit in in few hrs on saturday?

hard to know what enogh in day /week a lifttime.would appreciate feedback

[lucy calkins's Writing workhop anyone using it]

ive been teaching my son and 4 other kids from lucy calkins units of study would love to hear other people's experiences teaching it.

thanks

mariss

[Answering questions about Writing With Skill]

i really am happy to discover you've published wws to help me with outlining and lit criticism, bio sketches, written narrations etc.(which i was at loss how to teach)however im wondering what to do as my gr.7 son has been doing since k lucy calkins' writing workshop unit of studies with some other kids i teach. i planned for him to do this yr the narrative, poetry, memoir, essay and fiction units.As you know the workshop model is time consumimg as it last 60-90 minutes a session. we started the writing workhop from a young age as he showed an interst and aptitude in writing.now i am rethinking what to do for next yr. do you recommend i do Writing Workhop 3x week and WWS the other two. Writing workshop has to be taught at least 3x does the same apply to wws. if so should i have him do the 6th writing class on a weekend so we get in 3x a week for each program

thank you for taking the time out to help me.

mariss

[Answering questions about Writing With Skill]

1.what long term benefits for outlining in highschool and in university

2.are narrations in history and science basically written summaries

3. if i do wws do still make my gr.7 son do one weekly outline/narration in history and one weekly narration /outline in sciene

4.isthe written narration i do in history based on the outline he completes first from what he has read

thanks

hoping the wws will help me with all my confusion in logic stage science/history writing

[what resourc to teach logic science report writing]

my son will be in gr.7 doing chem after he does write up for his lab what resources/bks explain how do weekly science report or rewrite .i own rod and staff, GWG and wrteshop and WS and cant see anything to expalin how teach him to write these weekly reports from what he has read from encyclopedias or supp chem bks as suggetsed in wtm

thanks mar

[gr, 7 how do science report]

how do you do the science report that it is outlined in wtm

thanks

[prentice hall science explorer audio did u use]

i was wondering if anyone use science explorer audio version with their kids

thanks

mar

[which science explore bk cover chem]

i was going to do a yr chem study or maybe a half year with other half being physics. with thames c3000 kits and thames kosmos physics kits.

do you think prentice hall's science explore would work as spine? what science explorer books deal with physics?

i will also supplement reading with bios, non fiction bks that deal chem/physic matters and joy hakim's science books.

any feedback would be greatly appreciated

thanks

mar

[which science explore bk cover chem]

i wanted for gr.7 do use science explorer books for our chem study with thames 3000 kit. is chemical interactions and chemical building blocks the only chem related books?

i will add in" hands on chem activitiers book" for real life gr.8-12 to stretch either 6 month or 1 year study depending on son's inerst level.also im looking living books,

oh i live overseas and cant figure out how to order used copies of elements series. any suggestions. i tried in vain with amazon and googling grolier. i want to add in chem books as well to enrich our study

thanks

mariss, canadian expat in doha, qatar

ps my friend uses calvert and is selling me her old science explorer books

[elements series by grolier ?buy them]

hello

i live overseas and was wondering where i can purchase the elements series by grolier recommended in wtm for my soon to be gr.7 son

thanks

mar

ps anyone not recommend these books

[elements series by grolier? buy them]

hello

i live overseas and was wondering where i can purchase the elements series by grolier recommended in wtm for my soon to be gr.7 son

thanks

mar

ps anyone not recommend these books

[what supplement chem2000 with]

ok i will farm out teacher to do chem200 or 3000 but i heard its weak in explanation the why. what should i supplement it with

thanks

mariss

ps my son will be in gr.7 and wants hands on science yr