JadeOrchidSong Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I have decided to sign ds12.5 up for Attuneup Essay Practitioners. However, I just learned from another post that it is not offered this fall. Now I am back to researching, Has anyone had experience with The Potter's School online writing for 8th grade? What is your 8th grader going to do for writing in the fall? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 DD will start Writing With Skill 2 next year in eighth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 My DS just finished Potter's School Narnia comp course for 8th grade. He loved it, and yet it challenged him too, and was a good first experience in online courses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Birchbark, How much time did ds spend each day? I am leaning towards TPS writing. What is his next writing class? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Ds did the whole WWS 1. But WWS 2 was very hard for him and he stopped midway and has been doing Lively Art of Writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenC Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 We are going to use WWS 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 For Rhetoric study, we're going to finish up Writing With a Thesis. We may follow that up with the Bravewriter Expository Essay class. Or we may get started with They Say/I Say. As far as content-based writing, we're still working on Movies With Literature and associated essays. Not sure what writing will look like in history/science but there will definitely be a reading log and associated essays. For creative writing, we have the TC course Writing Great Fiction, and some screenwriting resources. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Calvert...we needed one great year of writing before high school and I know Calvert will deliver that. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upennmama Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 My 7th grader has done a mishmash- she did WWS1 in 5th-6th, and then used WWS2 in the beginning of 7th. I felt that she gained a lot of skills and understanding, but she was getting frustrated and it was a bit repetitive, so we moved to IEW's Windows to the World (Literary Analysis) in the second half of the year, and it's been great. It's a big leap forward, but good. Next year she'll be doing the Elegant Essay and Introduction to Literary Analysis http://everyday-education.com/product/introduction-literature-english-1/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 My 8th grader is going to be doing 3-level outlines, rewrites and WTM-style literary essays. I think I will also have him do a couple chapters of WWS 2 (the citing sources and intros & conclusions ones) and after that we're going to "play" with essays before we start writing formal essays in 9th. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I have decided to sign ds12.5 up for Attuneup Essay Practitioners. However, I just learned from another post that it is not offered this fall. Now I am back to researching, Has anyone had experience with The Potter's School online writing for 8th grade? What is your 8th grader going to do for writing in the fall? We were planning on Attune Up also. We WILL take it in the Spring when it is re-offered, but for the fall, my rising 8th grader will be taking Fiction Writing at Online G3, which is a one semester course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Birchbark, How much time did ds spend each day? I am leaning towards TPS writing. What is his next writing class? He worked on writing assignments for about 1-2 hrs. a couple times a week. The class met once a week for 1-1/2 hrs. We chose not to continue with TPS writing in high school for reasons discussed in this thread. We are giving Wilson Hill Academy a try next year. DS is enrolled in their Honors Composition class. We did love the Narnia class though, and I would certainly do it again with my youngers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I'm using IEW. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 DD is on to WWS II in 8th next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonwood Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Moving Beyond the Page level 12-14. DD is doing it now, DS will do it in 8th next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofoobunny Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 We used WWS in 7th grade, and we are going to use IEW for 8th grade - I've heard so many good things about the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 SparklyUnicorn and foofoobunny, which IEW program are you each going to use for 8th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Mine will just continue practicing writing. She does a paragraph or two per day for history or a short DBQ and every few weeks she'll write a short literary analysis essay for English. I will also have her go through "They say, I say" because so far she's only approached writing from a perspective of writing her thesis and proving it rather than writing in a larger context of an academic conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 We were planning on Attune Up also. We WILL take it in the Spring when it is re-offered, but for the fall, my rising 8th grader will be taking Fiction Writing at Online G3, which is a one semester course.I wonder if my ds will like Fiction Writing G3. I sent you his unfinished novel he wrote two years ago. Will this class challenge him, will it be too easy? Creative writing seems natural to him considering he wrote that 50 page long story with good chapter ending for each chapter, decent dialogs, and somewhat good character development. What do you think? I would like to give him an easy semester and also sign him up for the spring Attune up essay classes. After that he will be a more serious high school writing student. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofoobunny Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 SparklyUnicorn and foofoobunny, which IEW program are you each going to use for 8th? I talked to one of the ladies from the company, and she told me to start with SIW-B because my daughter has no previous experience with IEW format (she did WWS). She linked me to a page to "ramp" it up for her if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I wonder if my ds will like Fiction Writing G3. I sent you his unfinished novel he wrote two years ago. Will this class challenge him, will it be too easy? Creative writing seems natural to him considering he wrote that 50 page long story with good chapter ending for each chapter, decent dialogs, and somewhat good character development. What do you think? I would like to give him an easy semester and also sign him up for the spring Attune up essay classes. After that he will be a more serious high school writing student. I think, like any writing class, the student can grow from where he or she is, regardless of whether the student is more or less advanced than his/her peers. That's just a guess, though. My suggestion would be to email the professor and ask for thoughts. I think everyone will be at different levels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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