Brief intro and need advice! :-)

Hello,

A brief intro….I am Christy and have hsed our two dc off/on since Pre-K. My dd is almost 15(9th gr), and my ds is 10(4th gr) and we are six weeks into school. Ds spent all of 1st gr. in school, while dd spent all of 6th and most of 7th. I never planned on hsing to 12th grade, but this is what dd wants and needs. I’ve used an eclectic approach to schooling, with poor dd being my guinea pig. The common denominator has always been good literature and zero workbooks(though the use of workbooks may change a little with dd to some extent).

I joined here hoping I could get some advice regarding dd and LA. I have had a difficult time getting her to write-since she was around 8yo. She’s always read well, but is extremely sensitive about writing. I have approached this area from many ways, dropping a load of money along the way. Ha-I just bought another writing curriculum last week!

This AM I was searching online for reviews on LA books for my ds. While reading reviews about PLL and ILL, I realized I now have questions that only a CM community could answer.

Enough rambling and to my point. Ds has never had any formal LA. Dd’s LA has been largely scattered. Her writing is way below grade level. I own ILL and am thinking about ordering PLL for ds(unless he is too old?) and using ILL with dd- or, is she just too old? She is currently using Total Language Plus(which I love!) and Easy Grammar Plus. The writing curriculm I ordered is Write Shop.

Thanks for any help!

chris

PS(the only reason i even thought to use ILL with dd was due to an amazon reviewer and, it now has a teacher’s guide.)