Language Arts and Literature Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/language-arts/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:53:31 +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 Language Arts and Literature Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/language-arts/ 32 32 89931359 Learn Like Leonardo da Vinci with Study Notes and Learning Journals https://doingwhatmatters.com/study-notes-learning-journals/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/study-notes-learning-journals/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2019 22:51:44 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3750 How do you learn? If you wanted to learn about architecture, invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, or cartography, how would you begin? Long before textbooks and workbooks were invented, people of...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/study-notes-learning-journals/feed/ 1 3750 When is Reading Hard? https://doingwhatmatters.com/when-is-reading-hard/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/when-is-reading-hard/#respond Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:38:14 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3570 Reading, Comprehension, and Knowledge Do you enjoy reading? I do. I grew up reading voraciously — new books, old books, books set in the city, the country, in foreign lands, and many books that featured characters that lived lives very...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/when-is-reading-hard/feed/ 0 3570 How to Enjoy Poetry Every Week https://doingwhatmatters.com/poetry-every-week/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/poetry-every-week/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:35:28 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3325 Do you read poetry and share it with your children? I’d like to prescribe a dose of poetry every single day, but I know that might seem daunting. How about poetry every week instead? Start with simple poems, laying a solid...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/poetry-every-week/feed/ 0 3325 Choosing Books for Boys https://doingwhatmatters.com/choosing-books-for-boys/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/choosing-books-for-boys/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:17:10 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3407 Choosing books for boys isn’t all that hard. Give them adventure — the kind with blood and courage, dirt and ingenuity — and watch their imaginations soar, assuming they haven’t been “Eustaced”* by the sort of twaddle mentioned in Martin...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/choosing-books-for-boys/feed/ 1 3407 Easter Wings: A Poem for Spring https://doingwhatmatters.com/easter-wings-a-poem-for-spring/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/easter-wings-a-poem-for-spring/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:09:31 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3268 Springtime puts me into a poetic frame of mind, so by the time April arrives — it’s Poetry Month, you know — I have a stack of poetry by my chair and favorite lines running through my head. Most of the...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/easter-wings-a-poem-for-spring/feed/ 0 3268 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 Reasons to be Thankful (including the 2015 Thanksgiving Sale!) https://doingwhatmatters.com/reasons-to-be-thankful-including-the-2015-thanksgiving-sale/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/reasons-to-be-thankful-including-the-2015-thanksgiving-sale/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:03:42 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2342 I’m at that giddy moment just after I’ve uploaded book and cover files to the printer, and am waiting for the proof copy. Let’s just say, cartwheels are happening somewhere, even as I sit here, soberly typing. This particular book has...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/reasons-to-be-thankful-including-the-2015-thanksgiving-sale/feed/ 0 2342 A Poem for Independence Day 2015 https://doingwhatmatters.com/a-poem-for-independence-day-2015/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/a-poem-for-independence-day-2015/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2015 02:46:13 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=1979 In honor of Independence Day 2015, here is a classic poem about the nickname of the American flag. Use it as copywork or just enjoy it! I’ve also included a stirring rendition of America the Beautiful and few pithy quotes....

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/a-poem-for-independence-day-2015/feed/ 0 1979 The Memory Project: Pied Beauty and More https://doingwhatmatters.com/memory-project-pied-beauty/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/memory-project-pied-beauty/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:07:27 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1662 Memory is the storehouse of whatever knowledge we possess; and it is upon the fact of the stores lodged in the memory that we take rank as intelligent beings. Charlotte Mason, Home Education, p. 151 I’ve been thinking about memory...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/memory-project-pied-beauty/feed/ 8 1662 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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