My eighth grader has been working through the brand new writing curriculum from Apologia Educational Ministries called Writers in Residence. She had been using a different writing curriculum for several years, and I really felt like maybe a change in view point would benefit her. Out of all of my children, she is the one who enjoys writing and isn't intimidated by a blank page. She has always had a creative story or idea going on in her head. She is also a very good imitator of writing, so when this all-in-one language arts curriculum arrived, she was more than happy to dive right in.
Almost immediately after this homeschool writing curriculum arrived at our door, she headed out on a surprise 9 day trip to Florida with her dad and grandpa. The agreement that we had was that she would work on her math and language arts for a small portion of each day. I went through the introduction with her and explained how the program worked.