So many WWE questions

[Aspasia]

Okay, first of all, I'm planning on using Brave Writer for sure. I have Jot It Down and I'm in the process of reading The Writer's Jungle (loving it!). Would it even be beneficial to add WWE? I know some people do it. I guess I'm wondering what WWE adds.

 

Secondly, do I really need both the text and the workbook? I'm having a hard time figuring out what each one has that the other doesn't. If the workbook has copywork selections (so that I don't have to find my own), then what does the text have? Because all I see in the text's table of contents is copywork and narration--if it isn't specific passages, then what is it?

[ItoLina]

If you get Brave Writer's The Wand, there is copy work and narration included in there. Just another option if you really like the Brave Writer lifestyle and want that part laid out for you.

[Five More Minutes]

FWIW, we use WWE here, but having read The Writer's Jungle, I think that Brave Writer is complete on its own if you are able to implement it fully. If you are wanting extra support, then one option would be the Brave Writer additional materials, such as The Wand mentioned by the pp. Of course, you could also add WWE for some of its copywork and narration elements.

 

If you choose to add in WWE, you would only need either the instructor's text or the workbooks, not both. You could try to check out the instructor's guide out of the library to see if it's what you want. It is much like The Writer's Jungle in that it gives broad strokes for what the WWE program would look like if you wanted to your own passages to work with. The WWE workbooks provide you with passages to read, questions to ask that lead into narrations, copywork, and dictation. They seem to function in a similar way to The Wand and Arrow -- providing you with pre-selected passages so that it becomes more of an open-and-go program.

[ByGrace3]

I am combining BW with WWE next year for both my rising first grader and 3rd grader. For the first grader, I plan to use a few of the Jot it Down projects, but add in WWE style narrations and copywork using the guidelines in the text (I have considered using the workbook and still may, but I will definitely be using the text for my third grader).

 

For my third grader we will be doing copywork/dictation via BW the Arrow and WWE style narrations using the text.

 

As previous posters have mentioned, you only need text or workbook, depending in if you want to pick your own passages. I think the BW/WWE combo is great for us. I align more with WWE philosophy of writing, but BW has some fun practical ideas to use.

[Aspasia]

Awesome. That's kinda what I was hoping, that I could use the workbook on its own (I'm definitely not up for finding my own copywork right now--I'm planning a lot of other subjects from scratch). Thanks!