Quiver0f10 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I like the looks of Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons and think it would be easier to be able to teach my 8th, 7th and 5th graders together using one curriculum. However, I have TOG's WA and planned on using that. The downside would be that I will have to teach each one seperately for writing. I like BOTH though and was wondering if I used both would it be too much? What do you think??? :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Please, take this for what it's worth, I only have a 1st grader. We haven't done the writing assignments yet, but I have looked at each week's assignments (at all the levels, LOL) as we've gone through our year. The writing assignments look (feel?) like a complete writing program. I'm not really familiar with IEW, but if it's also a complete writing program, then I would think it would be overkill. Would it be possible for your 8th and 7th to both do the Level 7 writing assignments with TOG? Then, you'd only be doing 2 levels (and from what I've seen, the 5th and 7th assignments are often the same - i.e, both doing newspaper articles, etc., so all the kids could work together on publishing a newspaper...) Just my .02, but like I said....I don't know anything. :confused1: Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisawa Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I like the looks of Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons and think it would be easier to be able to teach my 8th, 7th and 5th graders together using one curriculum. However, I have TOG's WA and planned on using that. The downside would be that I will have to teach each one seperately for writing. I like BOTH though and was wondering if I used both would it be too much? What do you think??? :001_smile: I guess it depends... me... I would do both!:D In WA.... some levels overlap... topics are used in more than 1 level is what Im trying to say...... ... how ever... The WA levels are not to be based on grade level but ability. Its a guide only.... if your 7th and 8th grader have not mastered a skill in level XYZ, they can cover it.... You could easily use the Ancients writing program as your core and supplement w/ WA.... The simplicity of WA could come in handy some weeks... Just a few thoughts... no one right way to go about it, that’s for sure!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Just figure out who the driver will be and go for it. You can always scale back either one. I'm not big on regrets, do it and if you need to change something- you will. You could do the WA quarterly assignments with IEW as a weekly. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Hmmm I guess I could do some of each. I am an all or nothing type of person so it's hard to not just dive in. Thanks for the replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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