Classically Minded Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I do not think I can take another day of WWE 3 - we are in Week 18 and we (dd10) are both really done with dictation. I've read SWB's new article about 3 levels being enough and if the child can pass the WWE 3 last exam/lesson, they have pretty much reaped the benefits of the program. So.....I want to quit now and move on to the next thing. What would you all recommend for a child that is having difficulty putting words on paper because it is "hard" to her? She can give me her narration and even take it from dictation, but if I say, "Ok, write that down" she cries. We do free-writing with Brave Writer and she does great on that. She can write a full page of whatever she wanted in 5 minutes with no problem! However, writing down narrations from her history, literature or science reading is like pulling teeth......she freezes up and can't do it without my help. I'm thinking of getting IEW SWI but wondering which level - A or B? I'm also thinking of Writing With Skill but thinking that may be too difficult right now? I did purchase WWE 4 and planned on doing it - should we just press on and get through WWE 3 and go on to 4? Thoughts? Advice? Thanks!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenslp Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 My son was quite writing phobic and he has liked and done well with: Essentials in Writing; Writing With the Best; and Classical Writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 My 4th grader thoroughly enjoys Writing and Rhetoric from Classical Academic Press, and I am very pleased with the growth I've seen in her writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Essentials in writing. Or you could try 8's new writing curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicMom Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I am curious... what did you end up going with after WWE3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I'm not the OP, but I was in the exact same situation when my oldest was in 4th. We ended up starting WWS. That's not what I'd do now - now, I'd either use CAP W&R through Narrative 2 (before considering beginning WWS) or I would spend time doing writing across the curriculum the way SWB describes in her Middle Grades writing lectures. I'd hold off on WWS till 6th grade at least. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajag Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Writing & Rhetoric has been a godsend to my girls with fear of the blank page. Really gentle and coaxes them into the program with slowly increasing demands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 We took a long break from WWE3 to do CAP Fable and that was very good. We did Treasured Conversations next, finishing up WWE in bits and pieces throughout the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I recommend Treasured Conversations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Right - smacks head - do Treasured Conversations! I don't know why I forgot that. It wasn't around for my first child, but my 2nd child did it in 3rd grade after WWE2. It's great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classically Minded Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 I am curious... what did you end up going with after WWE3? We took a break for months, then started Rod and Staff English 5 and for some reason, the way they laid it all out in there to write, really helped her. Since then, she has been able to do narrations easily but history was lagging, so I had her evaluated and couldn't believe she was actually advanced in writing. We found out she had no interest in history and that was part of the problem, so we came up with the idea to do history narrations in Minecraft (that she loves) and that seemed to resolve the issue! Here is an example of her Minecraft history narrations: http://www.cambridgeshireacademy.com/2015/05/narration-with-minecraft.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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