lewelma Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) deleted. They just told us that we can't tell anyone yet. He is really over the moon. Ruth in NZ ETA: suspense is over. Updated below Edited December 10, 2020 by lewelma 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 YAY!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 That’s awesome! So encouraging for the rest of us as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 That's amazing!!!! What a rolemodel!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Congratulations to him!!! That’s super exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjuliadc Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Please tell us when you can. I didn’t catch the post until after it was deleted. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 OH THE SUSPENSE!! Congratulations on whatever, young man 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 The suspense is killing me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lewelma Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) Sorry for the suspense! DS won the 2020 national teen creative-writing competition, and his essay will be published this month with the other award winning short stories, poems, and essays. My ds has dysgraphia and was still learning how to write The Cat in the Hat at the age of 12. This is why it is a big deal and means so much to him. Edited December 10, 2020 by lewelma 30 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 That is AWESOME!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 That is amazing! Congratulations to him--and congratulations to his teacher😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, maize said: That is amazing! Congratulations to him--and congratulations to his teacher😉 We studied National Geographic and New Zealand Geographic articles for an hour a day for a month. After studying about 10, we picked the one he liked the best and focused on it. We scanned it, enlarged it, printed it, and cut up all the paragraphs. Then we studied the purpose, tone, style of each paragraph. We used multicoloured pens for the different things we were looking for. How was it cohesive? That was purple. What was the purpose of each bit of dialogue? That was red. How was description used from the point of rhetoric? That was green. How do you keep to a thesis when you never clearly state it? How does each paragraph build your point in a subtle way? That was blue We worked and worked and worked to learn the form. Then we traveled to the Mackenzie Basin and visited all sorts of out of the way places, took photos, hypothesized, observed, talked, and just had a ton of fun. When we came home, he wrote it. His overarching goal was to leave people with a sense of hope. That was a tricky one for an environmental piece! He also focused on multiple perspectives because it was written for a geography magazine -- so environmentalists, farmers, tourists. What made it particularly clever was his overarching yet subtle metaphor that he wove throughout the essay. He also interwove his own personal experience in the region with the history to create a wonderfully well rounded essay. Edited December 10, 2020 by lewelma 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Wow, what an accomplishment! Congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Congratulations to both of you!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjuliadc Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Yay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-eyed Suzan Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 So exciting!!!! Congratulations to him and to you! 🎉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Congratulations to you both! Thanks for explaining how you broke it down-- very inspiring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Congratulations! Way to go, both of you. What a great way to teach, too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Congratulations! What a wonderful accomplishment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzberrymom Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 12/10/2020 at 11:38 AM, lewelma said: We studied National Geographic and New Zealand Geographic articles for an hour a day for a month. After studying about 10, we picked the one he liked the best and focused on it. We scanned it, enlarged it, printed it, and cut up all the paragraphs. Then we studied the purpose, tone, style of each paragraph. We used multicoloured pens for the different things we were looking for. How was it cohesive? That was purple. What was the purpose of each bit of dialogue? That was red. How was description used from the point of rhetoric? That was green. How do you keep to a thesis when you never clearly state it? How does each paragraph build your point in a subtle way? That was blue We worked and worked and worked to learn the form. Then we traveled to the Mackenzie Basin and visited all sorts of out of the way places, took photos, hypothesized, observed, talked, and just had a ton of fun. When we came home, he wrote it. His overarching goal was to leave people with a sense of hope. That was a tricky one for an environmental piece! He also focused on multiple perspectives because it was written for a geography magazine -- so environmentalists, farmers, tourists. What made it particularly clever was his overarching yet subtle metaphor that he wove throughout the essay. He also interwove his own personal experience in the region with the history to create a wonderfully well rounded essay. I’m late to this, but you REALLY need to write a book on homeschooling!!!!! Seriously, over the years, I have cut and paste so so many of your ideas so that I wouldn’t lose them or forget them!! The approach you outlined here is stunning to me! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel-in-CA Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 How very exciting, for both of you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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