Roadrunner Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Has anybody taken this course? Can you tell me how many hours of homework it requires? I need a grammar course that will cover it all once and for all. He has done MCT, but lacks mechanics practice. I am debating either this class of Editor in Chief. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 DD14 just completed this class. She liked it a lot and did well; however, as far as I know, it doesn't cover mechanics. It teaches diagramming. She did it all on her own, so I could be wrong. Each week, there is an hour class, a homework and quiz assignment. She probably spent three hours a week on top of class time. If you have a high schooler, maybe an SAT grammar book is enough to cover the usage and mechanics you are looking for? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 (edited) Barbarian Diagrammarian is geared toward teaching the grammar necessary to succeed in learning Latin, Greek, and other languages. It is focused on the structure of language, not on mechanics. It's been a few years since I've had a child take that course, but I don't remember it being homework intensive. (Not like the Latin courses, which are crazy intense -- totally worth it, but intense.) I like Jensen's Punctuation for mechanics. Punctuation is only one aspect of mechanics, but it's arguably the trickiest one, and Jensen's is a painless way to get it down cold. Edited May 24, 2017 by Jane Elliot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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