HiddenJewel Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 I am contemplating MFW AHL for my 9th grader. Are there additional history writing assignments with instructions above that which are scheduled in Notgrass? If so, is that included in the Lit/Comp supplement? Does AHL teach literary elements such as setting, plot, characters, etc.?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Look up some of Brindee's posts. Her dd is using it this year, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Look up some of Brindee's posts. Her dd is using it this year, I think. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Argh! The search features seems to not be functioning. I have been getting other errors messages with the Forum too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hey There, We're in Oregon and we're going to be doing a Co-op using this. I think it's the "perfect" curriculum for a group. We're rounding it out wit some Science and Foreign language. (Spanish or Latin, probably) As soon as the search function is working again, you can take a look at it. You might be able to read the posts, if you do a good search for WTM and AHL :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I had trouble searching today, too. So it's not me, eh?! Notgrass essays assigned in AHL are the "light essays" to us. The more serious essays are based on the literature & composition supplement, which in AHL is based on Smarr writing instruction. The argumentative essay is the main focus of the year. This is carefully planned out early in the year, and then there's a rubric for the other longer essays. The plot, characters, etc., aren't taught formally this year. We did that using Progeny Press in 7-8th. I think there was also a list in one of the Writing Strands books, although I'd have to look. This year it's more of a comparison between Biblical history/values and other literature's history/values/etc., and other types of "argumentative" essays. There's also some more fun writing of psalms and proverbs in the middle of the year. And the Notgrass ones that are assigned (not all of them are) give some more varied options, but none focused on literary elements that I noticed. I'm thinking they assume knowledge or assume it's obvious? I'm sure you could get a short list of literary elements, if you haven't covered that yet. Maybe a google search? Setting etc. is more of a vocabulary lesson, so you can talk about literature, than a true study of literature, IMHO. Some of the more advanced literary elements did come up in our discussion of Homer etc., such as theme and irony. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 I had trouble searching today, too. So it's not me, eh?! Notgrass essays assigned in AHL are the "light essays" to us. The more serious essays are based on the literature & composition supplement, which in AHL is based on Smarr writing instruction. The argumentative essay is the main focus of the year. This is carefully planned out early in the year, and then there's a rubric for the other longer essays. The plot, characters, etc., aren't taught formally this year. We did that using Progeny Press in 7-8th. I think there was also a list in one of the Writing Strands books, although I'd have to look. This year it's more of a comparison between Biblical history/values and other literature's history/values/etc., and other types of "argumentative" essays. There's also some more fun writing of psalms and proverbs in the middle of the year. And the Notgrass ones that are assigned (not all of them are) give some more varied options, but none focused on literary elements that I noticed. I'm thinking they assume knowledge or assume it's obvious? I'm sure you could get a short list of literary elements, if you haven't covered that yet. Maybe a google search? Setting etc. is more of a vocabulary lesson, so you can talk about literature, than a true study of literature, IMHO. Some of the more advanced literary elements did come up in our discussion of Homer etc., such as theme and irony. Julie Thanks. That helps a lot. So the writing instruction is pretty clear or do they assume the student knows how to write an essay, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Writing instruction is step-by-step. :001_smile: And you'll do a lot more variety of types of writing, as well as literary elements in WHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 Writing instruction is step-by-step. :001_smile: And you'll do a lot more variety of types of writing, as well as literary elements in WHL. That sounds great. Thanks. Do they teach literary elements in WHL or just use them? I am trying to decide if I need to run a basic lit class concurrently with AHL so she learns the basics and maybe just have her at least read the AHL Lit if it gets to be too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 That sounds great. Thanks. Do they teach literary elements in WHL or just use them? I am trying to decide if I need to run a basic lit class concurrently with AHL so she learns the basics and maybe just have her at least read the AHL Lit if it gets to be too much. The English credit in each year of MFW is very complete. Everything she needs will be included, and yes, she'll be learning about the different types of literature as she goes along. You might consider getting the SAT Prep book that MFW sells to "round out" anything that might possibly be missing in order to prep for SAT, rather than adding another whole class of something. Really, she'll be fine. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 The English credit in each year of MFW is very complete. Everything she needs will be included, and yes, she'll be learning about the different types of literature as she goes along. You might consider getting the SAT Prep book that MFW sells to "round out" anything that might possibly be missing in order to prep for SAT, rather than adding another whole class of something. Really, she'll be fine. :001_smile: Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Glad Julie and Donna jumped in! They're better at explaining the details anyway. I'm good at raving about it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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