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LiteratureWritingGrades 1–12Faith-neutralStudent guide plus required novels

Lightning Literature & Composition (Hewitt)

Day-to-day
Mostly independent
Structure
Structured
Lesson prep
Low prep
Writing load
Writing-heavy
If you fall behind
Forgiving

Best for

  • ✓Book-loving families
  • ✓Integrated lit-and-writing seekers

Not ideal for

  • —Reluctant readers
  • —Families needing built-in grammar

Strengths

  • ✓Combines real literature with composition seamlessly
  • ✓Uses whole books, not excerpts

Watch-outs

  • !Light grammar; needs a separate program

At a glance

Grade levelGrades 1–12
SubjectsLiterature, Writing
PriceStudent guide plus required novels
Teaching stylereading-heavy, writing-intensive
ApproachFaith-neutral
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