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    Classical Writing

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

    Posted

    Thank you Kathie, I will follow your steps. I am hoping that it will be easier to understand once I actually hold the books in my hand. I was watching the free videos on Classical Writing website and I am even more psyched to start the program. I think that it is wonderful and fits nicely with everything else we have been doing.

    Cleopatra, I will post a question on their forum and will update here once I hear anything back.

     

    I wanted to ask about the poetry element of this program? Are any of you doing it? The author in the free video lecture was promoting it highly. What is your experience? Do you do it at the end of the year, just like it is suggested? My understanding is that is is to be done  after the Book B (second part) is finished?

    Veronika

    Classical Writing

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

    Posted

    Thank you everybody for chiming in. I ordered it last night, the core book, the student book and the teacher's guide. I appreciate your warning about the learning curve, so I shall be patient with my self in that regard. ;-)

    I am sure that I will have tons of questions then.

    Cleopatra, where do you sing up for the essay's marking? Not that we will need it yet, but I was thinking about that type of service and how useful it would be in the higher levels? So I am glad to know that it will be available when we get to that. Where do you find it?

    I am liking this program even more.....of course that may change when I will actually hold it in my hand! ;-)

     

     

    Classical Writing

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

    Posted

    Great! I like to hear that. Yes, I re-read all the samples of Classical Writing and for some reason I feel that that is the way to do it. I love language and good structured sentences. I think that I am just going to order it and deal with it ;-)

    Thank you so much, Critterfixer, I am glad to hear that there are samples as what is to be expected for the kiddos. That is very helpful.

    Now, how important would it be to read the next levels core books ahead of time? As to understand where the whole program is heading......Or do they give a pretty good understanding in Homer core book alone.

    Really appreciate the help!

    Classical Writing

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

    Posted

    Thank you for your replies, I am looking at Critical Writing samples right now, and I can not imagine doing Aesop (seems to much like WWE)...so the assumption would be to start with Homer. CritterFixer, now I am terrified ;-) Is there same handholding? Do they give you samples of the student's work?

    Classical Writing

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

    Posted

    Hello,

    After spending some time reading a wonderful thread by Lewelma on evaluation of numerous writing curricula, I begin to research what we are going to do for writing with my son (fifth grade) this year.

    We have done WWE1 through half way into WWE4 ( he could not stomach it anymore). Then we switched to IEW Intensive A, and a third of a way done through the continuation A course. At this point I started to notice, that my son was writing only to use all the dress ups, while the actual content of his writing took a back burner. He developed a game for him self, to squeeze as many dress ups in the smallest amount of sentences possible.....Seeing this, I stopped using IEW. My son does not like to write much, but can be semi good at it, if he really applies him self (if motivated). However, he loves talking! And I can imagine him to do a lot of talking in the future, hence I think that writing would be important for him.

    Now to the question:  I really like the look of Classical Writing, but after my research, I am understanding that it is an excellent program if the teacher is very good at writing. So I am wondering, would you agree with this as being true? English is a second language for me, and I am starting to wonder if I can swing teaching Classical Writing.

    If I would use all the Teacher's guide and Student's workbook along the side with the core book, would this ease the need to be a good  writer for the teacher? How good of a writer does one need to be to succesfully teach this?

    I appreciate all input.

    Thanks

    Veronika

    Halloween project voting, please help

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Hello,

    my niece's preschool in the Czech republic is competing in a Halloween project. The voting is online, and they are hardly ahead. If they win, they will get to go on a day trip with the whole class.

    If you please could help me by voting, click on "hlasovat" under the project picture on the right side.

    http://halloween-chlumec.cz/cs/uzivatel/soutez/24-1-258/1/position/

     

    It is only today and tomorrow.

    Thank you so much.

    Veronika

    I love IEW

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    We love it as well. My DS (8) was very very reluctant writer. He always had an enormous vocabulary and was talking non stop. But when it came down to write something, he just could not do it at all. We did 2 years of WWE and that helped somewhat. But This year, after 4 months of SWI A, he is writing beautiful paragraphs. It just makes sense for him. It seems that the to do list takes focus away from the writing pressure. It is great.

    I did not want to spend the money at first, and now I am so glad I did. We will continue with IEW for sure.

    Do you wake your kids?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I do wake up my DS (8) usually around 7am. I feel that if we start our schooling activities by 8-8:30 we can be done by lunch, and our day is much more productive. If for some reason we don't start early, everything seems to take twice the time. My son loves his undisturbed quite time after lunch for couple of hours, so he is motivated to finish early.

    Is IEW as scary as it looks??

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    We are just starting with IEW. I purchased both the TWSS and the Intensive A. My 8 year old son is a very reluctant writer. He is doing excellent in narration and summaries. We are continuing to do WWE3, but very slowly, and are focusing on IEW at the moment.

    He loves Pudewa's humor and the instructional DVD's, and is finally starting to produce some nice sentences and paragraphs. I found the instructions for teachers very easy and it provides an adequate hand holding, even to me (not a native English speaker). I think that I will improve my own writing after this year :-)

    In my opinion, these types of classes are great for kids who are very verbal but have hard time writing. My son's mind is very technical and rules oriented, he loves the structure that IEW is providing for him. And his writing is starting to flourish. I could imagine that it may not be a good fit to a very creative child, who is already doing lot of writing on its own.

    In the beginning, I did not wanted to spend this kind of money on a writing program. In retrospect, I am so glad that I did. Hope, this helps.

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