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@ grapeape,

 

I just receive my Omnibus 3 in the mail. It looks like more than we can do in one year. From your post it sounds like you are taking 2 years to do Omnibus 3; is that correct? If so, you indicate that you love it and that the pace you are using is just fine. I am looking for any tips or advice on how to use this book. I know that we simply cannot do everything in it, all of the assignments, and complete it in one school year. But I don't want to leave anything out. What parts of the assignments do you use, all of them? What parts do you do orally? What parts do you assign your student to write? Do you assign every 750 word essay? If so, do you do that weekly? Maybe two years is the answer to fully using this resource and getting the most out of it. I would love ot hear from some moms who have used this and exactly what parts of the lessons they used and how they scheduled it all.

 

@bridget

 

We are doing it in ONE year.There are a few selections, at least 6 I can think of off the top of my head, that we skipped but still had him read the chapter in the textbook. We only assign a little writing. He sits down with his father and goes over everything orally which sparks awesome conversations and in depth study.He looks at how many weeks he has for a particular book and divides up the book by the number of days. As he reads he does the questions that correspond by jotting down answers on index cards so he can discuss the answers with his father. He just writes enough to spark his memory and know where to go to get the answer when they sit down to discuss. It is easier to spread a book over 7 or 14 days than the small number of days the text suggests. I hope this helps.

Jennifer

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From everything I have read from your posts Omnibus seems a perfect fit. I don't make up any lesson plans. My son reads the text chapter for the next book he is going to read then reads the book over the specified period of time. We meet and go over questions orally and assign an occasional writing assignment which are included. The number of conversations sparked have been too many to count!

Jen

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I can't say enough about omnibus. This is our first year using it with our 9th grader. He is doing omnibus 3. We will definitely be staying with it. I will be starting my other son in book 1 next . It is a lot but it counts as a credit of Literature, a credit of History and a credit of Theology (an elective). I don't see how you could do a book over 2 years and give proper high school credit. What we love is that by reading the chapter in the textbook before reading the actual book they have such a wonderful understanding so the reading is easier. I found no reason to print off of the cd. I would put it in our laptop and read off there. The answers they give for all the questions allow you to have a meaningful conversation without having read the book.

Jennifer

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Started my 9th grader in Omnibus this year and LOVE it!

Jennifer

[Veritas Press Omnibus ...]

I can't say enough about omnibus. This is our first year using it with our 9th grader. He is doing omnibus 3. We will definitely be staying with it. I will be starting my other son in book 1 next . It is a lot but it counts as a credit of Literature, a credit of History and a credit of Theology (an elective). I don't see how you could do a book over 2 years and give proper high school credit. What we love is that by reading the chapter in the textbook before reading the actual book they have such a wonderful understanding so the reading is easier. I found no reason to print off of the cd. I would put it in our laptop and read off there. The answers they give for all the questions allow you to have a meaningful conversation without having read the book.

Jennifer