happypamama Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Would Writing With Ease be good for my 10yo DD next year? She'll be in fifth grade, and I'd rate her language skills as excellent but reluctant; she doesn't really like writing but is creative and could use a gentle push toward helping her get her thoughts on paper. We haven't really done a lot of formal composition, but I don't think she's at absolutely square one either. What level of WWE would be good for her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 My daughter is doing WWE 3 this year and she is 9 almost 10. We started this year with WWE2, but we quickly realized that it was too easy for her, and started the next level. Maybe you could start her at level three, and if it a little easy for her, you could take it double pace, and she would get lots of practice. My daughter is pretty smart, but is reluctant on writing as well and it seemed a good fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thank you; that is really helpful. I guess it probably wouldn't be a bad thing to have it be a little easy for her, because it would help build her confidence while making sure she had the basic skills down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I just found this. You have to scroll down a ways to see it. Link up to Writing. I know nothing else about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 WWE 3, maybe 4...take the placement test and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Our reluctant-writer older DS and struggling-writer younger DS both really enjoyed the very gentle Wordsmith Apprentice program, one using in 5th grade, the other in 6th grade. Wordsmith is designed for grades 4-6. It is written to the student, and requires only a little parental oversight. You could use it as a stand-alone program, or if you want more formal writing instruction, it makes a wonderful supplement to go to as a "break" from a "spine" writing program. Wordsmith Apprentice has a "cub reporter" theme, silly cartoons to introduce the student to each new department of the newspaper that the student writes for, and exercises in all 4 types of writing (descriptive, narrative, expository, persuasive), that slowly build the student up to a few longer writing assignments at the end of the program. It is great, because the exercises are really quite creative and do not feel like "laborious, dull exercises" -- they all have to do with writing for different departments of the newspaper. We went at an *extremely* gentle pace, and completed the program in a little under a year. See the scope and sequence and sample pages here. BEST of luck in finding what works best for your family! Warmest regards, Lori D. Edited January 20, 2012 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I agree, I think WWE3 is the best place to start. That is what we did with our 5th grader. Next we will do WWE4 and then WWS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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