susie Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Hello All Anyone use Jump In middle school composition by Sharon Watson? Curious to hear thoughts and opinions from those who have experience with it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I’ve used it twice and like it a lot. It is very straight forward and clear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I just bought it to use with d's and plan to start it next week. I had planned to my own thing but decided following a program would be good for this kidand give me less to think about. Reading through it looks very easy to implement and like it breaka things down in manageable pieces, I think it will be a good fit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 We used Jump In for 8th grade with struggling writer DS#2, and it worked well in helping him think of what to say, and how to organize his thoughts/writing. We did adapt the program, as it is designed to take 2 years, as after each unit you are supposed to set the student book aside for 4 weeks of "free writing" using the prompts in the teacher book. However, we felt the prompts were all way too similar and rather lame, and so we skipped that and instead 1x/week both 8th grade DS and 9th grade DS and myself practiced timed essay writing from past SAT test essay prompts. That allowed us to complete Jump In in just 1 year, plus do some very valuable essay writing practice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Thanks everyone for your input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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