KaceeM Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Ok I have a 12 year old 6th grader who needs a lot of work in writing cohesive paragraphs and 3 and 5 paragraph essays. Would you recommend WWE or WWS and if its WWE Level 3 or Level 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Susan Wise Bauer recommends not starting WWS until your student can comfortably write a paragraph. If you all have not done WWE before, I recommend doing WWE3 and also working on writing paragraphs comfortably. If that goes well, skip WWE4 and move into WWS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaceeM Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 She can write a paragraph but needs help with topic sentences and knowing when to split into a second paragraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 WWS. WWS1 will help her learn those skills and I suspect WWE would be too easy for her. Both of my older boys did WWS without doing WWE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodi-FL Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Does your child know how to outline? WWS will help with that leading into writing 3-5 paragraphs that are cohesive. My 12 yo has benefited greatly by doing history the old fashioned WTM way, outlining sections of Kingfisher, and writing a 3-5 paragraph paper from that. My 10 yo is using WWE and I agree with the opinion that it would be too easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 WWS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 We never did WWE, but my 6th grader was able to tackle WWS this year with just "ok" paragraph writing skills. We did Treasured Conversations last year, which was a great preparation. It took my DD from really not being able to write a paragraph with a topic sentence at all, to having basic paragraph skills. She is getting a lot more practice with WWS this year. If you try WWS and it seems too hard, TC might be a good fit, and with a 6th grader you should be able to modify/accelerate it enough to get through it in well less than a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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