Assessment 2012--E12
E12 still does not love school. I have not given up hope that she ever will love school, but I'm awfully close. She is so bright! She is so talented! She is so exciting! I was about to write that I pray for her to love learning and see her talents, but I realized as I wrote that I haven't been praying for her about these concerns . . . and I think I shall begin this year. Language Arts: She sure reads! She loves fantasies, but she's also been working on some more challenging material from The Well-Trained Mind 7th grade reading list. She understands what she reads and can converse intelligently when engaged. She still tries to back off from literary conversation with, "I dunno. That's just what I think." But when pressed she can give concrete examples from the books to back up her opinion. We participated in NaNoWriMo this year; though our illness in November prevented us from completing our goals. I've promised the girls that i...