Writing Tales II - on to CW Homer or does he need CW Aesop first?

[Tree House Academy]

This is a next year plan...but I wanted to get opinions from those who have BTDT. If your child completed WT II, did they then move directly to CW Homer or did you do CW Aesop first? I know a lot of WT II is Aesop, so just wondering. Will he be missing something?

Also, my child is not a great writer just yet - he is working on it...but writing is not his greatest strength. He is doing well with WT though.

What else do you use with CW Homer? Did/do you use a seperate grammar and/or literature? This year, I am using a combo of LLATL, GWG 4, and WT II. I pick and pull from each and make my own English curriculum.

Where is the best place to buy CW Homer?

[St. Theophan Academy]

I can't give you a complete answer - but, we did most of CW Aesop A - and then I got frustrated and thought WT would be a nice change of pace - I quickly realized it was far too redundant and easy after going through CW. I have not looked at WT 2 - but my understanding is that WT 1 & 2 cover pretty much similar material to CW Aesop - and I think you probably do not need to do both. You definitely would not want to do CW Aesop A - that would be taking a step back in my opinion. I have not used CW Aesop B, so I cannot comment directly on it, but - if you feel your child had grasped the concepts of rewriting a fable presented in WT - then I would move on to Homer myself.

[Amy from WT]

WT 1 and 2 completely cover the same Progym Level that is covered in CW Aesop, and even a little bit of the same material that is in Homer is covered in WT Level 2. Do not even consider doing CW Aesop - move right on into Homer!

Hope this helps.