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Logos School Logic DVDs Sample 02 - Establishing Positive Conclusions
2008-05-14 18:27:00 YouTube Direktvideo link For more information on Logos School ’s Logic Curriculum visit logosschoollogiccurriculum.com or the logic curriculum section at our website. Look into our online logic tutorials starting next fall. More About: Video , Classical Education , Dvds
Prince Caspian Vocabulary List
2008-05-12 20:01:00 The following list of vocabulary words comes from A Reading Comprehension Guide for Prince Caspian. Chapter 1 wardrobe reign nettles anemones promontory knights-errant blundered inhabited laden Chapter 2 queer dais jiggered fauns tapestries ambassadors peninsula electric torch carbuncles coronation Chapter 3 chain-mail floundered inconveneint hilt immense obliged dolefully reassured ravenously gist Chapter 4 tiresome babbled faltered tutor spectacles astronomy conjunction turret kindred remnants Chapter 5 victuals antechamber satchel usurper quavering fervent torrents tempest feeble upshot Chapter 6 wolds smithy subterranean bellows ravine contemptuously barbarians rapier Chapter 7 Contingent entrenchments renegade ancestry valiant famine lair sorties bivouac conceit Chapter 8 Pompous combatants sheath lass hauberk cordial jibe prow grueling Chapter 9 bracken constellations wizened rueful courtiers lured reproachfully elderly crimson Chapter 10 brambles chasms sentries tedious lilt ... More About: Vocabulary , Curriculum , List , Materials
Prince Caspian Reading Comprehension Guides
2008-05-05 22:46:00 In 10 days the next installment of the Chronicles of Narnia movies, Prince Caspian, will be showing in theaters. Surely millions of young people who have not read the books will be introduced to C.S. Lewis’ classic tail through film. We certainly hope that this popularization generates more interest in Lewis’ books. At Logos School ... More About: Reading , Guides , Curriculum , Prince Caspian
Logos School Logic Curriculum DVD Sample
2008-04-23 23:10:00 Here is sample from Logos School ’s Introductory Logic Curriculum DVD. In this video sample Jim Nance is providing examples of enthymemes. YouTube Direktvideo link Visit our logic blog for more discussion about teaching logic, and to interact with teacher and author, James Nance. Also consider Mr. Nance’s new online logic tutorial. In the fall ... More About: Teaching
The place of the Arts In Classical Education
2008-03-19 23:01:00 By Gregory D. Wilbur Originally published in Classis by the Association of Classical and Christian Schools. Secular educators approach the study of the Arts with the desire of developing a wellrounded student. The study of the Arts does much more than to provide ?enrichment? in education, and its relevance is not as simple to relate as recent ... More About: Education , Classical Education , Curriculum
Sample of Introductory Logic Student Text Book
2008-03-18 21:46:00 Check out oura 50 page sample of the brand new edition of Introductory Logic by Jim Nance and Douglas Wilson. Designed for 8th-grade and up, the lessons in this text cover definitions, logical statements, fallacies, syllogisms, and many other elements. This course is a thorough introduction and serves as both a self-contained course and a preparatory ... More About: Student , Book , Text , Sample
New Materials from Logos: Latin Primer Interactive Computer Flash Cards
2008-02-27 22:17:00 Latin Primer Interactive Computer Flash Cards Price/ea: $20.00 Latin Primer Interactive Computer Flash Cards for use with our Latin Primer series. We’ve teamed Transparent Language, makers of the free Before You Know It flash card software, to bring you our next generation of Latin flash cards. We’ve created word lists for each week and combined that ... More About: Latin , Materials
Verb Tenses in Syllogisms
2008-02-20 22:50:00 - The following is a recent post by Jim Nance. Read more on Logic from Jim Nance at the Logos Logic Forum. Some time ago I received an email asking me if the future tense and past tense of the “to be” verb could be used in a syllogism. That got me wondering if the tense ... More About: Teaching
Musings on ?The Lost Tools of Learning? #1
2008-02-07 23:35:00 - Jim NanceIn her essay ?The Lost Tools of Learning ,? Dorothy Sayers has identified for many classical Christian schools of our day an outline for a modern education following the medieval Trivium: Grammar, Logic , and Rhetoric. I am interested in what she says about Logic and the Dialectic Stage, and plan to occasionally post ... More About: Musings
