Print this Classical Conversations History Sentence download to help students write and draw the week’s memory work.
Singing, dancing, and memorizing history sentences has been a blast. But I’d like my son to also write the history sentence for each week. I’ve noticed with Classical Conversations it’s easy to forget about penmanship. To be honest, Henry would be totally fine if he never picked up a pencil ever again. He has always hated writing. He’d type the Declaration of Independence than write one IEW paragraph.
I have to be intentional and purposeful getting him to write. From grocery lists and thank you notes I’m always looking for ways to sneak in writing. So to keep up with my sneaky homeschool tricks, I created this Classical Conversations History Sentence printable with a small space to draw something to associate an image with the history sentence.
With the added little drawing box in the top corner, it definitely feels less like penmanship and more like fun. It’s also a bit less intimidating because I did not add thick black writing lines. Nothing is more fun for a 12yr old than drawing headless French aristocrats thanks to the guillotine.
I have seen many great Classical Conversations freebies on Pinterest. I even broke down and got back on Pinterest to start my own CC board to go back and check out all the resources. However, they’re usually geared for little kids or fill in the blank and always Cycle specific. I tried to keep our printable as cycle generic as possible to be used any year for any cycle.
Classical Conversations has been wonderful for my son and I’m so thankful we snagged the last spot in the Masters Class. I know he will miss these history sentences when he moves up to Challenge A (7th grade) next year. I’m not sure if I will miss all the singing.
3-hole punch these printouts and keep the papers in a History or CC folder. Then be sure to review – especially if your homeschooler is trying to do Memory Masters.
Fold so that the written sentence is down and quiz your students just by showing them the picture they drew themselves. Some weeks overlap, but it’s another helpful way to practice weekly memorization away from the audio and app. Which we have and my son loves. But I’m not just trying to get him to memorize a sentence – I’m trying to get him to write. Neatly too if at all possible!