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Could you post a link for the Deutsche Well? I can't seem to find it.
I was eying the OK state thing, but free sounds really good. I already have so much stuff already.
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for the OSU online classes....
there isn't a 'class time' - just assigned activities (videos, reading, work pages) and 15 minutes a week 1:1 via skype w/ the instructor?
Have you found 15 minutes to be enough? That seems like a terribly small amount of time to get feedback on pronounciation, ask questions, etc.
Correct, there isn't a class time. The students have worksheets, videos and audio files to do with the lessons. They have periodic online quizes and end-of-chapter tests.
We have found the weekly skype sessions to be enough. If you have questions, they do not cut you off at 15 minutes. It has been our experience that they will continue to work with the student as long has he/she has questions. Some weeks the session is shorter because my son doesn't have many questions or much material to cover, but some weeks it goes 20-25 mintues to cover all of the questions my son has.
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Several members used:
http://germanonline.okstate.edu
I'm not sure what we will use next year so I'm listening in!
My ds has been doing German I with Germanonline at OSU this year and he has enjoyed it. He has a weekly skype session with a tutor to go over new material. He has periodic speaking tests in addition to the weekly skype to make sure he is retaining the material and correctly pronouncing the words. We plan to continue with them for German II next year. If you have any specific questions, let me know.
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We signed up for GCPlus after reading about their reduced subscription fee on these boards. Thank you fellow boardies!! Ds 14 immediately started the Foundations of Organic Chemistry course just for fun and is about halfway through the 36 lectures. He teaches many of the concepts back to us just because he is excited to share it so I know he is retaining the info. I don't remember any of this stuff from my high school Biochemistry class. I feel ancient sometimes. :mellow: I'm thrilled that he is into knowledge for the sake of knowing....but I have this pesky curiosity about how to turn this into something on a transcript, or not.
I think he plans on watching the Chemistry, 2nd Edition class this summer to prepare for next year's Chemistry class at co-op. Based on our co-op Biology experience this year, I'm thinking he will be over-prepared for their Chem. One of you smart moms suggested I give him a Campbell Bio text to go deeper than the Glencoe book they used in co-op this year, and ds immediately marked each section that was new or deeper and is now reading through those just because he wants to know it. He might want to supplement Chemistry next year so we'll see.
Should I just think of the GC Organic Chem as a fun supplement, or beef it up with related text, tie it in with the extra Campbell reading he's doing and add measurements like quizzes, etc to be more official? What would I call it? Biochemistry? Am I getting way ahead of myself? He is already really stoked to see the connections this week in bio and chem with oxidation and wants to see more inter-connections.
High school planning is fun, but also mysterious to me. With ds an only child, he's my guinea pig and I don't have the benefit of a learning curve. KWIM?
We recently got the Organic Chem dvds, but ds hasn't started them yet. If he enjoys the dvds and wants to go deeper, I was thinking of getting a text book (this one) for him to work through and calling it 'Intro to Organic Chemistry' on his transcript. Of course I'm open to suggestions on that. :)
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So... I have decided on the Miller/Levine Biology and I am wondering what the difference is between the dragon fly book and the McCaw book. Is there a significant difference? I have a copy of the dragonfly so if I went with the news one I would have to buy 2 books as I am teaching 2 plus the teacher edition. That will get pricey. But if there is a big benefit to using the new one, I will do it. Looking for feedback
Thanks
VB
No personal experience, but here are a couple of previous threads about the books:
http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/484602-miller-levine-bio-dragonfly-vs-macaw/
http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/466675-miller-levine-biology-dragonfly-or-macaw-textbooks/
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I PM'd you.
Could you possibly share it one more time? :)
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Follow up question: It looks like you can't sign up for the PSAT via the CB website. Should I wait until September to start contacting local high schools? Have you had much success in finding a location to take the PSAT?
My ds took the PSAT at a private school last fall. All I had to do was call and ask.
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Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Based on the glowing recommendations, I have decided to go with Art of Poetry. It looks like it will work well for us.
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It's not a curriculum but an engaging read ~
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry"Comedian and actor Stephen Fry's witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry.
Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. In The Ode Less Travelled, he invites readers to discover the delights of writing poetry for pleasure and provides the tools and confidence to get started. Through enjoyable exercises, witty insights, and simple step-by-step advice, Fry introduces the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics.
