Mama Anna Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 We're doing FLL and R&S English for Grammar/writing here, but I like WWE, too. There's just no way I'm going to add on the cost of those workbooks and the time involved in doing the whole program. I figure we do narration with history 2-3x/wk, so I don't need to worry about that. But for the second year in a row, I'm sitting down to write out my own version of the dictation exercises. Is that okay? I love that fact that SWB gave careful instructions on what each weeks dictation should cover! I just can't seem to find sentences of the appropriate length that have the appropriate characteristics. I can come up with them, though. (Just a little more DIY!:tongue_smilie:) I know one of the purposes of dictation is to expose a child to the writing of good authors. I guess I question how much I'm cheating my child by writing my own. Any thoughts? Anyone else doing it? For some reason, I'm feeling the need to duck, here. Not sure why . . . Mama Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I think what you're doing is fine. :) I tend to focus more on the sentence length than anything else. In fact, most of the time, I don't include the grammar elements she recommends. It seems her pace of teaching grammar concepts is faster than mine and my kids don't know what a lot of them are yet. The purpose of dictation is to have kids practice holding thoughts in their head while they write them down. So that's why I pay more attention to the length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Anna Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks for your reply! I think I just need some reassurance. :) Mama Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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