Overview: Having trouble finding a high school homeschool literature curriculum for your reluctant reader teen? Here are my tips and recommendations. When your teen doesn’t enjoy reading, the thought of forcing them through literature study is a daunting one. You can’t even get them to read a comic book or the back of a cereal …
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Overview: Mom’s involvement in her teen’s homeschool high school writing does not have to be scary. Misti Lacy of WriteShop has tips and ideas to help! During the high school years, our teens are getting more independent. How does that work for writing? How involved does Mom need to be? What about planning, editing, grading, …
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Overview: Helping our homeschooled teens prepare for college writing can seem intimidating. Misti Lacy from WriteShop is here to help with her wisdom! Ack, not only can it seem scary to work on high school writing with our homeschooled teens, but to prepare them for college level writing is even more frightening. We don’t want …
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Overview: Want your teen to have more fun writing during the homeschool day? Listen for some great ideas from Misti Lacy of WriteShop. This episode is the first of three in which I chat with Misti Lacy, who is the Curriculum Consultant at WriteShop, which provides homeschool writing curriculum for all ages. Misti has umpteen …
Episode 51: How to Make Writing More Fun for Your Homeschooled Teen Read More »
After spending three weeks talking to Kay Chance about writing, it seemed a good idea to share my own tips from years of experience and several kids, most of whom have gone onto college. Writing is a tough subject to feel confident about. It’s hard to know what constitutes “good” writing and whether your kid’s …
Episodes 34-35: Tips for Teaching and Grading Writing in High School Read More »
Overview: Yes, you can engage all ages with read-alouds, and they can be fun for everyone, even the high schooler. Try this strategy and enjoy connecting with stories and spending time together. Note: This post was sponsored by Sonlight for their 30th Anniversary celebration! The teen is bored. You glance at him out of the …
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Writing is such an important skill, but it can be so hard to know how to help our kids do it well. Especially in high school, when everything seems to “count” so much more, and they need to be ready for college in the very near future. (Though they may not realize how soon that …
Episodes 31-33: Teaching Writing in High School with Kay Chance Read More »
Overview: Finding a homeschool high school English curriculum is not as hard as it sounds. Pick what you want your teen to focus on, and do the rest another time. Everything is so much easier to do in the elementary years, isn’t it? Math? Addition and subtraction. Multiplication facts. Fractions. Nothing too difficult. History? Let’s …
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Overview: The WriteShop curriculum is written to give the homeschool mom the nuts and bolts she needs to feel confident about teaching high school writing. I think it’s great! Does the idea of high school writing scare you? Are you afraid you won’t know how to help your teen learn to write well? It’s not …
WriteShop I & II for High School Writing: An In-depth Review — with two videos! Read More »
Overview: Read my best homeschool high school writing curriculum recommendations and tips for how to grade your teen’s writing and how to approach SAT / ACT essays. Note: May contain referral links. Writing has been a sore spot in my career as a homeschool teacher since day one. It’s hard to be objective about your little …
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Overview: We all want our kids to love reading. Teaching them to read is not enough; we must provide an environment that encourages them to enjoy books. Here’s how! If there were a 12-step program for reading addiction, I would be in it. “Hi, my name is Ann, and I am a read-aholic.” I can’t remember …
Overview: The five-paragraph essay is a helpful tool — here are ideas for teaching it! In one of my articles about high school writing, I shared the story of when my eldest daughter took the ACT and got a poor score on the writing portion. I was flabbergasted at the time. I read the essay myself, …
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Overview: It can be hard to find good books for teens that are interesting AND clean. Here is my list of books I’m not scared to recommend to anyone! Today we come to the last installment in our series on giving books as gifts — just in time to head to the bookstore or order with …
The countdown to Christmas is getting shorter! Just a limited time left to find that perfect something for that special someone. Have you considered a book? Read on! :-) I’m in the middle of a series about giving books as gifts; if you haven’t been here before you may want to check out the previous …
Give the Gift of Reading: Good Books for Boys (Later Elementary – Junior High) Read More »
Well, it’s getting close to Christmas! I’m going to have to hustle if I’m going to get this series finished in time for y’all to use it to purchase gifts! There is a pleasant chaos at our house right now with two girls home from college and The Man off of work — but I …
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