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<blockquote data-quote="tammyjh" data-source="post: 115934" data-attributes="member: 3072"><p>Ahhhhh....we went through book summary he## in 5th grade with difficult child. I don't know how many hours I spent sitting at the table with her and ended up that both of us were so frustrated that I was ready to scream and she was crying. She just didn't understand it well enough. Her problems centered over questions like</p><p></p><p>What was the plot of the story?</p><p>What was the main character like?</p><p>What was the theme?</p><p></p><p>Or any questions that asked about symbolism or what the story meant to her. None of them were specific or concrete enough. If the book didn't have a sentence that specifically said what was asked, she had no idea. She only got the facts of the story...not anything that might have been implied.</p><p></p><p>But, you said that you asked "specifics" so I don't know that I have any advice on this one. Could it be that as she's supposed to be writing a summary on the entire book that she doesn't know what might be important to put in or leave out of the summary and it overwhelms her? </p><p></p><p>That said, I give you a lot of credit for homeschooling your difficult child. I have thought about that with my difficult child but I don't think I would have any sanity left by the end of the first day. When she had homework, it about killed the both of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tammyjh, post: 115934, member: 3072"] Ahhhhh....we went through book summary he## in 5th grade with difficult child. I don't know how many hours I spent sitting at the table with her and ended up that both of us were so frustrated that I was ready to scream and she was crying. She just didn't understand it well enough. Her problems centered over questions like What was the plot of the story? What was the main character like? What was the theme? Or any questions that asked about symbolism or what the story meant to her. None of them were specific or concrete enough. If the book didn't have a sentence that specifically said what was asked, she had no idea. She only got the facts of the story...not anything that might have been implied. But, you said that you asked "specifics" so I don't know that I have any advice on this one. Could it be that as she's supposed to be writing a summary on the entire book that she doesn't know what might be important to put in or leave out of the summary and it overwhelms her? That said, I give you a lot of credit for homeschooling your difficult child. I have thought about that with my difficult child but I don't think I would have any sanity left by the end of the first day. When she had homework, it about killed the both of us. [/QUOTE]
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