tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28260135.post7109325471502636193..comments2023-08-16T10:57:47.203-05:00Comments on Higher Up and Further In: Year 7 Exams- Term 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28260135.post-81541647864241757562009-02-10T06:51:00.000-06:002009-02-10T06:51:00.000-06:00Linda,Thank you for posting these exams. They hav...Linda,<br><br>Thank you for posting these exams. They have helped me so much in months past to write my own. Very helpful!Elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01606823568658559957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28260135.post-59203511681515633142007-01-02T02:50:00.000-06:002007-01-02T02:50:00.000-06:00Lisa,I don't feel a mother can be an effective...Lisa,<br><br>I don't feel a mother can be an effective teacher,especially if she wants to get her children to think about the deeper 'ideas' of life, if she hasn't read her children's books, or at least the majority of them. <br><br>For example, she can assign Watership Down and her child will read it and think it was a great rabbit tale. Or she can read it herself and through a comment and question here and there, cause the child to think about the ideas the author was presenting about forms of government behind the story. The child no longer reads for entertainment only, but for understanding. This is the role of the teacher. Not to give answers, not to assign books, but to cause the child to think. So, yes, I do read my daughter's books. I usually read them during my afternoon quiet time or right before bed for a few minutes. In this way, we can have meaningful discussions. It really isn't that heavy of a reading schedule. I am not reading four children's books. Just have to do it with the oldest child's books once. Plus, I skim the lesser important ones. Some parents just use online Sparks notes. I would only do this if there was a family emergency and I simply couldn't read the books.<br><br>I read your blog post and commented last week about your evaluator. I wouldn't worry about her at all. Really! I would just nod and smile and thank her and then try to find someone I knew better and could trust in the future. If you can't, then maybe your kindness and patience with her will win out over time. It is quite understandable that she won't be able to comprehend your teaching philosophy since this method takes time and research to understand anyway. It's really not her fault that she doesn't understand where you are coming from. (I use to be just like her :-). I meant well, but was clueless about what makes really good writing.) <br> Your son is at the age where you should, imo, begin gently critiquing his writing. I hope to make a post about this soon.<br>Warmly.lindafayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10593813942424765333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28260135.post-10838188303965566582006-12-31T15:38:00.000-06:002006-12-31T15:38:00.000-06:00Linda, I'm just wondering if you are reading h...Linda, I'm just wondering if you are reading her material, or if you have already read them so that you would know the accuracy of her answers. Do some questions come from material that has been read aloud? <br><br>Oh, I am so wanting to make this work, yet, I am so unsure of myself. I just had my children evaluated and was torn to shreds with regard to their writing. Details are on my blog at www.homeschoolblogger.com/imeverywoman<br><br>Thanks for your pearls of wisdom... <br><br>Blessings, <br>Lisaimeverywomanwww.homeschoolblogger.com/imeverywomannoreply@blogger.com