OneStepAtATime Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 DD and I have been brainstorming her English I Credit for 9th grade. She will probably be in Barton level 6/7 by then (possibly 7/8), using IEW for writing, Fix-It Grammar for additional grammar, but still needs Lit. She likes Dystopian Society books but we are probably going to do that as a fun thing over the summer. We talked about it and she agrees she needs more exposure to different types of stories/materials. I need something clearly laid out to help her with Lit for 9th grade. Reading and reading comprehension and analysis are just something that comes to me. I have no idea how to teach what is in my head. Its just there, KWIM? DD does not do well with audio books but we are working on improving this area. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I don't have a dyslexic, but I always recommend Excellence in Lit. I would recommend the Intro to Lit level. Both my kids enjoyed the majority of the books. It is inexpensive, easy to follow and each unit can stand on its own, so if you need to adjust the pace, you can pick and choose units to use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 dystopian lit guides site:welltrainedmind.com Doesn't make sense to me to do lit in the summer and not count it as her school work. If she does lit, it's lit. The fact that she wants it, likes it, or pursues it doesn't make it off-limits, lol. That makes it all the better. And she's 9th grade. Look up 9th grade writing projects or look at what freebie (often very good!) lit guides require for the books. She can do creative projects, book reviews, no projects and just oral discussion, graphic organizers where you compare and contrast the book with the movie, etc. etc. You might just let it flow naturally or give her a list of projects and ask her to pick 2, kwim? At this level you're transitioning. It's not necessary to turn everything into a formal composition to make it valid study. Time spent = carnegie unit and carnegie units are what you put on the transcript. People put credits (material covered) but technically the colleges are looking for carnegie units, time spent. This is convenient for us, with non-traditional students, because we can work in unique ways, look at the time that was spent, and create labels for the transcript. Lee Binz takes it further btw. She suggests you not even TRY to make labels for the transcript too soon. Instead, where it's not obvious, make post-it notes with the time spent and what it was on, then rearrange those hours to create "courses" to put on the transcript. Perfectly valid. You're probably thinking you're going to want some composition too, right? Given that composition takes SO much effort, you might like to let the hours spent on Dystopian suffice for a 1/2 credit of lit and then do 1/2 credit of writing. You're not wanting to do 2 credits of english for 9th, kwim? Her year is going to be challenging enough. Let her work this summer give her flexibility for fall. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 You can use Teaching the Classics DVDs and a free syllabus from Jill Pike of IEW to introduce story charts and analysis. The first couple of lessons are slow but if you push through with your DD, the initial boring lesson is worth the effort. Teaching the Classics uses simple children's stories as examples to teach story analysis with Socratic questioning. I have the Intro to Lit course for EIL. To complete that course, you really need to complete either Teaching the Classics or Windows to the World first. EIL also teaches approach papers, which I can't see the pupose for. If your DD is only starting to use IEW after reading remediation, I expect she would very unhappy using EIL. EIL is good otherwise, but it would be too much as your DD masters writing basic paragraphs using IEW methods. ETA: Once the Teaching the Classics method is learned, your DD can apply the process to any book or story that you desire using mindmapping. TtC teaches the student to examine a story's content, structure, and style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I have the Intro to Lit course for EIL. To complete that course, you really need to complete either Teaching the Classics or Windows to the World first. EIL also teaches approach papers, which I can't see the pupose for. If your DD is only starting to use IEW after reading remediation, I expect she would very unhappy using EIL. EIL is good otherwise, but it would be too much as your DD masters writing basic paragraphs using IEW methods. I have no idea why you would need Teaching the Classics or Windows to the World before EIL. I've never seen either. We don't use IEW, but have enjoyed using EIL with both my kids who are very different learners. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I have no idea why you would need Teaching the Classics or Windows to the World before EIL. I've never seen either. We don't use IEW, but have enjoyed using EIL with both my kids who are very different learners. Page 20 of my PDF version of EIL Intro to Lit specifially names those programs as a precursor to the program. EIL also recommends reading How to Read a Book by Adler so that the student understands annotation. ETA : Windows to the World was recommended over on the high school board not specifically in EIL Intro to Lit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. Slowly pulling together resources for all the subjects for 9th. I am hoping to have everything here at the house by the beginning of May for 9th grade so that I can work on laying out a schedule/plan over the summer. I don't do well with go with the flow anymore. I get too disorganized too quickly. Point taken on just letting DD read Dystopian books over the summer and into the fall, OhE. I agree, I could just count that as part of her English I credit, and slowly introduce how to examine that literature as we progress through. Thanks for the links, BTW. I will check with the library regarding Teaching the Classics, How to Read a Book and Windows to the World. I will also look at EIL. Are Carnegie units just however much time she spends on each subject each day/semester/year? Is there a standard number of units expected in each subject? Wikipedia says 120 hours but does this vary by subject or state or college requirement or...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Lee Binz does free webinars, free ebooks, all sorts of goodies on transcript stuff. Yes, units are time spent, and yes you just use your common sense with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest2 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I would go with plays. American plays ? Or maybe a year of Shakepeare? My DD loves Shakepeare, but if she was at level 6/7 maybe she could start with Shakespeare Stories as a type of summary . Then she could watch : a utube video scene by scene animated summary by an English teacher Mrs. Sperry. There are great Teaching Company videos and or course, productions or dvds or utubes of the plays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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