Homeschool Writing and Then Some

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Ever wish you had someone who could hold your hand through this homeschool journey and help you know what’s important and what might trip you up? That’s what this podcast aims to do, especially as it pertains to preparing middle/high school kids to be successful writers. Because teaching teens to write can be tricky. What exactly are you supposed to teach? And how are you supposed to teach it? What if your child hates to write? What if you hate to write!? These are some of the challenges we’ll explore each week. If you’re looking for guidance as well as a little bit of encouragement and a lot of inspiration, you’ve come to the right place. 

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Ep #11 To AP or Not to AP?

Apr 10 2024 34 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Ep #11 To AP or Not to AP? Show Notes Homeschoolers are often in a quandary when it comes to proving their excellence as students. How do you convince the scholarship committee or the college admission board that you really are a superior candidate when your mom is the one writing your transcript? One way that students can prove their merit is by taking AP co

Ep #10 Lessons from Pollyanna

Mar 20 2024 17 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Ep #10 Lessons from PollyannaShow Notes Today’s episode is special because it’s my tenth episode—woo hoo! cue the confetti!—and because I am talking about a book that is near and dear to my heart. You know how sometimes the right book comes along at the right time and it’s, well, . . . transformational. That’s what Pollyanna was for me, and I thin

Ep #9 Peer Editing in a Homeschool Context

Mar 12 2024 24 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Ep #9 Peer Editing in a Homeschool Context Show Notes If you want to learn a strategy that will help students transform their papers from mediocre to excellent, then this episode is you! In this episode you will learn· how to set the right tone for collaborative work· specific guidelines to make peer editing successful· the benefits of being both a writer

Ep #8 Writing Thank You Notes

Feb 20 2024 17 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Show NotesIn this episode you will find an overview of my professional writing course plus a close-up look at the ins and outs of writing thank you notes. In this episode you will learn· why writing thank you notes is so important· how to personalize a thank you note· how to thank someone for a gift you DON’T like Plus I give you an easy list of do’s a

Ep #7 Vocabulary Development

Sep 25 2023 19 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Ep #7 Vocabulary Development Show Notes Did you know that English has well over a half a million words? Let that number sink in for a minute. This is far more than French which has fewer than 100,000 or even German which has around 185,000. Half a million words! That’s a lot of vocabulary. Obviously, you can’t expect your child to learn all the words; eve

Ep #6 How to Have Students Write about What They Read—Part 2: Writing as You Go

Sep 18 2023 27 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Ep #6 How to Have Students Write about What They Read—Part 2: Writing as You Go How often are you having your kids write? If you said, not often enough, then this might be the episode for you! In it, I discuss of a variety of ways that you can incorporate writing into your reading/literature curriculum. So whether you want your child to write every day or j

Ep #5 How to Have Students Write about What They Read—Part 1: Writing at the End

Sep 11 2023 28 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Ep #5 How to Have Students Write about What They Read—Part 1: Writing at the End This year I get to teach so many incredible works of literature: Beowulf, Macbeth, and To Kill a Mockingbird to name a few. And of course I want my students to be totally enraptured by everything I assign. (If only!) I know that one of the best ways to get them to engage deeply

Ep #4 How to Teach Writing to Middle School and High School Students: Step 5—Evaluation

Sep 04 2023 24 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Show NotesEp #4 How to Teach Writing to Middle School and High School Students: Step 5—EvaluationStep 5: Have a plan to evaluate student writingWould you rather grade a math test or an English paper? I bet you said math paper, right? With its very convenient answer key and one correct solution for each problem. No sweat. Grading essays is a whole other stor

Ep #3 How to Teach Writing to Middle School and High School Students: Step 3 and Step 4—Types of Writing and Planning Your Calendar

Aug 25 2023 28 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Show Notes #3#3 How to Teach Writing to Middle School and High School Students: Step 3 and Step 4—Types of Writing and Planning Your CalendarThis is how you plan out your writing curriculum for the entire year.Are you excited to set up your writing classroom? I love this episode because it brings everything I’ve been talking about together into one compre

Ep #2 How to Teach Writing to Middle and High School Students: Step 2—The Writing Process

Aug 25 2023 35 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Show Notes #2#2 How to Teach Writing to Middle and High School Students: Step 2—The Writing ProcessUnderstand and use the writing processMy goal in this series is to give you—the homeschool parent/teacher—a straightforward, tactical plan for teaching writing to older students. In the last episode, I explained how easy and effective structured journals c