Are you worried about forgetting a class?

When I was in college, I stacked my education classes.  One semester I took 21 credits.  I still have nightmares that I am forgetting a class.  Kolbe gave me a syllabus.  I do use the syllabus.  I have been teaching forever.  Lacie did some diagnostics and has gaps in grammar and composition.  Like your children, Lacie is unique.  We need a program we can sustain.  So I postponed Latin and Grammar.  We have invested many hours learning how to craft and edit essays.  We are in good shape for History, Theology, and Chemistry—my Co-op class.  Algebra is slow.  My husband and I have Lacie rework problems until they are correct.  When we do Latin, we do an entire chapter—not bits and pieces.

The reason I worry about omitting a class is because I deviated from the script—the syllabus.  I am supposed to teach in small, daily increments.  But, Lacie stays with us three days each week.  Instead, I prioritize work and  assign readings for home.  I like ‘batch’ work.  It does not make sense to me to divide a book, such as Oliver Twist, into chapters to study.  Instead, she and I read the whole book.  Now that we have an idea about the plot, we can start doing some analysis or literary criticism.  Actually, we’ll work through all of the study guide questions and then work through all of the essays. Yes, we will do some discussion.

What am I forgetting?  We have neglected Guitar.  Like PE, I am less concerned about Guitar than Latin or Algebra.  Now that we blitzed through half of WBE, I can decide how to approach Vocabulary.  I think, Vocabulary will be weekly lessons and tests.  We will integrate WBE with Theology, History, and Literature essays.  We will use specific WBE exercises to craft introductions, conclusions, and drafts.  I’m recording WBE applications separately in Google Classroom.  Once, we get a handle on Vocabulary, I’ll work on Grammar and MLA.  I am already integrating MLA into citations.  We’ll do more.  Finally, we need to start batch work on Grammar.  I need to lay the ground work for Grammar with Latin.  The early Latin lessons include diagramming exercises and basic grammar.  I think the English grammar will make more sense once we do a bit more Latin.

This means I write out the list of subjects and make sure we have a weekly plan.  Right now, according to our plan, we will finish in July.