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Teen Essay Guide Writing

Summer KISS Series: A Teen Essay Reference Guide

June 28, 2019
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I need to start a Summer KISS blog post series. You know, Keep It Simple, Sweetie. Because we’re …

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How I Work in Freewriting with Essay Projects

June 24, 2019
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One area that continued to be a hang up with various essay assignments was the research phase. It …

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Bookworm Party 2.0

June 14, 2019
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Here’s how my Type A inner voice works. I get an idea to do something: OH, THIS WILL …

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What I’m Planning: A Bookworm Party for Teens

June 12, 2019
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Between the summer I worked full time, which was immediately followed by an out of state move, then …

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Brave Writer

You Can Be a Type A Brave Writer

June 10, 2019
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Sometimes I hear people say Brave Writer is too Type B for them. Truth be told, I haven’t …

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My Best Purchases for Homeschooling High School: Upfront Magazine

June 5, 2019
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Along with a million things we’re supposed to pour into our kids’ brains by age eighteen in order …

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Planning with Brave Writer Boomerangs

June 2, 2019
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UPDATED JUNE 2019 When my boys were younger, my approach to literature was tied to a complex pedagogy …

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Heather Hitchcock

Lead bird in the nerdy birdie migratory flight pattern. Homeschooling high school with teen boys. Likes details. And nachos.

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  • I bought this game and plan to play it first day of school on Monday. I figured I should play around with it beforehand. I rolled these literally the first time. The dice don’t lie. #metaphordice #homeschoolhighschool #secularhomeschool
  • Question! Are all of these buttons the same as the 8 cycle choices on a washing machine? No one ever uses them?
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  • Front and center in my literature teaching notes. Eudora Welty because we need to remember there are no right or wrong answers to literature. My public school years of multiple choice quizzes marked right or wrong brainwashed me. Welty’s quote un-brainwashes me. • The literature compass because it’s easy to get overwhelmed by ALL THE THINGS the experts say we should teach with literature. “The Close Reading monster asks kids as young as elementary school to use the level of challenging analysis that my daughter faced as a college English major!” (Trees in the Forest pg 14) • I gleaned those four bullet points from the essay “How to Create Nonreaders” by Alfie Kohn. (Give it a google.) Those points spoke truth to me. That WAS what hooked my kids in. I need to remember them when facing the Close Reading monster that pervades our current pedagogy, especially as we start our junior and senior year where time is “running out.” • Steady on, Mom. Keep following your North Star. #secularhomeschool #rootedinlanguage #homeschoolhighschool
  • I was hoping not to do these again this year. It began to feel more like a chore than fun for me. But my son still loves them, so here I am, gearing up for it. I bought this letter board thing, thinking it might put enough spin on it for me, but now I’m wondering if setting the letters will be a pain. 🤷🏻‍♀️ And now to start collecting literature lines for the year...
  • School supplies rolling it. #secularhomeschool #bravewriterlifestyle #metaphordice
  • Shakespeare planning! The Friendly Shakespeare has been one of my best school purchases, at least for me. We’re tackling three plays first semester. We’ll see how things go. Hamlet is first up! #secularhomeschool #homeschoolhighschool
  • I keep drinking out of this mug because SECULAR curriculum hunting! 🧐 I have spent all afternoon trying to find a quality rhetoric homeschool curriculum at the high school level that’s secular. I’m about to put some vodka in this mug. #secularhomeschool #homeschoolhighschool #secularhomeschooler

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