hsingscrapper Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Okay, so I'm inspired by the rigorous school post! :lol: I'm wondering as I'm trying to work on something for my boys, if you could have a comprehensive language arts (with or without handwriting), how would you structure it? This would be something that you could start with a little guy or girl and go all the way through high school. I want to make sure I don't have any gaps. Thanks in advance, Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I thought I'd share what I could. We used First Language Lessons, Primary Language Lessons and Intermediate Lang. Lesson with my older dd. In late 5th we started Writing Tales 2 and are now(6th) finishing it up for CW Homer. All that to say I haven't found my dream program... until Classical Writing. I'm not sure what to use with dd5. I am making my own language program for her. She is a little harder to fit anyway. She writes on level (K) but reads and comprehends (and thinks) much higher. After a couple of years of this I think I will start her in CW Aesop. There are some really neat books free at google books if you like an older style to language lessons-just search language lessons and you will pull up a lot. :001_smile: HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsingscrapper Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 What if it were all one book? Something like CLE or AOP or something like that? Then what would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I think Learning Language Arts Through Literature has a good idea, it just needs to be more rigorous. Add diagramming and writing instruction. Or take a program like Classical Writing and add lower grades with handwriting, spelling etc. It would be a lot of work to find copy work passages that included words that could be used with spelling rules and demonstrate a writing technique. Some OCD person out there willing to correlate reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, and grammar all in one program that progresses through all 12 grades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 That's a great idea!!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 (edited) I want to make sure I don't have any gaps. Oh, honey, that's not gonna happen! There will *always* be "gaps," no matter what you do. However, if you give your dc a good, solid base in English skills (i.e., reading and writing skills) they will always be able to fill in any gaps that they might discover later in life. My foundational method is Spalding. It teaches children to read by teaching them to spell, and it includes penmanship, capitalization and punctuation, and simple writing. If you use the teacher guide, it can also be a comprehensive grammar and composition, as well as reading and literature analysis. It can be used through 6th grade (although it may not need to be, if you start with it from the beginning). Edited January 27, 2009 by Ellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsingscrapper Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm sort of OCD (well, I'm obsessed at any rate) and I've found a site with spelling rules but now I need to find one with grammar rules that are written at a kid's level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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