MamaSprout Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I don't really like Lightning Lit. Other options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I'm going to try Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings this year and see how it goes. Lit has turned out to be consistently the hardest subject to find a good fit here, so I'm looking forward to seeing what responses you get. DD likes LL, but I think it's because it's easy and she doesn't really have to think-not quite what I want! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 I guess I kind of like Excellence in Literature, but I don't think I want to start it for another year or two. What do we need for lit besides Figratively Speaking and maybe some summaries if we are already using a writing program? Maybe I should re-read that section from WTM. I sort of like the 8th grade Memoria Press selections, but I'm always leary of too much busy work. Dd reads at a high school level, but is not there maturity-wise. She likes books, but would read science all day if lit wasn't a box she has to check, then she likes it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 you can also put it together yourself. I have never seen a scripted curriculum I liked.. so we're not using any. (The much lauded LLLoTR was an epic fail with my children because of all the busywork) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I'd like a giant Cliff Notes anthology. Just so if I fell behind in reading I could cheat. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 We read and discuss literature -- without a purchased curriculum. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I'd like a giant Cliff Notes anthology. Just so if I fell behind in reading I could cheat. That's so funny! I am seriously considering getting cliffs notes for books when my dds get to high school. There is no way I can keep up with all the reading for both of them, in addition to all the other subjects. (Bad, bad homeschooling mom!) :leaving: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 That's so funny! I am seriously considering getting cliffs notes for books when my dds get to high school. There is no way I can keep up with all the reading for both of them, in addition to all the other subjects. (Bad, bad homeschooling mom!) :leaving: Well this isn't the only thing I do! So no that doesn't make you bad IMO. I wish my local library had the notes. There are subscription services out there that are similar. Enotes is $50 a year or ($14.99 a month). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 We read and discuss literature -- without a purchased curriculum. Us too. We discuss the book first, then read sparknotes to see if we missed anything. (and I don't cheat and pre-read them!) Ruth in NZ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Us too. We discuss the book first, then read sparknotes to see if we missed anything. (and I don't cheat and pre-read them!) Ruth in NZ I don't pre-read because I'm not that good, but why would that be cheating? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 We read and discuss literature -- without a purchased curriculum. We have up until now... but I've got a group I'm putting together. If it was just us, we'd keep right on reading and discussing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 If you've done a lot of history already, then you can do the Greenleaf Guides for Ancient Lit. and Medieval Lit. http://www.greenleafpress.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=56&zenid=51dd2863844d521df71efa325447d15c 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 There's an old Scott Foresman series. We used about half or maybe slightly less of one of the textbooks called Patterns in Literature. It was nice for 6th grade, I didn't have to plan anything and we just read the next thing and it was flexible enough so we could read and take little diversions from the accompanying questions in the text. It was a compilation of short stories, poems, a play or two, some novel excerpts. We did this in addition to the classic lit, scifi etc he likes to read in his free time. There are other books in the series including English and American Lit that we haven't yet tried. http://smile.amazon.com/Patterns-Literature-Edmund-J-Farrell/dp/0673293793/ I bought one of the used copies for a few dollars. Other than that we just do our own thing. Read something we like and discuss. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Worked for dd17. As a younger teen, we had book club. Once she was 15, she just read her way through a canon or two :) And we talked about it. Now she is at uni, we talk about sociological theory instead :) How did your book club work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineMom Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 My dd11 has decided to focus on Jane Austin reads for next year. I plan on re-reading and discussing them with her. This spring term, as a 6th grader, she has chosen to read Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, The Giver, 1984 & Fahrenheit 451. She also belongs to our library Teen Book Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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