tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post3851762287968275772..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Homeschooling High School: Writing and Composition Karen Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-30780377357287784812013-08-18T09:32:08.141-05:002013-08-18T09:32:08.141-05:00Eva, that's a great question. Our writing grou...Eva, that's a great question. Our writing group goes on a transcript as a writing workshop class, because that's exactly what it is. An accurate description of the class would be, "This class meets weekly. Offers opportunities to read one's own writing aloud, and listen to the work of other young writers. Students give and receive critiques of their work." <br /><br />For reading lists, I have my daughters keep their own book lists, which I use for my records at the end of the year. <br /><br />For more on homeschooling high school, you can check <a href="http://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2012/07/you-find-what-works-and-you-do-it-on.html" rel="nofollow">this series</a> or <a href="http://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/search/label/Homeschooling%20High%20School" rel="nofollow">this tag.</a> Let me know if you have any more questions and I'll try to answer them!Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-73222785573696539502013-08-17T23:41:25.542-05:002013-08-17T23:41:25.542-05:00Karen, how do you keep a record of the reading gr...Karen, how do you keep a record of the reading group for a high school transcript? Or any unschooling subjects for that matter? EvaMissEvaPoetry.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973187811051766180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-10565739652364851142012-10-15T07:11:38.853-05:002012-10-15T07:11:38.853-05:00Melanie, I agree that because these pieces were di...Melanie, I agree that because these pieces were divorced from a grade, the girls were able to see the red pen as helpful. <br /><br />I love your best, geeky college friend. My middle daughter has connected with a writing partner and they are completely honest with each other in their critiques and they have made each other better writers. My daughter loves her friend's input!Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-27091004412957872332012-10-14T13:53:39.676-05:002012-10-14T13:53:39.676-05:00I absolutely love the idea of the writing group an...I absolutely love the idea of the writing group and your rules are awesome.<br /><br />When I was teaching composition I often made comments on papers in pencil to avoid the red pen stigma. I don't know if I ever convinced my students that comments and corrections were their friends; but that was my aim. I think that when they are divorced from a grade it is much easier to see an editor's notes as helpful. I think that's one of the beauties of your homeschooling writing group. <br /><br />I don't think I learned to appreciate a good editor till I was in college when I acquired best friend who was as geeky as I was. We always met and exchanged papers and covered them with red. She helped me learn a lot about punctuation. I'm sure I must have helped her with something or other. I used to still send her my papers when I was in grad school because I had learned that I needed that extra set of eyes to help me see my work more clearly. Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-92185250299315572572012-10-05T12:20:11.268-05:002012-10-05T12:20:11.268-05:00Karen, sneaky color coding! :) Karen, sneaky color coding! :) Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-813996899311068322012-10-04T07:17:28.306-05:002012-10-04T07:17:28.306-05:00When I was working at a consulting firm, we weren&...When I was working at a consulting firm, we weren't allowed to use red pens. There was something about negative associations from school. Thisfrom adults who had succeeded enough to become consultants! Lots of green, blue, and purple marks on communications and spreadsheet print-outs...<br /> My honors English teacher in high school used a red or green pen at random to grade papers. We were convinced, though, that he chose green for good papers and red for bad papers. He would start at 200 points and knock off points for each mistake. Then he subtracted all of the points from 200 and divided by two for the percentage. I know that some actually ended up with a negative percentage!Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-52055592436758562992012-10-01T21:33:42.294-05:002012-10-01T21:33:42.294-05:00Erin, my 10-yr. old loves round robins, too! :)
...Erin, my 10-yr. old loves round robins, too! :) <br /><br />Jennifer, I showed our writing group a bit of my own writing -- some pages I was revising on a manuscript. LOTS of red. I think it helps when they know they aren't the only ones who don't get it down perfectly on the first try. :) Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-31954327913750115052012-10-01T16:22:05.051-05:002012-10-01T16:22:05.051-05:00How amazing! I just wrote about our Writing Club ...How amazing! I just wrote about our Writing Club too! Going strong for 2yrs now. Our children's favourite is Round Robin stories, each child writes a paragraph, passes tablet onto their neighbour on the right and continues left neighbours story:)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448595911801738792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-39022321652373761882012-10-01T07:37:44.758-05:002012-10-01T07:37:44.758-05:00We did this last year and I loved it. I need to c...We did this last year and I loved it. I need to convince my 12yo that the red pen is her friend - that's good advice.Jenniferhttp://www.ascozyasspring.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com