Thank you for your review. I am wondering, do the novel study curriculums have more than just rabbit trails and magic dust activities? I have a soon to be middle schooler and I would like to have discussion prompts related to the novels. Ways to get my daughter thinking about what she read, a deeper message behind the book. Thanks!
Thanks for your question. I would say it's mostly rabbit trails and magic dust (i.e. extended learning). I haven't seen any discussion prompts in the online course, but they have live book clubs where you can join and discuss the books. There are reading and writing prompts though. Here is one example: Read: Part Three (stop at The Paint Eater) Write: As you are reading, write down any sentences or paragraphs that you like or have special meaning to you in your journal. Pay attention to any words or phrases that you don't understand and write them in your journal. Look up the meanings of these words. Spelling and Grammar: Dictate the passage you copied in your journal from Part Three. Be careful to punctuate and capitalize correctly and watch for spelling. If you make any errors, correct them.
Yes, I would. But we're pretty big on language arts in our family. We do a lot of writing, though I'm starting to move away from pre-made writing curricula and tailor my projects more to my own kids. I haven't done one of these novel studies in a while, but I think the writing assignments were pretty simple. You could certainly design your own to go along with the books you're studying, but if you want a set of writing lessons, you'd be better off using something like WriteShop or Writers in Residence depending on the age of your kids. I have a video comparing those two programs, which you can find here: ruclips.net/video/CIIsyxXoU0A/видео.htmlsi=wChiMZkI2gVOLyze
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Thank you for your review. I am wondering, do the novel study curriculums have more than just rabbit trails and magic dust activities? I have a soon to be middle schooler and I would like to have discussion prompts related to the novels. Ways to get my daughter thinking about what she read, a deeper message behind the book. Thanks!
Thanks for your question. I would say it's mostly rabbit trails and magic dust (i.e. extended learning). I haven't seen any discussion prompts in the online course, but they have live book clubs where you can join and discuss the books. There are reading and writing prompts though. Here is one example:
Read:
Part Three (stop at The Paint Eater)
Write:
As you are reading, write down any sentences or paragraphs that you like or have special meaning to you in your journal.
Pay attention to any words or phrases that you don't understand and write them in your journal. Look up the meanings of these words.
Spelling and Grammar:
Dictate the passage you copied in your journal from Part Three.
Be careful to punctuate and capitalize correctly and watch for spelling. If you make any errors, correct them.
Do you use another program alongside this for Language Arts? Like a writing program?
Yes, I would. But we're pretty big on language arts in our family. We do a lot of writing, though I'm starting to move away from pre-made writing curricula and tailor my projects more to my own kids. I haven't done one of these novel studies in a while, but I think the writing assignments were pretty simple. You could certainly design your own to go along with the books you're studying, but if you want a set of writing lessons, you'd be better off using something like WriteShop or Writers in Residence depending on the age of your kids. I have a video comparing those two programs, which you can find here: ruclips.net/video/CIIsyxXoU0A/видео.htmlsi=wChiMZkI2gVOLyze