Storm Bay Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Is there such a thing? Is it necessary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof165 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hi Karin, my son is doing German copywork. It just helps him tremendously with the spelling. German grammar is quite different - so, we are doing copywork from German children's literature books. I just let him copy 2-3 sentences (mostly from fables) and he is allowed to express himself artistically by drawing a picture that goes along with the storyline :) However, I don't do copywork on a daily basis, but we rotate weekly. One week we do copywork Mo-Wed-Fri, the other week we do copywork Tues-Thurs. We do copywork in Latin as well. I just LOVE copywork, and I see the benefits in my son's work. Hope this helps. Sonja _______________________________________ Homeschooling JUST ONE - ds 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenadina Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 We do copywork in multiple languages, as well. Ours are English, Spanish, and Latin. I'd much rather rotate through than have to teach him writing conventions 3 times! This is actually my biggest reason for not using the Writing with Ease workbook that I bought and now need to sell :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Thanks. We have Peter Rabbit in German, so I'll use that at some point. We're working on getting other books. My eldest is a natural speller, but my 10 yo isn't, so I'll get her working on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 We've got lots of dictation books, but none specifically for copying (never even seen one). The Sprachbuecher for Klasse 2 and 3 seem to have a lot of copywork in them (often it asks to do it as a dictation after having copied it). dd8 doesn't particularily relish the copying, but it's helped her German spelling lots and we might launch into dictations soon, to make her feel as grown up as her sister. If you're getting more books, here's a suggestion: Oma schreit der Frieder, von Gudrun Mebs. It's relatively simple, my ds 5 gets most of it, but the dds 8 and 9 still think it's very funny, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 We've got lots of dictation books, but none specifically for copying (never even seen one). The Sprachbuecher for Klasse 2 and 3 seem to have a lot of copywork in them (often it asks to do it as a dictation after having copied it). dd8 doesn't particularily relish the copying, but it's helped her German spelling lots and we might launch into dictations soon, to make her feel as grown up as her sister.If you're getting more books, here's a suggestion: Oma schreit der Frieder, von Gudrun Mebs. It's relatively simple, my ds 5 gets most of it, but the dds 8 and 9 still think it's very funny, too. Thanks! I'll see which of these I can find. Already my 10 yo is drooling over that German history book I bought (from another thread, and way too hard for her at the moment, but she is loving German & loves history). She and my ds can do the copywork (it'll be considered an easy subject, because they're only copying ;)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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