I'll make one for you. I love this kind of stuff.

I've got a big stack of books about writing I'm wanting to read through to finish fleshing out my homemade high school writing lessons.

I am going to be reviewing it, but I want to use it over the summer with my high schooler before I do. From my cursory glance, I think it will work really well for what I want.

Ninth grade was rough, but hopefully, we've smoothed out the kinks. Bible: A homemade study of the church during the Middle Ages Math: Algebra I with Mr. D Science: Biology at co-op Language Arts: World Literature Part 1 and Writing at co-op taught by me Foreign Language: French (somewhere online that I haven't yet figured out) Everything else: A Gentle Feast Cycle 4 Electives: World Religions Part 1 and History of Makeup and Fashion (homemade by me)

I believe that's the graduation my dd and I are supposed to attend. One of her friends is graduating, and I've been waiting to hear if it's still happening.

I have the Circe Odyssey guide if you would like for me to take some sample pictures or give my assessment just from looking through it. I'm planning on using it next year with the homeschool co-op class I teach.

Here's a picture of one of the flooded neighborhoods we drove through. My daughter took it from the backseat so you can see how high the water is.

We had gone up to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts for the day and got caught in the horrible rain on our way back. We stopped in Rosenberg to wait it out, but we almost got trapped there instead. The restaurant we had taken shelter in told us we had to leave because they were shutting down, so we had to try to find a way to get on the interstate to get home, but almost every way out was flooded. We finally used a backroad after driving through some very flooded neighborhoods. So flooded that dh (who just happened to decide to come with us that day) was visibly shaken up driving our SUV through the water. He kept telling the kids, "Don't ever do this! It's really stupid!" We had nowhere else to go though, since all of the hotels were filling up. We made it home around 7:00 PM after what should have been a much, much shorter drive. I still have water in one of my doors from our adventure yesterday.

I'll probably delete this later so please don't quote. I had a long discussion this past week with my oldest about how her freshman year was going (okay in some ways and not great in others). Over the course of our discussion, I realized that my dd15 had no idea what GPA was, how it was calculated, what a transcript was, the importance of a transcript, etc. I always assumed (no idea why) she knew what I meant when I told her high school "Counted" and "good grades" were important for college admissions. She was in tears by the time I finished explaining and begging to redo her freshman year with this new information. I told her that I don't think that's the best idea since she's already old for her grade and that would put her graduating high school as a nineteen year old about to turn twenty. I'm feeling like I've totally hamstrung her by not being more explicit in what high school is all about, so I'm raw emotionally. Any thoughts or ideas about what I should do?

An old Christmas card that you used a cigarette to "ignite" the design and it revealed who it was from. I'd never seen anything like it, but it was super cool.

Thanks so much! This is helpful.

Currently, I'm teaching a high school level writing class at our co-op. The curriculum we're using is not my favorite. It has some good information, but the presentation is meh. What I've been doing for an online writing class I teach is reading through The Lively Art of Writing, taking the information, and teaching it the way I wish, which is working so much better. I would like to continue reading through books and teacher's manuals to keep cleaning the parts I like and adding those things to my teaching notes, specifically anything having to do with specific essay styles (persuasive, research, compare/contrast, narrative, literary, etc.). Anyone have any recommendations for books or teacher's guides that you think made you a better writing teacher?

Currently, I'm teaching a high school level writing class at our co-op. The curriculum we're using is not my favorite. It has some good information, but the presentation is meh. What I've been doing for an online writing class I teach is reading through The Lively Art of Writing, taking the information, and teaching it the way I wish, which is working so much better. I would like to continue reading through books and teacher's manuals to keep cleaning the parts I like and adding those things to my teaching notes, specifically anything having to do with specific essay styles (persuasive, research, compare/contrast, narrative, literary, etc.). Anyone have any recommendations for books or teacher's guides that you think made you a better writing teacher?

The socialization thing always cracks me up. Not only because my kids are super social, but am I the only one who at some point had a public school teacher remark, "Stop talking! We're not at school to socialize!" 🤣😂🤣

I was told by a member of the school board who found out we homeschooled that I "really needed to support the local school district by sending my kids because they receive money for each kid that's in a seat every day" and "to help raise the district's test scores." Yeah... I'm going to send my kids to ps, so a district with 20% passing in math and 30% passing in reading will get more money and possibly marginally higher test scores. Nope. Education is too important to sacrifice my kids for 💰 and the "greater good."

Here's a review I wrote for another blogger about your exact question: http://holistichomeschooler.com/comparison-a-gentle-feast-vs-simply-charlotte-mason/

This sounds wonderful! I've been wanting to do a focused history study of the Eastern hemisphere (non-European/American) in high school, but couldn't find anything at that level. I'll be eagerly looking forward to your release.

I don't have an answer for you, but I've been looking at these too.

I would be very interested in this discussion as well. Spin-off thread?

I'm thinking somewhere around Victoria, TX. Close enough to the coast for an easy day trip, close enough to San Antonio or Houston for big city access, and close enough to the Hill Country for great weekend motorcycle rides.

I'm not sure if this is the correct board for my question, but I'm dropping it here anyway. One of my goals for 2019 is to begin blogging on a regular basis again. I've read lots of comments here on the Hive about how homeschool blogs aren't what they used to be or aren't addressing issues that you see as necessary and relevant. So if you wouldn't mind, tell me what would make a homeschool blog one that you would enjoy reading and that you would find helpful. TIA

Yes, the British mystery series! I love it. I'm working on season five right now.

I recently discovered Endeavor on Prime. It's a series that starts with a movie. I really enjoyed it!

I don't know the answer, but have you tried just emailing the companies?