organicmom3 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Hello everyone. I'm new here. I'm also new to the classical way, so my high school daughter has not had all that everyone else here has had. She has struggled with grammar....she is not totally off mark...she seems to be able to identify parts of speech and can do ending punctuation but has trouble still with prepositions, commas, semi-colons, etc. So I've been looking at analytical grammar thinking to use it next year...the people at the site recommend she do it all in one year AND do one of the high school reinforcements at the end of the same year. Can I get your thoughts? Has anyone else used this in high school? Is it truly that good of a program to spend that much for one year of grammar?? Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It comes with plans to spread it over a two or three years too. My daughter just started (we figured we might as well start some hs since we have the books) and I'm glad I spent the money. Their customer service is FANTASTIC. Our binders had bad rings and they sent new ones without any fuss... except for a lot of apologies :D If you're spreading it out you need the reinforcements, if not, you don't. Also, it starts off very basic. This is dd's first year hsing and her ps didn't seem to have even taught parts of speech. She's doing very well so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 We used AG for 6th-7th-8th grade and are currently working through a HS reinforcement book. I love AG. It is worth every penny. You may read my review here. I think completing AG in a year would be fine for a high schooler. Completing a HS reinforcement book on top of it would be challenging. Completing a HS reinforcement book over the summer wouldn't be bad. My 2c. WELCOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixglides Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I have to agree. We're in our third year of HSing, and had fallen behind in grammar. I'm grateful for this year, going through the entire book for my 9th grader, to have a more solid base before heading on. From a parent's perspective, manageable. I wasn't interested in something I needed to do with her, my littles keep me so busy, wanted them to be able to DO it & have me go over to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organicmom3 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Thank you. So far I am really leaning towards this program. I need something that will NOT take up her whole day or mine! I have a one year old on top of needing to teach dd and ds who will be in 11th and 7th grades next year. I'm thinking of using the AG with ds too but obviously spreading it over the three years with him. The guy who answered my questions at AG says it should only take her 25- 40 minutes per day doing it all in one year. Would everyone here agree that that may be a good estimate? He said there are tips to save time at the beginning of the book I could use with her to make it no more than the 40 minutes. I think 40 minutes is doable, but I'm sure she'd not be happy with more than that. This is only one part of her English afterall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 The guy who answered my questions at AG says it should only take her 25- 40 minutes per day doing it all in one year. Would everyone here agree that that may be a good estimate? Yes, I would agree with this. In Season 1, the 4th day of the lesson, we either skipped or abbreviated. Something about rewriting? Sorry, I can't look back at the assignments - we burned them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 We used AG for 6th-7th-8th grade and are currently working through a HS reinforcement book. I love AG. It is worth every penny. You may read my review here. I think completing AG in a year would be fine for a high schooler. Completing a HS reinforcement book on top of it would be challenging. Completing a HS reinforcement book over the summer wouldn't be bad. My 2c. WELCOME! :iagree: It's a great program. It starts with the basics and gets the job done in an efficient manner. I highly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Thank you. So far I am really leaning towards this program. I need something that will NOT take up her whole day or mine! I have a one year old on top of needing to teach dd and ds who will be in 11th and 7th grades next year. I'm thinking of using the AG with ds too but obviously spreading it over the three years with him. The guy who answered my questions at AG says it should only take her 25- 40 minutes per day doing it all in one year. Would everyone here agree that that may be a good estimate? He said there are tips to save time at the beginning of the book I could use with her to make it no more than the 40 minutes. I think 40 minutes is doable, but I'm sure she'd not be happy with more than that. This is only one part of her English afterall. Very good estimate. Even with the paraphrasing work it doesn't take that long. I love it when people are exciting about the same grammar program as me... where else can you gush over grammar?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonshine Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I am in a co-op which is wanting to use this curriculum with highschoolers. The teacher will have 40 minutes every other week to teach this, and homework will be collected every week. The co-op meets for 12 weeks each in the spring and in the fall. Does this sound doable? Some of the kids will be a bit behind in grammar, but the teacher says it will be their parent's responsibility to help them with the homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 We used Junior Analytical Grammar (JAG) and loathed it. We tried and tried and tried ... :001_huh: ... the absolute worst homeschooling purchase we ever made. So glad and relieved that we no longer use it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in CO Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 My dd has used AG over the last year in a half. So about Dec of her 9th grade year, through this year, her 10th. She has finished the 3 seasons, but I decided to reinforce for the remainder of the year with the review book. I would say it is very doable in a year. It took her about 30 mins a day to do a lesson, we didn't do the paraphrasing as that was done in another curriculum we were using. Now, doing the reviews, it takes her about 15 mins, once a week. It has been a great program and well worth the money. Trying to do the entire program with the HS reinforcement too, in just one year seems a bit much. I agree with Sue, that doing it over the summer would be better. The HS book shouldn't take much time, and if done just 2x per week, it can be completed in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I am in a co-op which is wanting to use this curriculum with highschoolers. The teacher will have 40 minutes every other week to teach this, and homework will be collected every week. The co-op meets for 12 weeks each in the spring and in the fall. Does this sound doable? Some of the kids will be a bit behind in grammar, but the teacher says it will be their parent's responsibility to help them with the homework. 40min every other week? Well, there are 34 lessons. So, I first wonder how they will cram in those extra 10 lessons. And if the teacher only teaches every other week, does she teach 1 lesson, 2 lessons, or more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organicmom3 Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Well, from what I understand the junior version is quite different from the AG in that it's just some basic prep work for people who felt their kids needed to start earlier than what AG is set up for. So I'm not sure I would base my opinion of AG on the junior AG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Well, from what I understand the junior version is quite different from the AG in that it's just some basic prep work for people who felt their kids needed to start earlier than what AG is set up for. So I'm not sure I would base my opinion of AG on the junior AG. :iagree: We've used both, AG is quite a bit different than the junior version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 AG is definitely my choice for grammar starting it no earlier than the logic stage. I held off for at least 2 years because of the cost and really should have just done it. My 2nd dd actually knows how to manipulate a sentence now which to me is the whole point of learning grammar. If it can't help you write better, what good is it? My oldest (9th) did AG in one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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