What an exciting first week in Essentials! As an indicator for the remainder of the year, I foresee a fun-filled, enjoyable class while tackling material designed to develop and encourage our children to become great writers.
Recapping Week 1 of Essentials. We looked at the big picture, walking through an overview of the Essentials of the English Language (EEL). Had a bit of fun with the stylistic techniques for Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), tackling the dress-up, Quality Adjectives and the decoration, Alliteration.
Here is a quick preview of Week 2: We will continue our look at the big picture in EEL, over-viewing the parts of speech with an emphasis on verbs. Strong Verbs and -LY Words are on the docket for The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), as we continue studying stylistic techniques in our writing.
This week we want to make a concerted effort to memorize Charts A & B (pages 398 & 400 of EEL guide). Copying the chart is a great learning tool! If you want to get a jump-start on Week 2 memorization work, try tackling the Verb Charts C & D (pages 402 & 404 of EEL guide).
I am looking forward to the presentation of the America poems. Please encourage your child to participate in the presentations.
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