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We are using EIW (Essentials in Writing)for 9th grade and liking it. It has been great to cement the structure of Essay Writing. My child hated writing and she has overcome that hate.
She doesn't love it but she is not crying about writing anymore.
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I was in your place last year. I chose to go with EIW 9 just because mine had had plenty of grammar. She had done IEW A, IEW B, IEW B continuation, and the Elegant Essay. She hated, hated, hated IEW. It is the program used in the co-op we are in. I am not an English native speaker so I felt very unqualified to teach writing. I personally learned a lot with IEW as I had to repeat the lessons with her at home after she had the class at the co-op. It was just not a good fit for her.
The lessons in IEW didn't stick, so now we are doing EIW. It breaks each writing assignment into very small steps. It is really easy to implement. EIW 9 is not too hard. She is not crying every time I mention writing, and her writing has indeed improved. It is not as formulaic as IEW so there aren't as many check-boxes to cross before the paper is done. We are concentrating on the basics right now and EIW is doing a good job of that.
If you think you kiddo would benefit from doing EIW 8 then go for it.
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In my area of the country (rural Tennessee), Tutorials are $297/Student per course. So about $9 per class. Classes are 1 1/2 hours once a week (some lab classes are 2 hours/weekly, and have additional lab fees). Classes vary in size are 5-15 students.
At my house I can only accommodate 8 students, at the Tutorial were I am teaching currently I have a class of 15.
In my Spanish classes I correct homework, quizzes, and tests.
In my Chemistry class I correct quizzes, lab reports, and test and parents correct homework.
In Nashville, Same tutorial settings are more expensive ($400-$600 a course).
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Sorry, totally misread that. In my mind you were speaking of OM, not LL.
I have not seen the complete program for LL 9th grade, but my dd currently uses and enjoys LL8 after also using and enjoying LL9.
I'd like to hear what you think is busyworkish about LL.
You didn't ask me but I will answer you anyway:
We did LL 7 and LL8 and enjoyed them both.The LL high school guide we are using now is not at all like LL7 and LL8 (a lot of instruction and practice). We are doing LL American to add to the ½ credit of literature from BF and basically it is a list of comprehension questions and essays to write (no writing instruction). Some literary terms are explained but not in detail. There aren’t any exercises to practice them either.
I am almost sure we will use “When Worlds Collide†next year. We need more guidance. I am a math and science person (and English is not my native language). So maybe that is why it is not a good fit for us.
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I am from Spain. People do not homeschool in Spain. My family thought I had joined a cult when I told them I was homeschooling my children (we started 12 years ago). I didn't know what homeschooling was until I met some homeschooling families while teaching a Spanish Class for Pre-Schoolers at my local library here in the states. My family thinks I am crazy :)
You are American so you should be able to homeschool your children. Contact the US. Embassy and ask what the rules are.
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Yes we did. I had the materials from when I became a citizen and I wanted my dd to experience it. I will do the same for my next two :)
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Guest Hallow has some free schedules. We used part of the geography one a long time ago. She has improved it since we used it, we enjoyed it. http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/geography/geography.html Winter Promise also has a geography curriculum. It is expensive but it looks good.
http://winterpromise.com/children-around-world-theme-introduction
I hope you find what works best for your family :)
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I know this post is about SL and MFW but if cost is an issue you may want to look at Beautiful Feet.
I have used both SL and MFW. We liked SL better. I just started using Beautiful Feet, and we like it best. When, and If, I need more readers for my children then I pull out the SL catalog and get the extra readers from the library.
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I used it with my oldest a long time a go. I doubt their U.S History for 5th grade has changed much. We enjoyed it. Oak Meadow is very creative. There are many creative projects, so it is really good for students who like to do hands-on projects (not the cut an paste variety). There is a list of projects to allows the students to choose what they want to do.
I didn't care very much for their language arts approach so we supplemented quite a bit. The topics for the writing assignments were good but I didn't feel the "teaching how to do it" was sufficient (but English is not my native tongue).
Oak Meadow is not open and go. They give you a weekly list of things to do and you need to break it into daily chunks.
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I am expected to stay.
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I think your question is: Can a child read the lesson and do the math on his/her own? The answer is "yes."
The concepts are introduced in little chunks and are very easy to understand.
There is a lot of review in CLE. Each new concept is introduced, and practiced, and then the majority of the lesson is what they call "We Remember." The "We Remember" includes more practice with the new concept but mostly is a bit of everything presented to date. I would suggest that if your child wants to read the lesson on her own then she should show you the answers to the the practice for the new concept before moving on to the review section. The explanations are very easy to understand and with the solutions manual (not the answer manual), you should be able to help your child with the lesson if she messes up with her new concept practice.
I had a child move from CLE to Saxon 1/2 without a problem. My ds is now using CLE 7 as he works better with workbooks than textbooks.
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My oldest used it too. I agree with the previous two posts, Saxon Physics is mostly a math book. My oldest likes math and she is not going into Engineering so it was not a problem. We will not use it again.
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Does anybody have a good suggestion for a prep. book for the new PSAT test?
and does anybody know if it needs to be a PSAT prep Book or a good SAT prep book would do as well??
