writing Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/writing/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Mon, 02 May 2022 14:56:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 writing Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/writing/ 32 32 89931359 What Grade Are You In? A Bit of Common Sense from Understood Betsy https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-grade-are-you-in/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-grade-are-you-in/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:13:09 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3746 Summer is winding down in the northern hemisphere and schoolbooks are being dusted off and swimsuits put away. I always enjoyed getting back into an orderly and predictable schedule (as orderly and predictable as was possible in a household with...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-grade-are-you-in/feed/ 1 3746 Handwriting and Reading: Ideas Worth Sharing — IWS #4 https://doingwhatmatters.com/stuff-and-stuff-ideas-worth-sharing-iws-4/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/stuff-and-stuff-ideas-worth-sharing-iws-4/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2016 23:11:53 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2570 It’s time for another Ideas Worth Sharing post, so even thought my internet connection is barely working, I’m going to attempt it. You’ll notice that almost all my links this time have to do with handwriting and reading. That’s because it’s...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/stuff-and-stuff-ideas-worth-sharing-iws-4/feed/ 0 2570 Penmanship Matters: Here’s Why You Need to Teach It https://doingwhatmatters.com/penmanship-matters/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/penmanship-matters/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:41:44 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2448 Is there any reason for an ordinary person to learn decent penmanship? I believe there is, even if handwriting seems difficult or unnecessary. Clear italic or cursive penmanship is an art form that virtually anyone can master. Because handwriting is...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/penmanship-matters/feed/ 6 2448 Teaching Grammar: To Diagram or Not to Diagram? https://doingwhatmatters.com/teaching-grammar-to-diagram-or-not-to-diagram/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/teaching-grammar-to-diagram-or-not-to-diagram/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:08:13 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1583   When I teach essay writing for high school or college exams, I encourage students to beware of using absolutes such as “always” or “never,” because these are rarely true — there are exceptions to almost everything, and those absolutes...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/teaching-grammar-to-diagram-or-not-to-diagram/feed/ 2 1583 Summertime Carnival of Homeschooling https://doingwhatmatters.com/summertime-carnival-of-homeschooling/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/summertime-carnival-of-homeschooling/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:35:07 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1212 Today's Carnival shares posts on the state of education and leaving a homeschooling legacy, helpful articles on planning and organizing your school year and day, and a few extras on things such as how to whistle, whether homeschoolers can redeem BoxTops for Education, and more

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/summertime-carnival-of-homeschooling/feed/ 3 1212 Homeschoolers: What Must You Teach? https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:17:19 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=540 If you're feeling overwhelmed at homeschooling your students through high school, remember that you don't have to teach them everything they'll ever need to know.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/feed/ 18 540 The Power of Copying a Text https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-power-of-copying-a-text/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-power-of-copying-a-text/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 10:20:32 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=368 The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus commands the soul of him who is occupied with it, whereas the mere reader never discovers the new...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-power-of-copying-a-text/feed/ 6 1828 Grammar Made Easy- New Question Answered-Gerunds & Verb Phrases https://doingwhatmatters.com/grammar-made-easy-new-question-answered-gerunds-verb-phrases/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/grammar-made-easy-new-question-answered-gerunds-verb-phrases/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:24:09 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=363 As I post the books we offer, I try to answer all the questions I can think of. Inevitably, others think of questions that would never cross my mind, and I try to add them to the FAQ page to...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/grammar-made-easy-new-question-answered-gerunds-verb-phrases/feed/ 0 363 Thankful Thoughts on Freedom, Homeschool, and Writing in England https://doingwhatmatters.com/freedom-homeschool-and-writing-in-england/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/freedom-homeschool-and-writing-in-england/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:26:21 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=300 Dear Readers, I sometimes come upon a thought so well expressed that I just have to share it! Today’s guest post on freedom, homeschool, and writing was the editor’s letter from a Writing-World.com newsletter, and it’s reprinted here with the kind...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/freedom-homeschool-and-writing-in-england/feed/ 6 1817 Andrew Pudewa’s Video on Excellence In Literature https://doingwhatmatters.com/andrew-pudewas-video-on-excellence-in-literature/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/andrew-pudewas-video-on-excellence-in-literature/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:10:20 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=197 If you have enjoyed IEW's materials, or if you have a teen who loves to read or write, I think you'll find that Excellence in Literature is an ideal next step for your motivated teens. I'll let Andrew tell you all about it in this brief video!

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