Love2teach0307 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 We are coming from a more laid-back literature-heavy elementary year to a full-throttle middle school year for 6th next year. My dd is looking at going to an IB school for high school, and I want to make sure she is well-prepared. I'd love to just tell her to spend an hour/day on LA, but with the spelling/vocabulary, grammar (her weak point), composition (needs some work) plus doing literature discussions - I see her doing more than an hour/day. Math will take an hour, and the history/science/geography we have picked out looks like to be 5days/week, too. How much time is normal in middle school HSing to spend on LA? I expect some overlap with history/science reports, but is anyone else spending more than an hour on LA? PS. My dd is pretty laid back and s-l-o-w at writing anything, but is a very fast reader. This may also be why I'm nervous about LA next year. :huh: - Rebecca (doing 6th and 2nd next year - both girls) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I think we did about an hour a day at that age. We did not study every aspect of English every day. Calvin went into an IB programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Not counting literature, dd spent about 1-1.5 hrs per day on composition, grammar, and vocabulary. We did not formally study literature in 6th. She read books she chose from a list, kept a reading log, and did a short book report when finished which averaged out to about 30-45min per day. This year in 7th we'll step up literature a bit with Figuratively Speaking so time will bump to about an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space station Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 If one were to go by the amount of time spent on LA in our local middle school, then about 1.5 hours would be the expectation. They have 45 min English class, 45 min "reading" class, and 15 minutes mandatory silent reading time. Of course you can get a lot more done at home in the same amount of time. Still, that seems to be about the amount of time we end up spending, especially on long WWS assignment days. Of that dd spends about 10 minutes on grammar, 20 on vocab, 45-60 on composition, & 15 on poetry if there is time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2teach0307 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Thanks for the input!! I needed reassurance that not all the LA needed to get done in an hour. I appreciate all the feedback. The idea of rotating some aspects so that not all the English works gets done every day will help, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 If I recall correctly my older kids did about 30-40 minutes of composition, 15-20 grammar, and 10-15 spelling. Literature had it's own time slot not attached to those: I'll estimate 40-60 minutes. I expect my rising 6th grader to do about the same, though his grammar will look more like ten minutes this year (daily language review book rather than a full course). R&S spelling 6 will be his last spelling book; when it's finished that subject will drop off the schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 My current 6th grader spends about one and a quarter hours on LA - spelling/vocab, composition, grammar, reading comprehension and assigned reading. Free reading and read-alouds are not included in this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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