Have some Springtime Homeschool Fun: Ode to Spring AND Jeeves! Here is a chance for us to help you finish strong your homeschool year and share a delightful literature guide that we have created.
It’s FINALLY spring. Here in Maryland, our flowers are starting to bloom and trees are starting to bud. Soon, our teens will be out there earning phys ed hours while they mow and weed the lawn. Some of our teens will be earning an elective credit in gardening, as well!
We love it when we can have a little springtime homeschool poetry fun and also suggest a thought-provoking, NO-busywork literature study guide to enrich the reading of the book for your homeschooled high school students.
Springtime Homeschool Fun: Ode to Spring AND Jeeves!
Thomas Nashe (1600) – “Spring, the Sweet Spring”
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king,
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherd’s pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to witta-woo!
Here’s my version of Thomas Nashe’s beautiful ode to spring:
Spring, the sweet spring, is the homeschoolers’ king,
We finish things, to our checklists do cling.
Cold doth not sting, and our children all sing:
Woohoo, plug-plug, complete work left to do!
The garden grows, pollens on the air flow.
Sneeze from the nose, this is how springtime goes.
Finish our schoolwork? Ah, yes! I suppose.
Woohoo, plug-plug, complete work left to do!
Our goal we’ll meet, raising children so sweet
With brains – a feat! Homeschool is such a treat.
So rewarding to know we will make it!
Woohoo, plug-plug, complete work left to do!
You WILL make it to the finish line. He who began the good work in you and your kids will be faithful to complete it!
Now for an absolutely literature study guide to wrap up the school year: Right Ho, Jeeves!
One of our teens’ favorite fun books of all was Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse. It is the story of a clueless British gentleman during the 1920s who is continually being rescued by his stoic valet (or a “gentleman’s gentleman”, as Jeeves calls his job).
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With Jeeves and Wooster as a team, you find fun, action and culture all woven into one book! Give your homeschool high schooler a break from all the serious literature with Right Ho, Jeeves and the Right Ho, Jeeves Literature Study Guide. Like all of Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, the stories are crammed with:
- writing devices like allusion and purposefully mixed metaphors
- chivalry
- poetry
- Scripture verse references
Right Ho, Jeeves Study Guide from 7SistersHomeschool inspires students rather than tires them with busywork that kills the story. Instead of attempting to examine every element of a book on the first reading, our study guides choose two or three respected literary devices and use them as a focal point.
Also note: For families in states that reimburse for curriculum, here’s an edition of Right Ho, Jeeves that meets the requirements.
Our guides are easy to adapt for use at an:
- Average High School
- College Prep
- Honors Level
Right Ho, Jeeves Study Guide focuses on the following literary device:
- allusion
- mixed metaphor
The suggested writing assignments:
- discuss Great Britain and the hierarchy of British society in the 1920s
This NO-busywork study guide enriches the reading of the book for your homeschooled high school student. It is an EBook curriculum complete with:
- background information
- vocabulary
- questions focusing on literary devices
- suggested writing assignments
This document contains fillable fields so students can type their answers directly into the guide. The answer key is a separate downloadable pdf for the convenience of parents grading the study guide.
Click here to view an excerpt from Right Ho, Jeeves Study Guide.
Download Right Ho, Jeeves Study Guide and the answer key today!
More cool stuff!
For a complete list of 7Sisters Literature Activity Guides, click here.
If you are new to 7Sisters’ no-busywork literature study guides, you will find this Homeschool Highschool Podcast episode helpful: How and Why to Use Literature Study Guides.
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Note: 7Sisters curriculum is unique in that (by request from teens themselves), it is no-busywork and adaptable to varying levels of academic rigor. In this way, following guidelines in the curriculum, teens complete coursework that is personally meaningful to their interests, needs, and goals. This is the 7Sisters educational philosophy!
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