My family participates in Classical Conversation’s Essentials Program. I am starting my 3rd year tutoring Essentials (the grammar, math, composition component of CC for 4th-6th graders). This year, a new Essentials of English Language guide was released. It can be a little confusing if you’ve never been in Essentials. So, I made 3 videos on how I organized the new 5th Edition Essentials Guide to hopefully explain all the sections and how they are used.
I’ll elaborate…
Instead of one large packet like the previous guide, the new 5th edition guide has been separated into the Curriculum guide, Solutions Manual, and the Student Packet. I think all of the changes help make this new guide very user friendly. I also love the reordering of some of the lessons. You can find the videos below.
Videos
Supplies Needed
I organized the new 5th Edition Essentials Guide by using a 2 inch binder for the Curriculum section, a 1.5 section binder for the Solutions Manual, and a 1 inch binder for the Student Packet. I also used some clear sheet protectors. The non-glare kind are not good for using dry erase markers on because they do not erase well. I also prefer to use shop ticket holders for copying. I mention how we do that in the video, and you can find them here on Amazon. I also used 1-24 tabs (except take out the 1&2 tabs) for the solutions guide found here.
Hope this is helpful! Leave a comment if you have any questions!