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Post by grace on Feb 1, 2008 22:28:24 GMT -5
I recently ordered Diogenes for my 14 yo. Can you help me understand the focus of Diogenes? How should I mentally prepare to teach it?
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Post by Lene Mahler Jaqua on Feb 2, 2008 15:09:55 GMT -5
The focus in Diogenes is beginning essay writing.
We are teaching the student first to think, and secondly to put those thoughts into words. The main type of essays the student writes are essays explaining why this or that happened, or what would happen if we don't heed this wisdom. Also the student illustrates a principle by bringing up examples, comparisons, as well as appeals to what authorities thought on the matter.
Does that help explain it?
Lene
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Post by gml on Feb 9, 2008 1:12:23 GMT -5
Yes, thanks. How do I know if my son has mastered Homer, and is thus ready for Diogenes? In other words, what skills should he have mastered from Homer?
Grace
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Post by greengables on Feb 9, 2008 12:36:53 GMT -5
Grace, here is a brief list of the things I would say are needed to begin Diogenes:
- good grasp of the grammar concepts covered in Homer
- no problems retelling a long narrative, and deciding which are the important details
- fairly confident with writing a summary and precis of a narrative
- solid in the style details listed on the final editing checklists of Homer B.
Kathy
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