Success.
Well, success at school, priorities, bible study...but little work.
Are you ready for some boring stuff?
Here we go! (This is for you Tif, to prove it and have you bo oh-so-proud of me!)
We did all the regular stuff PLUS we learned about writing paragraphs in the 4 writing styles: narrative, expository, descriptive and persuasive. I was able to teach this to all 3 at once.
We learned about subject, focus, topic sentence, body and closing.
They each chose one and wrote their subject, listed ideas and wrote their topic sentence.
Then rough draft, editing, revisions and final draft.
I am teaching them much working through the Writer's Express Handbook. Everyone I ask has never heard of it and it is wonderful! Colorful and userfriendly and all encompassing of all things grammar, writing, and much more. We also READ ALOUD from the Moody books (one of our pre-magazine favorite things to do) and from this weird Christian science book called Nature something or other. Really different. Kids don't know what to think of it. But of course I love it because it is weird and different AND right off the bat they distinguised between soul and spirit and placed soul in it's proper place (mind) so I was like, hmmm...a scripturally ACCURATE science book. AMAZING!
So I am pretty full of myself having done a good day of school.
Catch me on Friday when the mag's due.
New magazine is here!!!! It is up 4 pages and went to a stitch binding instead of glue. Cool.
Cover is so cute. I'll post it later.
Lauren is sick. 103 yesterday that I barely kept at bay with Motrin. I was terrified to wake up this morning and realize I had slept through without checking her (rare) so I ran to check her and she is still fevering but only about a 101 so...we'll see how she does. Bad cough too.
Coffee is done and that means BIBLE STUDY. See ya!
6 comments:
I know you were only trying to impress Tiffany but I'm impressed too. I like the idea of teaching all four writing styles at once. I may try that. Good work, hope you keep at it and also hope that the fever is down.
Just read your post from yesterday. Good one!
some of those obscure books are some of the best it seems!
great days, Steph.
I'm praying for you Steph! And for Lauren. I can't wait to see how God is going to Work to get the mag ready by Friday.
Stitch binding...cool. Can't wait to see it!
Awesome Steph! I used the Writer's Express handbook with Phillip. It is a great book. We also use the Nature magazine in our studies.
I will continue to pray for you and your family.
A BIG WOOHOO for you!!! I knew you could do it and I think you need to teach a writing class to my kids! Sounds like you accomplished in one sitting what I have taken the whole year to work on.
Hannah has the creeping crud too! Fever, snot, blah!
Can I come to your class? I could use a refresher...
But not today, or for the next few days, my man is sick! Yup, it has hit the Caskey household. I wonder who is next? I want to wait til Friday, so someone will take care of me....
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