This week’s immersion lesson demonstrates a Plutarch lesson. Nicole and her two daughters, forms III and IV, share their classroom experience with us, which reveals why Miss Mason considered this to be such an instructive lesson for young people and why they enjoy it so much
Listen Now:
Plutarch Project, Volume 3, Anne White
Episode 27: PlutarchCharlotte Mason Geography Across the Forms Document with links to her Geography Readers
This is was very helpful since we are heading into our first year of doing Plutarch. I do have a few questions. How did you know how long of a passage to read? I’m impressed that your girls could hold that much information for so long. I even listened along and couldn’t have told back all they did. I’m also curious about why you had them ask questions before narrating instead of afterward. I thought I had understood that in narration lessons, the narration would happen right after the reading and then questions/discussion after that. Plutarch is apparently different? Or is it just something you’ve found helpful over time? Or I’m misunderstanding the way that narration lessons go in general? Thanks for clarifying and I’m still in awe of your girls’ narrations. Like I said, I was pretty lost. I had a general jist but mostly not. LOL
Hello, Rachel. My girls have been narrating Plutarch since before they were even required to begin Plutarch and they are now 14 and 16. They had lots of “big kids” in the house and would not be left out even though they were just little things. Also, this was their ninth lesson of this story, so they definitely have the foundation of the story set. In the sample lessons I found for Plutarch, there was time after the reading and before the narration to discuss anything that the kids found difficult and to put any names or places on the board, and to look at any maps related to the section. As to how much to read, I use the Plutarch Project, which divides the story into 12 sections. As I do 11 lessons per term and 1 exam week I do have to make adjustments, but it helps to get me started.
~Nicole
Thank you, Nicole! I am glad I got to listen to this before we started Plutarch this year. I would’ve done it wrong since I figured it was just like everything else. I’m glad to know ahead of time that it’s unique. I don’t have the Anne White guides yet, but they are on my book list for this year. I’m glad to know she divides them up for me. 🙂 Thank you for taking time to answer my questions.