athomemom Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I have a copy of A Beka's 7th grade lit book. However my ds uses BJU for English and will start the 7th grade book next semester. Would it be best to get the BJU lit book instead of using ABeka's? From the research I've done and questions asked, there really isn't a lot of difference in the lit, but I wonder since we are using BJU writing and grammar if I should go with BJU instead and if any of the writing is correlated between the two? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 (edited) I can only really speak to Abeka's LA program, but I wouldn't be surprised if BJU's is about the same. Having used both Abeka in the past, and K12 LA (going back to Abeka Lit next year), the literature curriculums are independent of the grammar/composition/spelling components. The only difference is in the early years during Phonics, when the Abeka spelling, phonics, LA and readers have more reinforcement and review built into the program. By the time you get to 4th grade literature (at least in Abeka, and in 3rd grade for K12), the literature can be used completely independent of the spelling/vocab/grammar components. ETA: The only difference I've heard between BJU lit and Abeka lit has to do with the quality of thought required in the comprehension questions. I have heard that BJU requires a bit deeper thought/analysis than Abeka. This doesn't matter for me, since that isn't what I am using the Abeka Lit for.... the standard comprehension questions are fine for the light reading/exposure my oldest will be doing on a regular basis. I wll be using Progeny Press for deeper literature study 4-6x a year. I hope this helps a little :D Edited December 19, 2010 by LisaK in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Haven't seen the Abeka, but we really enjoyed the diversity of the authors in the BJU 7 lit. You might look at the bibliography. It's in the samples at http://www.bjup.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 The BJU and Abeka English and Literature do not work with each other so you can use separate programs for each. I will say that my children liked the BJU reading and lit books much more then the Abeka for the story choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I have always like BJU reading, but we did not enjoy BJU lit 7. I think part of the reason might have been the story choices. But, I found the TM more difficult to use than prior grades. It is a fine program, you will not go wrong using it. Your dc will get a very good and broad literature exposure. But, it just didn't work well for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomemom Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 Haven't seen the Abeka, but we really enjoyed the diversity of the authors in the BJU 7 lit. You might look at the bibliography. It's in the samples at http://www.bjup.com ABeka's lit has a few writing assignments throughout. Does BJU as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Yes, there are assignments. Thing is, we didn't use it the way they said. I took the bibliography (I have the text and tm as well) and decontructed it, buying the source books for things. I like the variety of authors and genres represented. There's humor, stuff that appeals to guys, etc. For instance there's this one author that writes for Field & Stream magazine. I was totally shocked that he became one of my dd's favs! So that's why I liked it, for the variety it represented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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