Love2Smile Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I have or have looked at: Jensens Write Source Elegant Essay What do you like the best that you have used in your school? One of those or something else? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Writing With Ease and Kilgallon. They work well together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Writing With Ease and Kilgallon. They work well together. is this for highschool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 The longer I homeschool, the more I've come to respect Writing Strands, despite its drawbacks. A resource (not a curriculum) that I have found useful is Writers Inc. It is in condensed, bulletin-ed style, which makes it fast for me to check something out. It also contains some samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 The longer I homeschool, the more I've come to respect Writing Strands, despite its drawbacks.A resource (not a curriculum) that I have found useful is Writers Inc. It is in condensed, bulletin-ed style, which makes it fast for me to check something out. It also contains some samples. We tried Writing Strands this year, and then hit a wall. I was'nt sure what it was asking at some point. I felt totally lost with it and so did my dd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 The longer I homeschool, the more I've come to respect Writing Strands, despite its drawbacks.A resource (not a curriculum) that I have found useful is Writers Inc. It is in condensed, bulletin-ed style, which makes it fast for me to check something out. It also contains some samples. :iagree:I agree with all of this. Recently, I was practically ripping my hair out with 12yodd's literary essays. I finally pulled an old copy of WS 6 off the shelf and showed her a lesson on book reviews to do. It worked like a charm. She wrote a gorgeous paper. Writers, Inc. is my kids' favorite writing reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Could my soon to be 11th grader jump into Writing Strands 6? I see it has more reports and those types of papers. We got thru WS 5 about half way till we gave up, but looknig at the table of contents I think level 6 may work. She already writes creatively wonderfully. She needs work on papers to be exact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 There was a comprehensive discussion of Writing Strands recently that some might enjoy reading. Here's the thread: Does anyone LOVE Writing Strands? For a resource, we found the Write Source books helpful. My daughter took her copy of Write for College to college with her. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibaker103 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 My ds loves to write but he could not hang with WS. I tried to help and it made no sense to me either and I am a professional writer:001_huh::tongue_smilie: The best writing curriculum for us so far has been IEW. However, I am not married to it because I am trying to teach my son to apply different techniques and styles as he may discover a new way of writing something that enhances his natural ability, making certain writing components easier, branching out into a new genre or type of writing, etc. So, other writing curriculums I am eyeing are Wordsmith Craftsman, Bravewriter Help for HS, and Sentence Composing (the grammar one). For creative writing OYAN and IEW Lee Roddy stuff. There are so many choices!!!:D I think I'm definitely a curriculum junky!!!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay in Pa. Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I use Writing Strands & Write Source (with old workbooks from 20 years ago).I don't remember what we used before them and have not needed to look into anything newer. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigid in NC Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 The Lively Art of Writing. A concise, helpful little book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 The longer I homeschool, the more I've come to respect Writing Strands, despite its drawbacks.A resource (not a curriculum) that I have found useful is Writers Inc. It is in condensed, bulletin-ed style, which makes it fast for me to check something out. It also contains some samples. Are you referring to this product? http://www.thewritesource.com/books/handbooks/writers_inc/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Are you referring to this product? http://www.thewritesource.com/books/handbooks/writers_inc/ I'm not Nan but we like the Write Source handbooks, too. At Amazon, you can use the Look Inside feature to see more of the Writers Inc. (copyright 2000) handbook. Or on the Great Source site, you can see the table of contents of what is the 2005 copyright edition of Writers Inc. Regards, Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyThrice Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 The Lively Art of Writing. A concise, helpful little book. Yep. This has been the most helpful for us, too. After that I like Kane's New Oxford Guide to Writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm not Nan but we like the Write Source handbooks, too. At Amazon, you can use the Look Inside feature to see more of the Writers Inc. (copyright 2000) handbook. Or on the Great Source site, you can see the table of contents of what is the 2005 copyright edition of Writers Inc. Regards, Karen I have the grade level write source books along with writers inc. Are those the ones also you are referring to/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 If mine weren't headed for engineering, I would do this next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I felt like it wasn't working for us for a long time, too. I kept dropping it and then picking it up again because at least we did it. I didn't really appreciate it until we had done it for a few years. When we began great books, then I was very grateful to the series. -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 If mine weren't headed for engineering, I would do this next. Do which one??LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 I felt like it wasn't working for us for a long time, too. I kept dropping it and then picking it up again because at least we did it. I didn't really appreciate it until we had done it for a few years. When we began great books, then I was very grateful to the series.-Nan Which one???? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in NY Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I picked up a brilliant little book called "Writing to the Point" on Amazon. A few years ago someone on this board recommended it and I found a copy. It was written by a college professor to teach his freshman students how to write. It teaches the formation of a thesis and step by step writing of a very tight paper. It is one of my newfavorite resource for high school writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 I picked up a brilliant little book called "Writing to the Point" on Amazon. A few years ago someone on this board recommended it and I found a copy. It was written by a college professor to teach his freshman students how to write. It teaches the formation of a thesis and step by step writing of a very tight paper. It is one of my newfavorite resource for high school writing. Thanks! I will look for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nan in Mass Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 It is beginning to dawn on me that you probably aren't using the hybrid mode : ) The Oxford book. I have it, and it looks like the next step, but my son's writing is ok at this point (finally! -took a huge leap last year) and we are running out of time, so now I am just going to have him read Skunk and White, read A Rulebook for Arguments (which I like very much), and work a bit on the personal essay (the sort used for the SAT and college applications), and then we are going to switch to just using the writing and learning about it in context. He is headed for engineering and I think he needs more work on science and math and study skills. -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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