I. E. W.'s Student Writing Intensive A -- most recent work
Below are the boys' versions of the Institute for Excellence in Writing assignments "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Both Ben and Nathan modified the original story to their fancies.
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Well, hello there!
I know I have neglected posting, but (as everyone says), I've been so busy. Really, though, aren't we all? I have a few minutes, so I wanted to pop in and post a few random thoughts. 1. We have been consistently learning Latin this year! Okay, I admit, I took a year in college, but I remember practically nothing! We started out using Latin for Children, and though I am certain it is a fabulous program, it wasn't for us -- at least not at this stage. I wanted a more gentle introduction, especially for Ben. My goal is to have them comfortable with a foreign language to be able to study one in high school. I really enjoyed the Hey Andrew, Teach Me Some Greek program, so we are using their companion, Latin's Not So Tough series. It doesn't introduce terms such as accusative or genitive, but I know enough of that to teach the vocabulary correctly. We also diagram many of our Latin sentences. I'm really just thrilled with the s...