DragonflyAcademy Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I am using IEW SWI A for my 6th grader, yes I realize it is for students in grades 3-5..however he had no previous formal writing instruction..It hasn't been easy..writing is one of the areas I am weakest at instructionally wise... and is one of his areas of weakness as well.. It has been a great course for both of us.. For 7th grade..... Question.. So next step is..?? SWI Continuation A? SWI B? or something else ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 WWS1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonflyAcademy Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 No.. Not a fan of WWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The IEW progression would be for him to go into SICC-A, or you could do a level a or b theme writing like medieval history or following narnia etc. ETA: once you've done one SWI you don't do any others, the 3 levels of those are just to help make the reading level of what they are covering more on par with their grade/age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula in MS Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Do a theme book. They are fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 The IEW progression would be for him to go into SICC-A, or you could do a level a or b theme writing like medieval history or following narnia etc. ETA: once you've done one SWI you don't do any others, the 3 levels of those are just to help make the reading level of what they are covering more on par with their grade/age. I thought that SWI-A didn't actually cover all of the levels and you had to at least do SWI-B to finish out what was missing. Is that not true? I'm trying to figure out where to go once we're done with SWI-A too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 SICC-A, then SICC-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 NM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonflyAcademy Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 My concern with SICCA or B is it's "Christian Content" not that I mind religious texts.. however I tend to want secular ones...how Christian is it?? Is it more of just reading Biblical stories or does it get preachy? If I can jump to a theme unit.. that would be great.. and he loves Narnia.. so that might be worth a look (yes.. I know Narnia has a Christian theme.. but it's not preachy.. ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I didn't use all of SICC B but the "christian content" was basically just the source texts used in some of the beginning things. Which you could easily swap out for something else. The two in SICC B I encountered were little biographical paragraphs on two men that helped start a church or something like that. To the one that asked about SWI A not doing it all, that's true, but the other units are covered in SICCA not SWI B. SWI B covers the same units as SWI A but uses source texts with a slightly higher reading level so that kids in 6-8 don't feel it's babyish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonflyAcademy Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 So, it sounds like we could jump to the Robot theme unit without an issue for him.. and perhaps the Fairy Tale for the one finishing up All Things Fun..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Yep, those would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonflyAcademy Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Thank you. I thought it went SWIbA then B then C..so happy I asked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Here is a chart with the recommended progression - http://www.excellenceinwriting.com/sicc-progression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I'm leading a co-op class that if finishing up SWI-A this year, and we have decided on the theme book, US History Vol. 1. It covers all nine units, and includes several techniques SWI-A doesn't cover. It has more than one level of checklists, so you can tailor the assignments to meet your child's abilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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