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Thank you so much, Jennefer! I love hearing stories like that!
I can tell you with a lot of confidence that you won't find our programs with RR or Amazon anytime soon. It's simply too expensive for us. We've crunched the numbers and even taking into account increased orders, we'd still have to raise our prices to even make up the difference. We're not willing to do that. They take 30-40% of the sale!
Our web site is very easy to use and you can choose to pay media mail shipping. It's inexpensive and will get to you in a week or two at the most.
Blessings, all!
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I'm afraid we're it. We'd take a huge hit in income if we used resellers. If we wholesaled, our prices would have to go up. Using our current structure, I was actually able to lower our prices for AG about a year ago.
The only time you'll be able to get it at a convention is if we're there.
Thanks for supporting small business by buying direct. It helps us (income) and you (keeping prices down).
Blessings,
Erin from AG
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If they keep up the circus acts, though, serious speakers like SWB (who could barely speak for all of the Duggar announcements) will not come back. So one way or another, it is going to end up being one or the other.
Oh, absolutely! I think that's part of what Brennan is going to to have to fine tune. For sure!:tongue_smilie:
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They really need to decide if this is a family amusement (kids, Duggars, TH, toys, etc.) or if it is homeschool conference to help parents educate their children. Having both is just not working.
I don't know, I disagree a little. As a mom, I think the selection is great. As a vendor, I appreciate those extras. They do draw more people. We set a record in sales this weekend, so it was a great success for us. I think Brennan, overall, does a great job. It's hard to keep vendors, attendees, and speakers all happy. It's a delicate balancing act.
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What curriculum? What was your workshop?
Analytical Grammar. That particular workshop was on teaching the essay and research paper. I had 30-40 people, so the Tim Hawkins thing didn't hurt TOO much. I had a lot of people at our booth say they would like to come, but had TH tickets.
My only request for next year is that during TH, they don't do vendor workshops. Just make it shopping time for everyone else. We pay for those vendor workshops, and it really sucks to not be able to get as many people there.
The Dugger thing on Saturday was insane. It started at 6 pm, and people started lining up at 4 pm.
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I'm ekarl2! I love this page. It's not the most stable piece of computer code, but it's so fun!
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What was the Tim Hawkins fiasco? I liked that the vendor hall cleared out when he was up, but I didn't hear anything about the actual performance.
Terri
They stopped all the escalators from going up to the second floor because of crowd control. I had a workshop to teach at 5:30 (same time as Tim Hawkins). I left my booth at 5:15. I ended up being 10 minutes late! I couldn't get upstairs to my workshop room! It was crazy!
Winner for me was the Panini stand at the back of the convention hall. YUMMY!!!
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Diagraming is a means to an end. We teach a child basic diagraming so that we can use those diagrams to teach the complicated relationships of advanced grammar. Once grammar knowledge is mastered, you should be able to wean off the diagraming.
If you have mastered grammar, you should be able to "diagram" in your head and see what you need to see in the sentence. You just can't get to that level without using the diagrams when learning the material.
I don't think you need diagraming if all you're going to teach is basic grammar (parts of speech, sentence patterns). I also think stopping there is a mistake. If you're only going to teach basic grammar, why bother at all?
SO, IMHO, diagraming is essential to grammar study since it is near to impossible to master the phrases and clauses without using diagrams to teach those complex relationships.
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My favorite chacos have the smooth footbed. I have a pair that are bumpy and I don't like them as much. I also only wear the flip-flop kind. No toe strap.
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Just throwing this out there, but what about HEAV? It's in Richmond in early June. Great convention. Lots of speakers, vendors, and workshops. Just something to consider ...
Well, just checked that web site. No SWB. Oh, well ... I take back the suggestion. (Otherwise, still a great conference.)
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Just throwing this out there, but what about HEAV? It's in Richmond in early June. Great convention. Lots of speakers, vendors, and workshops. Just something to consider ...
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Are folks sure the event is canceled, rather than perhaps relocated? (Not sure if that was clear in the thread above...) I would hate to have folks assume the worst if the convention people can scramble and pull it together. There are a ton of hotels and such in the area; for example we were at the Philly Convention Center last weekend and it was both huge and fairly empty, not to mention easier to get to from the airport, *and* right across the street from a Most Amazing farmer's market.
According to Brennan Dean (the guy behind GHC), it's cancelled. He said he was unable to relocate this year. He did say that next year's venue has already been reserved, though. It's on in 2012. He said the next location is "just 20 minutes up the road."
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Erin, thank you so much for posting this. It's a huge relief to know that it's not kerfluffle-related. It's the only thing that makes me happy about the news! It's also a huge relief not to have to wait until Monday to find out. I really appreciate you sharing your inside info with us.
