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	<description>Taking time for things that matter...</description>
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		<title>Most Important Word: Words Matter Week Blog Challenge-Day 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Monday question for the Words Matter Week blog challenge is:
What is the most important word or words in your life? Why?
When I create writing assignments for students, I try to craft questions that narrow the topic to something manageable. Perhaps I can narrow the Words Matter Week blog challenge question in a similar way, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2010/03/01/most-important-word-words-matter-week-blog-challenge-day-1/</link>
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		<title>Are You Helpful or Nitpicking?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When evaluating a student's schoolwork, it can be a challenge to find the right balance between being helpful and nitpicking. Here are a few things to consider.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2010/02/23/are-you-helpful-or-nitpicking/</link>
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		<title>How I Chose Great Books for Excellence in Literature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My goal in writing Excellence in Literature is to pass along my love for some of the most beautiful, thought-provoking literature in the world, and to help students learn to think critically and analytically while growing mentally and spiritually. Here's how I chose which books to include.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2010/02/09/how-i-chose-great-books-for-excellence-in-literature/</link>
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		<title>Telephone Rules for Homeschools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best things I ever did for our homeschool and learning lifestyle was to create a telephone policy. By setting a few simple boundaries, I eliminated an enormous source of potential distraction and frustration...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2010/01/27/telephone-rules-for-homeschools/</link>
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		<title>Learning: Mind-Numbing or Mind-Nourishing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been thinking about learning and what makes it stick, what brings it to life, and why some students enjoy it more than others. Can you remember the last time you or your student was excited about learning? Here are a few thoughts on our school life.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2010/01/12/learning-mind-numbing-or-mind-nourishing/</link>
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		<title>World Literature is Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It took longer than I thought, but World Literature&#8211; the English 5 level of the Excellence in Literature: Reading and Writing Through the Classics curriculum is finally here!
You can see it, read all about it, and order it on the World Literature page.

Unit 1:  The Odyssey by Homer
Unit 2:  Antigone by Sophocles
Unit 3: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2009/12/31/world-literature-is-here/</link>
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		<title>Thankful Thoughts on Freedom, England, Homeschool, and Writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers,
I sometimes come upon a thought so well expressed that I just have to share it! Today&#8217;s guest post is the editor&#8217;s letter from the Writing-World.com newsletter, and it&#8217;s reprinted here with the kind permission of the author, Moira Allen.
This Thanksgiving, my husband and I were deeply aware of the many things we have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2009/12/08/thankful-thoughts-on-freedom-england-homeschool-and-writing/</link>
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		<title>Houseplants and Homeschools and Normal Homeschool Moms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s only December and the geraniums are pouting, the mandevillas are climbing everything they can reach, and the hibiscus persists in drooping. If I hadn&#8217;t left the begonia on the front porch too long, it would be shedding leaves and blossoms everywhere. How does this happen to me every year?
As I made my rounds with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2009/12/02/houseplants-and-homeschools-and-normal-homeschool-moms/</link>
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		<title>Wishing You A Joyous Thanksgiving- Here&#8217;s a Recipe and a Sale!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sent out the relish recipe in the newsletter and thought I&#8217;d post it here as well. One of our readers in Malaysia reminded me that they have no cranberries there. I sometimes forget that even small things such as cranberries can be a cause for giving thanks! There are doubtless some lovely tropical fruits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2009/11/25/wishing-you-a-joyous-thanksgiving-heres-a-recipe-and-a-sale/</link>
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		<title>Veteran&#8217;s Day 2009- Thoughts on Liberty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this Veteran&#8217;s Day, I&#8217;m thankful for those who have borne the burden of preserving the freedoms we enjoy. We have an amazing heritage! Here are a few of my favorite quotes on the subject.
Benjamin Franklin
&#8220;They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.&#8221;
Abraham Lincoln
&#8220;America will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janice-campbell.com/2009/11/11/veterans-day-2009-thoughts-on-liberty/</link>
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