These are the topics you’ll find each week in Janice Campbell’s Writing course. After studying a particular excerpt or poem, elementary, middle school, and high school students are encouraged to analyze the work by taking a closer look and completing various activities. The third step in the process is to transform the original work using a new literary technique. For instance, this month’s story is “Whistle” by Benjamin Franklin. Students are to transform this story, or letter, into a ballad. They then are able to create their own story, following certain guidelines. Each story or excerpt is a self-contained monthly unit, and they go back to fall 2012. So, you can pick and choose a favorite story or one that sounds interesting. Another one of SchoolhouseTeachers.com’s offerings that allows students to absorb, analyze, transform, and create is Everyday Easels. This course is found under the Dailies tab and includes more than 75 different works of art, from paintings to ancient buildings. Students can spend two weeks learning about one piece of art from a variety of subjects: math, science, history, physical education, and language arts. They can also see how the Bible relates to it and participate in some hands-on activities to create their own works of art.

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