Monthly Archives: January 2017

Textkit

Posted on 20 January 2017 by The Bookworm

When you hit the home page at Textkit.com it looks pretty sad. The site is obviously broken, the image and CSS files having been stored and linked from a rackspacecloud.com account which seems to have expired. The Facebook page is … Continue reading →

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Study Guide to Wheelock’s Latin by Dale A. Grote

Posted on 18 January 2017 by The Bookworm

Digging around for my old Latin resources, I was relieved to find that the Study Guide to Wheelock’s Latin by Dale A. Grote was still freely available online. As we all know, however, when it comes to the InterWebs, too … Continue reading →

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How to Study Wheelock’s Latin

Posted on 16 January 2017 by The Bookworm

Why study Latin — or any language for that matter? For one, I’m lately finding several things I would like to read but have not been translated into English. Further, I’m becoming more cynical about translations in general — you … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Language, Frederic M. Wheelock, Getting Organized, Richard A. LaFleur, Self-Education, Tips & Tricks, Wheelock's Latin, Wheelock's Latin | Tagged Homeschool, Latin, Non-Fiction, Organization, Self-Education, Tips & Tricks, Wheelock's | Leave a comment

The Cornell Note-Taking System

Posted on 12 January 2017 by The Bookworm

The Cornell Note-Taking System isn’t for everyone, or for every book — it’s actually designed for lecture notes — but it is extremely useful in the right setting. I created this template several years ago for my son to use … Continue reading →

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How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler

Posted on 10 January 2017 by The Bookworm

A version of How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler is available in PDF format from the Everglades High School website. Though not the same one I have in my library — this one is geared towards reading … Continue reading →

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Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery by Eric Ives

Posted on 6 January 2017 by The Bookworm

While I liked the book, it was not an easy read. I think it could have benefited *greatly* from an editor. Keep in mind, too, that I am an American reading a book on English history. A Brit might not … Continue reading →

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LibraryThing

Posted on 4 January 2017 by The Bookworm

LibraryThing claims on their about page that it is “an online service to help people catalog their books easily.” There’s a lot more going on than that — so much so that you can get lost for hours just exploring … Continue reading →

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Homeschool Log

Posted on 2 January 2017 by The Bookworm

This log was created to conform to the Missouri homeschool regulations which require 1,000 hours of instruction during the school year, with at least 600 hours in the basics, which will be in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and … Continue reading →