chocoholic Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Can someone recommend a grammar/writing program for a 5th & 7th grader? There are so many choices, my head is spinning from all the researching. We are in our final year of Classical Conversations Essentials class and ready for a fresh start for next year. In the past, we've done FLL, and 3 years of CC's Essentials. I'm considering these (have no experience with any of the, but have been reading reviews & printing off samples): Rod & Staff Voyages in English 2011 (+Writing Strands or IEW or Wordsmith) Michael Clay Thomas Learning Language Arts Through Literature Saxon Grammar Suggestions welcome. Thanks so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice in NJ Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Rod & Staff (I purchased over the phone directly from the company. This was years ago, so I don't know how folks are buying this series now.) Downloadable schedule/lesson plans here: http://corefoundations.wordpress.com/scheds-english-and-history/ WWS - Writing with Skill Start both of your kids at level one. Great writing program. Unmatched IMO. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/store/language-arts/writing/writing-middle-grades.html Peace, Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Rod and Staff is great. I haven't used gr. 7 yet. My oldest is only 5th, but we won't be switching away from it. We use the writing in it. It has taught my dd a lot. Then I add the classical instruction on my own: dictation, outlining, summaries, etc in other subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) . Edited May 16 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 My 7th grader is using Growing With Grammar and Writing With Skill. Writing With Skill is an excellent program; my son is gaining much confidence with this program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 My 5th grader does a mix of Rod & Staff and IEW. It has been working out really well for us. She is very solid in grammar and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadicmama Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 We (try) to use Rod and Staff and IEW. We are very consistent with the IEW but not so much with the Rod and Staff. My youngest doesn't like to write at all so by the time we are done with IEW he is burnt out. Although he doesn't complain much if we just do the oral section of R&S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Thank you for the links to the lesson plans/schedules. What a find! Jennifer Rod & Staff (I purchased over the phone directly from the company. This was years ago, so I don't know how folks are buying this series now.) Downloadable schedule/lesson plans here: http://corefoundations.wordpress.com/scheds-english-and-history/ WWS - Writing with Skill Start both of your kids at level one. Great writing program. Unmatched IMO. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/store/language-arts/writing/writing-middle-grades.html Peace, Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 We are using R&S for grammar and meaningful composition for writing with my 7th grader(and 8th) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim C Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Can someone recommend a grammar/writing program for a 5th & 7th grader? There are so many choices, my head is spinning from all the researching. We are in our final year of Classical Conversations Essentials class and ready for a fresh start for next year. In the past, we've done FLL, and 3 years of CC's Essentials. I'm considering these (have no experience with any of the, but have been reading reviews & printing off samples): Rod & Staff Voyages in English 2011 (+Writing Strands or IEW or Wordsmith) Michael Clay Thomas Learning Language Arts Through Literature Saxon Grammar Suggestions welcome. Thanks so much. After 4 years of FLL, we used Saxon Grammar for 2 years. My son did well with the grammar portion. We tried the writing portion, but it didn't work well for us. We are now usuing WWS and I highly recommend it. I think Saxon Grammar and WWS would be a good combination. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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