Chris in CA Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I love JAG and AG, they have both been a lifesaver, but I don't know how her writing curr. rates. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 There's a positive mention of Teaching the Essay in this thread by Periwinkle: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5102&highlight=finley+essay and a different view expressed in this thread by StaceyL in Canada: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2478&highlight=finley+essay I remember more mentions of it on the old board but am uncertain of how to search there. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thank you, I'll check those out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periwinkle Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 However, I also bought her Research Paper one, and I haven't been as happy with it. In fact, I ended up ditching it and using a Sadlier-Oxford book instead. It did have a few helpful tips, though, and maybe that's why it is still sitting on my shelf. I didn't read through the other thread mentioned, but I do remember some people did not like that Finley used Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart as the first subject of the literary essay. Just a heads-up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks for the reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooooom Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 liked the essay - thought the report one was terrible. It wasn't for a thinking report - but an autobiography - just a regurgitation basically. OTOH, the essay was very helpful to my kids (beginning 7th grade). It broke down the 5 paragraph essay into baby steps and they got a lot out of it. The criticism that I remember about it was that the sample essay really wasn't that good, but everyone has to start somewhere, and showing my kids a world class 5 paragraph literary essay would have been paralyzing. 2 years later, I still see them breaking down the process in the steps she taught them, so I rate it as a success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunchlady Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 It was too contrived for me to have the kids write an exact number of sentences in a specific order, etc. Very formulatic and I didn't think the writing examples by students she had in her text were that good. My favorite writing program has been Write Shop 1&2. Then my children used Lively Art of Writing with Writeathome.com Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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