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“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” -Ephesians 2:8,9

Showing posts with label Socratic Book Club. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Socratic Book Club. Show all posts

Saturday, May 11, 2019

True Grit...

"There is no knowing what is in a man's heart.", Mattie Ross - True Grit . One day, I was doing some research on the ...

Friday, August 3, 2018

How I Started a High School Community

When I think back on the social life and times of my two high school graduates, one through public school and one through homeschool, I s...

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Julius Caesar

We read Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare for our fifth and final Middle School Socratic Book Club , back in March. It was our first...

Monday, February 27, 2017

The Call of the Wild...

The Call of the Wild by Jack London was our February Middle School Socratic Book Club read. A couple of quotes from my commonplace are ...

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Oliver Twist....

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens was our January Middle School Socratic Book Club read. Last year we studied A Christmas Carol so this ...

Monday, December 26, 2016

2016 Back to the Classics Challenge Wrap-Up....

I finished the 2 016 Back to the Classics Challenge , reading books in six of the twelve categories. The books in each category that ...

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Anne of Green Gables...

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery was our November 2016 Middle School Socratic Book Club read. It is a fabulous read that draw...

Thursday, November 10, 2016

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...

We kicked off our Middle School Socratic Book Club in October with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. After reading The...

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Middle School Socratic Book Club....

The book club is back! Last year, I facilitated a Socratic Book Club for homeschooled 5th and 6th graders . We studied seven great work...

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The Secret Garden....

Our final Socratic Book Club read was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is a lovely story of overcoming one's negativ...

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Robinson Crusoe...

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe or Foe, as was his birth name before he changed it to sound more aristocratic, was our March Socratic Bo...

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Miracles on Maple Hill....

We read Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen for the February 5th/6th Grade Socractic Book Club discussion. It was a much easi...

Saturday, January 30, 2016

The Hobbit...

I have always detested fantasy, whether it be books or movies, it just isn't my genre. I struggle to get into something that can'...

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

A Christmas Carol....

Our November Socratic Book Club read was A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens . I had seen several renditions of the movie over the year...

Monday, November 2, 2015

Socratic Book Club: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...

We held our second Socratic Book Club discussion in mid-October based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain . This is a wonderf...

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Starting a Socratic Book Club: Wind in the Willows...

I mentioned in a couple of previous posts starting a Socratic Book Club for 5th & 6th graders. We've joined book clubs before, bu...

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