carlyincali Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 My daughter loves to write stories, but has never been taught how to write via a formal program. She is now 11 and in the 6th grade. What is a good program I can use that can teach her from scratch? I also have a 4th grader; but I wasn't going to give her anything for writing yet. Should I? And what should I use? (For English Grammar we are doing GWG and they find it very easy.) TIA, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 IEW!! Its is a great program and can be started at any age with any writing level. My DS is using it thru a co-op and I'm impressed with it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Same here. If money's tight you could just get the SWI level B (Mr. Pudewa teaching your student on DVD - plug in and go) using their 15 week intensive lesson plans which are available free on their website. Then resell it and get one of their themed based programs. You'll have no trouble reselling IEW products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyincali Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Can you tell me what IEW stands for? Also, I guess I should have mentioned that the program needs to be easy to implement and learn. Thanks again, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Institute for Excellence in Writing here's a link to what I was referring to. You can click on the 15 week intesnsive I mentioned and see sort of how the program would work for you. http://www.excellenceinwriting.com/swi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magistramom Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 IEW is great - but a second option (just because there always has to be an option, IMO...) would be WRITING STRANDS. You could have her start with book 4 and finish with book 6 by the end of the year. TOG has a great writing guide called WRITING AIDS that you can use with any program. There are beginnings of some fun books on grammar (Grammar Girl) that you can find at the library and use sort of as "bathroom readers" (reading short sections randomly through the book). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Start your 4th grader with your 6th. It really is time to do it. I've delayed too,though my kids are in 5th and 3rd. We're using Classical Writing, Aesop. You may find it too elementary, but it is an excellent program. Not exactly plug in and go, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I just have to agree with the suggestion of IEW. We have been doing Rod and Staff grammar since 3rd grade with my oldest 2 dd's. I've only been doing the writing that's included in R&S. I decided that it was not enough, so a friend let me borrow her IEW to see if we like it. My 7th and 5th grader are doing it together, and it's going very well. We love Mr. Pudewa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 We like Jump in from Apologia. Inexpensive, very thorough, and broken down into little snippets that are not overwhelming. I have LOVED this program for my 11yods with no previous formal writing experience. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Grade her on how well she does what the assignment calls for only, not on everything else. In parallel, do copywork/dictation, spelling, and subject area writing in science, history, and maybe Bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 My daughter will be 11 next week and is in the 6th grade. She LOVES to write and spends her spare time working on current writing projects. We have not used much in the way of formal writing up until this year. We tried Writing Strands one year, but I think we had the wrong level and we didn't end up doing much of it. Anyway, I chose IEW for her this year. We haven't purchased it yet, but plan to soon. I'm also planning to use IEW or Writing Tales with her younger sister (3rd grade). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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