Insertcreativenamehere Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 My 6th grader is a fairly competent (although not enthusiastic) writer. He's done W&R Fable and Narrative II along with a smattering of other writing programs and writing across the curriculum. It's likely that he'll go to public high school in 9th grade so I want him to have as many tools in his writing toolbox as possible. If I have just two years left to teach him writing, can I skip some of the middle W&R levels to get to the higher books? Which ones would give me the most benefit in our limited amount of time? I'm comfortable doing 2 levels a year, but could possibly squeeze in three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) If he were mine and I had just two years to get him ready for public school writing, I would pick a different program. Is there a reason you want to stick with Writing and Rhetoric? I found a lot of the upper levels both repetitive and frustrating in their lack of explicit/complete instruction. I imagine you could skip and consolidate. However, I don't know where within their levels you would get all you need to get where you want to be. I stopped after book 4. It's not there to that point anyway--maybe they get way better in the later 4 books. I don't think, in your time frame, I would want to spend a lot more time in Narratives the way CAP teaches it. And I was not at all impressed with book 4. Edited May 10, 2017 by sbgrace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha2U Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I'd probably recommend Books 5, 6, 7, & 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) If he were mine and I had just two years to get him ready for public school writing, I would pick a different program. Is there a reason you want to stick with Writing and Rhetoric? We've tried several other programs (IEW SWI-A, IEW theme books, Hake, Writers in Residence, Writing with Skill, Writing Strands, just plain writing across the curriculum, a bunch of Evan-Moor and Scholastic stuff) and W&R is the one that he tolerates the best and the one that I most enjoy teaching. ;-) If you have suggestions other than the above, I'm all ears, though. I'd probably recommend Books 5, 6, 7, & 8. Thank you - that's helpful! Edited May 10, 2017 by insertcreativenamehere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 We've tried several other programs (IEW SWI-A, IEW theme books, Hake, Writers in Residence, Writing with Skill, Writing Strands, just plain writing across the curriculum, a bunch of Evan-Moor and Scholastic stuff) and W&R is the one that he tolerates the best and the one that I most enjoy teaching. ;-) If you have suggestions other than the above, I'm all ears, though. That's a good reason! Sorry if I came across poorly. Just because I wouldn't do it doesn't mean it's not a great idea for you! Those upper books suggested to you I haven't seen--I hope they work really well. You've used so much. I would have probably recommended Barbara Mariconda's materials, but I really hope the CAP continues to be a good fit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibby3 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I'd probably recommend Books 5, 6, 7, & 8. I would agree with this. I only have experience with books 4 and 7, but we like them both. In book 7 they are writing 6 paragraph essays and learning to write a research paper. You could even try books 6, 7, 8 & 9, but I think either way he will be fine in public school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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