Katydid Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I've been spending time on here reading about various language arts programs trying to plan what I want to use with my DS (9) and my DD (6) through 8th grade. I know plans can change, but I would like to at least have some sort of a plan in place. DS is a natural reader and speller and has beautiful handwriting, but getting him to write more than 2-3 sentences a day is like pulling teeth. He is very literal and likes instructions to be spelled out so he knows what is expected of him. I lean more CM than classical. So far with him we've done: K - he had already taught himself to read by K, so we just read together and practiced forming letters. 1st - reading books, CM-style narrations, HWT then Copywork and a bit of WWE 1 2nd - reading books, narrations, copywork and the first half of PPL 3rd - So far, we've continued in PLL, started going through Wheeler's Elementary Speller, continued with reading and narrations, adding in a bit of WWE-style dictation and HWT cursive. I would like to finish PLL this year, be more consistent about using WWE concepts across the curriculum, and go through The Sentence Family when he's finished with his cursive book. 4th - start ILL, finish Wheeler's and then go through English from the Roots up, continue WWE skills, and diagram sentences/reveiw skills learned in TSF 5th - continue ILL, continue WWE skills, maybe start Latin?, continue sentence diagramming (Rex Barks?) 6th - finish ILL, finish WWE (across curriculum), continue Latin and diagramming 7th - Start WWS, start Analytical Grammar, continue Latin 8th - continue WWS, finish AG, continue Latin This would all be in addition to reading through the years at Ambleside Online, discussing and narrating as we go. Does that sound like a good plan for a bright but writing-phobic, linear-thinking boy? For DD, she seems to be very different from DS. So far she has needed a very incramental approach to learning phonics/spelling, but she is very creative, loves stories and is really good at narrations. So for her, AAR is working really well so far, so we will continue with that, adding in AAS when we move on to AAR 2. And she is working through the 1st grade book of HWT and when she is done with that, I'll just have her do copywork from our AO readings. We are also doing a Waldorfish letter unit using the book The Wise Enchanter. She will also probably sit in on The Sentence Family with DS this year. And next year (2nd grade), I was thinking of having her do the Classical Writing Primers and continue with AAR/AAS. After that, I think we might continue through the levels of CW and and adding in Latin once she's done with AAS. Does that sound like a good plan for a very creative, big-picture learner? Thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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