travelgirlut Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 My daughter is the oldest and hence the guinea pig with curriculum in our house. Her writing instruction has been all over the place and not terribly successful, to be honest. Writing is also the subject I have the hardest time teaching, so we will be outsourcing writing next year for 8th grade. I'm looking for suggestions for the best classes that review the full span of things she needs to know before heading into high school. I've been eyeballing the classes at the Potters School, probably English 1 or the Narnia class, or the classes at Write at Home. I'm not terribly interesting in the WTMA classes since WWS was one of the failures here. She's a whole to parts learner, not parts to whole like WWS. I think Bravewriter could be a good fit, but there's no way I can pay for a full year of their classes, and only taking one or two would leave me filling in the gaps myself, and she is VERY resistant to me directly teaching her. I'm trying to stay under $500 for the whole year. As an idea of what we've done so you have an idea of her level: 3rd - WWE3, 4th and 5th - IEW, 6th - WWS1, and 7th - Moving Beyond the Page (though she's pretty much done zero writing with this curriculum this year). If she's chosen the topic and likes it, she's pretty good at getting words on a page, but assigned non-fiction is like pulling teeth. She has no sense of structure and flow in her writing. If you ask her, she will definitively state that she HATES writing. TL;DR - Any ideas/suggestions for outsourced writing classes that review everything a kid needs to know before high school would be greatly appreciated!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Well, I did 2 Brave Writer classes (in 9th grade) and did not fill in much other writing. The rest of our year was mostly literature. We've continued to do 1-2 Brave Writer classes yearly and then I have not taught more at home. My reluctant writer has thrived with this - he's learned lots and not been forced to write too much. He has done quality writing for BW and a other classes (not taught by mom). I'd consider BW Kidswrite Intermediate as a starting point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'm in a similar boat. My current (tentative) plan is to have DD do Bravewriter's Kidswrite Intermediate followed by one semester of Write at Home's middle school writing, either level 2 or 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelgirlut Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 I guess I'm worried if I don't fill the year with quality writing she won't be in the right place for high school. I would love for a BW class or two to do the trick. Would that really be enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I've done Potters school classes with my 16 year old and have been very very pleased with how his writing has progressed. My 12 year old will be doing a write at home class. I have a friend who has done those classes with her children and has had successful college level writers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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