Personally, I am not highly involved, but I do read up a bit on what my boy is learning, so that I can assist him as needed. The teacher’s guide will help you with that. It doesn’t need to be entirely hands-on with the parent, although being available and knowledgeable enough to help will be an asset. That’s why I recommend watching the videos with your kids and being involved, at least at the beginning. You will definitely be learning alongside your children. Looking at some of these pictures, you might find some of the concepts to be quite advanced. You also will not find questionable behaviors or concepts promoted in any way. ![]() While it will work with anyone, there are Scriptural references. The narratives are interesting and brief, so your student can focus on developing skills rather than wading through a mire of confusion.Ĭlassical Composition is a Christian series. Then, similar to the previous level, they outline, narrate, paraphrase, and work on variations and tweaks until they eventually present you with a polished final draft. They then learn to identify components of writing evident in each narrative they read. There are 20 lessons that each follow a pattern, this time based on a narrative. ![]() The narrative stage works in a similar way. Ultimately, the students are reading the fables and imitating them, imitation being one of the greatest ways to learn to write well. Each lesson is based on one of Aesop’s fables, engaging stories my kids are highly familiar with anyway, which makes the experience more comfortable and enjoyable.Įach lesson has the student reading the fable several times, recognizing various aspects of the story, writing variations, narrating, outlining, inverting sentences, writing more variations, and producing a final draft. The fable stage contains 20 lessons that each follow a similar structure. (See the tweak section below for some personal information on how we do this.) Next year he will slow to the regular pace. He will then advance to Classical Composition II: Narratives, and progress at the same speed. As a sixth grader, my son began with Classical Composition I: Fables, and works through five lessons a week to finish a lesson a week. If your students start later, (my son began in sixth grade), they simply move faster. mastering writing is intended to begin in the fifth grade, but that is not necessary. Who wants boring reason? Not us! By the end of the program, a student will hopefully be able to communicate logically in an engaging style. ![]() Combining logic with imagination is another goal. ![]() The purpose is to teach children not only to write, but to reason well, two skills that academia has found lacking in college freshmen. He puts it into an easy-to-use format that will not strain the brain of the parent-teacher who may have not been trained to write well. They also have several wonderful special needs products by a mother of adopted special needs twins who have done remarkably well and are now adults.Īuthor James Selby’s goal in producing the Classical Composition line is to raise excellent, thoughtful writers in the same manner that many of the greats (thin Benjamin Franklin) were trained for over a thousand years. (We have some of their literature products as well as their First and Second Form Latin.) They also provide “piecemeal” products if you want to add one or two topics to your current studies. They offer complete studies that your students can follow from little onward that will encompass their entire education. Memoria Press is one of the big names in classical curriculum. I am going to try to make this review humor-free. Selby, namely Classical Composition I: Fable Set and Classical Composition II: Narrative Set. Currently our 12-year-old son is working through the first two levels of Memoria Press Classical Composition by James A. You know that, even though we’re primarily Charlotte Mason homeschoolers, we like to incorporate classical products from Memoria Press.
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