Classical Writing after WWE

[TaraTheLiberator]

I am really hoping that Writing With Style will be ready after we finish WWE. If it's not, I am thinking of moving into CW. Would a kid who's finished WWE go into CW Aesop or Homer?

Tara

[TaraTheLiberator]

Bueller ... ? Bueller ... ?

[sweetfeet]

I don't know, but that is my plan as well. I'm trying to find out as much as I can about CW and it looks like a good progression to me. I'm interested in what others have to say.

[Mallory]

I don't have a kid there yet, so this is just my observation of reading WWE, Aesop, and Homer.

I think that the jump beteen WWE 4 and Homer is huge.

I think many kids could probably work through much of Aesop in only a semester or so (say the summer after 4th and the first semester of 5th) and be better prepared for Homer.

I think we are going to do WWE 1-4, then WT2, then Homer.

[Jami]

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76398&highlight=cw+wwe

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75904&highlight=cw+wwe

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75742&highlight=cw+wwe


Here are a few threads that might get you started on what others are planning after WWE, Tara.

Assuming you're talking about a 5th grader once you've finished WWE4, here's what the CW people recommend: http://lene.proboards15.com/index.cgi?board=placement&action=display&thread=1158

And if you're working with a 4th grader:
http://lene.proboards15.com/index.cgi?board=placement&action=display&thread=1156

I'd personally probably start with Aesop B, to get our feet wet a bit before starting Homer.

[Melissa B]

I would think Aesop. WWE ends with the student writing her own narrations from stories previously read and Aesop picks up at the same place. I would only go from WWE to Homer with a really, really strong writer. You could start with Aesop B if you look over the core book and pick up anything you missed from Aesop A. The only thing that comes to mind is adding direct and indirect quotes to your narrations. WWE would already have given good practice in copywork, dictation, discussion of readings, and basic narration writing.

[TaraTheLiberator]

Thank you very much. I wouldn't go into CW until my dd had finished level 4 of WWE, so she would probably be in 5th grade. I was thinking that I might want to do at least some of Aesop to ease her into the program.

However, I still hope that Writing With Style is available by then because dd is loving WWE and because CW looks a little ... um ... spendy ...

Tara

[siloam]

Thank you very much. I wouldn't go into CW until my dd had finished level 4 of WWE, so she would probably be in 5th grade. I was thinking that I might want to do at least some of Aesop to ease her into the program.

However, I still hope that Writing With Style is available by then because dd is loving WWE and because CW looks a little ... um ... spendy ...

Tara

Tara,

I would do the Aesop level, unless you have already learned the skills covered in Aesop: Outlining, dictionary use, labeling the 8 parts of speech in a sentence, adding quotations and descriptive detail. The dictation and narration pieces I know your child would have nailed.

Homer expects these to be in place and easy for the child. It will have the child read the model, summarize it orally, do an outline in one day. The next day it has them use a dictionary and being using a Thesaurus then later changing the tense of words too. The third day it has them changing sentences into the 5 different types (simple subject and verb to subject verb direct object to subject very indirect object and direct object, to subject being verb predicate nominative and to subject being verb predicate adjective). I haven't gotten any farther in the Homer manual to say what is done the rest of the days, or what any of the writing goals are, but that should give you a rough idea if your child will have the background to learn these skills.

Heather