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Lost Tools of Writing Level 2 set includes Student's Workbook plus Teacher's Guide. This is the 2nd edition, copyright 2013. The set is in excellent condition with minor cover wear and no marks. $15 plus shipping Venmo or Paypal Email k_anagnostos@yahoo.com$15
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The Discovery of Deduction: An Introduction to Formal Logic by Classical Academic Press, copyright 2009. Set includes Student and Teacher's Editions. The books are in good condition. The teacher's edition has approximately 10 loose pages toward the rear of the book. $10 plus shipping Venmo or Paypal Email k_anagnostos@yahoo.com$10
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Lost Tools of Writing help
kanagnostos replied to moonlight's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I used Lost Tools of Writing I (4th edition) with my son. The comparison essays did not come until the very end of the program. I'm not sure if that is different in the new 5th edition. For the first several essays, the writer would choose a character and an action that the character did or decision that the character made and write an essay about whether the character should have done that (for example, whether Bilbo should have gone with the Dwarves to The Lonely Mountain). Each essay took 3 weeks. The first week was devoted to Invention. The second week worked on Arrangement. The third week focused on Elocution. Unless the new edition is different, you can start off right away using books that your child is reading. I personally let my son choose his own topics, but you could brainstorm different ideas with your child if that's helpful to get started. -
Does anyone have reviews of this? I have looked through past threads but haven't really found anything. In fact, it seems like most people only use Thinkwell for math. I'm also looking at their Economics course if anyone has comments about that.
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How much writing are your kids doing? Per day? Per week? What type of writing? Within a writing program or separate? We used LTOW last year and had great success with it, completing an essay every 3 weeks using issues pulled from whichever of the Great Books ds15 was reading at the time. He really did no other writing. I want to ramp up his writing in the upcoming school year, but I really don't have an idea how much is appropriate or how to fit it in. Looking for thoughts and ideas from the hive... Thanks!
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Ds15 has completed Discovery of Deduction this year and wants to continue formal logic next year. Me: What?!? You're joking... WHY? So, I have been looking a Traditional Logic 1 and 2. Having completed DoD, would he start with Traditional Logic 1 or go to Traditional Logic 2? The sample chapter of TL1 on the website looked like things we have already covered in DoD.
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Analytical Grammar?
kanagnostos replied to OhioMomof3's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Ds15 is currently using this program. He seems to like it and finds it quite easy. I like that the lessons are short. I also plan to use the High School Reinforcement next year. -
Please check my 9th grade plan
kanagnostos replied to kanagnostos's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I'm using 180 hours per school year as a benchmark for a credit. Although ds doesn't have a clear idea regarding college at this point, I have checked into the admissions requirements for some of the local universities. Most don't seem to have any specific requirements at all regarding PE, so I'm not really concerned about this. As Momto2Ns indicated, I could consider the time he spent on these activities either way, and certainly, he would have at least 1 credit over the course of 4 years if needed. Any other potential gaps in our 9th grade plan? -
Please check my 9th grade plan
kanagnostos replied to kanagnostos's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
The public school requires 1.5 credits in PE for graduation. Ds really isn't into sports, except sabre fencing, but he does do workouts at home 2-3 times per week in addition to the 2 hours spent fencing, and he may develop interest in other sports over the course of the next few years. All in all, I'm estimating that I'll have 1.5 credits over the course of 4 years. We are planning to cover health another year. Music and foreign language are not required at all by the pubic school for graduation, although they do require 8.5 credits in electives. I'm planning for 1 credit over 4 years for music, although I could just keep that as an extracurricular? -
Ancient History: History of the Ancient World Great Books, as many as we can get to using Omnibus I and IV as a resource Lectures from the Great Courses which correspond to the above Math: Saxon Algebra I (he's a little more than halfway through this and we will move on to Algebra 2) Biology: Miller Levine Macaw Edition Labs using LabPaq and Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments Language Arts: Lost Tools of Writing Analytical Grammar High School Reinforcement Introduction to Literary Analysis using Teaching the Classics followed by Windows to the World (Jill Pike syllabus) free SAT vocabulary lessons from National Math + Science Initiative Logic and Rhetoric: Art of Argument followed by Discovery of Deducation PE 2 hours of sabre fencing per week plus home workouts 0.5 credit? Music Guitar 1 to 1-1/2 hours per week 0.25 credit? Spanish I at the public high school Intro to Tech & Engineering at the public high school Too much? Missing something?
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MFW AHL for 9th Grade: Second Thoughts
kanagnostos replied to kanagnostos's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
What I like about MFW AHL is that it integrates Bible, Literature, and History. But from the threads I've read, it might do that too well...to the point that it is difficult to change it up. It seems to be a meaty program, and I also like that it's written to the student for learning more independently. I think I'm going to try to get my hands on just the lesson plan portion and have a look. Dina, thank you listing all your resources! I'm taking a look at these and especially like "Bible in World History" Thanks ladies!