Flowergirl159 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 What have you used that you really liked, and would recommend to be the best writing program/curriculum for grade 4/5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 At the risk of being accused of shilling for the company ( ;)), I'd suggest CAP's Writing & Rhetoric program. It has proven pretty popular with users here, you can read many posts about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lieutenant Stranger Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 At the risk of being accused of shilling for the company ( ;)), I'd suggest CAP's Writing & Rhetoric program. It has proven pretty popular with users here, you can read many posts about it. This looks really interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 My rising 4th grader will use some Writing and Rhetoric also. I'll also do some nonfiction writing practice with her, and I expect her to try jumping into what her older siblings are doing (Cover Story). This is a precocious kid who enjoys writing. My current 5th grader has really enjoyed Wordsmith Apprentice this year. He is a very STEM oriented kid, and doesn't particularly like writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowergirl159 Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Yes everyone seems to recommend this program :) Is it trendy or is it really a great program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 W&R is new, so it's getting a lot of attention, but it's really helped my DD with her writing skills. She needed something more explicit than Wordsmith Apprentice, and it allows for more creativity than WWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Yes everyone seems to recommend this program :) Is it trendy or is it really a great program? Both! They aren't mutually exclusive. ;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperstone Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 My dd has just started Essentials in Writing, and so far is loving it! There are worksheets and a video of the teacher explaining the concepts. Though the grammar is way easier than CLE; probably by two years. That was the LA program we used beforehand etc...the writing is more advanced with EIW. So what you lose in grammar you gain in writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 This year, we used Galore Park Jr. English which had some writing lesson intertwined, but mainly BraveWriter. Then I was given the book "Writing Skills" as part of a bunch of used homeschool materials I bought…so we used that as well. It was (of course) much more structured than BraveWriter, which I actually think worked well for DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Bravewriter is my all time love. I'm also starting to really appreciate Killgallon books. The Great Source writing books are nice as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I am combining CAP's Writing & Rhetoric with Write from Ancient History by Brookdale House. Write from Ancient History has history reading selections chronologically arranged with space for summaries, copywork, and dictation. I like the creativity and the write-across-the-curriculum feeling I get from combining both of these programs. http://brookdalehouse.com/homeschool-writing-curriculum/ Kimberly from Brookdale House sent out an email last week alerting a 40% off sale of her books in the very near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I am combining CAP's Writing & Rhetoric with Write from Ancient History by Brookdale House. Write from Ancient History has history reading selections chronologically arranged with space for summaries, copywork, and dictation. I like the creativity and the write-across-the-curriculum feeling I get from combining both of these programs. http://brookdalehouse.com/homeschool-writing-curriculum/ Kimberly from Brookdale House sent out an email last week alerting a 40% off sale of her books in the very near future. I'm doing the same thing next year! I just got Write from Ancient History and my 3rd grader will do the 2nd half of Fable, Narrative 1, and Write from Ancient History for writing next year. I don't want to do Narrative 2 till 4th grade, so this gave me a nice fill-in between now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 IEW SWI-A - Do it together. Brainstorm together. Keep writing time light and fun, and don't expect them to do the key word outlining and brainstorming on their own. Some students need a lot of help rewriting the paragraph/story from the key word outline a few times, but after doing it together a few times it gets much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I'm doing the same thing next year! I just got Write from Ancient History and my 3rd grader will do the 2nd half of Fable, Narrative 1, and Write from Ancient History for writing next year. I don't want to do Narrative 2 till 4th grade, so this gave me a nice fill-in between now and then. Are there samples somewhere of this? I cannot seem to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Are there samples somewhere of this? I cannot seem to find them. NM, I found them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I am combining CAP's Writing & Rhetoric with Write from Ancient History by Brookdale House. Write from Ancient History has history reading selections chronologically arranged with space for summaries, copywork, and dictation. I like the creativity and the write-across-the-curriculum feeling I get from combining both of these programs. http://brookdalehouse.com/homeschool-writing-curriculum/ Kimberly from Brookdale House sent out an email last week alerting a 40% off sale of her books in the very near future.Here's the link (@ homeschool giveaway blog) to the 2 week sale at Brookdale Press for 40% off. I really like these history/writing ebooks: http://homeschoolgiveaways.com/2014/05/write-from-history-complete-set-giveaway-and-2040-sitewide-sale/ or here: http://brookdalehouse.com/write-history-giveaway/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Here's the link (@ homeschool giveaway blog) to the 2 week sale at Brookdale Press for 40% off. I really like these history/writing ebooks: http://homeschoolgiveaways.com/2014/05/write-from-history-complete-set-giveaway-and-2040-sitewide-sale/ or here: http://brookdalehouse.com/write-history-giveaway/ Wow - I've never heard of these before and I am really intrigued... What do people like most about the Write From History books? Is one book a full year, or do you need both ancient books for a whole year of writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 NM, I found them!Where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliotterae Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I'm very interested in both of these. I'm having difficulty figuring out where to place DD though. She's 10 but this was her first year homeschooling. I purchased and went through WWE since she had no football writing in public school but it was way below her level. Using the Writing and Rhetoric, would I need to stay with fables? Or could I skip that one and move ahead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 If she's mastered the content in WWE, I would start her with Narrative 1 or Narrative 2. Choose Narrative 1 if she needs to practice writing descriptive and dialog paragraphs, choose Narrative 2 if she can do both of those and is ready to start writing a variety of paragraph types for amplification of stories, and start studying what makes stories work, and at the end write her own story from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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