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  1. I feel so honored that it is one of my posts. In truth this post helped me so much. I use the breathe through my nose technique anytime this happens and it helps every time!
  2. This is exactly my question - what did you decide to do? I'm not sure how to incorporate the Supplements that MP lists - they say that there is no plan for them included in the MP lesson plans for Traditional Logic I/II.
  3. Thanks so much ladies! I'm going to go with 20% daily homework and 80% tests (which includes chapter tests, four quarterly cumulative review tests, and a final exam.) :) I really appreciate your feedback. Blessings, Angela
  4. I like to give some value for completion of the daily work even if it is just 10-20% of the final grad to give credit to their effort and diligence. I typically do a small percentage of final grade for daily work, larger percentage for quizzes (if there are any) and then the largest percentage for tests. That way a student isn't afraid of the final test which causes test anxiety and poorer results.
  5. We have just begun using Alg2/Trig and I was wondering if there is a standard way people weight the different aspects of the course (ie, homework, ch.review, tests, etc) to calculate a final grade. Thanks! Angela
  6. I would like to know how people calculated a final grade for transcripts using this curriculum. Thanks!!
  7. I will be sure to let you know! Thank you for your kind words!
  8. Crystal, do you know if they write in the Julius Caesar book, or could I just use one from the library?
  9. Hi all! We have decided to switch my 10th grader to MFW WHL - and I need to order by Monday to save on shipping and have my son get a head start...however, on Aug 1 I will be going to a big used curr fair and hope to find some of the books I will need. Could someone who owns that curriculum let me know what are the *must have* books for the first six weeks so I'm sure to order them when I purchase the teacher pages? I would greatly appreciate it!! Thanks so much, Angela
  10. Crystal, Greatly appreciate your input and your coffee commentary brought a smile to my morning! :) We are not worried about him studying Old Testament (although I know they put a really big emphasis on that) - we've done Bible study thoroughly over the years, and while the AHL approach sounds appealing, we really don't see how to add it in to an already overflowing schedule of activities. (His schoolwork of course, plus track, cross country, church activities, etc.) DH was planning on doing a pretty intensive Apologetics with him this year or the next. Thanks for the info about the first week of AHL - maybe I'll see if I can borrow my friends copy to look at, for information. I can write well enough for my purposes, but do not feel qualified to grade or teach it - hence the co-op. I'm so thankful the teacher is IEW certified and comes highly recommended. So, right now once we get history settled, we'll have next year "figured out" and I can polish up what I'll be doing for my 7th grader. PHEW!! Have a great day and enjoy your coffee!! Angela
  11. Thanks, Crystal! I might have been unclear - we didn't do ancients last year (we were in Year 3), but we did do it very intensely during elementary years. I greatly appreciate your feedback!!
  12. Just posted a follow-up to this - now considering MFW. Would love input on that if any of you have the time. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/520483-mfw-vs-tog-for-10th-grade/ Chris in VA - Not really wanting to go back as far as Ancients or Renaissance - wishing SWB had more recent history, but I know it takes a lot of time to put it all together. :) Blessings!! Angela
  13. Forgive me if I repeat a bit from another post (we were considering SL but have excluded it from our options)- we're evaluating whether or not ToG is working for my older son. We had an epic fail in ToG for him this year (finishing his 9th grade) - mostly due to my inability to retain the info from the teacher's notes and then have a coherent and meaningful discussion with him, plus I about killed him the first several months by assigning many supplemental reading assignments which delayed our progress. There - I'm embarrassed to admit it, but it is what it is. So, DH and I are working hard to try to find another quality program that will fit our needs and still provide our DSs with solid instruction. We are learning more about MFW, but since we are already one year down for my oldest in regards to high school and he does not want to do Ancients - is it possible to jump right into WHL? He will be completing IEW Elegant Essay in a co-op, so I'm not worried about losing any writing instruction from AHL and will probably leave that out in WHL as well. One main concern we have is that MWF/Notgrass covers WW I and WWII in a total of 2 weeks, but covers Ancient Rome for 8 weeks. We did ancients ad nauseam when they were younger, so he is solid enough on that where we feel we could "steal" some of those weeks and supplement our WWI and WWII instruction from our ToG materials. What do you think? Main questions... * Any red flags I should know about before considering MFW for high school? * Would it be ok to jump into WHL with my 10th greater and not do AHL? * Would it be ok to spend less time on Ancient Rome and more time on WWI and WWII with supplemental resources from ToG? Thanks so much for your feedback! I have benefited from this board for our entire homeschool journey - going on 10 years now!! Blessings, Angela
  14. You ladies are very sweet! Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Many blessings, Angela
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