Love2Smile Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 We currently use Hake for English and Writing, as much as we like it, I don't think we want to continue with it. One year seems to be enough since it is very Saxonish in appearance and my daughter would like something more colorful next year. So, between BJU and CLE can you compare/contrast the two? Which do you feel covers writing better and not as grammar intense, especially with outlining? I am looking for something to carry us all the way thru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marie in Oh Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 CLE is also not Sunrise Edition (revised) after 8th for LA so I am not sure it has what you are looking for for the long haul. I think it is also much more grammar intensive than writing intensive. My oldest is currently doing 700 level and I am planning on him doing 800 next year but with Meaningful Composition or IEW for writing. I need to look at the high school levels at the conference before I know that we can use CLE beyond 8th grade. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 CLE is also not Sunrise Edition (revised) after 8th for LA so I am not sure it has what you are looking for for the long haul. I think it is also much more grammar intensive than writing intensive. My oldest is currently doing 700 level and I am planning on him doing 800 next year but with Meaningful Composition or IEW for writing. I need to look at the high school levels at the conference before I know that we can use CLE beyond 8th grade. HTH. Thanks Marie, I did not know Sunrise stops after 8th grade, That's a deal breaker for us since I think they use LifePacs don't they but rewritten for CLE. I know BJU gets less grammar intensive and focuses more on writing in upper grades. Thanks, they really helped. Does anyone know about CLE's reading/Lit program? I liked the looks of it too, but how are the upper grades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Marie, (or anyone) I just grabbed my CLE catalog and it does say the highschool English *is* Sunrise. By revised how far back has it been revised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I didn't realize the LA had already been revised. I know they are currently working on Algebra 1 to be Sunrise. Well, there you go. I plan on looking at it at the high school LA at our conference in April. I love CLE and the Lit looks good for highschool as well and it says Sunrise. Hopefully they will continue to revise everything. Thanks for looking. That makes my High School LA an easy choice as we really like the 700 so far. I understand one of the LU in 800 walks them through a research paper. I will post when I look at the high school stuff in early April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 How do you like the writing instruction of CLE? And I use the English alongside the Reading do you feel it is enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 We use the BJU English DVD program, but are only on 7th grade, so I can't comment on the quality of the 8th grade program. I do like the 7th grade program, though -- half of the year is grammar and the other half is literature. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktkcb Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 sounds like you are talking about grammar/writing specifically. You definitely want BJU based on what you said. CLE is very plain vanilla, and has lots of diagramming. BJU has diagramming also, but probably not quite as rigorous, and definitely more colorful. fwiw, I'm using CLE this year, with BJU lit. BJU definitely covers writing more thoroughly. And you can definitely do it all the way through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 sounds like you are talking about grammar/writing specifically. You definitely want BJU based on what you said. CLE is very plain vanilla, and has lots of diagramming. BJU has diagramming also, but probably not quite as rigorous, and definitely more colorful. fwiw, I'm using CLE this year, with BJU lit. BJU definitely covers writing more thoroughly. And you can definitely do it all the way through. Thank you! BJU it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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