by Language Arts Lady | Jan 14, 2023 | 10 Minute Grammar
Welcome to Part II of II of Subordinators! (Part I is Episode 16) In this episode, I review my first two tricks for teaching students lists of subordinators: (1) First seven subordinators learned in rhyme: Since, when, because, though As, if, that, although! (2)...
by Language Arts Lady | Dec 14, 2022 | Our Homeschool HIstory
Welcome to Episode #2 of Our Homeschool History. I don’t talk much about politics—ever! But our beginning to homeschooling was very politically and socially-driven (complete with home visits, principal meetings, and much more!). So this episode is about...
by Language Arts Lady | Dec 7, 2022 | 10 Minute Grammar
In today’s episode I teach one of my favorite beginning story writing techniques—giving students two paragraphs from a familiar story that they get to finish. (In this case, these came from Jump Start I (semester long book) and Write On, Mowgli (one month...
by Language Arts Lady | Nov 30, 2022 | Our Homeschool HIstory
Welcome to the first episode of a broadcast that will span a nearly-four-decade period of homeschooling! In today’s episode, I go back thirty-eight years ago when we began homeschooling my younger sister (eighth grade) with a toddler in tow: Why a 21 year old young...
by Language Arts Lady | Oct 19, 2022 | 10 Minute Grammar
Parts of Speech are for sentence building: The (noun marker/article) The CAT (noun) The SNEAKY cat (adjective) The sneaky cat CLIMBS. (Verb) The sneaky cat EASILY climbs (adverb). The sneaky cat easily climbs. HE uses HIS claws. (Pronoun) The sneaky cat easily climbs....
