LAmom Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Next year starts my first year homeschooling a highschooler. Gulp. I feel so confused in general. But, my reason for this post is wondering for some clarification on language arts credits. My dd will need 1 credit. So, what does that look like? If I do Rod and Staff 9 (grammar), a writing program (WWS 2 or IEW), and ?? Literature is a separate credit, correct? How do I determine what is enough or to be counted as literature? She may do BP for history which has a list for literature. Does that count? Or would she need more? It would help me to see what you use for Language Arts and what you count as a credit. What if I do a vocabulary program? Just not sure how to count everything. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) No, typically literature is not a separate credit. A highschool English credit contains literature and composition ( and grammar and language mechanics remediation as needed) I have never done a vocab program and don't consider it necessary. If you do one, include it in English Edited April 18, 2017 by regentrude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAmom Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 So, Rod and Staff 9, writing program, literature, etc., are all under one credit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 So, Rod and Staff 9, writing program, literature, etc., are all under one credit? yes, if you choose to do these components, they would make up your credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyOwn Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) I think it's pretty typical to group that all under English 9, 10, etc.. However, if your student is spending double the time for a typical class on this material, you could potentially give two credits. One option I've seen that I'm using is to give a creative writing elective credit for the year my kids both took a very time-consuming omnibus class as well as a progymnasmata class. That was what the teacher recommended doing. Edited April 18, 2017 by OnMyOwn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAmom Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Thank you everyone for your help! I got Lively Art of Writing and think maybe that will be a good start. Not sure what I will do for the 2nd semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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