[SuziQ]

Wow! Great sites, Carolina. I bought a book recommended by the authors of "The Well Trained Mind" named "How to Read a Book" (my daughter thought that was amusing, a book on How to Read a Book) by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (yes, he of "Quiz Show" fame). Someone on our Classical Ed. chat board had written a Study Guide for the book and I bought it for our two kids who will be doing A LOT of reading over the next few years. It is a book on literary analysis, and teaches you how to think critically about the work you are studying.

We'll do that course in the fall before they jump into Ancient literature. It is designed to be done once a week over a 12 week period. If you're interested, freepmail me and I'll give you the author's e-mail address. I believe it cost $12.95 for the materials, and she allows you to photo copy for additional members of your homeschooling family. She only asks that individual copies be purchased if it is a teacher doing a class of students. I went ahead and bought the two copies I'd need because the materials are spiral bound, I wouldn't have to go to the trouble of doing the copying myself, and just to support her. It's great when homeschooling folks go to the effort to create materials to help all of us!

[TxBec]

I'm working on the reading resource list from the classic curriculum book I am using. I am putting it into a Word document (tables) that I can sort by title, grade, subject, etc. (along with a column to check off or initial that it has been read and another to check if the library has it, if I have it, etc.) So far, I have done 6th, 7th, 8th, and most of 9th grade. (It's 9 pages so far.) If anyone is interested in getting a copy, let me know in FReepmail and as soon as I finish (give me another week), I'll forward it to you