This spiral bound journal provides a location for your student to record 20 locations of their creative and intentional travel journey.
What is an intentional learning travel journal?!
The MasterPoint Intentional Learning Travel Journal serves to document the experiences of students while traveling. This can be a written description of activities, experiences, a place to secure ticket stubs or mementos, or even a spot to sketch something interesting. There is no right or wrong way to create this journal, except that it should be created as a space to return time and again to relive the journey!
“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.”
Henry David Thoreau
This journal encourages students to experience a location with all five senses, to preserve memories, be present, sharpen observational skills, organize thoughts, enhance creativity and self-reflection, and encourage deeper gratitude and appreciation for experiences. It also prompts students to consider their experiences intentionally using the Five Common Topics of Definition, Comparison, Relationship, Circumstance, Authority/Testimony.
The Five Common Topics were created by Aristotle as an idea tool for teaching/experiencing any subject. This tool allows students to dig deeper into a travel experience. Intentionally using this tool to process and make sense of the travel will prove beneficial to any student in their search for the good, true, and beautiful!
Spend time contemplating the locations visited through the lens of the common topics to really dissect and understand what is experienced and why it matters. This will lead to a much richer travel experience!
We hope that this intentional travel journal is the start of some amazing experiences and memories! Keep it and add to it over the years, in time it will become a cherished keepsake.
“It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy… Let’s go exploring!”
Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
Frequently Asked Questions
Who wrote the guide?
JJ Veale is a homeschooling mom of four children and the wife of Isaiah. Her earliest ambitions were to be a mom and a writer. JJ received a Journalism degree from the University of Arizona, a masters degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs, and completed all but dissertation for an EdD degree in History of Education from Indiana University. JJ’s professional life took her to work and teach in many college institutions both private and public, large and small.
The MasterPoint curriculum was birthed from a desire to provide a “roadmap” for the junior high and high school years. The MasterPoint guide provides a 32-week schedule of multiple curriculums that can be used within a community setting or at home.
How many hours a day will my student work to complete the Masterpoint course of study?
That’s a hard question because every student and family is unique! In general, we would suggest that the work can be completed in 15 - 20 hours a week (not including a class/discussion day).
Why was [this particular resource] selected?
In formation, multiple sources were consulted from both classical and Charlotte Mason methodologies. Across the board, where those methodologies agreed, that was included in Masterpoint. There are many excellent resources available! If communities want to switch out one resource for another - do it! Homeschooling is about tailoring to fit your needs. No one is going to hunt you down if you veer from the Masterpoint suggested course! (However, we do believe what we’re suggesting will dovetail nicely across the board, so give it a chance!)
Does Masterpoint use classical or Ecclesiastical Latin?
Masterpoint uses the Memoria Press Latin which be taught with either ecclesiastical or classical pronunciation. From Memoria Press: “Even though our Latin programs are geared towards an ecclesiastical pronunciation (which is our preference), we realize that some teachers prefer the classical pronunciation. Probably the most notable difference between the two is that v is pronounced /v/ in Ecclesiastical Latin, and /w/ in Classical Latin. So, veni, vidi, vici becomes weni, widi, wiki in Classical Latin.” Memoria Press offers pronunciation CDs for both versions.
Do you have samples available?
Yes! We are happy to offer digital samples of our products. They include the first three weeks or chapters of our coursework for $5.
Climb 1 Trail Guide: https://etsy.me/3KZCayN
Climb 2 Trail Guide: https://etsy.me/3FQodCF
Climb 3 Trail Guide: https://etsy.me/3FAXKIR
Climb 4 Trail Guide: https://etsy.me/3woOx2p
Summit 1 Trail Guide: https://etsy.me/3KYXRiJ
Mathematics of the World: https://etsy.me/3N7r0JX
La Vida Loca Workbook: https://etsy.me/3w4GicQ
I noticed that La Vida Loca includes hyperlinks to the Inspiration readings. Why is this, and what if the link is broken?
After carefully considering the copyright implications of printing the complete articles, blogposts, or chapters of the Inspiration sources, we decided it would be better to simply direct students to the original source. This helps the author get web traffic and it clears Masterpoint from any sticky situations. We encourage parents and students to practice internet safety at all times! La Vida Loca is slated for the 9th grade year of education, which is a high school level age and a time when students should definitely be learning to safely navigate the internet. The Masterpoint facebook page will always have a document with the current hyperlinks available, this will also be on the Masterpoint Climb 3 facebook group in the files section.
Does Masterpoint provide a diploma?
No. A diploma is a certification of work completed by a student. We can see that our curriculum guides were purchased, but we can’t determine whether a student has completed the coursework!
Climb 3, Climb 4, Summit 1, and Summit 2 Guides do provide sample chronological and subject transcripts you could use. Also soon to be released is a book of sample syllabus for each course in Masterpoint that can be edited by parents to provide to colleges.