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x-post: Language Arts Gap
MamaSprout replied to MamaSprout's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I agree that high school students should be writing essays, but most can't. Or very few can. I have taught college students who don't even write sentences well. I think I like the Writing book for this project. Since it is a one-off assignment, I'll focus on co-remediation, so a subset of the whole book. If I'm having fun, I might clone/ adapt the whole thing, It could be a solid "transition to essay writing" curriculum. -
x-post: Language Arts Gap
MamaSprout replied to MamaSprout's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
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MamaSprout replied to MamaSprout's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
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MamaSprout replied to MamaSprout's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
In this case, no. It isn’t licensed for sharing. Thanks though! -
MamaSprout started following Are engineering programs still male dominated? , x-post: Language Arts Gap , Any input on CLRC classes (French, art, math)? and 5 others
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So I need to make a free-to-use Language Arts resource. I would love input from you all. I originally posted on the Logic Stage board, but it seems very quiet there. Here is my original post: I am taking a certification course around creative commons/ copyright. One of my final projects is to adapt something out of copyright or with an open copyright into a new free-to-use resource: "Find an open educational resource and adapt it to better serve your students/community." My initial thought was to create a remediation co-requisite work text for my university's communications and English courses. The material will be 7-9th grade, because those are skills missing for many of those students. But. Maybe this could serve more than one of my communities? When I was teaching co-op courses, there didn't seem to be much available in Logic stage for Language Arts, especially that is free to use. It seemed like there was a gap between about 6th grade and introductory college level. Is that still the case? What would you look for in a resource like that? Remember, this is an assignment to adapt something that exists, not create something new, so I would also love to hear about free resources you have found that are "almost" what you need. Thanks in advance!
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Help with Composition!!
MamaSprout replied to IanSebast's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
I liked Fable level just to get reluctant writers to put words on the page. After that, we usually went a different direction. Lots of good suggestions above. -
I haven't been on the Logic Stage board for a while. Hi. I feel old. I am taking a certification course around creative commons/ copyright. One of my final projects is to adapt something out of copyright or with an open copyright into a new free-to-use resource: "Find an open educational resource and adapt it to better serve your students/community." My initial thought was to create a remediation co-requisite work text for my university's communications and English courses. The material will be 7-9th grade, because those are skills missing for many of those students. But. Maybe this could serve more than one of my communities? When I was teaching co-op courses, there didn't seem to be much available in Logic stage for Language Arts, especially that is free to use. It seemed like there was a gap between about 6th grade and introductory college level. Is that still the case? What would you look for in a resource like that? Remember, this is an assignment to adapt something that exists, not create something new, so I would also love to hear about free resources you have found that are "almost" what you need. Thanks in advance!
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If Comp 1 and Comp 2 are semester-long courses, then that could count as 2 years of high school English. Then maybe see if there is an ASU lit class that would be somewhat interesting? I know this is a stretch, but does he have any idea where he wants to go to college? I looked at a list of 3 likely candidates to compare for transferable courses for my Dd's dual enrollment. It was motivating for her to know that "boring" courses would likely be "one-and-done." She knew she wasn't going to apply to any super-rejective schools, though.
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Index Card "Timeline"?
MamaSprout replied to MamaSprout's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I’m leaning that way. I mean, it’s already numerical, lol. I have copies of Humanistic Traditions, which have timeline pages in it. It think as I see a section grow I can dip into that to sort round things out. I tend to get stuck in Medieval world history. I might try to start there and build out. -
Thinking out loud here. It's for adult self-education. Sort of . I'm always listening, reading, or learning stuff. Some is deliberate (book list), some of it is less so (Great Courses lectures). I want to capture some of this, because I think it is cool when things overlap. I thought about a timeline book like what Dd did for homeschool, but that seemed fussy. So then I thought about index cards. I already use them for task management and some of my more deliberate studying (language learning). Has anyone done a timeline in a box? I have 4x6 cards, dividers, and a good box. I could tab divide by centuries. Then I'm less sure. My other "knowledge" cards have a different system. Should I do cards by time (decades or years) or by domain (arts, literature) or a combination of the two?
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He's doing better than some of the students I get in Tech Comm, lol. If he keeps moving forward on the two areas that he does passably, he will be fine. The largest advantage to being able to write well in a STEM program is that he will also be able to write quickly and without it being a drain on his already busy schedule. My dd writes very well and it has saved her so much time with lab reports and such. Another skill that has made her life much easier is her mastery of Office Suite. I tossed her into a Business Applications course as her first duel enrollment course, knowing it would never transfer at the college level, but I know the professor and knew it would be a good start. She can rock a spreadsheet or database and knowing Word lets her focus on the output rather than fiddling around with not knowing how to do a hanging indent. Knowing Excel and Access have made her a much sought-after lab partner. I guess those programs interface with some other software that they use in her field.
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My dd is at Rose Hulman. It's around 75/25. Her program (Engineering Physics) is probably more like 60/40. Her second major is only available as an add on (International Relations), but it's 50/50. Engineering Physics is a very small program, but I think it will grow with Intel's announcement of an Ohio-based chip complex. Rose also does a good job with outreach for girls/ women, though, and Dd's physics advisor is female. The engineering programs at my university are more like 85/15, although a majority of the math professors are women. My kiddo wanted to be in some sort of engineering or physics since she was around 10 years old, so she had done plenty of STEM camps, Civil Air Patrol, etc, so she had no problem with the ratios. She navigates it well and has an awesome crew of friends- both male and female. Honestly this is the first time in her life that she has friends that are friends with each other instead of one from 4H, 2 from Civil Air Patrol, 1 from dual enrollment (you get the idea.) Being a minor was a bigger deal than being female, and only because she kept a lid on it for so long that it was something of big reveal when her friends found out. She's had problems with one chauvinistic professor. He was in humanities and was eventually fired. So yeah, STEM is still male dominated, and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Any student who works hard will do fine. I remind her of the Madeline Albright quote that "There is no room for mediocre women". It helps that she has a devilish sense of humor and is universally respectful to everyone. ETA- I do share more about where my Dd is than might be typical here, but she works for Rose's Admissions, complete with her own business card, so she'd be happy to have me share her experiences.