kanagnostos Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Do any of you skip the writing component and use a different program for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugs Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I tend to keep the "outlining" part of the writing then use something else for the rest. We use Classical Writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaWood Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I use RS writing lessons that I like and then use other writing programs such as WriteSource and Format Writing. This year for my 7th grader and 4th grader I am taking some ideas from TOG (we used it several years ago in our family) and am doing a Civil War newspaper and a state notebook. I am adding in some RS writing and WriteSource. I'm still working on what to do with my 11th grader. Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I just mentioned in another thread that I listened to SWB's audio, "A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on the Middle Grades", and in the lecture she suggests that very thing. If I were going to continue with R&S, that is exactly what I'd do. We're hopping over to PHP for grammar and writing as of this year. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmommy Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Yep! I use a couple of the R&S writing assignments, but otherwise, I use our weekly assignments from TOG. Usually, a professor from a local college also offers a writing course for homeschoolers once a year so I utilize that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 We skip too. Grammar three days a week and writing two days a week - we use different writing instruction. :) If you skip the writing, you narrow the subject matter to just the grammar, which keeps the strength of this book. You end up with roughly doing three lessons a week. This leaves two full class hours for writing. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankcassiesmom Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We do something different for writing. For youngers it's SWB's recommendations and WWE and WWS. For olders it's Potters School classes. I do make them do occasional odds and ends like writing a formal letter, writing a poem, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonkelley Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Yes, we skip the R&S writing. My daughter was in 6th last year and we used IEW. This year we will be doing TOG. Take care, Rachel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty Mathy Mom Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We go over the R & S lesson, but I substitute TOG for the actual writing assignment when possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlgirl Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Now you say you only do three lessons a week. Do you complete one book a year or are you only doing half a book each year? Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. at J.A. Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 We do IEW for writing, so we don't do the R&S writing assignments but I do have the boys read the material from the lessons in R&S. Particularly because that material sometimes shows up in R&S reviews, quizzes, and tests. Blessing, Angela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Now you say you only do three lessons a week. Do you complete one book a year or are you only doing half a book each year? Thanks so much! If you do four lessons a week you'll finish the book in a school year, so taking the writing lessons out and only doing three will probably get you to about the same place. My oldest only does R&S three times a week. We don't skip writing lessons, but we do double up on the easier grammar lessons. I aim for an overall average of four lessons a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlgirl Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Thank you silver moon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 We don't do the writing assignments in R&S. We do WWE, and they do plenty of writing in other subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC5 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 In 3rd and 4th grade, my son did the writing assignments, as well as some Writing Strands and WTM-style writing in content areas. In 5th grade, my son read the writing lessons but didn't do the assignments. He again did Writing Strands and content-area writing. For 6th grade, I expect he'll do the same, adding in WWS instead of Writing Strands. My second son isn't as interested in writing so will probably not do the writing assignments in R&S. But he will continue with WWE and then WWS, as well as extra history, science, and literature writing. If it weren't for WWE and WWS, we would probably use the R&S writing assignments and then try to do additional assignments using those skills in other subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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