Monday 18 July 2016

Ambleside Online Year 5 - some written narration samples

Moozle is just finishing up Ambleside Online Year 5. The bulk of it is done but we got behind on a few of the readings so we'll be finishing those off and then doing an exam before heading into Year 6. The Aussie school year starts at the end of January but we've never followed the official school terms except for sometimes taking advantage of the quieter roads during the school holidays and having some days off during that time.
I often give her a choice of the books she uses for written narrations and it's interesting to see what she picks. Here are some selections from this year's work. She's read all these on her own except for the first half of Doctor Hunger & Captain Thirst, which I read aloud to her.


From Kim by Rudyard Kipling - I added some additional resources to help fill in the backgound and context of this story which I posted these here.




An Australian substitute for we used for History/Biography was Doctor Hunger & Captain Thirst and Moozle did a few picture narrations for this book:





 John McDouall Stuart
 


The Singing Wire was a Term 3 Aussie substitute and again, picture narrations were mostly done:









Age of Fable - this has been quite a popular choice for both wriiten and picture narrations over the past two years (it continues into Year 6)


Aurora & Tithonus Ch 26



The Story of the World Volume 4, The Modern Age, by Susan Wise Bauer is a book that Moozle has really liked and enjoyed writing about:





  When we've finished the year's work, I'll write a post about what worked and what didn't and get Moozle's opinion on the books she used.


6 comments:

Silvia said...

Wow, what wonderful drawing and written narrations from very difficult books!
I'm glad to hear she is doing so well. What a great reader and writer she is.


Alison said...

Those are great! I'd love to see a year by year progression of narration skills and see the growth from year to year. I'm often wondering if my daughter's progress is appropriate as she is the oldest and this is our first time through.

Carol said...

Thanks, Silvia. She surprised me with the books she chose to narrate.

Carol said...

Good idea, Alison, I might try doing that. I have a Pinterest page with a stack of narrations on it but it's not in any chronological order.

Unknown said...

I love the combination of written and picture narrations! My kids usually avoid adding illustrations to their written narrations, but I think I'll try assigning a few picture narrations instead. Thanks for sharing.

Carol said...

They're a nice change from written & oral work at times and still require them to think. I get my dc to tell me a little about what they've drawn & it becomes obvious that they've put quite a bit of thought into the process even if their drawings aren't artist quality.