Comments on: Homeschool: How Do You Know It’s High School Level?

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:50:44 +0000

Yes, this is definitely one of those things that makes me with I was still homeschooling!
Blessings,
Lee

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:00:23 +0000

I am so glad you reviewed this book! What a relief, and my children are really looking forward to doing this one. Because we have seen (and they hated) one of the movies in the list, we will pick something else for that particular film and use discussions. This is a great way to teach elements of a good story with some meaningful discussion in a fun, new way. I like that they can learn concepts in the conversation without taking 2 weeks to read a particular story. This sounds like Cliff’s Notes for film.

By: karmaismine

karmaismine — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:21:58 +0000

Sounds like a great course.
My kids read a classic book, then they go to the library and get the movie for movie night. What great discussions and comparisons. We just finished Romeo and Juliet. My son particularly does not like those “important” sections of the book left out! And he especially does not like to have to wait for his older sister to catch up on the reading. Tonight he was finishing up the movie “Moby Dick.”
Movies have added a lot!

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:59:15 +0000

I am just starting highschool with our daughter. Last year when she was studying World War II, we watched a number of great movies to enrich her study on the subject. She loved this approach! I look forward to using “Movies as Literature” as part of our English Curriculum.

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:24:22 +0000

I’ve had this course for three years or so. I have used the individual movie studies just like I would a book study. Neither of my children would want to do all the movies as one course. Instead I add a movie (like a book study) to our other english requirements.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:40:32 +0000

Thanks Lee, that does look good!

By: Allyson

Allyson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:07:35 +0000

We are using this curriculum this year.
It’s very good! We will finish the curriculum over the summer. We can use this course as an “extra” English course — or perhaps an elective. It is very family friendly and by the end of the course you can have a great library of classic movies. An Extra Bonus!!
As an aside…It does make you watch movies differently.
Great curriculum!

By: karen

karen — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:01:03 +0000

Oooh that sounds good. I am not fond of literary analysis so this might make it more interesting.