My oldest, now in college, used the ACT for college admission. Before taking the PSAT, she practiced with some PSAT prep. books a friend lend us. I don't know much about the SAT and I don't know how it compares with the PSAT.
My second child is a freshman this year and I would like her to take the PSAT for practice next year. I would like for her to start practicing this summer.
Thanks in advanced for any advise :)
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Math: Saxon Algebra II
English 1: The Elegant Essay + Lightning Literature American (+ Wordly Wise 9, Easy Grammar Plus, Jensen's Punctuation).
Science: Biology with Exploring Life by Campbell + co-op Labs
Social Studies: World History (1450-1870) with Beautiful Feet
Spanish 1: Spanish is Fun 2 + Espanol Esencial 2+ in co-op class
Computer Literacy: Co-op class (includes history, parts of the computer, power-point, excel, windows, etc).
Fine Arts Credit: Oil Painting Class (3 hours/week)--adding hours for a credit
P.E: Swimming, and hiking--adding hours for a credit.
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Use different curricula. Do not compare. Praise equally.
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All three of mine love to read. I read a lot to them when they were little. Actually I read aloud to them until they hit middle school. My ds decided he could read faster on his own :) I love to read as well so they always saw mom reading books instead of watching TV. We went/go to the library once a week and they were/are allowed to pick their own books to read.
When they were little TV time was 1 hour (usually something educational from NPT, every now and then an age appropriate movie), computer time was no more than 30 min and it was also educational. Now two of them spend 1-2 hours total on TV or/and computer daily if that much, some days no time at all. My ds likes computers so he spends more time but no more than 1 hour/daily. He would spend more time if he could but I don't let him.
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The Schedule just gives you a daily break down. Example for Week 12, Monday and Tuesday:
Week 12 (I tried to create a table but it didn't let me, so in this order)
BF Guide Lesson
Read
Things to Do
Comp.
Monday
L.7 [pg.27]
Poor Richard, chaps. 12-13
Answer questions 4-5, 7-8
Locate B. West’s Paintings (2)
Listen to/research Handel (3)
Research Wm. Pitt (6)
Tuesday
L. 8 [pg.27]
Poor Richard, chaps. 14-15
Answer comprehension questions 2-6
It doesn't come in PDF
It has the chapters and the questions that go with those chapters (so you are actually answering them as you read the information in the books).
It doesn't really make the reading workload easier, there is a lot to read (and write), but it helps when it comes to answering the questions.
If your child is dyslexic you may want to read out-loud to her and have her answer the questions orally (more like a discussion).
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My 7th and 9th graders are using it this year for history. We are using the schedule by Hewitt Homeschooling: https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=3480
The schedule has all the reading, questions, map work, etc. divided by weeks and broken by days (5 days a week).
We are really enjoying this curriculum here. It is a lot of reading but we are learning a lot.
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I am speaking from experience. I teach Spanish to homeschooled high schoolers. It is a lot easier to teach them when they know their grammar.
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We just started using BF for the first time this year (9th grade and 7th grade). I don't have any experience with TruthQuest. My children are loving history this year.
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I am teaching Chemistry using the 2nd edition in a local tutorial. This is my 3rd year teaching this specific curriculum. My class is 2 hours long. Most modules take us two weeks (Stoichiometry may take me three weeks to cover if the students are not getting the concept).
The first hour: Students come to class and tell me if they had any problems with their OYO, RQ, and PP. Parents are supposed to check them at home and allow the students to correct their work a couple of times before they hand the solutions manual over for self correction. I am there if they can't figure out how the author went from point A to point B. We work on problematic problems first. They take weekly quizzes I have created on the material we covered the previous week. Then we discuss (or I lecture) new material, and go over all the examples in that section of the module. I give them Extra Practice Problems to do in class and model how to solve them on the board after they have tried to do it on their own.
Second Hour: We do the labs for that section of the module. Go over lab reports together.
Homework: re-read material at home. Take notes if they wish (I have Quizlet links to study the material). I have links to Kahn and YouTube videos for different sections of the modules if students need extra help. They need to do the OYO and self-correct as they read. RQ and PP at the end (2nd week for that module). Lab reports can be polished at home and need to be turned in for grading after we complete the module. Tests are administered at home at the end of the module by the parent and I grade them.
I would say that students spend another 5 hours a week with homework/studying/tests. Weekly Total: ~ 7 hours.
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9th grade writing?
in High School and Self-Education Board
Posted · Edited by paintmisha
EIW doesn't teach grammar for 9th and up. In our EIW 9 there was some grammar review that was optional, but as we are using our own grammar program we skipped it. Writing lessons starts with writing good sentences, moves on to writing good paragraphs (different types),then goes into writing different kinds of Essays (personal, persuasive, compare/contrast...), and ends with the research paper. We just finished the personal essay paper: 1. What is a personal essay--Choosing your topic 2. Organizing a personal essay--organizing your body paragraphs 3. Writing the opening paragraph 4. Writing the three body paragraphs 5. Writing your closing paragraph 6. Revising 7. Editing and Publishing. I think I got all the lessons (I don't have the DVD in hand). It is broken down into many little steps, making it very manageable for a child who hates writing.