LOL - my thoughts exactly!

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Hi Colleen :001_smile: Okay, I'm clueless on how to do multiple quotes, I just typed up a long response and did something to delete it.... :glare: The lit guides I've seen for this level have always seemed heavy on the reading comp and light on the actual teaching of lit. analysis. After taking a couple of lit classes myself last semester I can see the benefit of teaching annotation first. This is something WEM stresses, but I was at a loss at how to teach. Windows to the World begins with annotation, teaches it, gives a scale for how to grade it that makes sense, stresses it's importance, includes a sample of it, and gives the student a short story to annotate as well as ideas for further selections. I feel that I now have the tool I need to teach this skill. That being said, I think this is definitely hs level. I'm glad I bought it this year just for the section on how to annotate, but that is proabably as far as we will get. I've only read the first three chapters, so I don't feel like I can give a full review yet, but so far I'm impressed and will use it completely next year. The selections are the best quality lit., O. Henry and Richard Connell for annotation. William Blake, G.K. Chesterton, Emily Dickinson, Yeats, and more for Allusions. I expect the rest is similar. Oh, and it is Christian, but not overly so. It could be used secularly with modification. The intro. may throw homeschoolers, she writes to the classroom teacher and homeschooler. Many of her examples on how to implement are to the classroom teacher - like how to engage the student, grade, etc. But I didn't feel like this was a classroom only curr. she mentions that some of the activities will be best for ps and some for hs. There is a schedule for 18 weeks or 26 weeks if you use her suggestions for supplementation. The books are comb bound and the layout is uncluttered and nicely done. I do wish that the sample the students are to annotate wasn't so tightly written, leaving little space for the said annotation - but I think I'll find it online and give her a double spaced version anyways. I'm going to try and read through this, this week and give a better review then, but those are my first impressions on what I have read thus far hth

Thanks Janice, I think I'll take it really slow - work on annotation for awhile, get it down - before we move on.

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Thank you for the support and the post!

I love Dickens, you must read David Copperfield, one of my favs of his

I'm petitioning my classes this week, M, Tu, W - I really hope to get into all 3 of them. I cannot preregister because I already have my BA and these are upper division prereqs I need so I have to go to each class and ask to be allowed in - sigh - I have no idea if I will get in and if I don't I have to scramble to find another that will fit into my schedule. thanks so much!

Laura :grouphug: I respect your honesty and transparency. God uses all of us, including our past mistakes for the good of his kingdom - keep it up and don't be discouraged by those who are ignorant enough to say that experience disqualifies you from opinion.:grouphug:

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okay here is one that speaks to this issue "Happy is the man who doesn't give in and do wrong when he is tempted, for afterwards he will get as his reward the crown of life that God has promised those who love him." JAMES 1 VERSE 12

:grouphug: Cheryl my heart goes out to you, you know your son best so punishment really has to be an issue between you, your husband, and the Lord. Does dh know about this? Has he talked to him? Natural curiousity definitely comes into play, but I would stress that once images are imprinted on the brain they are there forever. Also, that we are all sinners, it is by the grace of God that we are forgiven and given the strength to deny our sinful natures. I googled "bible verses on temptation" and many websites with verses came up, I would paste them here, but again you know your son and how heavily you want to rebuke him here. I'm probably not much help here, but you have my prayers.

We are starting the 3rd season (final season) of AG this year with my oldest dd and beginning the lst with youngest. I love AG, it has helped me to understand why diagramming is important. It has also taught us both a great deal that has *stuck*.

can anyone help

You go for it girl!!!

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I'm thinking about having my 8th grade dd concentrate on annotation this year. Using short stories and having her really get used to actively reading, making connections, asking questions, etc. After reading the first chapter of Windows to the World I think it is a worthy goal to accomplish this first and foremost before delving further into our lit. studies. We will also pull out vocabulary and define it, and look for the concepts that we have learned in Figuatively Speaking - alliteration, metaphors and the like. So far I'm impressed with Windows on the World, but see the benefit of not rushing this. So many lit guides seem like busy work so I hope I'm not oversimplifying. What do you think?

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Okay, take this with a grain of salt, realizing that I am not a "artsy" type and can't draw a stick person.... I didn't realize that you were talking abou the 4-6 book. I don't even know if the jr. high is different, but I bought AP 4-6 for my dds and promptly sold it. It was way too open ended for me and I TRULY wanted to love it and have art taken care of. Sorry for the dissenting opinion and remember I'm not an art person so ymmv

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Congratulations!!!!

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