Heather in OK Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 My older two girls (5th grade and 3rd) have been doing CLEs reading. They both hate it. It's the only lesson they complain about having to do. My reason for choosing their reading was I saw the figurative lang. was covered as well as a little bit of poetry. I have scanned over the CLE S&S for LA (which we use) and see one reference to figurative lang. in LA506. So it doesn't appear that these things will be covered in LA. Is there something different/better and similar in price (or free)? Should I just have them tough it out with CLE and stick with it, knowing it covers a good deal of information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 We have Figuratively Speaking(The Learning Works) and Prose and Poetry (Walch Toolbox Series) and will be starting these soon. These were both recommended here and I like them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in OK Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) Thanks! I can't find any samples online of Figuratively Speaking. Does it cover basic poetry? *Nevermind...I found what I was looking for at Rainbow Resource. :) * I see the other covers both and looks great, but it's way above grade level for my girls. Edited January 6, 2010 by Heather in OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Yes, here is what Figuratively Speaking covers in poetry: Section 2 Poetic Language Chapters 9-18 Alliteration Assonance and Consonance Form Onomatopoeia Parallelism Repetition and Refrain Rhyme Rhythm Run-on and End-stopped Lines Stanza I really like how FS uses real examples from Literature and Poetry to teach the terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 The Grammar of Poetry and/or Pass LA reading units IF you don't want to continue with CLE reading. Look at PASS LA, all of the units 6 in each level: http://www.pass.leon.k12.fl.us/Book%20Subject%20Areas/Language%20Arts.aspx I highly recommend CLE reading 6-8; do them one year behind grade level if needed. Drop CLE reading 3 workbooks imho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in OK Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Thanks again! I just found some links to past threads here. Reading about Lightening Literature. Maybe something like that would work since it would carry them into High School...? I really like that it uses literature to teach the concepts. That's my only beef about CLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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