Philly workshops

[Susan Wise Bauer]

Here's the plan:

 

Friday:

 

The Well-Prepared Student (High School): How to Get Ready for College

 

In this session, learn what and how to teach your child in grades 9-12--before they fill out those applications and head off for the freshman year. What expections should you have for high school? How can you teach those subjects that stump you? How should you personalize the high school curriculum for your student, while still making sure that the basics are covered? What skills will your student need to develop in order to thrive in college? As a college instructor, Susan Wise Bauer has taught scores of college freshmen and knows what they should have learned before the freshman year; as a home educating parent, she has graduated one high school student (now at UVA) and is in the thicket of high school with two more. Also covers transcript preparation and other important steps in getting ready for the admissions process.

 

 

A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on the High School Years

 

This seminar covers all of the types of writing that high school students should learn before entering the freshman year of college: response papers, summaries, and critical essays across the curriculum. Students in grades 8-12 are encouraged to attend.

 

 

How to Read a Book (With Apologies to Adler)

Offers specific training in the three levels of reading, explaining how they are applied in different genres and how they lead to the development of skills in literary criticism. Includes suggestions for writing about each genre. For high school students and self-educators.

 

 

Saturday:

 

Homeschooling the Real (Distractable, Impatient, Argumentative, Unenthusiastic, Non-Book-Loving, Inattentive, Poky, Vague) Child

 

High academic achievement (and particular the book-centered kind of achievement recommended by classical educators) often seems designed for one kind of student: the mature, self-directed, disciplined child who loves to read. In this workshop, learn how to deal with the other 90% of students. Includes practical strategies for dealing with roadblocks in the way of academic achievement, as well as time-tested advice for teaching to your child’s strengths while still addressing weaknesses. Susan Wise Bauer, classical educator, college instructor, and author, was home schooled herself and has homeschooled her own four real children, now aged 10-19 (the oldest is now at university).

 

 

What is Literary Analysis? When, Why, and How Should I Teach It?

 

You know that your children should read—but what else should you be doing to teach them skills in literature? After teaching literature at the college level for over a decade, Susan has seen the results of many different methods. This seminar will guide you towards the most effective way to teach literature. Offers a foundational explanation of what literary analysis is, a list of skills that need to be covered, guidance in how to teach them, and resource recommendations.

 

 

A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on the Elementary and Middle School Years

 

This workshop explains how to guide your student through a simple progression (copying, dictation, narration,

summarizing, outlining, short critical essay) that will develop both writing and thinking skills in a

systematic, stepwise manner. Also offers very specific guidance in how to teach the skills of constructing an argument, outlining and writing from an outline. Includes training in outlining, writing from an outline, basic Socratic dialogue, and evaluation and grading.

[virtual_twins_mom]

Homeschooling the Real (Distractable, Impatient, Argumentative, Unenthusiastic, Non-Book-Loving, Inattentive, Poky, Vague) Child /QUOTE]

 

I attended this talk in Cincy and it was great! Thanks!

[Capt_Uhura]

I :001_wub: you!

 

Thank you!

[Luckymama]

:party:

[AvasMom]

:cheers2:

 

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[Gailmegan]

:hurray::party::thumbup:

 

Thank you so much. Can't wait for Saturday!

[yellowperch]

My dream line up! And great for Cleo, too!

[Jen+4dc]

:hurray: :001_tt1: :thumbup:

 

Can't wait!!

[kchara]

You're my hero!! :001_wub::001_wub:

[Sue G in PA]

Susan, you just made my day! Can't wait to tell my husband that our anniversary weekend is back on and better than ever! :D

[H.S. Burrow]

Thank you!!!!

[LibraryLover]

Wow! I don't see myself attending, but those are some fantastic workshops. Will downloads be available? That's probably too much to ask. I know some already exist. I am esp interested in the lit one. Off to check. :)

 

Ah, doh. It is. And I knew that. lol

Edited April 14, 2011 by LibraryLover

[Kalmia]

It's like you read my mind..or my post relating my preferences! Thank you.

[C_l_e_0..Q_c]

My dream line up! And great for Cleo, too!

 

 

Yup! I can't complain at all. Especially if those are listed in order during the day, making "Homeschooling the Real (Distractable, Impatient, Argumentative, Unenthusiastic, Non-Book-Loving, Inattentive, Poky, Vague) Child" the first one in the morning.

 

Well, I can still complain that I'm not attending the whole thing. I really wish I could attend, but that's my own problem with my own child, not the conference's problem.

 

As for this plan, it's as near to perfection as can be from my point of view! :grouphug:

 

 

if I could complain just a tiny bit, I would switch 'how to read a book' and 'what's literary analysis', but I won't die if it isn't switched.

Edited April 14, 2011 by CleoQc