mom2denj Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Do you use this as your Language Arts curriculum as a whole, or do you use something else in addition? I am using R & S English (7) for the first time this year and I am also using SL L/A. Do you feel that writing is covered well with just the English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 My kids are much younger, and we are using R&S 4 this year, so maybe this isn't applicable. But I am also using Classical Writing. R&S is wonderful for grammar, but so far I haven't seen much writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjarnold Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Do you use this as your Language Arts curriculum as a whole, or do you use something else in addition? I am using R & S English (7) for the first time this year and I am also using SL L/A. Do you feel that writing is covered well with just the English? I think that, in one of the older editions of TWTM, SWB says you can use Rod and Staff on its own, without an additional writing supplement. I only used R & S through about 4th grade, but I didn't feel I needed to use a supplementary writing program alongside it. Tiffany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbjmeyer Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I used IEW for more writing instruction. There is some instruction in r&s, but I have a reluctant writer. IEW helped with this problem. I use r&s primarily for learning grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Along with R&S English my ds uses R&S spelling and Classical Writing. When R&S English has him doing a writing assignment we drop CW for those days. Many people say R&S has enough writing on its own, and I don't disagree with them. We highly value the progymnasmata method (thus the CW) so we work it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Do you use this as your Language Arts curriculum as a whole, or do you use something else in addition? I am using R & S English (7) for the first time this year and I am also using SL L/A. Do you feel that writing is covered well with just the English? I have finished through R&S-8 with my oldest, and I just have to ask if you have had Grammar before, and are just switching to R&S-7 *or* if you are planning on this being your introduction to Grammar? Since I'm leaving momentarily, I will just say that *if* this is your first experience with Grammar, I would highly, highly, highly recommend starting with R&S 6. R&S-7 is in many ways even more difficult than R&S-8 IMNSHO. LOL And, since R&S-8 really begins to cover essays and persuasive writing, this could easily wait until high school. As far as the *writing* component goes, R&S covers the writing process very well. As others have pointed out, it is important to repeatedly apply the lessons after the initial introduction. (Note: I don't really know why R&S is always picked out for this. This advice really applies to just about every writing program. Years ago, before the workbooks, even Classical Writing was designed to facilitate cross-curricular writing. And it may still encourage that, IDK.) I will say that when we were using SL, I found it difficult (though not completely impossible) to do as much cross-curricular writing as WTM calls for. We were also overwhelmed trying to do both R&S and the Grammar/Writing program from SL. (They made it sound so easy, I tried to do both for a while.) If you are trying to choose between R&S and SL for Grammar/Writing, I would choose R&S with no regrets. That said, I loved SL History and Lit, and if they had an Ancients Year for high school, I would gladly quit planning and go on a much needed Beach Trip!!! If you can, have your child writing 3 short compositions each week - one each in History, Science, and Literature - that are based on what she's learning in her writing program, and you'll be more than fine. That's the goal in WTM, anyway. Often I fall short, and my kids have been fine just doing 2 many weeks. ;) HTH, and best wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 A complete English course would includes not only grammar and composition but also spelling/vocabulary, reading/literature, and even penmanship. :-) R&S's English series is very comprehensive as far as grammar and composition. Ditto for the spelling. I like using good literature instead of basal readers and workbooks, but many people do like R&S's readers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanagnostos Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I have been using R&S for grammar only. We added IEW for writing, AAS for spelling, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 We just started R&S English last year and we love it. I so wish I'd known of it when my older dd was younger. Last year we used only R&S. This year, we'll be using R&S and also Write With the Best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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