Homeschooling Your Gifted Child: Language Arts for the Middle School Years

by Brainerd, Lee Wherry

• ISBN13: 9781576854303
• ISBN10: 1576854302
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-05
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning

Summary

This book is written for the realist, who looks at the benefits of homeschooling but also wants to be prepared for the challenges. This book is not meant to be a textbook or a curriculum guide. Rather, it was written with a different goal. Some creative learning strategies will be offered to assist you, the parent/educator, as you support your gifted child on the road to academic enjoyment and success. Of course, everyone has a personal view of what constitutes life success, such as meeting academic goals, enjoying social popularity, emotional health, and so on. In this resource book, the goal will be to offer you many methods and alternatives that you may employ when covering the academic topics in language arts with your gifted learner, so that the educational journey toward success will be enriched.

Author Biography

Lee Wherry Brainerd is a local contact and counselor for California Homeschool Network (CHN), the largest inclusive group supporting homeschoolers. She writes for California Homeschool News and represents CHN at the annual LINK homeschool family-friendly conferences. A former teacher, she and her husband homeschool their son in Altadena, California Wendy L. Moss, Ph.D. is a clinical and school psychologist in New York. In this position, Dr. Moss gives guidance to parents, teachers, and educators on ways to better meet the needs of students. She is actively involved in aiding children through individual and family counseling

Table of Contents

Introduction: Understanding Giftedness	1	(24)
Challenges and Opportunities	25	(16)
Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking for Social Interaction	41	(20)
Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking for Information and Understanding	61	(18)
Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking for Critical Analysis and Evaluation	79	(18)
Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking for Literary Response and Expression	97	(18)
Appendix A: Answer Key	115	(10)
Appendix B: Glossary of Language Arts Terms	125	(4)
Appendix C: Resources for Gifted Learners	129	(4)
Appendix D: Resources for Parents	133	(6)
Appendix E: Homeschooling Parents' Organizations	139