dkholland Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 My ds, 8th this fall, will be finishing WWS1. We plan to start our year with the poetry section. I am wanting to add a spelling program, continue with AG. Now I need to add in Literature selections and just don't know what to do. He will be doing a year of World Geography with no formal history this year. He really enjoys WWS and had great success last year with it. So we plan to continue with that as our writing instruction. I need to add Literature but want a "program". I am not into designing any lesson plans of my own. All the literature programs out there have a writing component in them also and it seems like too much writing. Is it too much to do: WWS 1 and then into 2 Spelling program Grammar program then a Lit program?? I am looking at EIL Intro to Lit,OR Hewitts LL8, OR Figuratively Speaking. Would any of these programs be worthwhile if I don't do the writing portion of the curriculum? I am open to suggestions! or maybe I am just overthinking this... Thanks for the help, Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'm in the same boat with my son starting 9th and needing to continue AG, his spelling program, and he'll just be starting WWS1, we have tried it in the past but he just wasn't up for it. For lit I'm using the EIL book list from Intro for lit (but subbing in more Poe for the short stories instead of what they use since he just discovered Poe and wants to read more of him) but will just be discussing the books ala Teaching the Classics instead of doing the writing in EIL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Or you could add in literature that ties in to his World Geography studies, and just discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifesadream83 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Good books curriculum from the great books academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Figuratively Speaking doesn't have much in the way of writing, but the student is only reading very short excerpts (as in a few paragraphs). So it works best paired with either novels or a short story anthology. Mosdos has one as does K12 (Classics for Young Readers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkholland Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thanks for the ideas. I always feels like reading and discussing (because I am not very good at it!) is never enough. My ds is a voracious reader so getting him to read is no problem. I will ponder this some more and look at these ideas. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkholland Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Do you ladies have any experience with Literary Lessons from LOTR? I have been looking at this and it has optional writing. It covers lit terms and have comp questions. Do you think it would match well with WWS2, spelling program, and AG without being too overwhelming to our day?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 It's not unreasonable - WWS for writing, spelling, grammar, and lit. Sounds perfectly reasonable! An 8th grader should be able to do the writing in WWS and also do some writing in a lit program, or about books. You could definitely do LLLOTR as part of that lineup, although you might not need a separate vocab if you are using the vocab portion of it. You can pick and choose how much of it you use - a lot of people skip the comprehension questions and do the discussions orally with an occasional writing assignment - you can choose from the questions/topics included in the program. Just be flexible and don't feel like you have to use every single bit of every single program as written, or at the pace in the curriculum. Sounds like a good mix, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Yes, it's quite possible! We're using WWS2, spelling, grammar, lit, and more! ;) We have a two hour block of time to make it happen happily....anything less than that is too rigid and rushed for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkholland Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thanks for the boost of confidence that I am on the right track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Just wanted to add one our better choices for my oldest ds' gr. 9 year was a live lit course on DVD from Teaching the Classics folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 We're doing WWS1/2, Vocab, AG, and Figuratively Speaking this year in 7th. So I say no it's not too much. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn121 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Not unresonable at all. My 8th grader is doing WW2, Ultimate Grammar 8, Wordly Wise 9 and Lightening Lit 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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