I CORINTHIANS 13 IN TRV (Teachers? Revised Version)
2008-01-22 18:28:00 I CORINTHIANS 13 IN TRV (with apologies to brother Paul) 1. If I speak with the tongues of Latin, Greek, and all other Romance languages, but do not have love for my students, I have become as the sounding of the class buzzer or recess bell. 2. And if I have the gift of knowing a student’s ... More About: General , Teaching , Corinthians , Teachers , Version
The Seven Laws of Teaching - The Law of the Learning Process
2007-12-07 23:07:00 The following is chapter seven of The Seven Laws of Teaching (unabridged) by JOHN M. GREGORY, LL.D. The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our popular study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching CHAPTER VII. THE LAW OF THE LEARNING PROCESS. 1. We must ... More About: General , Learning , Process
The Seven Laws of Teaching Chapter Six - The Law of the Teaching Process
2007-12-03 09:00:00 The following is chapter six of The Seven Laws of Teaching (unabridged) by JOHN M. GREGORY, LL.D. The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our popular study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching CHAPTER VI THE LAW OF THE TEACHING PROCESS 1. Our survey ... More About: Process , Chapter
The Seven Laws of Teaching Chapter Five - The Law of the Lesson
2007-11-26 09:00:00 CHAPTER V. THE LAW OF THE LESSON. 1. Our fourth law takes us at once to the center of the teaching work. The first three laws defined the teacher, the learner, and language, the medium of communication between them. We come now to the Lesson ? the truth or fact to be learned, the process to be ... More About: Laws , Teaching , Chapter
The Seven Laws of Teaching Chapter Four
2007-11-19 09:00:00 The following is Chapter Two of The Seven Laws of Teaching (unabridged) by JOHN M. GREGORY, LL.D. The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our popular study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching CHAPTER IV. THE LAW OF THE LANGUAGE. 1. We have now, confronting ...
Differences Between Modern and Classical Christian Education in America
2007-11-14 09:10:00 hanks to David Goodwin and the Ambrose Group for allowing us to post from their booklet, ?Discover Classical Christian Education , A Parent?s Essential Guide?. Visit the Ambrose Group website, A non-profit group dedicated to expanding the reach and influence of classical Christian education Differences between Modern and Classical Christian education in America . Modern Education Democratic: Every student should ... More About: Classical Education
The Seven Laws of Teaching Chapter Three
2007-11-12 09:00:00 The following is chapter three of The Seven Laws of Teaching (unabridged) by JOHN M. GREGORY, LL.D. The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our popular study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching CHAPTER III. THE LAW OF THE LEARNER. I. Passing from the ... More About: General , Chapter
Discovering Classical Education: Differences in Structure, Content, Method
2007-11-07 09:03:00 Thanks to David Goodwin and the Ambrose Group for allowing us to post from their booklet, “Discover Classical Christian Education , A Parent’s Essential Guide“. Visit the Ambrose Group website, A non-profit group dedicated to expanding the reach and influence of classical Christian education The uniquen approach of classical christian education includes: A Structure that rewards self-control ... More About: Content , Classical Education , Differences
The Seven Laws of Teaching Chapter Two
2007-11-05 09:00:00 The following is Chapter Two of The Seven Laws of Teaching (unabridged) by JOHN M. GREGORY, LL.D. The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our popular study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching CHAPTER II. THE LAW OF THE TEACHER. 1. The universal reign of ... More About: General , Classical Education
The Seven Laws of Teaching Chapter One
2007-10-29 09:00:00 The following is Chapter One of The Seven Laws of Teaching (unabridged) by JOHN M. GREGORY, LL.D. The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our popular study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching CHAPTER 1 THE LAWS OF TEACHING. 1. Teaching has its natural laws ... More About: General , Classical Education
Introduction to the Seven Laws of Teaching
2007-10-22 18:24:00 Introduction to the unabridged The Seven Laws of Teaching (Pages v-viii) by JOHN M. GREGORY, LL.D. The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our popular study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching LET us, like the Master, place a little child in our ... More About: General , Classical Education , Introduction
