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Homeschool language arts comparisons

Side-by-side comparisons of popular language arts programs: what each teaches, teaching time, cost and what parents say.

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• IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) vs Brave WriterVideo-based, structured writing method vs relaxed, conversation-first writing
• All About Spelling vs Spelling You SeeOrton-Gillingham, multisensory spelling vs developmental, copywork and dictation-based spelling
• Writing With Ease / The Complete Writer vs First Language LessonsClassical: narration, copywork and dictation vs classical and charlotte mason blend, scripted oral grammar
• Abeka Language Arts vs BJU Press EnglishTraditional, rigorous Christian language arts vs traditional, spiral-review christian grammar and writing
• Shurley English vs Easy GrammarTraditional, jingle-based sentence-pattern grammar vs traditional, prepositional-phrase-first grammar
• The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts vs Master Books Language LessonsCharlotte Mason, all-in-one language arts vs story-based, gentle charlotte mason language arts
• Logic of English Essentials vs Christian Light Language Arts (Grades 3-8)Systematic, multisensory grammar, spelling and vocabulary vs spiral, self-instructional workbook language arts
• Michael Clay Thompson (MCT) Language Arts vs Analytical GrammarClassical, vocabulary-rich "language philosophy" vs traditional, incremental grammar
• IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) vs Essentials in WritingVideo-based, structured writing method vs video-based grammar and writing combined
• Brave Writer vs WordsmithRelaxed, conversation-first writing vs literature-based creative writing, written to the student
• Fix It! Grammar vs Easy GrammarStory-based grammar editing practice vs traditional, prepositional-phrase-first grammar
• First Language Lessons vs Learning Language Arts Through LiteratureClassical and Charlotte Mason blend, scripted oral grammar vs literature-based, gentle all-in-one language arts
• Sequential Spelling vs Spelling You SeeWord-family-based spelling, test-then-correct method vs developmental, copywork and dictation-based spelling
• Classical Composition (Memoria Press) vs Michael Clay Thompson (MCT) Language ArtsClassical rhetoric, progymnasmata-based composition vs classical, vocabulary-rich "language philosophy"
• Rod & Staff English vs BJU Press EnglishTraditional, rigorous Christian grammar vs traditional, spiral-review christian grammar and writing
• Time4Learning Language Arts vs BookShark Language ArtsOnline, auto-graded language arts vs charlotte mason, literature-based language arts
• Abeka Language Arts vs Christian Light Language Arts (Grades 3-8)Traditional, rigorous Christian language arts vs spiral, self-instructional workbook language arts
• WriteShop vs IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing)Structured incremental writing, learn-practice-do vs video-based, structured writing method
• Oak Meadow English vs BookShark Language ArtsWaldorf-influenced, arts-integrated language arts vs charlotte mason, literature-based language arts
• Growing with Grammar vs Winston GrammarTraditional workbook grammar with diagramming vs hands-on color-coded card-sort grammar