woolybear Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Do any of you have experience with both of these programs and can compare the two? I would like a writing program for my 12 yo. He has not had much formal instruction. I am considering IEW Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales. I am also looking at Imitations in Writing Aesops and at another point the fairy tales book. Iew looks a bit more rigorous and I see that it teaches key words and outlines. I think Iiw might be lighter, but that might work well for a first program. So, do any of you have any input? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kfamily Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) We have some of the books from Imitations in Writing. My younger dd has used a couple of stories in Fairy Tales and then wanted to move on to the next levels of Greek Myths and Medieval Legends. I had her complete at least two stories from Fairy Tales to be sure that she could handle the whole idea of reading a longer piece, creating short plot sentences for each section and then rewriting such a long work. She handled it well, so I let her move over to the other two books. (She wanted to do both so we alternate stories from both books.) I wouldn't bother to buy a book for Aesop. You could easily copy and paste a couple of fables and then, using the format for the other books, create your own pages. He would probably only need to work through a few of them, before wanting to move on to something different. You could also just choose a few from Fairy Tales and then move on again to another book. Dd wanted to rewrite "The Nightingale" but this story wasn't included in Fairy Tales. I printed a copy of the story I found online, choose 5 vocabulary words, and divided the tale into three sections. She then followed the same format as the other fairy tales. I haven't seen the IEW book, so I can't compare them. Matt Whitling, the author, also has a book for Tales From Shakespeare. Edited November 10, 2012 by Kfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 Thank you. I was actually considering the Aesop book for my younger ds. Of course, I could do this myself, but I tend to do that too much and I think I wouldn't mind spending a little (I've seen them used for pretty reasonable prices) and just having it ready to go. I don't know how quick my older ds would be ready to move on, since he's done very little writing. It helps to see how you used this. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Ahh, yes that makes sense. I was able to find the ones we have for a reasonable price, and it is nice to have all the work done for you. I know what you mean about doing too much yourself.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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