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  1. Hi, Thanks for your sharing your experiences. Could you kindly share the Arabic classes for $5/30 mins. over Skype? Is the instructor Arabic? Which grades does he/she teach? Thanks.
  2. Thanks for the link . Could anyone tell me about Classical writing AESOP and compare it to Writing and Rhetoric Fable and Narrative course? Is there online class for Classical Writing Aesop course?
  3. Thanks for replying to me in detail. Could anyone compare memoria press online classical composition fable courses and narrative to the online CAP Fable and Narrative writing courses?
  4. Thank you for taking time and responding me Ibell and Specialkmom! May I ask which Grammer series they are doing in WHA LA2? Surley Grammer 5? Is there any online classes for CAP Fable and narrative? What are the differences in between CAP Fable & Narrative series and Writing and Rhetoric series? Thanks in advance !
  5. Could anyone tell me if any one's son or dd taking WHA LA 1 or 2 this year? Kindly share your experience. Thanks.
  6. Could anyone tell me if any one's son or dd taking WHA LA 1 or 2 this year? Kindly share your experience. Thanks.
  7. Hi, My High School son is looking for programming language online courses as he is interested in pursing his career in Computer/Software Engineering at Waterloo University. We have browsed some options so kindly recommend me the best one to start as an absolute beginner: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/java-programming https://www.edx.org/course/html5-and-css-fundamentals https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-game-development-0 https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-entry-level-software https://open.cs.uwaterloo.ca/ https://www.w3schools.com/ Which website would be a good place to start (without any outside help)? Thanks.
  8. Thanks RootAnn! Could you tell me that how much writing is included in the course the whole year? How many essays your dc has written in the one school year? How much religious is their LA classes? Unfortunately, there are no samples on the site and they also can’t share due to privacy issues. Otherwise other schools gladly shared the sample class links with me.
  9. Anyone here have a child taking Language Arts 1,2 or 3 classes with them? Are these online classes for Grades 4, 5, and 6 worth them? I am considering it for fall 2018. Do they have comprehension quizzes due regularly, paragraph writing, academic papers, and a grammar practices in a year? How many writing assignments are in these classes? How long are the classes? What are your opinions on those as far as difficulty, appropriate level of work for the ages, etc.? Are they rigorous? Thanks in advance for any input. :confused1:
  10. Anyone here have a child taking Language Arts 1,2 or 3 classes with them? Are these online classes for Grades 4, 5, and 6 worth them? I am considering it for fall 2018. Do they have comprehension quizzes due regularly, paragraph writing, academic papers, and a grammar practices in a year? How many writing assignments are in these classes? How long are the classes? What are your opinions on those as far as difficulty, appropriate level of work for the ages, etc.? Are they rigorous? Thanks in advance for any input. :confused1:
  11. I have an 8 yo, 3rd grader and I have compiled some must read literature for my dd which are: Baby island Little House book series Ramona books series Stuart Little The Courage of Sarah Noble The Bear on Hemlock Mountain The Cricket in Time Square Because of Winnie Dixie Penderwick series books Pippi Long stockings My Father's Dragon Frindle Harriet the Spy Shiloh Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh Charlotte's web Charlie and Chocolate factory The Velveteen Rabbit From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E.Frankweiler I would love to hear how you all do guided reading for challenging literature books? In your opinion which books reading will get the child for challenging books like King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, The Door in the Wall, The Princess and the Goblin,The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow and The King's Shadow? For which grades these books are recommended? Grade 3 or above? For the advanced books do you buddy read, let them read aloud to you and discuss each page and new vocab for a child to get them comprehend the complex sentence structure and vocabulary? What are your must read books in elementary which will lay the strong foundation for the challenging books? Thanks!
  12. Has anyone done Writing for Upper High School and College (Advanced Composition Prep) Summer course for the high schooler? What is the course load? How many essays are included? I'm wondering if this class proves beneficial for more advanced courses writing English 4/5 and beyond? Any experience with Mrs.Nikki Troxell? Experiences and recommendations please!
  13. No such options are available.
  14. My daughters are fond of Audio books and unfortunately there are not many choices at our library.If some Cd's are available then there is a way long waiting list. My girls get frustrated due to the limited options in our library. I am planning for getting the subscription from audible or Scribd but am confused and What I see the advantage of getting Scribd membership as I will get eBook, audio books and Literature study guides and unlimited no. of audio books without paying more than monthly charges but in Audible We will get 1 audio book free but for other books 30% off for members. Could anyone shed light on the pros and cons of getting Scribd and audible audio books? What are their audio quality? What is the sales period in a year like bogo deal or 2 months Audible sale? Can you download e books and audio books on your computer in Scribd membership? Which company's audiobooks can we listen offline? Which membership is easy to cancel the subscription? When you cancel a plan in Scribd membership then do you get to keep the audio books? Why do these companies ask for credit card no. if we are start our free 1st month trial? Please share your experiences! Thanks.....
  15. Hi, I want to buy FLL 3 Instructor book so my question is that are all the contents from FLL 3 Student book included in FLL 3 Instructor book? Can I just buy FLL 3 Instructor book as it's parent intensive so can we do most of it orally? Recommendations and experiences please! :confused1: Thanks!
  16. Looking for some advice.... I am thinking of adding Veritas live online Grammar & Writing and Literature courses for 4th,5th and 6th Grades level. Can anyone recommend me the teachers for Grade 4,5 and 6 Grammar & Writing and Literature courses? As it's an expensive decision for 3 kiddos so wanna to play it safe. Any discount code or offer and ts validity for live online courses? What are the workload in Literature and Grammar & writing classes? How many reading outside the class times each week? How many writing assignments each week? Also would like to hear about any experience with these courses..Any pros or cons? Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
  17. Thanks bibsandmegs! Could you kindly tell me what is the workload for your daughter in AP Language course? How much time is expected to spend on assignments,writings and readings per week?and how many papers/readings/essays are included in the course? Thank you for reading!
  18. Thanks bibsandmegs! May I ask some qs? 1)My two kids are doing English 3 Foundation and English 3 Lit. Survey so for the one,who is doing English 3 Foundation, then should she go for English 3 Literature Survey or English 4/5: Western Lit? and the one who is doing English 3 Lit. Survey,should he go for English 4/5: Western Lit or Advanced Composition? 2)For AP Language/Literature course which course will be more beneficial before Advanced composition, English 3 LS or English 4/5: Western Literature and Composition - Journeys and Quests? Which Literature course would be sufficient for AP Language/Literature course? 3)After English 3 courses TPS offer English 4/5 courses,but you wrote English 5 and English 6 courses separately? Could you kindly clarify it to me? Would you mind sharing which courses your dd had taken at TPS? 4)The composition content which TPS covered in English 4/5 Advanced Composition course,do they cover almost same content in the composition area in English 4/5 Literature courses so that students can go for AP Language? Thank you for reading!
  19. Dear Lisa, Would you mind sharing that has your dd taken English 3 Literature Survey?and Which English 4 and 5 courses(Advanced Composition/English 4/5 British Literature/Western Literature) had your dd taken before AP English Language?
  20. Parents who have experience of English 2 and 3 LS at TPS, do their papers need quotes from Bible? Reply me quick, please!
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