zarabellesmom Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 We have been using CAP W&R and will finish up Narrative 2 by the end of this school year. I've looked at Chreia and I'm not thrilled. My daughter is not an advanced writer and really needs hand-holding (so do I). Please chime in with your favorites so I can check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Wordsmith Apprentice. :) Also, the vintage Progressive Composition Lessons. Free to download on Google Books. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Here are a few writing curriculum you could check out. Some may be your taste, some may not, but I thought I would at least throw it out there to you! :) Winning with writing Writing with Ease/ Writing with Skill Essentials in Writing Jump in Writing apologia ( christian) Writing Strands Excellence in Writing I am sure others will post many more :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 If you need need babysteps you might consider Igniting Your Writing. (It drove my natural writer batty.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Maybe Treasured Conversations? It was a good fit for my not-advanced-in-writing 5th grader this year. We did the first two books of W&R so I don't know how the skills proceed in Narrative 2 enough to know if that would make any of TC too "easy"/not enough of a step up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IfIOnly Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Meaningful Composition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarabellesmom Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Thanks everyone for the great ideas. Now I've got research to do. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 We'll be doing Attuneup Time Capsule with my 5th grader. He's done CAP also but he wants something more challenging and interactive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 what about Chreia is not thrilling? It might help with generating suggestions to know what your student needs (or doesnt need) which made Chreia a bad match. Wordsmith Apprentice did get my 5th grader writing, which was important. However, I think it is really light, as in I don't think it helped her *learn* many new writing skills. I tried IEW with her too (she hated it, the only curriculum she actually hated). I had her continue to do copy work to keep her writing stamina up, and to provide good copying models. If I would have known about it then I probably would have tried Killgallon sentence composing books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAmom Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Did you find anything that you may use? I have a 4th grader doing CAP Fable and not sure what to use next year. He also needs lots of hand-holding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 We are enjoying CAP's W&R, but took a break after Narrative 1 to do Treasured Conversations and I am very glad we did. Looking ahead to Narrative 2 and Chreia, I believe the work we did in TC will make my dd get so much more out of the CAP program. I also plan to use the TC way of doing things utilized for writing across the curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 If you liking following the progymnasta, maybe MP's Classical Composition would work. Perhaps show your dd samples and see what she thinks. My dd picked Writing with Skill 1 for herself for 5th from CAP, MP, and WWS. I agree. Classical Composition definitely does some hand holding for you, especially if you get the DVDs. We don't use them and its still fine, but for a struggling writer they would help add some encouragement and make the process even easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Sorry double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Essentials in Writing! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShirley Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 CAP and IEW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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