I'm looking for a user-friendly good English/Language Arts for homeschooling 6th & 8th grades. Has anyone used one they really liked and can recommend?

I'm looking for a user-friendly good English/Language Arts for homeschooling 6th & 8th grades. Has anyone used one they really liked and can recommend?

Our curriculum is religion based and it may not be what you want.

Although, we didn't enroll our children in this school, we begged, borrowed and bought these books real cheap from parents who had.

English

* English 6 for Young Catholics
http://www.setonhome.org/curriculum/seeinside.php?ToView=P-EN06-11
* Sample Lesson Plan

English
* English 8 for Young Catholics
http://www.setonhome.org/curriculum/seeinside.php?ToView=P-EN08-21

* Composition 8 for Young Catholics
http://www.setonhome.org/curriculum/seeinside.php?ToView=P-EN08-22

Here's the entire curriculum k-12:
Grade School Book List - Seton Home Study School (http://www.setonhome.org/curriculum/gradeschool.shtml)

A Beka Books has pretty good material in the English department.

A Beka Book Home Page (http://www.abeka.com/)