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11 year old Needs an Easy Writing Program


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I have an 11 year old with Learning Disabilities.  She has a very hard time with writing, spelling and explaining stories in words.  I am looking for a program to start using in the Fall.  I bought Voc/Spelling City, its cute but not sure it will help with writing.  I want a program where she has to Physically write and be taught the proper way to do it.  Esp. Diagramming...

 

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Diagramming is part of grammar. For that, you have loads of choices like Rod and Staff, CLE, and Bob Jones {BJU}.

 

Writing: how about WriteShop Primary or Essentials in Writing {DVD based with a tiny bit of grammar thrown in} or Writing Skills by EPS Books? BJU English has a grammar chapter then a writing chapter so would hit your requests easily.

 

 

HTH!

 

Thanks.  Why are they soo Darn Expensive!  ARGGHHH

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For both my special needs oldest and my daughter, I really have liked Essentials in Writing.  It's given in nice sized chunks and worked with.  Once the format is down, then you can work on polishing.  Personally, I wouldn't worry about diagramming for now anyway, but that's just me.  I'm not saying it's not good, but if they have a hard time with writing and language in general, it might just be a hurdle that isn't at the top of the list.

 

Good luck,

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I tried a bunch with my kids with learning disabilities and ended up just using Bravewriter lifestyle techniques along with some Brave Writer classes as they have gotten older.

 

We often take whatever book we are reading (reader or read-aloud) and use the first sentence/paragraph as copywork. Student simply copies it. Usually before copying, I sit down and read and discuss the sentence. We discuss the grammar or puncuation and any unusual spelling words. Sometimes we copy this repeatedly until I can dictate it and they can write it from memory.

 

If you do this, start small. It's amazing how much they can learn little by little.

 

Ask questions as you read books aloud. Ask them to retell something, describe a character, discuss plot, ask WHY questions - just discuss.

 

I've found it very frustrating to "use a program" with my kids with learning disabilities. They just learn so differently. I take it one step at a time - some of those steps go very quickly, others take forever. Just keep plugging along.

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