Biblioplan's writing ideas

[Katiebug_1976]

Does anyone use Biblioplan's writing ideas as a writing program? Or do you use it as a supplement?

[Ali in OR]

I didn't use them the first time through, but I think we'll use them periodically now that dd is older (entering 5th). But they are just prompts--I don't think they substitute for a writing program. There is no writing instruction, no rubrics to help you evaluate, etc. Here are some samples:

 

Ancients wk 3:

Grammar level: Would you have liked to have lived in Hammurabi's Babylon? Why or why not?

Logic level: Compare what Abraham's life in Ur might have been like with his life in Canaan.

 

Ancients wk 21:

Grammar level: You are a stowaway on a Greek trading ship. When you reach your destination, send a postcard telling about your voyage. What cargo was on board?

Logic level: Would you have preferred to live in Athens or Sparta? Write an essay explaining where you would have liked to have lived and why.