tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post8978461280324964691..comments2023-10-29T09:22:45.796-04:00Comments on Thora Florence: My High School CurriculumThorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564924243186464304noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-5528400158710887082008-01-31T06:46:00.000-05:002008-01-31T06:46:00.000-05:00If you get tired of reading Shakespeare etc. you c...If you get tired of reading Shakespeare etc. you can always download an audiobook and listen instead.<BR/>High school audio books from the English curriculum are available here http://www.best-audiobooks.com.<BR/>Hope this helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-22668600074339771152008-01-16T21:06:00.000-05:002008-01-16T21:06:00.000-05:00I would have recommended Kafka for your German, bu...I would have recommended Kafka for your German, but he seems to be persona non grata around here . . .<BR/><BR/>That being, I would recommend either a Nobel prize winner, probably Heinrich Boell short stories or Hermann Hesse.Frau Magisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07919596861599804716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-11434640983734455022008-01-14T03:56:00.000-05:002008-01-14T03:56:00.000-05:00You're right, how could I forget Milton? Avram lov...You're right, how could I forget Milton? Avram loves Milton. Despite the fact that neither of us have ever made it through any Milton. But I have the best of intentions, as does he. He wants you to know that he began Paradise Lost...he just got involved in his degree.<BR/><BR/>I think I did mention Hemingway, but not a specific novel. Maybe Old Man and the Sea...it's the least whiniest that I've read, as apposed to the castrated man novel (which, by the way, I didn't even get until almost the end of the novel, when I read it, because I was a lot younger), The Sun Also Rises.<BR/><BR/>Also, Later I thought of some other good ones, like Utopia, or Faulkner , Candide (it's crazy, but short), Heart of Darkness, etc.Thorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564924243186464304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-80505349691733962892008-01-14T00:41:00.000-05:002008-01-14T00:41:00.000-05:00Links, 'cause my last post cut them off.MiltonOrwe...Links, 'cause my last post cut them off.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/areopagitica/index.shtml" REL="nofollow">Milton</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.george-orwell.org/Politics_and_the_English_Language/0.html" REL="nofollow">Orwell</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-47300093734006611502008-01-14T00:39:00.000-05:002008-01-14T00:39:00.000-05:00Okay, sure you've got your Chaucer and your Shakes...Okay, sure you've got your Chaucer and your Shakespeare, but where's your Milton? Geoff teaches you to laugh, Bill teaches you to love language, John teaches you to think. This is why they're the holy trinity of the English language. Areopagitica should be one of those things what need to be read:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/areopagitica/index.shtml<BR/><BR/>Also, you're going to need some Orwell in there. Politics and the English Language is a good one:<BR/><BR/>http://www.george-orwell.org/Politics_and_the_English_Language/0.html<BR/><BR/>Hmm.. You might need some Hemingway in there (my wife will disagree) but he's just too prolific, to influential to ignore. And if nothing else, he could tell a fine story.<BR/><BR/>Willa Cather? I agree. I'd suggest 'My Antonia' or 'Death Comes for the Archbishop'. <BR/><BR/>You should throw 'Inviable Man' in there too, 'cause it's --- it's as close to a perfect novel as I've encountered.<BR/><BR/>- MattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-2993157379814840502008-01-13T11:51:00.000-05:002008-01-13T11:51:00.000-05:00Oooo, this is so exciting! I plan on homeschoolin...Oooo, this is so exciting! I plan on homeschooling our kids and so I have given this subject a little thought, too. Really I only have one basic idea, and that is that I want to teach world history on a rotating basis. Kind of like an eternal World Civ Humanities class. This includes when the kids are young. I think I will divide world history into quarters, and teach one quarter per year, starting over again after four years. When they are young we can do things like make viking ships or castles or do little Galileo experiments. When they are older they can do more intensive research and read world literature and stuff. Of course the whole time they would also be doing math and other important things.<BR/><BR/>I think I will write a post about this when I get home from church!Aleatha Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392415295910123120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-2920930391344946222008-01-13T10:33:00.000-05:002008-01-13T10:33:00.000-05:00I do think that choices of books are important too...I do think that choices of books are important too; I forgot to mention that, because I finished the post kind of late at night, and so was pretty tired and not thinking straight. That's why the senior year list of books is kind of short and lame, and has nothing modern in it, as well. Anyway, I would give them some choices, as well, and also, if they didn't like to read, try and give them books to read that are fun to read, instead of hard to get through, to teach them that reading can be a fun thing to do. <BR/>Tali, you make me think a lot, because it's true that if someone doesn't want to learn, it's really hard to teach them, no matter how "good" the curriculum is. Yet another reason I would find it hard to home school; I think my child, if they were like that, would at least get more out of learning from someone else than, instead of from me.Thorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564924243186464304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-14698394070080130582008-01-13T08:07:00.000-05:002008-01-13T08:07:00.000-05:00I am probobly the last person to even have a clue ...I am probobly the last person to even have a clue about ciriculum, but I agree with camilla about books they chose. I never learned to like reading and i always hated being told what books to read, I would have been more inclined to read had i been given a choice to find any book I liked. although I still think there is literature out there that is important they read. Especially some non fiction at appropriate age/maturity levels. I also agree with barbara about being motivated on thier own for home school to be effective, how ever, I think it applies to any form of education, abd depends on the child. Had I ben home schooled any more then I was (witch was a joke) I would not know simple addition and subtraction inpart because I did not care to learn. that being said, once I was in public school, I still was not motivated, and the only subject I cared about was music, and even then only in the from of actually playing it. I did not care to read about it, write about or learn the history of it. That was just me. But I don't htink I am the only person ever to be that way. I now wish I had been more motivated and interested in learning. But I have no clue what could have helped me at the time.Talihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575373390805082933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-14808121065773542008-01-13T06:17:00.000-05:002008-01-13T06:17:00.000-05:00I'm sure there are lots of suggested reading lists...I'm sure there are lots of suggested reading lists out there and other curriculum guides. Actually, you can access on line a given state's curriculum for any grade level. Successful homeschooled kids have to be highly motivated on their own and will probably drive their own curriculum to an extent like Camilla did with the reading. Soren felt it was hard to push himself enough when he homeschooled for part of that year in Washington but when he got back in school, he always sought out the teachers who really required a lot of him.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152419247914244251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-38798119982344297262008-01-12T22:36:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:36:00.000-05:00Hey I Know where it is! I took that class too. I s...Hey I Know where it is! I took that class too. I still remember the song mostly :)<BR/>sound good I would home school my kids if I thought that the school system was bad or not teaching things rightly.<BR/>Mary<BR/>hey I am bad at english!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-28490906269670618492008-01-12T21:04:00.000-05:002008-01-12T21:04:00.000-05:00as for your english i think you should have them a...as for your english i think you should have them also read books of choice in addition, becuase its great to make sure they enjoy reading and sometimes finding a type of book or author that apeals to them is key. Oh and i think you should include some other books like maybe one of the ones about world war two like anne franks diary, or i really like the book Night by Elli Wiesel. i think its important for kids to read about things that happened recently as well, and it makes the war more realistic and understandable to us privledged americans living our posh lives and all :) \<BR/><BR/>I cant think of anything else.. i read so many books in high school its just one big jumble... my english teacher let me make my own curriculum and i basically read every book she had in her office and just wrote about them for her, compared some of them, etc. maybe some fo the basic ones like huck fin, although they might enjoy reading this at a junior high level better and if you homeschool you can introduce it then.Camillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222505107451912209noreply@blogger.com