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Conference:
Friday & Saturday
Apr. 26 through 27, 2019
MA - 2019 MassHOPE Christian Homeschool & Family Discipleship Convention
Presented by: Massachusetts Homeschool Organization of Parent EducatorsSet Price: $99.00
Complete Convention Set all available recordings
This set will allow you to download any or all of the available sessions from the 2019 MassHOPE convention (for personal use only). One purchase will give you access to this great resource for years to come.
Apr. 26, 2019
Most students are taught writing in highly artificial forms, like the five-paragraph essay — a kind of writing no one in the real world ever produces. Roy Speed is a homeschooling dad who for nearly thirty years has taught writing to professionals in corporations. In the homeschooling world, his online writing courses and innovative methods have met with acclaim from students and parents alike. In this workshop, he shares a fresh perspective both on our students’ needs and on traditional methods for teaching writing. He shows parents five critical writing tools most students never learn, but that are nonetheless vital.
Traditional approaches to English grammar have neglected and obscured the subject’s greatest benefit: effective writing. For nearly thirty years Roy Speed has been teaching grammar to writers of all stripes — from professional researchers to corporate managers and, most recently, homeschooling parents and students. He is the author of the forthcoming Writer’s Guide to Grammar, and in this session, he gives an eye-opening look at grammar principles that lead directly to important writing tools. In the process, he shows parents how grammar should be taught but seldom is.
Apr. 27, 2019
One of the hardest things about teaching writing is figuring out how to grade it. Do you teach and assess the steps of the writing process? Does your child know clearly what you expect at every step? Is he motivated to write a clear message, or does he think the mechanics of spelling and grammar are all you really care about? Discover practical help to make teaching writing fun and effective. Handout: https://masshope.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sharon_Fisher_4.pdf