No problem! Sometimes it's good to have friends in low places!:lol::lol::lol:
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It's really such a shame. GHC has spent thousands on advertising they can't recoup. We'll get refunds, but they'll only get their money back from the venue. The ad dollars are gone in the wind, though.
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We just finished at the Cincy convention. We broke an all-time sales record; it was great!
Anyway, there was a vendor meeting Thursday night. According to the organizers, the Philly convention center is closing (as in ceasing to operate). There was a clause in the contract that allowed them to do so even with the convention already booked.
Brennan said they've found a place to do it about 20 minutes up the road, but it's not available in 2011. He's already booked it for 2012, though.
All vendors and registrants will get refunds. My understanding is that the event will not happen at all this summer, but is on for 2012.
The situation has NOTHING to do with the kerfluffle. It has to do with the convention hall closing down.
We're disappointed, too!
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There's a program out by Dynamic Literacy called Word Build. I've just seen it this year at convention for the first time. I'm REALLY impressed.
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UG! I'm sorry! I'm working at the MidWest convention and I wasn't paying attention! (SOOOO EMBARRASSED!)
Yes, WERE is a helping verb, RETURNING is the action verb. HOME is the direct object.
(hanging my head in shame ...)
Erin:001_huh::001_huh::001_huh:
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"Don Pedro and two of his gallants, Claudio, a stalwart stripling from Florence, Italy, and Benedick of Padua, Italy, were returning home from the war."
The compound subjects are DON PEDRO and TWO
"of his gallants" is a prepositional phrase that modifies TWO.
You'd have to invent a way to diagram this next part (parentheses inside other parentheses, I suppose).
CLAUDIO and BENEDICK are appositives for GALLANTS
"a stalwart ... Florence" is an appositive for CLAUDIO
"of Padua, Italy" is a prepositional phrase that modifies BENEDICK
WERE is your verb
RETURNING ... WAR is a gerund phrase acting as the direct object.
Blessings!
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I'm so glad to hear this. McRuffy is the only phonics program I've seen that really appeals to me. I like that handwriting is integrated (that just makes sense). I also like the games aspect (my daughter will play games ALL DAY LONG).
Maddie turned 5 in January and starts K (formally) in the fall. She knows her letters and some sounds. She can sound out some words. It sounds like I should still start her in the K level, but double up lessons. Agree?
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It's a predicate adjective. WASN'T is really WAS NOT, right? In this case, WAS is a linking verb.
Ms. Z - proper noun, subject
was - linking verb
n't - adverb
present - predicate adjective
at - preposition
the - article
meeting - noun, object of the preposition
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The first cheerleaders in America were men. It was NOT a female activity at all. Then the war came along and the men left, so the women took it over.
A cheerleaders ORIGINAL purpose was crowd control. By giving the crowd something to do (cheer) together and leading them, it "trained" them to put their competitive energy toward something non-violent. Think about it ... when is the last time you saw a crowd riot in the US at a sporting event? Hardly EVER! Now, in Europe and Africa? It seems almost every year there's a tragedy. They don't have a cheer tradition like we do. I'm just sayin'.
I had a friend in high school who played football and wrestled. He went to Rutgers and ended up being a cheerleader. When questions about his ... proclivities ... he always pointed out that the finest "rear-ends" at Rutgers were held LITERALLY in the palm of his hand! LOL
My cousin was also a cheerleader in college in California. He had a great time and made great friends. He's a wonderful, well-rounded, Christian man. Oh, now he's a cop!
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Yep, that's why I'm going to Memphis. Wouldn't it be great if some of these conferences would set up panel discussions with some of these folks? Now that would be awesome.
ETA: My LA panel would include SWB, MCT, the Classical Writing folks, and the Analytical Grammar folks.
Mom and I would be game for that! LOL
Erin from AG
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Is there some reason you aren't looking at Analytical Grammar? We've been so slacking at getting to our Shurley, I sorely wish at this point I had bought it and been done with it. Crazy efficient, does what you want.
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: So are you going to come see me at the MidWest fair again this year, Elizabeth? I tried to tell you! (Don't forget to attend the workshop; you'll save 10%!)
Lovingly,
Erin from AG
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I'm a total curly girl. I'm the one with the long hair here : http://www.analyticalgrammar.com.
My hair was weird wavy/curly when I was younger and has gotten curlier as I've aged. I HATED IT!! I tried everything and researched everything. It's so thick that it's hard to blow out. One stylist gave herself a blister once!
PLEASE get a copy of "Curly Girl" and go to ULTA and get the DevaCurl products. Embrace the curly. The chemical straighteners are all terribly damaging. Trust me; I've researched them all.
I also get my hair cut twice a year by a Deva certified stylist (there's only 1 here in Raleigh) and that, plus the products have made a WORLD of difference.
The book talks about wavy hair and kids, too.
Is Jr Analytical Grammar available only through its company website?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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The PDF version is something to think about. Thank you for the suggestion.
Blessings, all!