Lene & Tracy - Sample week for CW-Homer?

[Kelly in GA]

Lene and Tracy,

I actually filled a blank weekly chart in with what I thought a CW-Homer week would look like.

Could you give me some feedback (i.e. Does it look workable? Have I covered everything?)? I don't know how to post it here in the chart form, so I will just type the info in.

Any comments (from anyone!) would be appreciated. Thanks for all you both do....can't wait for CW-Poetry!

The order may be different than is shown here (e.g. we will do the vocabulary after reading the model). Also, the pages are from the Homer site. I printed out the pages to read and those are the page numbers my printer assigned (page numbers sometimes vary from printer to printer).

Day 1
A&I -
1) Introduction of model/author
2) Read model together
3) Vocabulary/dictionary work
4) Spelling words

Writing -
1) Narrate model
2) Outline model with me (divide story into parts p.7, then more, p. 8-9)
3) Start 1st draft (optional - depends on time)

Day 2
A&I -
1) Weekly grammar lesson (Harvey's Elementary #?)
2) Application of grammar to model
3) Diagram sentences from model
4) Copybook from model (my dd needs this before her dictation)

Writing -
1) Discuss 3 ways to tell a story (beg. to end, flashback...) p. 7-8 and choose which one will do
2) Complete 1st draft using outline
3) Use utterance chart and thesaurus

Day 3
A&I -
1) Finish grammar lesson as needed
2) Lesson from Diagramming text (Whole Book of Diagrams) and try out on some model sentences
3) Application of previous grammar topic to model (as needed from review)

Writing -
1) Print 1st draft
2) Edit with me
3) Work on dialogue (CW-Aesop)
4) Work on noun/verb amplification (CW-Aesop)

Day 4
A&I -
1) Spelling Quiz
2) Dictation from model (use passage from Day 2)

Writing -
1) Print 2nd draft
2) Finish smoothing with me (p. 10-16 topics-choose one to work on this week)
3) Print final draft

[Lene Mahler Jaqua]

Dear Kelly,

To be honest, we have not finalized the "week" for CW Homer, though we have more or less finalized the concepts which will be covered. You have the gist of our method down, the concept of certain weekdays being filled with certain routines.

What you did looks fine, in fact, excellent. Not only that, it looks fairly close to what I do with my own children. In my homeschool we don't have a lot of struggle with spelling, so instead of serious spelling work we are going to go through the ABC's and all their Tricks this year on day 1. My older child will be doing Jensen's Greek Roots.

Dictation could be first, if you want unstudied dication, or last in the week if you want studied dictation. It sounds like you put it after copybook to reinforce those skills.

Lene

[CW]

Lene,

Could you please share how you will use ABCs an All Their Tricks as your spelling program?

CW

[Lene Mahler Jaqua]

Dear CW,

I have only just receieved the book this week. A friend of mine mentioned how she used it with her kids and I was intrigued.

Give me a few months to use it a little bit (not to mention to move to another state and buy and sell houses *grin*)... time is getting a little tight here and I might not get to it till after we're settled in another state (as of yet unknown, but somewhere in the 48 states - Michigan).

Lene, still of SW Michigan

[CW]

Lene,

We just moved recently within the same state. So, I completely understand what you mean about lack of time especially with having to find a home in some other state.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my post. I hope everything goes smoothly with your move.

God Bless.
CW