Lacie and I are learning how to home-school together. Her parents agree that it's more important to be thorough than to be quick. I did a math and grammar assessment. We are starting over. I have a copy of Easy Grammar 5 and 6. The course syllabus specifies Warriner's Third Course, Vocabulary Workshop D, and a separate writing book. All of these are on hold. Instead, I hope to tackle Easy Grammar Grade 9 later--much later. Right now, I'm giving Lacie writing assignments from Theology and Literature. We're going over her compositions and making revisions together. In the Chemistry class I teach, I insist the kids use the third person, present tense, active voice, and indicative mood in their lab reports. I get many blank looks. I'm showing Lacie how to write most of her work in the same manner. It's a good standard for many essays. She already understands how to write a five or six paragraph composition. We're working on mechanics, stronger descriptions, and punctuation (A colon follows a noun, not a verb.)
It's stressful to learn how to manage all of the assignments. I decided to start slowly and working through a few subjects at a time. Lacie has younger siblings. We've created lessons for her three year old sister to do while Lacie works. It's a work in progress.
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