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Great Books Week 2010 Day 2: What Makes a Book Great?

Janice Campbell — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:55:45 +0000

What makes a book great? That’s a question I thought about a lot while writing the Excellence in Literature curriculum. Why do some books stick with you, while others, just as highly reviewed or recommended, vanish from memory like smoke?...

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New Excellence In Literature Review on TOS!

Janice Campbell — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:08 +0000

I’m always happy to get a good review of one or more of my books, and this morning I came across a very nice review on The Old Schoolhouse website. Kathy Gelzer has done a beautiful job of outlining the...

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Teaching from the Known to the Unknown

Janice Campbell — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:46:24 +0000

I was working with the Chaucer unit in Excellence in Literature: British Literature this morning, and thinking about the ways in which The Canterbury Tales can be made accessible to students. These stories are funny, startling, and sometimes appalling, and...

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English 1: Excellence in Literature is Now Available!

Janice Campbell — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:01:03 +0000

As most of you know, I’ve been working non-stop to get the first level of the Excellence in Literature: Reading and Writing Through the Classics series out in time for the new school year. Due to the pinched nerve in...

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Everyone “Knows” Shakespeare- Or Do They?

Janice Campbell — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:24:23 +0000

“O, like a book of sport thou’lt read me o’er; But there’s more in me than thou understand’st.” ~ William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida The balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth’s fateful meeting with the three witches on the...

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115th Carnival of Homeschooling: Oh, The Things That You’ll Do!

Janice Campbell — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:37:21 +0000

Welcome to the 115th Carnival of Homeschooling! The theme for this carnival is adapted from Dr. Seuss’s beloved Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Homeschoolers are a diverse bunch, and I thought it would be interesting to read about some of...

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Thirty Books You Won’t Forget

Janice Campbell — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:23:27 +0000

I love to read, and on the back of my first business card I share some unforgettable books. Of course, this aren’t all my favorites — remember, the qualification is “unforgettable” — but I was constrained by the size of...

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