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[quote=Anonymous]My kid did ELC in 4th and 5th. We were really happy with the program. They read a lot of novels in small groups (literature circles), where each child was responsible for a different role each week (things like summarizing, defining difficult vocabulary, running the discussion, talking about character growth, etc).  The content selections were great! I read some of the books along with my kid just because children's literature has changed so much since I was a child. They also studied biography and memoirs, and wrote nonfiction and fiction of their own.

There was also a spelling component, which made me happy because my kid is not a strong speller even though he's a voracious reader. "Word study" forced him to do a lot of activities using the word lists of the week (write them in a pyramid! Illustrate your spelling list! Write a funny but grammatically accurate sentence with the word! Etc.) He's just finishing ELC in 5th right now, and I've paid less close attention to the content this year, but I know they did a poetry and sci-fi/fantasy exploration and an ongoing unit on cycles of change that extended throughout several genres.

From talking to other parents, it seems like ELC is a slightly heavier workload. I certainly wouldn't say it's extreme. He worked on his ELC reading/writing maybe 30 minute a day, several days a week? Not every day.

My kid's overall ability to write longer, more complex explorations into what he's reading really grew while in ELC. I'm quite sad that in middle school, there is no enrichment equivalent (apparently everyone is just in "advanced" 6th grade English).

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