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Any such animal out there? :001_smile:

 

DS will begin 9th grade in the fall. I haven't pushed him much in writing, prefering to leave it by the wayside till he has more interest. So I feel he might do better with a middle school or jr high level curriculum for now. He writes quite well, uses good vocabulary and is a natural speller but is reluctant to write more and won't write often. I have some anxiety that with high school on the horizon, he should work harder at it than he has been doing.

 

I hope to start him off by introducing something that will make him laugh but haven't found any curriculum that suits his taste for humor. He's always highly motivated by humor. I don't think I want something like Caught Ya Grammar With A Giggle. I wonder if IEW might do the trick but I don't see anything on their website geared towards middle school/ jr high that involves humor.

 

I might supplement using writing topics with Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, Asterix (etc.) themes to stimulate his interest.

 

Any ideas? Thanks for reading!

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Depends on what makes him laugh? Humor can vary so widely.

 

My ds used MCT's Paragraph Town for part of his 8th grade English. It made him laugh :) , especially when I used goofy duck voices. The point was to get him organizing his paragraphs, and the ducks MCT uses actually have some good lines -- with a Moby Dick theme. But for some, it would feel too young.

 

Julie

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I'm going through The Lively Art of Writing to prep for next year and I find it pretty funny. Not sure a 9th grade boy would, but it's amusing me. :001_smile:

 

 

 

 

My daughter rolled her eyes at all the drag racing examples (but I don't really think that she was amused!).

 

Regards,

Kareni

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