Alison in KY Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 My brain is mush :tongue_smilie:. I just cannot figure out which writing to choose for this year. I'd love to hear some of your favorites. This is for a 7th grader, but anti writing guy and an anti-teaching writing kind of mom. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Writing With Skill 1! It is incremental, but manages to teach many skills in one year. It is written to the student so, for the most part, you evaluate and correct etc. There are some parts you do together, but they are not even every week. I love it! You need both books, the teacher guide and the student book. You will also need a binder and some dividers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) nt Edited July 11, 2012 by redsquirrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We used Lightning Lit (part lit part writing course) and it changed my spastic writer to an organized writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We used Lightning Lit (part lit part writing course) and it changed my spastic writer to an organized writer. How? There is no writing instruction in LL and only the barest minimum of writing. We don't even count it for writing. I'm not being snarky here, I really want to know how you used it that helped writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Writing With Skill 1! It is incremental, but manages to teach many skills in one year. It is written to the student so, for the most part, you evaluate and correct etc. There are some parts you do together, but they are not even every week. I love it! You need both books, the teacher guide and the student book. You will also need a binder and some dividers. :iagree:My ds' writing has improved dramatically with WWS. I love that the teacher's manual includes examples of what to expect in student writing and what to suggest to your student when they have problems with an assignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschnee Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Third vote for WWS 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison in KY Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Thanks all, I have that one, but for some reason I was wanting something diff. For this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txhomemom Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 How about any of these: Wordsmith Inspire Motivating Lessons for Teen Writers Igniting Your Writing (there are 2 volumes) Also, IEW has two new programs based on either Narnia or Rockets, Radar, and Robotics. Applied Grammar (contains both grammar and writing) One Year Adventure Novel or there is this http://www.nanowrimo.org/ This one also looks interesting: http://www.createbetterwriters.com/The_Complete_Writing_Pro.html http://www.writeguide.com/ http://www.thewritefoundation.org/ http://www.rdlco.com/ (have grammar and writing programs) http://www.writeathome.com/ http://www.writeshop.com/ Amsco's Writer's Studio http://amscopub.com/free_downloads/samples.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomemom Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Writing Strands has worked well with my boys. They are rising 8th graders. Both enjoy WS without complaint. For this year I have both WS and Jump In. I may save WS for later. Both boys are excited about Jump In. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I can't speak for it, as we haven't started yet, but we are going to use Essentials in Writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibaker103 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Classical Writing is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 We've really enjoyed both WWS and Jump In middle school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 We used Write Shop for 6th-7th-8th grade. You may read my review here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 We have liked both Jump In! and Writeshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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