Aimee Line

My experience in secondary English education began in English-speaking international schools in South America. After returning to the States and starting a family, I became a homeschool mom. Currently, I teach writing and literature at RISE, Naples, a university-model homeschool support program where I design my own curriculum to my heart's content!

INDUCTIVE: providing specific examples encourages students to self-discover the underlying rule governing the concept which in turn increases recall and confidence in the content area./ HANDS-ON: if there is a way to involve manipulatives, I do it, even in the high school classroom./ LIVE-MODELED: writing and self-editing along with my students in the classroom helps them feel less intimidated about their own process./ ECLECTIC: a creative lesson plan makes its own demands. So I am neither progressive nor traditional: I take advantage of the methods that deliver the best learning outcome for a given topic.

Completed development of eleven original full-year curriculum programs including: •Fundamentals of Critical Writing: College Prep Essay and Research Basics (grades 9-12) •Worldview English 1: The Bible and Ancient Texts (grades 10-12) •Worldview English 2: American Literature for Christian Discernment (grades 10-12) •Worldview English 3: British Literature for Christian Discernment (grades 10-12) •Life Skills English 1: Effective Commuicators and Resposible Citizens (grades 9-12) •Life Skills English 2: American Entrepreneurship and Ingenuity (grades 9-12) •Life Skills English 3: Artful Persuasion and Professional Development (grades 9-12) •Middle School Language Arts 1:Geography-Based Language Arts Adventures for Christian Thinkers (grades 6-8) •Middle School Language Arts 2: American History-Based Language Arts Adventures for Christian Thinkers (grades 6-8) •Middle School Language Arts 3: Ancient History-Based Adventures for Christian Thinkers (grades 6-8) •Creative Writing (grades 6-12)

International English Honor Society (Sigma Tau Delta) 1994-present / Shippensburg University, B.A. English, 1995 / Pennsylvania State Teacher Certification, Secondary English, 1995

FIVE THINGS ABOUT ME: / UNO: Jesus is number ONE. / DOS: I speak TWO languages. Guess which two. / TRES: my husband and I have THREE children ages 21, 19, and 12. / CUATRO: FOUR pets care for us: a grumpy cat, a wiggly puppy, a snuggly guinea pig, and a hungry turtle. / CINCO: Here's where it breaks down because I have more than FIVE plants...so many more that my husband jokes he needs a machete to enter the living room.