Quiver0f10 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Title says it all :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinne Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I have used it with my oldest for 10-12. (She is a senior this year.) It has been a great fit for her, however it is not a fit for my other two. I tried but went a different direction with them. Yvonne in NE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April in CA Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Me! Older son did TOG in order (redesigned 1, 2, 3, 4), younger ds will have done 3,4,1,2 by the time he graduates this Spring. We are part of an on-line virtual co-op, which really helps with the logistics. Love it! Blessings, April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto3indians Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 My daughter loved TOG! We did it for her 3 years of highschool....she never worked so hard or learned so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 We've just moved up to Rhetoric level with my oldest, he's in 9th and we're doing year one. I'm not as sure about my second child with it, but we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 We're also using rhetoric level, year one, for ninth grade. My student loves it, but I think it will be too much for some of my other children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I used TOG for my 2nd and 3rd dc for high school, but they did/ are doing different things for senior year (college classes etc.). My current 8th grader is doing Rhetoric level history, and will progress to Rhetoric Lit during this school year. TOG gives us the rigor I was seeking for high school with the teacher support I needed. (I tried Cornerstone and Omnibus for my first dd - not enough teacher support for me.) My current 7th grader has had issues with dyslexia. I anticipate him moving to the Rhetoric level in the 10th grade rather than 8th. I intend to stick with TOG though. We do TOG with a co-op, so all the hands-on stuff for my little crew is accomplished there. For my high school kids, the classroom discussions are much more stimulating than a discussion with just mom and a sibling at home. FWIW, three years ago the whole co-op decided to stop early and do unit 4 at home. We all failed miserably without the accountability. We now do 32 weeks together and do those last 4 weeks at home with a presentation night at the end to wrap it all up. (This gives the gardeners time to plant, the travelers time to travel before prices go up, and everyone time to catch up on other subjects before the school year ends.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyNellen Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 My ninth grader is currently using TOG Year 1, R-level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 :lurk5: Kind of did, but not a full year as I found it when he was already graduating. So just taking notes. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 :seeya: We are. We started TOG for the first time this year with a Rhetoric (9th grader), Dialectic (6th and 8th graders), and an Upper Grammar (3rd grader). I alternate between wondering what in the world I got myself into and being absolutely thrilled with the program. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 My oldest used TOG 5th through 11th grades, he did rhetoric in 8th so he was done with TOG in 11th. It was a great fit for him and prepared him really well for college. Ds16 is no longer "officially" using TOG, it's simply not a good fit for him. I'm pulling some aspects out of year 4 for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 We use a combo of Dialectic/Rhetoric. Last year for 9th and this year for 10th. We love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 This is our 5th year of using TOG and my daughter is now in 9th grade and doing rhetoric. It is great for her, I LOVE the high expectations and workload! The best part is that we are doing an online co-op and I am finding that this was the missing piece for us. The discussions that she is having are exactly what has been missing by us just doing it together at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel7123 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Listening in.....:bigear: I see that several of you have used TOG with some of your children and not with others. In your own experience, what is it about TOG that makes it not a good fit for your particular child(ren)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope in God Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 How would one go about gettting hooked up with an online co-op? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Listening in.....:bigear: I see that several of you have used TOG with some of your children and not with others. In your own experience, what is it about TOG that makes it not a good fit for your particular child(ren)? :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani3boys Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 My oldest is doing year 4 right now as a 9th grader. He started the rhetoric level half way through 8th grade. We've been using it for three years now, so I'm fairly certain we will use it all the way through with all three boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlylocks Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I used it with my oldest two. We did two full rotations -- my oldest completed all 4 years at the rhetoric level and my middle child used it for 9th grade. (then we switched to Notgrass) I wouldn't use it with my youngest at the rhetoric level for various reasons...mostly the workload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&M Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 We are using it here. Dd is in tenth grade, this is our second year doing R level. I am tweaking it a lot more this year and by using more TC dvd's and different spine books. BTW, I know that Janice in NJ used TOG R level for her children in highschool to some extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjbucks1 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 My oldest ds is doing TOG year 1 Rhetoric this year (9th grade). I am still trying to work on not overloading him, but we both love it so far :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Let's see for Year 1 the boys were: 7th - dialectic 5th combo dialectic and ug and K just read an occasional book to her Year 2 6th and 8th both boys dialectic level though 6th grader didn't have to answer questions on paper or just a few of them not all of them Girl was 1st and concentrated on vision therapy, phonics and basic math as she couldn't really read. Once again just read an occasional book from TOG Year 3 7th and 9th 9th grader did all rhetoric, 7th grader did a combo: mostly dialectic at first but rhetoric at the end since he had already read all of the dialectic level books for Civil War and that is his passion. 2nd grader did one TOG book a week, occasionall projects...definitely not as written Year 4 8th and 10th grade boys did rhetoric level lit and history together, girl in 3rd grade actually started to do TOG as written. We read most of the books and completed some worksheets and projects. This year we have taken a break. Boys are doing AP Government since I didn't do the government component. I'm doing my own Texas history curriculum I've written with my 4th grade girl and she is getting states at co-op. Next year, I THINK that we will all be doing TOG year 1 again, but I'm not positive. I'll definitely do ug with my girl and probably rhetoric with my middle boy but I just don't know for sure. Too early to know yet. I enjoyed TOG. I think the important thing is to use the curriculum as it works with your family. Don't try to do it all. I never felt guilty for not using the lower grammar portion with my youngest. I wasn't a failure. She was not ready and needed to get her vision issues and reading strong first!!! Now she is so incredibly ready to do the reading that TOG requires. Basically she will probably follow the path my middle one took doing a mix of dialectic and ug her 5th grade year especiallys since I own all the books. I also love the flexibility of the program. On that year 3 I did a mixture of rhetoric and dialectic books for the boys as well as books I had taught myself. I love having all of the choices and for me it isn't overwhelming. I must have choice or add it. I have never, ever done a curriculum as written and wouldn't know how. Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Title says it all :D I am. One dd in 11th and one in 9th. (Ds in 6th as well). We've been using TOG since oldest was in 7th. I plan to continue until youngest graduates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I have. Graduated oldest dd, using TOG in rotation: started with Year 3, then 4, 1 & 2 her sr. year. She's now at a liberal arts college, where she gets 4 semesters of the TOG cycle and is pleased as punch about it! Still using TOG. . . .ds15 is a sophomore, using TOG Year 4. He's taking an online Rhetoric Lit class, I still do the history discussions. He LOVES their online class! Really, really good. And I'll echo the others, to an extent. The workload is not light. But I absolutely love (ok, am addicted to) the history discussions with my kids. Great, focused time to really talk about so many things. . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ks-sunflower Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I just started using TOG for my 10th grade son. We're doing Year 1, Rhetoric in the first semester (trimming), and then second semester, moving on to Year 2. From what I've read on these boards Year 2 is quite challenging so I will be cutting and pasting that as well and am not opposed to using outside resources like TC lectures. I'd like to start Year 3 next fall, so we can finish up with Year 4 in his senior year. My son loves that the history readings are not from a textbook. I like the level of reading and thinking required, but I find it challenging to read bits and pieces of so many different books at the same time. But I guess the unit-study style curriculum has its advantages in terms of maintaining the interest of a teenager. We still have not quite got the hang of the weekly discussions, so any help you all can offer would be much appreciated. I haven't had the time to listen to the lectures on using TOG that Marcia Somerville put together, as I'm assuming she addressed this rather major feature of her curriculum there. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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