gardenschooler
02-05-2008, 01:19 AM
Well, not a full-fledged revolt - this is my very agreeable, never caused me one minute of stress, dd13. She's been doing Henle Latin I with me this year, and not complaining too much (probably because she just isn't a complainer).
Problem is......we can't stand doing the translations anymore. I'm sick of the Gauls, I'm sick of the army, all of it. She can do the translations quickly, so it's more aggravating than excruciating. It has served us well, and it's obviously a solid text due to the fact that she can do the exercises without a lot of effort. But we're a little burned out on it. Okay, more than a little.
And she saw a catalogue on my desk from Bolchazy-Carducci, and got all excited looking at some of their Latin materials. She especially liked the 'Looking at Latin', which I see is just a grammar reference book. However, it's very visually appealing to her, and I think would be nice for her to have. It doesn't have any exercises, though. It's pricey, but she's worth it.
http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=latin&id=6153
She's such a sweet kid, doing Latin when she really could care less, and doing it well. But I think she's really lost interest in it due to the boredom of the translations in Henle.
We went to the library tonight, and looked around at some things. We brought home several different Latin texts (Jenney's, Ecce Romani, Wheelock's, Latin for Americans, and Cambridge), and started reading. When she picked up the Cambridge, she didn't put it down for 45 minutes.
How about this (submitted for your approval)
1-Continue only the grammar from Henle: using the MODG, so doing only the first page of the quizzes. Doing a few of the exercises that use the grammar, but not a whole lot. Drill, do charts and chants, quizzes, etc.
2-Get her the 'Looking at Latin' for her back-up grammar reference. We'll still have Henle, do the drills in Henle, but this would be just for her.
3-Start Cambridge, and use that for the translations, vocabulary, history, etc. instead of Henle. Use the online activities for reinforcements, make my own tests, etc.
http://www.cambridgescp.com/page.php?p=clc^oa_book1^intro
I'll probably just use the copy from the library instead of buying it. It has 12 'stages', or chapters, and I figure we can do roughly one a week. I'll renew it and check it out one more time, and that will give me 12 weeks. (We can keep books for 3 weeks and renew for 3 weeks). The library has plenty of copies, so I'm not worried about that. And I don't think I'll need a teacher's guide for this first book in the series - if we like it and continue, I'll get all of that for next year. If it gets difficult this year, I can just buy it from Amazon.
We do Latin together, so I don't think it will be terribly difficult for me to tweak/merge the Henle/MODG grammar with the Cambridge. We'd use all parts of the Cambridge.
I feel pretty familiar with the Cambridge, because I spent ALL YEAR last year researching Latin curriculums. I ruled it out only because of the grammar, since it's more of a reading-based text. But now I think we're deep enough into the grammar that we can handle it (plus, we'll continue the grammar).
So can I have the best of both worlds? Or am I insane?
Problem is......we can't stand doing the translations anymore. I'm sick of the Gauls, I'm sick of the army, all of it. She can do the translations quickly, so it's more aggravating than excruciating. It has served us well, and it's obviously a solid text due to the fact that she can do the exercises without a lot of effort. But we're a little burned out on it. Okay, more than a little.
And she saw a catalogue on my desk from Bolchazy-Carducci, and got all excited looking at some of their Latin materials. She especially liked the 'Looking at Latin', which I see is just a grammar reference book. However, it's very visually appealing to her, and I think would be nice for her to have. It doesn't have any exercises, though. It's pricey, but she's worth it.
http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=latin&id=6153
She's such a sweet kid, doing Latin when she really could care less, and doing it well. But I think she's really lost interest in it due to the boredom of the translations in Henle.
We went to the library tonight, and looked around at some things. We brought home several different Latin texts (Jenney's, Ecce Romani, Wheelock's, Latin for Americans, and Cambridge), and started reading. When she picked up the Cambridge, she didn't put it down for 45 minutes.
How about this (submitted for your approval)
1-Continue only the grammar from Henle: using the MODG, so doing only the first page of the quizzes. Doing a few of the exercises that use the grammar, but not a whole lot. Drill, do charts and chants, quizzes, etc.
2-Get her the 'Looking at Latin' for her back-up grammar reference. We'll still have Henle, do the drills in Henle, but this would be just for her.
3-Start Cambridge, and use that for the translations, vocabulary, history, etc. instead of Henle. Use the online activities for reinforcements, make my own tests, etc.
http://www.cambridgescp.com/page.php?p=clc^oa_book1^intro
I'll probably just use the copy from the library instead of buying it. It has 12 'stages', or chapters, and I figure we can do roughly one a week. I'll renew it and check it out one more time, and that will give me 12 weeks. (We can keep books for 3 weeks and renew for 3 weeks). The library has plenty of copies, so I'm not worried about that. And I don't think I'll need a teacher's guide for this first book in the series - if we like it and continue, I'll get all of that for next year. If it gets difficult this year, I can just buy it from Amazon.
We do Latin together, so I don't think it will be terribly difficult for me to tweak/merge the Henle/MODG grammar with the Cambridge. We'd use all parts of the Cambridge.
I feel pretty familiar with the Cambridge, because I spent ALL YEAR last year researching Latin curriculums. I ruled it out only because of the grammar, since it's more of a reading-based text. But now I think we're deep enough into the grammar that we can handle it (plus, we'll continue the grammar).
So can I have the best of both worlds? Or am I insane?