The Seven Laws of Teaching Forward by Tom Garfield
2007-10-11 18:55:00 Forward to The Seven Laws of Teaching The Seven Laws of Teaching (Unabridged) is available at Logos School Materials for $10.00 along with our acclaimed study guide Practical Applications for the 7 Laws of Teaching Tom Garfield The Author: John Milton Gregory was obviously named by parents familiar with and favorable toward the famous poet. ... More About: Classical Education , Forward
Matt Whilting?s Antithesis in the Classroom (Audio Lecture)
2007-09-28 19:30:00 Matt Whilting’s Antithesis in the Classroom (download) lecture was given at the 2007 ACCS conference in Atlanta. Please visit WordMp3.com and thank them for making it avaible for download and streaming over the internet. Matt Whilting is our Elementary Principle and 6th Grade teacher. He has seven children, coaches basketball, is a church elder, ... More About: Audio , Matt
Understanding By-laws, Policies, and Guidelines. From Repairing the Ruins:
2007-09-24 21:03:00 Wilson, Douglas 1996. Understanding By-laws, Policies , and Guidelines . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 199-208. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) ?But I thought you didn?t believe in the Horn, Trumpkin,? said Caspian. ?No more I do, your Majesty. ... More About: Laws , Classical Education
The Why and How of Apologetics - In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and
2007-09-18 01:08:00 Jones, Douglas 1996. The Why and How of Apologetics . In Repair ing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 185-195. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) SOME OF THE MOST HARD-HEARTED AGNOSTICS AND ATHEISTS ARE those who have trudged through years of Christian ... More About: Classical Education , Curriculum
Spelling Rules
2007-09-13 19:27:00 Spelling Rule s From The Grammar of Spelling for Grades 2-6 [ The First three rules are introduced in grade 3. Rules 4 and 5 are introduced in grade 4. ] 1. The Doubler If you have a single vowel word to add a vowel suffix to, double the lone consonant, but not ?x? or ?w.? run + er = runner ... More About: Classical Education , Curriculum , Spelling
The Why and How of Rhetoric from ?Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Ch
2007-09-10 23:41:00 Wilson, Doug 1996. The Why and How of Rhetoric. In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 177-185. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) RHETORIC IS THE ART OF SPEAKING CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY. OR, as Aristotle would put it, ... More About: General , Teaching , Classical Education , Curriculum
The Why and How of Literature from ?Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and
2007-09-05 21:24:00 Wilson, Doug 1996. The Why and How of Literature . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 109-115. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) The Return to Classical Standards A COMMON CONFUSION AFFLICTS THOSE WHO CONFRONT THE problems caused by ?relaxed standards.? ... More About: General , Classical Education , Curriculum
Generational Building: At Home and Around the Nation
2007-08-29 22:48:00 - Tom Garfield, Logos School Superintendent. Generaltional Building : At Home and Around the Nation was originally published as a column and was added, along with many other columns, to Mr. Garfield’s Dear Parents: Communicating the Christian & Classical Vision to Families. Dad was far more confident than I was… and, once again, he was proven right. ... More About: Classical Education , Generation
The Why and How of History
2007-08-28 00:44:00 Schlect, Christopher 1996. The Why and How of History . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 109-115. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) WITH GOOD REASON, HERODOTUS OF HALICARNASSUS HAS BEEN called the Marco Polo of antiquity. He spent the ... More About: General , Teaching , Classical Education , Tory
The Why and How of Latin
More articles from this author:2007-08-20 23:36:00 - Wilson, Douglas 1996. The Why and How of Latin . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 109-115. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press. Answering the Curious ?WHY LATIN?? THE ANSWERS ARE VARIED, AND IT IS PERHAPS A testimony to how ... More About: Teaching , Classical Education 1, 2, 3 |
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