ELTL Users?

We’ll be switching to ELTL for this coming year.  I have 3 DC using this (in 3 different levels) plus I’ll need to spend time with my 6yo on phonics.  Last year we used LLATL and I spend 20-30 minutes with each child and we did their entire lesson in one block.  My oldest did most of the lesson on her own, so I only spent a few minutes with her at the beginning and end of her lesson.  Towards the end of the year, I think my DC were burnt out on their lessons, as was I.

I’m planning on organizing ELTL lessons by breaking them up.  We’ll have a literature reading 3x per week, copywork 3x week, grammar 3x per week, etc.  I thought for poetry, they could each read their poems aloud and listen to the others.  That would give us 3 poems, 3 days each week.  Memory work would be scheduled with our scripture memory work.   We’ll also have other subjects mixed in between our LA lessons, and we will not necessarily complete the lesson in one day, but over a couple days.  I’m hoping by doing this, they won’t tire of LA and we’ll have more of a traditional CM schedule.

Those of you who’ve used it, do you see any potential problems with this set up?  Also, I’m not sure about the fables.  Do they read them alone, aloud to me, or do I read them to each child?  We’ll be using levels 2, 4, and 5.  I’m thinking my 8yo will need me to read it, or I could have her read it aloud to me.   The older two could handle it on their own, but I’m not familiar with many of the stories.  I’d like to be familiar with the stories to help with their narrations.

Lastly, how do you feel about the dictation portion of the lesson.  Three passages a week seems like quite a bit, especially for my 10yo.  I’m debating between picking 2 passages for them to study each week or just using Spelling Wisdom instead.  I really like SW and already own the first two levels of it, but I’m not sure I want to overly complicate our LA lessons.

Thanks for any advice or if you’d like to tell me how you schedule it, I’d love to hear it!