Feb 11, 2021 | Jenny Cutler, Rigorous Courses
The Superiority of Acclaimed Literature over Curriculum-Based Readers It was my first year teaching at a private Christian school in the DC suburbs. I was excited, optimistic, naïve, and had no idea what I was doing. Like many teachers, I had no choice in the...
Jan 29, 2020 | Engaging Education, Jenny Cutler
Students often take four years of English classes in high school. An introductory course to literary analysis, American literature, and British literature can be found in most schools across the country. World Literature is often underrepresented, however, and it is...
Apr 26, 2019 | Jenny Cutler, Online Homeschool
Guidelines for Supporting Your Online Learning Student How Much Help Should I Give My Online Student? You have signed your child up for an online class. You’re both excited. Visions of outsourcing and having less items on your ever-growing “to do” list begin to...
Oct 24, 2018 | Engaging Education, Jenny Cutler
Imagine with me… You love literature. You have beautiful dreams of sharing read aloud books with your children and purchasing lovely editions of the classics that they gobble up as greedily as nachos on Friday night. You can’t wait to introduce them to all your...
Jun 4, 2018 | Engaging Education, Jenny Cutler
In English II: World Literature, we span history and culture to get a glimpse of lives very different than our own. Ruta Sepetys’ work Between Shades of Gray is the story of a sixteen year old girl from Lithuania who is exiled with her family to Siberia under Joseph...
Jan 10, 2018 | Jenny Cutler, Rigorous Courses
One of the biggest perks of homeschooling is being able to take the time to explore special interest subjects that students are interested in. Being able hone in on strengths, work on weaknesses, and study at a pace that keeps learning progressing without being...
