Lots of fun for the whole family, the course finishes with students’ original “nonsense” poems based on Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky.”
Both courses are designed for use by the whole family as I facilitate learning activities, games, and assignments that turn the non-lovers of grammar and poetry into people who are converted to a true appreciation (if not outright LOVE) of these formerly “boring” topics.ĭesigned by Julie, The Groovy Grammar Workshopis absolutely revolutionary as it shows how grammar works through inventive word games and intriguing assignments. In Fall 2019, I will be teaching three family workshop courses at Brave Writer: the Groovy Grammar Workshop, the Shakespeare Family Workshop, and the Playing with Poetry: Discovery Workshop. In July 2012, I was promoted to the position of Senior Teacher, Staff Writer, and Curriculum Developer. Schoolers), Shakespeare, and The MLA Research Help for High School, written directly to high Literary Analysis, Expository Essay (paralleled in Julie’s To be their children’s best writing cheerleaders and coaches to courses in Through high school, online classes vary from The Writer's Jungle Online (paralleled in Julie’s excellent handbook The Writer’s Jungle) in which moms are trained Instructors which highlight the Brave Writervalues of non-coercive learningĪs a family unit, encouragement of student writing, partnership writing, and Julie offers online classes taught by carefully handpicked Younger students instead learn the important pre-writing concepts of copywork and dictation which Julie explains in detail on her web site. Centered in the philosophy of 19th-century British educatorĬharlotte Mason, Brave Writer stresses gentle family learning and aīetter-late-than-early focus on “formal” writing. Writer is a true stand out among writing resources for homeschooling families. I have been teaching at Brave Writer since 2002.
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