Comments on: How to Start Classical Education in the Middle https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/classical-education-middle/ educating kids at the kitchen table Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sara Dennis https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/classical-education-middle/#comment-34055 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 01:08:21 +0000 https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/?p=19378#comment-34055 In reply to Sarah.

Hi Sarah, Tapestry of Grace is the backbone of my homeschool, so I have the entire curriculum which includes the writing component. I also don’t use IEW and Tapestry at the same time. The kids usually spend about a year working through one of the IEW curricula before I switch. Then I assign the Tapestry writing assignments while using the IEW approach for outlining and writing the pieces.

What are you using for history? We don’t always use the TOG writing assignments. At times I’ve skipped the writing assignments and had the kids write papers based on questions that popped up in their history lessons. Another option is to ask the kids their opinion about what they read in the Great Books or history. Once you’ve discussed their opinion, turn it into a thesis statement for an essay. 🙂

I hope that helps!

]]> By: Sarah https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/classical-education-middle/#comment-34054 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:45:00 +0000 https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/?p=19378#comment-34054 Hi – I’m putting together next year’s curriculum, especially writing for my middle school and high school boys. I’m interested in this statement from you article: “In high school you’ll want to concentrate on working through the Great Books and teaching kids to write. I love IEW to get my kids writing and then I simply assign writing assignments from Tapestry of Grace.” I just looked at Tapestry of Grace, and I don’t see any way to just buy their Writing and Composition component. How do use it?
Thanks!
Sarah

]]> By: Holly https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/classical-education-middle/#comment-33873 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:56:33 +0000 https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/?p=19378#comment-33873 I loved this article!! Thank you for this.

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