Most of us have never been taught to read or write poetry, and so it can seem mysterious and intimidating. But Fry, a wonderfully competent, engaging teacher and a writer of poetry himself, sets out to correct this problem by explaining the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. Fry's method works, and his enthusiasm is contagious as he explores different forms of poetry: the haiku, the ballad, the villanelle, and the sonnet, among many others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of but never read. The Ode Less Travelled is not just the survey course you never took in college, it's a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try."
Regards,
Kareni
This looks like something my ds would enjoy. Thanks!
Kim
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I'm planning to use The Guardian's Poem of the Week next year: http://www.theguardian.com/books/series/poemoftheweek. I was so excited to find this! I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to use it.
It's probably not a good place to start, but it's worth checking out.
I had charter school money last week that needed to be spent, so I ordered something called Classical Poetry, Poetry for Literacy Series from Rainbow Resouce. I might have bought the series?? It looks like it could possibly, maybe work.
Thanks for the Guardian link. That looks like fun!
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STEM-based people and black and white thinkers can often have a tough time with poetry, as poetry is very image and metaphor driven -- so, not about trying to find a specific one-to-one meaning in a poem, like "solving for x" in an algebra equation. ;)
I haven't used it, but CAP's Art of Poetry looks very good. (Student Program, Teacher Guide, or set of both + Teaching DVDs)
We first went through Walsh's Prose & Poetry and learned about figures of speech frequently used in poetry, and then the different poetic forms (elegy, ballad, sonnet, limerick, haiku, free verse, etc.), and then went through the Progeny Press guide: Introduction to Poetry: Forms and Elements. The PP guide was fairly good -- a gentle, very comprehensible intro -- just not as deep as I would have liked. The PP guide is from a Christian perspective.
I would also highly recommend a new book by Tania Runyan: How to Read a Poem, based on the Billy Collins poem "Introduction to Poetry". I really like how Collins' short poem helps black & white thinkers see what poetry is about, and I think Tania Runyan does a great job in her book based on his poem of using the images in his poem to speak about and help the reader understand 6 aspects of poetry appreciation: imagery, sound, line, the "a-ha" moment, reading without the poet's help, and letting a poem be. For each of those 6 sections, she includes information about that aspect and then guided questions and her own personal observations on a specific poem as a helpful "walk-through" of how to approach the poem throughout that aspect, and then provides 8-12 poems to try out yourself. This would be a great mini-unit (maybe 4-6 weeks at a very gentle pace) of poetry study to do together WITH your grade 7-12 students. And most importantly, it's not a book about teaching you how to "beat a confession" out of a poem to find "what it means", but is more of an invitation -- that, through learning about several tools, it is an invitation to enjoy and appreciate poetry and hear what it has to say to YOU. :)
If you just want to include some gentle poetry study into your literature every so often, here are free lessons from Edsitement: Poetry for the Common Core -- poems/background/lessons for specific poems at the high school, middle school, and elementary grade levels (don't get too hung up on the Common Core aspect, just pick and choose through the lessons and enjoy :) ).
Here are a few more "starting to study poetry" free lessons from ReadWriteThink:
- What is Poetry? Contrasting Poetry and Prose (gr. 6-8)
- Is a Sentence a Poem? (gr. 9-12)
- Poetry: Sound and Sense (gr. 9-12)
My thought would be to keep a poetry study enjoyable -- maybe start with light and humorous works to appreciate how poetry plays with language (rhymes, sounds, puns, double meanings, nonsense words, humorous insights), and then move into more narrative poems written in a form to be able to appreciate the poet's use of sound devices, syllable patterns and rhythms, stanza requirements, etc., while still being able to tell a story or express an important idea. From there, you could move into some works still written in form but that are more imagistic and emotional rather than narrative, and then to some free verse poems.
BEST of luck in finding what is a great fit for your family, and enjoy your poetry studies together! Warmest regards, Lori D.
Thank you, Lori! You're awesome! :)
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My DS has always struggled with reading/analyzing/understanding poetry. So, what is your favorite resource for teaching high schoolers to read and analyze poetry?
Thanks!
Kim
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Can I ask what practice tests give a score at the end? We have a Princeton Review book and the College Board free response questions from past exams. But neither of these shows how the raw points translate into a final score. It would be nice to have a little more context going into the test.
