Written Narrations???

[amypinva]

Here I am over halfway through my first year of homeschooling and it's just dawned on me that I don't think we are doing the written narrations properly. Are students supposed to write out a draft of their narration so it can be proofed -- and then once it's correct they copy it into their Student Notebook? My daughter has been writing her narrations directly into the notebook (in pen!) and then if I see a mistake it's too late to change it. I'll talk about how certain sentences could have been stronger, or point out a run-on, etc..., but again, at that point, it's permanently in the book. Would love to know how others are doing it.

I also want to mention that I absolutely love the Rev to Rev curriculum. I can't believe my 13-year old daughter is begging me to read "one more chapter" in our Storytime books. (Especially since I keep crying.... please tell me someone else cried during Marie's Home!!!)

Amy (wife to Dave, 20 years)
dd 15 in public school
dd 13 in Rev to Rev
dd 6 in private school

[my3sons]

Here I am over halfway through my first year of homeschooling and it's just dawned on me that I don't think we are doing the written narrations properly. Are students supposed to write out a draft of their narration so it can be proofed -- and then once it's correct they copy it into their Student Notebook? My daughter has been writing her narrations directly into the notebook (in pen!) and then if I see a mistake it's too late to change it. I'll talk about how certain sentences could have been stronger, or point out a run-on, etc..., but again, at that point, it's permanently in the book. Would love to know how others are doing it.

I also want to mention that I absolutely love the Rev to Rev curriculum. I can't believe my 13-year old daughter is begging me to read "one more chapter" in our Storytime books. (Especially since I keep crying.... please tell me someone else cried during Marie's Home!!!)

Amy (wife to Dave, 20 years)
dd 15 in public school
dd 13 in Rev to Rev
dd 6 in private school

Good news! You are doing everything right with written narrations except the final editing phase using your "Written Narration Skills" list in the Appendix. Carrie did not intend for dc to write a narration, fix it, and then rewrite it in their notebooks. She did intend for them to write the narrations in pencil or erasable pen in their notebooks, and then use the Written Narration Skills checklist (working on 1 skill at a time and working your way down the list) to edit the narration. HTH, and yes, I did my fair share of crying in RevtoRev too (as well as numerous other touching moments in HOD guides ). It's a 'good cry' though.

In Christ,
Julie