Karenciavo Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 I was at a convention yesterday and stopped by the For Such a Time As This booth, it looks really good. My oldest will not be using TOG in his senior year, he already did Year 1 at the rhetoric level, and I'm considering using either the World Lit or Skills for Rhetoric. Any one have an opinion on these? Thank you, Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in SouthGa Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hi Karen, I have not actually used either of these, but talked to Mr. Stobaugh's son at length at a HS convention and bought the Skills for Rhetoric course. His son advised me to go with that course as opposed to the Lit. Analysis course because my son was still having trouble with writing. The Lit course is for those who are already outlining and such well. After looking through the Rhetoric course better at home, I think I will wait another year to use it. My son (just turned 13) is still struggling a bit with writing, and the Rhetoric class requires them to write a warm-up essay everyday, and keep a journal, in addition to the assignments, which were by themselves going to be a lot for my son to keep up with. I really liked the fact that the Lit course comes with a dvd that has Mr. Stobaugh introducing himself and the course, and has a section for each book where he introduces the author. The Rhetoric class comes with a dvd as well, where he introduces himself, gives expectations, and introduces the course. He does start off by giving a very strong Christian witness, if that is a concern. Talking to his son was what sold me on the course. He had gone through all of them with his dad, and he was just so well-spoken and really knew his stuff. Very impressive young man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 It does look really good! I talked with Mr. Stobaugh for some time at our convention, and he actually steered me away from the rhetoric course, saying my rising sophomore would not need it (I had already told him what Cam did this past year.) With your son being older, he would probably be beyond it also. It was hard deciding between his Epic path vs. the Am/World/British path, but we decided to go with the latter. I love that it looks so do-able and more importantly, he won't need me to get started. I also picked up the Greek Morpheme Lessons at his booth. Hadn't seen that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkapp Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 We tried the Stobaugh's American Literature this year. It was a used, older edition and didn't come with a DVD. Overall, I was pleased with it. I would agree that there is not much guidance for preparing the writing. To some degree, your success with the course partly depends on your student's background. My 9th and 10th grade daughters are very proficient readers, and we have done quite a bit of literature analysis and discussion so they didn't have much trouble with the essays. Overall, his introductions, discussions, and questions were helpful and relevant. I'm planning on using the World Lit next fall. Yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thank you everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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