The 5 Steps to a 5 books give a formula for calculating the final score.
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I would like to hear from anyone who has used the IOWA Interest Explorer with their high schooler(s). I would like to know if you or your child found the results to be useful.
Thanks!
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One Year Adventure Novel has a week long workshop each summer. I've heard good things about it from IRL friends who have gone. I think it bases heavily around their curriculum though.
Hmmm....I looked at that one recently. We looked at the OYAN currciulum a few years and it didn't resonate with my son. Maybe we will revisit it and see what he thinks.
Thanks!
Kim
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My nephew did a creative writing workshop at Sarah Lawrence College the summer after his junior year. He loved it. SL is now his top choice for college. I have no idea what it costs, though.
Thank you! That one was not on my list.
Kim
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My ds15 loves writing and hopes to be a successful published author some day. He has almost completed his first novel, which he plans to self-publish within the next few months. Knowing about his love of writing, a friend of mine recently sent me a list of creative writing camps around the country. Some are multi-week residential camps and some are just day camps. Of course the longer residental camps are way out of our price range, but I don't want to throw money out the window for any camp that isn't worth the time or money. So, I would like to hear from anyone who has sent their child to a creative writing camp, and find out what you and your child thought of it.
TIA
Kim
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I can let you know in a few weeks ;) Dd is taking a storm-delayed subject test a week from Saturday.
That would be great! Good luck to your dd!
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Has anyone used M&L (Macaw) and then had their child take the SAT subject test for biology? If so, do you feel M&L adequately prepares the student for the SAT subject test (with adequate test prep using Barrons or another test prep book)?
Kim
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Did you put just the number, or state homeschool then the number, or what? I've tried a zillion times with every variation I can think of.
Do they identify students based just on name matched with school code? I think I'll probably end up needing to call.
Our state homeschool code (just the #) is what eventually worked, though I tried it 2 or 3 times before it finally worked.
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Did all the ones who are showing up have their state's homeschool code work properly? My state still isn't working, and I had to choose a different homeschool in the same state, so perhaps that has something to do with it? I wish I knew what the access code or student ID for my student is. It now won't let me try anything at all because it says I made too many attempts.
Our homeschool code worked properly, eventually. It took a few attempts before it accepted it.
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I thought scores were emailed if the student does not have a CB account, but my sons haven't received anything.
I'm going to try to create accounts for them now, using the email addresses they provided on the PSAT form. Has anyone else created a new account and been able to access their student's score that way?
ETA: HELP! On the Create a Student Account page, it asks "Where do you go to school?" Do I use my state homeschool code that my students' filled in on the PSAT form?
I just created an account for my son this morning and was able to access his score, after logging out and logging back in. Yes, you use the homeschool code that your sons used for the exam.
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See my reply above to Julie in KY. Let me know if you need your code; I have the list in front of me and will be at the computer for a bit longer. :001_smile:
Thank you! The first 2 times I tried, it would not accept our code, but it finally did. Now, my ds has an account.......and it says he hasn't taken the PSAT. <sigh> I'll try again later.
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9th and 10th grade thread
in High School and Self-Education Board
Posted · Edited by Kim C
9th grade (just finished):
- Honors English 9 (at co-op) (1.0)
- Algebra II (1.0)
- AP chemistry (at co-op) (1.0)
- World History I (to 1800) (1.0)
- Intro to Psychology (Meyers Psychology in Modules) (1.0)
- German 1I (OSU) (1.0)
- Music Theory (0.5)
- PE (Irish dance, tennis) (0.5)
- Extracurricular: chess club, Piano
Over the summer:
- Intro to Creative Writing (at local university) (3 college credits, 1 hs credit)
- Drivers ed
10th grade (this fall):
- Honors English 10: Lit and Composition (homegrown) (1.0)
- Precalculus (either Derek Owens or Precalculus by Stewart at home) (1.0)
- Honors Biology with lab (Miller and Levine as base text, online videos, lots of labs) (1.0)
- World History II (Ways of the World as primary text, lots of reading, 1800 to present) (1.0)
- German 2 (OSU) (1.0)
- Intro to Computer Science: Java (1.0)
- Advanced Creative Writing (co-op) (1.0)
- Art:Material Exploration & Art history (co-op) (1.0)
- Extracurricular: North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) club (January competition), chess club, Piano