She went through with it…
Michelle does not like crowds. She likes them even less than I do. For awhile, we were afraid she’d backed out… until we finally spotted her face in the crowd.
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Homeschool
Our Yearly Shakespeare
Were you here, four years ago, when Michelle came home for school? If you were, then you might have been reading one of our homeschool blogs and realize that Michelle likes Shakespeare. You might also realize that once a year TW, Michelle and I go to see a performance of one of Shakespeare’s plays.
1.Midsummer Night’s Dream
2. Hamlet
3. Romeo & Juliet
4. Julius Caesar
That’s right, we attended our yearly Shakespeare event on Tuesday by attending the Aquila Theatre performance at the Phillips Center (one of the ten good things about living in this town.)
I like Julius Caesar. It’s one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. I don’t think either Michelle or TW would consider this one of their top five plays – but since the yearly Shakespeare is a tradition, they went along.
I will admit that I had considerable difficulty with the WW1 costuming. I liked Cassius as a woman. Marc Antony was excellent. I just plain like Julius Caesar.
I wonder what sort of Shakespeare production we will see next year. The yearly Shakespeare is a tradition that should be maintained long after Michelle has left high school and homeschool behind.
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Happy Dog Gone Birthday
When she’s older than dirt, like I am, I will give her panties for her birthday – just like she gave to me…
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Brutally Honest, That’s Me
hahahaha besides being nominated in the Blogger’s Choice Awards, Fast Times @ Homeschool High has been nominated for a Homeschool Blog Award… in the “Nitty Gritty” category. ‘Cause I’m brutally honest… particularly about making mistakes. Hahaha, if that doesn’t sum me up I don’t know what does.
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Thinking Out Loud – 10th Grade Reading List
**Originally posted in September 2005 and Edited on March 27, 2006**
We’ve made some deviations in the plan, as expected. Some good deviations, others not so good
Original plan:
HerlandWatership DownAnthem- The Scarlett Letter (up next)
- Jane Eyre
- Clockwork Orange
The Good Earth- Gone With the Wind
- Odd Girl Out
Added:
- Persepolis – my mom insisted, she was bored, she read 1/4 and gave up
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s – good addition
- Stupid White men – she got annoyed by “stupid white men” and put it down halfway
- Night – great addition
- Lion, Witch & Wardrobe – ok addition – she didn’t like it and I never did either, which is why she never read it when she was young
- White Oleander – great for her, not necessarily a great educational choice
- City of Beasts – good addtion, Allende for young adults
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Weetzie Bat
TW tracked down the Weetzie Bat quiz for Michelle. I think I really need to catch up and read more of these books. Maybe in my spare time?
You’re the Lanka. You’re dark and mysterious, mainly because it helps keep others from seeing just how much pain you feel. You try to create ways to escape from the torment, but it ultimately all catches up to you in the end.
Which Weetzie Bat character are you?
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In Search of Geometry….
We went to Barnes & Nobles this evening in search of some geometry books to help Michelle. She’s struggling a bit and really hates calling her teachers to say “I’m struggling a bit”. Considering she’s a teenage girl, she really doesn’t like talking on the phone very much. Weird kid. Anyway, we walked out of BN with a few geometry books and a bunch of other stuff. But what I like most about our once in awhile visits to BN is grabbing their New Discoveries flyer! My library reserve list is about to grow by leaps and bounds!
Another fun find at BN was their flyer about the Quill Book Awards. We’ve actually read a lot of these! I’m excited about voting for one of my favorite writers in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror category. I love, love, LOVE Christopher Moore! The Stupidest Angel is not my favorite but I’m happy to give it a vote in this category – especially since I am probably the only person on earth who really did not enjoy Jonathon Strange & Mr Norell.
I’m troubled by the best fiction category though. The only one I haven’t read is A Long Way Down and it’s probably the one I’d vote for if I had. I was so disappointed in The Mermaid Chair and only barely liked Gilead (TW didn’t even finish it). I hated The Plot Against America (TW really liked it) and I struggled to get through Allende’s Zorro, though once I get past the first 150 pages I didn’t struggle as much. Sigh, who to vote for …
Go over to the Quill Book Awards page and cast your votes… and tell me who you voted for!
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Outlaw Bible – Poetry? Literature?
I am not sure how it happened but somehow the Outlaw Bible of American Literature ended up on my library reserve list. I picked it up a couple of weeks ago but didn’t look at it until today. Now I’m wondering if some of this and some pieces from the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry wouldn’t be good choices for Michelle this year.
Have any of you read either of these? Know anyone who has? I’m tempted to say we need to own both of these…
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High School Literature
Michelle is home! Besides the phone ringing off the hook, kids going in and out at all times, the interrupting of our weekend naps and the smell of popcorn this means that we’re back in homeschool mode!
Michelle did school all summer via FLVS but she didn’t do a full blown “curriculum”. The problem with her being gone all summer is that we didn’t really get much planning done for the year. TW and I have some ideas – journaling and world religion – but Michelle really needs to give her input into the literature she’s going to read for the next nine months.
We’ve got some books on the list, leftover from last year, and a couple that she did choose during the homeschool fair in May but we’re still short a good six books or so.
Here’s what we know Michelle will be reading:
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