freemanfamilyof6 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Talk to me about 8th grade Language Arts. I wondering how your gifted/accelerated learner does with Michael Clay Thomas vs Excellence in Literature. Do you prefer one program over the other for 8th grade level. Can you do a mix of the two successfully? I was thinking of going with EIL and adding MCT vocab. Thoughts anyone? Edited March 20, 2018 by freemanfamilyof6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) I haven’t used EIL, but I am familiar with it. It seems like there’s quite a different focus than MCT. EIL reminded me of high school honors/AP English - read a work of lit, discuss, write a paper (that’s the main focus) and in the middle of that do a little with grammar and language (poetics, literary devices), study some vocabulary. MCT has grammar, and poetics, and research writing, and literature, and vocabulary all emphasized in their own right and brought together in the context of English language. I would assess your goals for the year and level at which your student is working and base my decision for any ELA resources on that. ETA: I think you could use MCT vocabulary in addition to most any program. Edited March 23, 2018 by Targhee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyme Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Hello, for a sixth grader at high school english levels, which level EIL should she start on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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