Post by A on Aug 14, 2008 20:36:51 GMT -5
After consulting your chart for students in high school, I decided to do Format Writing with my son last year. However, it didn't have quite the results I was looking for in his writing. His writing does not flow, supporting the thesis, logically from one point to another.
I would like to do Diogenes Maxim and Chreia with my 11th grader this year and Herodotus (well, really Demosthenes) the next.
He has not done Homer and Narrative writing is not what I am really looking for at this point. I am a bit concerned, though, that there will be things in Homer that he needs for Diogenes. If we were to spend 3-4 weeks on Homer, what would you consider to be the most important parts (important for Diogenes not life in general)?
We will not spend much time on Homer because a) his little sister is doing Homer and that would kill any enthusiasm he might have for it and b) I really want to spend the year on Diogenes.
I would like to do Diogenes Maxim and Chreia with my 11th grader this year and Herodotus (well, really Demosthenes) the next.
He has not done Homer and Narrative writing is not what I am really looking for at this point. I am a bit concerned, though, that there will be things in Homer that he needs for Diogenes. If we were to spend 3-4 weeks on Homer, what would you consider to be the most important parts (important for Diogenes not life in general)?
We will not spend much time on Homer because a) his little sister is doing Homer and that would kill any enthusiasm he might have for it and b) I really want to spend the year on Diogenes.
