Karie Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'm in a quandry about what to do for writing this fall. Here is what I don't want to use: IEW, Wordsmith, Meaningful Composition-these are too "wordy" for my son. He's tired of writing "flowery" paragraphs. I'm also not wanting to use CW-too much for me! He did Writing Tales 1 and 2, so I think we're good with that type of writing. I'm wondering about using a standard text from a boxed curriculum, such as Abeka and BJU. Or what about CLE, R&S, etc? I don't know of these are worthwhile or not. I really have no idea what to do with him next year!! Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I've heard great things about R&S, however never actually used or seen it. My son is thoroughly enjoying Jump-In from Apologia right now. There are Christian references, but we are managing to make it secular. It is fun and seems to be very incremental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaLee Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 You could look at the Write Source books. http://www.thewritesource.com/ It's made for use in PS but, there are a lot of homeschoolers that use it too. It's very adaptable and if you do a thread search you'll find this has been discussed recently. One mom (sorry I can't remember who) even wrote a review on her blog about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I don't know if this would fit the bill or not, but at least it's not one that you mentioned you don't want to use. We are using Write Shop for 6th-7th-8th grade. Part of the goal of WS is to teach the student to be more descriptive (flowery?) and to vary their sentence style. This is good for my ds who tends to be repetitive and bare bones. You may read my review here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'll be using this for my 9th grader next year. When I looked at the table of contents, I felt like I had found what I have been looking for, even if it is public schoolish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 TWTM has always recommended Rod and Staff english highly. It is grammar and writing. I liked it when I used it with my son, but it wasn't a good fit for him at the time. I may go back to it for him in 9th, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'll be using this for my 9th grader next year. When I looked at the table of contents, I felt like I had found what I have been looking for, even if it is public schoolish. What's "this" that you'll be using for your 9th grader? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'm in a quandry about what to do for writing this fall. Here is what I don't want to use: IEW, Wordsmith, Meaningful Composition-these are too "wordy" for my son. He's tired of writing "flowery" paragraphs. I'm also not wanting to use CW-too much for me! He did Writing Tales 1 and 2, so I think we're good with that type of writing. I'm wondering about using a standard text from a boxed curriculum, such as Abeka and BJU. Or what about CLE, R&S, etc? I don't know of these are worthwhile or not. I really have no idea what to do with him next year!! Any ideas? Have you heard SWB's newest writing lectures from the PHP conference? There are three, one for each of the learning stages. And you can adapt the ideas to what he is interested in/what you are having him study for science/history/literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Oh, sorry. Write Source. I was responding to Luna Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 BJU English (which includes composition) is very good. I will be using the writing parts of it next year along with Rod & Staff English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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