I think I've decided to go with MCT for my 8th grader. We've used R & S and Hake Grammar in the past, and although we haven't done a ton of formal writing, she's a pretty good writer. She went to ps last year and the grammar and writing they did was minimal. So she hasn't had much since 6th grade. She'll go to ps for high school, so this is my last chance to do LA with her.
I was thinking
Magic Lens 1
Word Within the Word 1
Poetry and Humanity
Essay Voyage
4 Practice 1
I don't understand why the Poetry book says grades 6 and 7 when Magic Lens and Vocab says 6, 7, 8, 9. She looked at the website (my mistake) and thinks she should do a higher level Poetry, because she doesn't want to do something below grade level. We haven't done much formal poetry and it's a big weakness for me, so I'm reluctant.
Any advice?
Still haven't decided what to do about lit.