yonkid Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Hi. I used to be on the forums before the change, but had to come back now because I would like some help deciding what to do for LA this coming year. DS has used LLATL from the beginning and now he's going into seventh grade. Both he and I are happy with LLATL and do not have any particular reason to change. His writing, grammar and spelling are all great. We own Wordsmith and Wordsmith Apprentice, though, and I'd really like to use them. Starting with Apprentice, using this schedule. Much of what's there would be review for him at first, but I do think it might be nice to "approach" language arts in a different and new way for a while. If he stops LLATL this year to work on the Wordsmith series, he won't do any more LLATL, because we are not going to use it in high school. OTOH, if he does both LLATL and the Wordsmith series, he'd be doing less writing for history and literature. I'm not necessarily opposed to either of these things, but I do need to think it through. I admit I'll be a little sad to say goodbye to LLATL so soon ha-ha. Thoughts one way or the other? DS says all the options are fine with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock2 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I have always used other writing alongside LLATL, so I would say go ahead and try Wordsmith alongside. As far as I remember, LLATL doesn't have terrible many writing assignments, so there would be lots of opportunity to add something else in. I personally wouldn't drop LLATL because Green is where you get really nice grammar coverage and I wouldn't want my student to miss that. I think it used to be fairly common to use these two programs together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 My daughter and I were JUST discussing whether people used LLATL much anymore. It's all my oldest used, and she always loved it! I know that isn't helpful as far as your question, but she has always been my best reader (as in reading a lot and loving to read), and strongest in grammar/writing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock2 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 21 hours ago, StaceyinLA said: My daughter and I were JUST discussing whether people used LLATL much anymore. I think very few on this board use it, but they did just come out with all new editions, so somebody must be! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 On 6/7/2019 at 1:01 PM, hollyhock2 said: I think very few on this board use it, but they did just come out with all new editions, so somebody must be! I might have to give it a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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