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Summer Class Schedule Now Posted

Click here for more information about registration (which opens on June 1, 2007). You may need to refresh the screen in order for the new page to show up. we offer summer session for a reduced rate: $25.00 off each registration.

Kidswrite Basic
If you are new to Brave Writer, the KWB course is where to begin. KWB is the foundational Brave Writer course, which empowers mothers to teach their children to write through an interactive format on the Brave Writer website. Freewriting, keen observation, revising, editing, and publishing are all taught in entirely new ways (not seen in other curricula).

In this class, mothers interact directly with the instructor. As you work with your children, the instructor will suport you, answer your questions and give you guidance sothat you succeed in becoming your child’s best writing coach and ally.

Class Dates:

Session One: July 9 – August 17, 2007

Session Two: July 23 – August 31, 2007

Writing Coaches:

Session One: Jean Hall

Session Two: Christine Gable

Tuition: Special Summer Price: $125.00 for the first child in a family ($40.00 for each additional child)

Class size: 20 families

Ages: 9 – 18

Expository Essay

The EE class is especially designed for high school students. It is the primary writing format that ought to be learned before college. This course will cover both open and closed form writing as well as training students in the art of paraphrase, thesis statement generation, how to select points and particulars as well as how to make the essay both engaging and personal. Students should already be competent writers. Kidswrite Intermediate is a recommended preparatory course, though not required.

Class Dates: July 9 – August 17, 2007

Tuition: Special Summer price: $150.00

Writing Coach: Rachel Ramer (both sessions)

Class Size: 20 students per class

Ages: 12 – 16 years old (older students welcome, if they haven’t written much before)

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Friday Freewrite: The games we play

Explain how to play your favorite game.

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Scratch and Dent Sale

Occasionally we have a shipment of books that is not up to Brave Writer standards. Recently one of our printers used slightly inferior paper and the quality of the print was not as clean as we like it to be. For a limited time, we are making these copies of The Writer’s Jungle available for a reduced price. Instead of $97.00, these Writer’s Jungles are $75.00 plus shipping and handling. That’s a savings of $22.00. The contents are identical, the binders are the new format and in mint condition. Tab dividers and sheet lifters provided.

So for those on a budget who’d like the identical content but a slightly inferior product, email me directly and I’ll give you a code for purchase. This offer will last as long as we have them in stock. There are less than fifty copies available.
Happy writing!

Julie Bogart

P.S. We still have copies available (5/2/07). I’ll be sending out a Zipline tonight so if you are thinking about purchasing, now’s the time.

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Friday Freewrite: Best Wishes

I wish all children would……

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A Case of Red Herrings

Learning to think critically can be fun! We love this series and I wanted to share it with you.

I bought the red herring books years ago and used them with my older kids. Yesterday, while I was hunting through the cupboard for my son’s copywork book (Why do notebooks go missing that we use nearly every day?! Has anyone solved the riddle of how the materials we use most are the hardest to find?), I stumbled on this little book by Critical Thinking. I realized my younger kids had never had the fun of solving these mini-linguistic mysteries.

So after our copywork time, I pulled out the book and handed it to my ten year old. For the next hour, she read the puzzles to us (Jacob – 15, and me – much older than that!). We asked questions that would elicit a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to try to solve them. Caitrin really enjoyed reading the puzzles, looking up the answers and then having to determine how to answer our questions. While I’ve always seen the value in asking the questions and trying to solve these linguistic riddles (because so much hinges on how you understand the words in the original problems), it was fascinating to watch her try to figure out what our questions meant in light of the answers. Both sides experienced the challenge of thinking in new ways.

Below is a sample riddle. Click here for the solution. See if you and your family can solve it.

A woman put on a heavy coat and left home for the rest of they day.

It was neither raining nor cold outside.

Why would she do this?

Good luck! If you want to purchase the Red Herrings series, I found them at a school supplies store in my area, but you can also order them online from Amazon.com and many homeschool providers.

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