The Invisible Child: On Reading and Writing Books for Children by Katherine Paterson
This book sounds intriguing; thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have to check it out.
Since having children, I have become very picky about what my kids are reading. I want to enjoy the picture book along with them and not just be annoyed.
Dickens is my favourite author and I savour all his novels (the only one left to read for me is Pickwick Papers). I wanted to share my enthusiasm for his rich, profoundly true, and often uproariously humorous use of language with my homeschool co-op students and together we created a Classic Learner's Edition of A Christmas Carol. The students helped to create vocabulary trivia games and activities and I compiled a glossary and copywork list of all the classical words students might trip over. We published the final product which includes Dickens's unabridged original as well as a read-aloud version.
On my website you can get a free download of the read-aloud version (although it is abridged and can be read in about 40 minutes, it includes Dickens’ words only and thus preserves the humour and brilliance)
Also, Michael Clay Thompson's Language Arts Curriculum has a wonderful approach to classic novels which maintains students love for the work, rather than tediously dissecting it. He also has beautiful poetry curriculum alongside called 'Music of the Hemispheres'.
The Invisible Child: On Reading and Writing Books for Children by Katherine Paterson
This book sounds intriguing; thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have to check it out.
Since having children, I have become very picky about what my kids are reading. I want to enjoy the picture book along with them and not just be annoyed.
Dickens is my favourite author and I savour all his novels (the only one left to read for me is Pickwick Papers). I wanted to share my enthusiasm for his rich, profoundly true, and often uproariously humorous use of language with my homeschool co-op students and together we created a Classic Learner's Edition of A Christmas Carol. The students helped to create vocabulary trivia games and activities and I compiled a glossary and copywork list of all the classical words students might trip over. We published the final product which includes Dickens's unabridged original as well as a read-aloud version.
On my website you can get a free download of the read-aloud version (although it is abridged and can be read in about 40 minutes, it includes Dickens’ words only and thus preserves the humour and brilliance)
https://humanitasfamily.net/books/
Also, Michael Clay Thompson's Language Arts Curriculum has a wonderful approach to classic novels which maintains students love for the work, rather than tediously dissecting it. He also has beautiful poetry curriculum alongside called 'Music of the Hemispheres'.
Thanks for your inspiring post!