Grading Homeschool High School
So, you’ve bitten the bullet and decided not to end your homeschooling journey after junior high. You are entering the high school years and some of the things you embraced about homeschooling are...
View ArticleGrading Essays
Grading essays is often as hard on mom or the teacher as it is on the student. Is there a way to diminish the pain and increase the reward for both? I think so. Regardless of...
View ArticleWriting is a Process
Writing is a Process Does your homeschool become a battlefield each time you assign a writing project? Helping your child understand that writing is a process can diffuse some of the...
View ArticleWriter’s Planning Form
I added a new, down-loadable “freebie” to help students with their writing projects. The “Planning Form” can be accessed under the “Free Stuff” button. Many students like the structure the form...
View ArticleEvaluating Writing
Evaluating Writing As the parent or teacher, you already know to check your students’ writing for quality of content and mechanics. What else do you look for? Is the writing concrete? Look for...
View ArticleTips for Working with Reluctant Writers
Tips for Working with Reluctant Writers Tip One: Provide A Visual Reward Picture the struggling writer: He sits at the table, a blank sheet of paper in front of him. He swings his feet back...
View ArticleBook Reviews
I am thrilled to begin a new feature on our TLP website offering book reviews not just for children, but for adults, too. My first review is for The Flower of Grass by James E. Robinson, an...
View ArticleTip Two (For Reluctant Writers)
Tip Two: Discuss first. I remember sitting with a blank piece of paper in front of me, pen in hand, and feeling paralyzed. There were ideas spinning in my head, but none worthy of a first...
View ArticleTip Three: Validate the Process
Tip Three: Validate the Process. We teach that writing is a process, then ask students to follow a five-step procedure. They’d rather not complete those five steps. They’d much prefer do it in...
View ArticleTips for Working with Reluctant Writers
Tip Four: Read. How simple is this concept? Writing and reading go together like peanut butter and jelly. Skilled writers are readers. It makes sense, doesn’t it? An artist learns to draw by...
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