My 11 yr old ds is working @ a 7th grade level in almost everything. He is fairly independent and doing well with one exception. He has no skill, motivation or background in composition.
We are in our 2nd year homeschooling but this our first "classical" year. He started in public and then switched to private before coming home. He has nearly mastered grammar and is working in level "h" spelling. He reads extremely well and has a large vocabulary. But he struggles to even come up with one written summary sentence, let alone a paragraph or page.
He can do copywork and dictation perfectly and consistently. He can talk about what he reads fluently (and incessantly...he's very verbal). But he freezes up as soon as he is asked to "tell what you've read" in any way, shape or form.
I tried starting him with "Writing with Skill" but it's not going well. I'm considering backing up to maybe "Writing with Ease" but I'm unsure of which level. We did the placement tests for WWE and he read easily and could answer questions. But when he tried to write anything at all, he couldn't get the words from his head/mouth onto the paper without serious help.
Should I back off from WWS and try WWE? If so which level? Or should I do something else?
FWIW, we are on a very tight budget. I need to find something economical to help (online classes etc. like IEW are not possible right now)
Advice please?
(Edited for grammar)
