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Our Speakers
HSLDA’s @home e•vents program showcases speakers who are experts in their fields and often leaders in the homeschool community. They’ve been in your shoes and want to come alongside you in your journey to enhance your family’s homeschooling experience! Our speakers possess the breadth of experience, talent, and enthusiasm suited for encouraging you and equipping you with relevant tools.
Past e•vents have included presentations by well-known authors and speakers, such as Andrew Pudewa, Lou Priolo, Dr. Jay Wile, Jeff Myers, and Hal and Melanie Young, as well as experienced homeschooling parents and homeschool graduates. HSLDA staff speakers have included President J. Michael Smith, Chairman Michael P. Farris, many other attorneys, and some of our Special Needs, High School, and Early Years coordinators, such as Dianne Craft, Vicki Bentley, Becky Cooke, and Diane Kummer.
Lesha Myers
Lesha Myers has been a Christian for more than 30 years and a teacher for more than 25. She served as the administrator of a private school satellite program, Cameron Academy, for 15 years. After running out of children to teach when her youngest graduated from homeschool high school in 2004, she started teaching high school English at a local Christian school. She has written two history books, His California Story and Continuing the Journey, along with a helpful homeschool resource, Making the Grade. Most recently, she completed The Elegant Essay and Windows to the World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis to encourage and equip parents to teach essay-writing and literary analysis. Lesha’s three favorite activities are teaching, traveling, and writing.
“Lesha Myers was engaging and informative.” — Kathy, OK
E•vents
1/13/2010 (3:59 PM EST): Making the Grade: Tools for Evaluating Your Child's Work
If any topic generates controversy among homeschooling parents, it is grading. From a somewhat rebellious “Why do I have to do this, anyway?” to a despairing, “I can’t do this! I don’t even know how!,” the task of evaluating our own children elicits a strong emotional response. Beneath the wide range of reactions lurks a common feeling: inadequacy. How do parents evaluate their own children? Classroom grading models do not always apply to the homeschool, so we throw up our hands in despair. What an impossible task, we think. No, not impossible. We just need the right tools. This workshop will introduce you to some practical methods you can use to honestly and ethically grade and evaluate your own children.
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2/3/2010 (10:15 PM EST): Developing the Essayist
Do your students know the difference between a “report” and an “essay”? If not, experienced teacher Lesha Myers is here to help! You can help your student move from simply reporting facts to the more sophisticated skill of using and evaluating facts in order to support an opinion. With several different essay models and through captivating introductions to compelling arguments and convincing conclusions, you can feel confident in training your students to be excellent essay writers.
Member Price: $5.95
Non-Member Price: $10.95
2/24/2010 (10:30 PM EST): Literary Analysis through Writing
As parents and teachers, we know that literature is an essential part of a good education. You may have several “classics” on your shelves at home, but do you know what makes a good story? Do you know how to teach literary analysis? Is there more to literary analysis than just writing “book reports”?
Unlock some of the secrets of literature with Lesha Myers! You’ll learn how to evaluate great books, and how to use literature to cultivate wisdom in your child’s education.
Member Price: $5.95
Non-Member Price: $10.95
