La Condessa Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Dd1 is approaching the end of MCT Island. It is a good level for her currently, comfortably challenging. I'm wondering if we should continue right on with Town level, or take a detour and do something else for a while in between. How big is the step up from one level to the next? If we don't go right on, what would you suggest in the mean time? I'm interested in Treasured Conversations. If you have experience with both TC and MCT, do you think they can go well together? Or would that be lots of repetition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 There is a huge step up in vocab. Island level vocab is intro, but Town level vocab has a looooot of meat. Grammar isn't that different. It will introduce more phrases, but much of it will be a review. Writing book focuses on a paragraph and is an excellent read even if you don't do actual writing assignments, so in short, only the vocab book is significantly harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Condessa Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 (edited) Maybe that would be fine to just go on, then. Because the writing and grammar are just the right amount of challenge for her, but Building Language is really, really simple for her. Thanks! Edited October 13, 2016 by La Condessa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 When I received the box with Town level, I almost didn't show my daughter the Caesar's English book because it was such a drastic step up that I thought she would be put off. I was quite wrong, and she loves it. If you do the writing assignments, then Pargraph Town is a huge step up as well. Despite the name, the assignments quickly move into essays. This is the one piece I've had to shelve for a while. Grammar and poetry are a very gentle step up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Condessa Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 We do do all the writing assignments. Dd is not at all ready for essays yet. Hmm, I'll have to think on it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 I use each piece at the pace we need rather than a whole level. For Caesars English, we are using it behind schedule, and are just now beginning CE2 even though we finished grammar voyage. I also don't do all the writing assignments, but we do a wwe style writing across the curriculum so mct is not our main writing. We have found the jumps in difficulty appropriate so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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