JudyJudyJudy Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I posted this on the regular K-8 curriculum board and got no responses, so I decided to try posting here: Have you used this? Were you pleased? Is this useful even if you don't use any of MCT's other books? Does the order in which you do the books in the series matter? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I used this last year with my 9th grader who was taking American history. They were excellent. We did the books in chronological order, which does matter because he refers to the documents discussed in the earlier books. A big part of each book is a discussion of the grammar of the text being studied and that discussion is done the "MCT way," meaning that it is helpful to understand how he thinks about grammar (and poetics, to some extent) prior to using the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We did the books in chronological order, which does matter because he refers to the documents discussed in the earlier books.We used the Lincoln book last year and I never noticed this. I replied to your post on the K-8 board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Thanks so much for your replies. They are very helpful. (Suzanne, I went to the other board and read your reply there as well.) I am a little familiar with MCT's grammar (I've seen the samples), but I chose not to go that route. However, do you think not being more familiar with that part of the program would take away from the other useful aspects of the books in this series? I love the idea of the literary analysis for the speeches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We used the Lincoln book last year and I never noticed this. It's subtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 You can definitely use them without having used any of his other books, just get the Teacher's Guide. With some of his books, like Ceasar's English, we have the TG only, but for this series, it works better to have a student text and TG. It's probably ideal to do them in order - more for the sake of chronology rather than references in the books - but no big deal if you don't, or if you use only one. They're awesome. The documents are put in context, with information about the ideas, events, and great thinkers of the time that influenced them. Lots of discussion on the details of how the document is worded and organized (and why), lots of commentary on vocabulary, grammar, usage. It's easy to just read over some parts, and discuss other parts in-depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thanks, katilac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 What grade levels do you think these work for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna in Texas Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 What information is in the TG that is not in the student books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I'm going to end up buying all things MCT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I'm going to end up buying all things MCT. Unfortunately, so will I. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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