Tag Archives: Challenge III

9 Ideas for Challenge classes during National Poetry Month

Posted on April 2, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

My students in the Challenge III program of Classical Conversations study five Shakespeare plays, and work on poetry through the year. But because they are so busy, poetry gets put aside, and we sip a thin broth on poetry sharing … Continue reading →

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Overdosed on Hamilton

Posted on October 15, 2016 by lettersfromheartscontent

Students in my Challenge III class wouldn’t stop talking about Hamilton; something said in discussion would trigger them and they would start chanting and moving in syncopated rhythm while the rest of us looked on in bewilderment. After a couple … Continue reading →

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Billy Collins’ “The Trouble with Poetry”; Bluebook exam

Posted on June 6, 2016 by lettersfromheartscontent

As a Challenge III tutor with Classical Conversations last year, I had the pleasure of studying poetry with my students. Besides our readings in The Roar on the Other Side, we discussed a poem a week. Since in our study … Continue reading →

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Introductory Letter to My Challenge III Class

Posted on February 14, 2015 by lettersfromheartscontent

For our first class in August 2014, I requested each student write a letter about themselves, answering questions about their history and their favorites. In cleaning off my desk today I found my own letter.  Dear class, Thank you for sketching your character … Continue reading →

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Traveling the Mississippi with Mark Twain

Posted on November 2, 2014 by lettersfromheartscontent

Last night, when I read to the family from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, we came upon a passage that made them erupt in laughter. I read it again a couple of times just to savor the choice … Continue reading →

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Eating the Frog

Posted on June 29, 2014 by lettersfromheartscontent

Over the past year or so I have read several books about time management. Of course, it is not time we manage but ourselves, and I hear the authors say many of the same things, such as know what your … Continue reading →

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