Annabel Lee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I've known for some time that I want to incorporate Killgallon with our WWE. When all of you Killgallon users here talk about it, are you referring only to the Sentence Composing book or the Story Grammar as well? Do you just place them according to age/grade level, or is it based more on ability? Are there TMs to go along with them? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JABarney Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 :lurk5: just purchased Sentence Composing for Elementary School and Story Grammar for Elementary School. After a quick preview, I think this will be an AMAZING help for my dc. Also looking to see how folks use them - scheduling, pace, what should be expected etc. We are finished with WWE 3 and FLL3 and plan to start level 4 next fall. I will use Killgallon until then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I would start with the Elementary series because I feel they build upon each other well. Sentence Composing for Elementary School: A Worktext to Build Better Sentences Story Grammar for Elementary School: A Sentence-Composing Approach: A Student Worktext As soon as he finishes the first series I don't see any reason not to keep going with the middle school one. The sentences will be more complex. Sentence Composing for Middle School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity Grammar for Middle School: A Sentence-Composing Approach--A Student Worktext Of course there is also the High School series, but that may be a little while down the road. Grammar for High School: A Sentence-Composing Approach-A Student Worktext Sentence Composing for High School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeScholar Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 :iagree: We started with the Elementary level for review and plan to work though all 6 in the order Bloggermom posted. We do one or 2 lessons a day along with our other writing. The lessons are quick and my DS has fun with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I have used Story Grammar and Grammar for Middle School with my DD. I don't know if she will do any other Killgallon books because they are all fairly similar to each other in terms of their exercises. I'm pretty sure that with my younger students I will do the following sequence (I alternate with Michael Clay Thompson's materials): MCT "island" -> Sentence Composing for Elementary -> MCT "town" -> Story Grammar for Elementary -> MCT "voyage" -> Grammar for Middle School Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 I'm wondering if the Story Grammar book would be overkill since we do FLL. Would it be too much overlap, redundant, or varied and helpful? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmMusa Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I just bought that yellow workbook on sentence composing and am feeling a little insecure about! There is no "instruction", just imitating the model sentence. Are we just giving the child good examples to learn from which will stick in their memory for later? I was a little unclear on how it is supposed to be used. I decided to continue with WWE3 along with Killgallon since I like the narration exercises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I'm wondering if the Story Grammar book would be overkill since we do FLL. Would it be too much overlap, redundant, or varied and helpful? Thoughts? FLL and Killgallon are completely different IMHO. Killgallon is applied grammar/sentence writing, while FLL is focused on teaching the various parts of speech, phrases, and clauses. I think that the two programs would be complementary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 OK, thanks Crimson. Are there TMs or guides for them? In an Amazon description I saw mention of an online teacher's guide, but can't find where to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBlessings Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 We are using Sentence Composing for Elementary this year. I purchased Grammar for Middle School to use next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieF Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 OK, thanks Crimson. Are there TMs or guides for them? In an Amazon description I saw mention of an online teacher's guide, but can't find where to buy it. I would like to know where to find these as well - I've never seen/heard them mentioned! We'll be using Killgallon in between MCT much like Crimson mentioned in a previous post. It seems to me like they'll make a great combination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Heinemann has the TM's for some of the books listed on their site under the "samples" tab for those books. Here is the one for Story Grammar and here is the one for Grammar for Middle School. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieF Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Heinemann has the TM's for some of the books listed on their site under the "samples" tab for those books. Here is the one for Story Grammar and here is the one for Grammar for Middle School. WOW! That is wonderful - thank you, Crimson!!! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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