New Directions A salutary exercise for Class 7 students enjoying their The Book main lesson is for them to select a book, either fiction or non-fiction, to read and then write a review. The following is one of my own – albeit tongue-in-cheek – efforts; a street directory being an unlikely subject for review (but […]
BLOCK: G8 Language
Word Circus: Story Writing
Australian Story Writing 3-Week Main Lesson, Class 8 Lorien Novalis School, 1981 Susan Whitehead – Teacher Note: This can be adapted to any country you live in. 17 X 2 hrs. Creative Writing By Stephen Whitehead The Creative Word A Gift to Man. Through the ages here on Earth The Written word has had its […]
Word Circus: Medieval Literature
TWO RAINBOW TEMPLES Medieval Literature – Class 8 – Main Lesson Note that in Earthschooling we do this block in high school so I have also filed it in the high school section. We do the Middle Ages block itself in 7th grade. The most noble subject in the whole of the 12-fold Subject Zodiac we […]
Word Circus: Grammar’s Great
GRAMMAR’S GREAT Language Structure – Class 8 – Main Lesson The Class 8 students had settled down at last in this, the first day of their new Language main lesson. There was a mood of ennui as the teacher toyed with a piece of chalk before announcing the subject. “Grammar!” she said; 25 faces pales […]
Word Circus: Story Writing
THE WHITE WARATAH Australian Story Writing – Class 8 – Main Lesson Note that the concepts in this lesson can be applied to any country you live in. The small audience of high school teachers were settling in nicely in the comfortable – smoke-free! – lounge-staffroom as the visiting speaker, after the usual formalities, began […]
Earthschooling – an Award Winning Curriculum
