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8th grade grammar that is independent (mostly)


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I need something fairly independent for my daughter this next school year (8th grade...turning 14 in October).  I won't totally let her fly solo with grammar....but there will be days, because of my work, that she'll need to do it on her own and I'll check it & discuss it with her when I get home.  

 

I've literally only had like 5 minutes to think about this, so I'm appealing to you for ideas.  One option is Fix It Grammar (we've used it here and there for the past two years.  I *think* she could do this independently (??).  Another option, that I just remembered 3 minutes ago, is Growing with Grammar.  I think that's fairly easy, so it should be good to use independently (in fact, I think it's meant to be at this age??).  It needs to be secular for our school to buy it.

 

We tried Easy Grammar this year and it was a flop.  

 

And, BTW, I just realized that this coming school year will be the last year I'll be on this K-8 board.   :crying:

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Analytical Grammar. There were a few times where I needed to go over a concept first, but mostly independent and I'd check afterward and go over any incorrect answers.

 

I think that it might not be as independent in that grade if there had not been regular grammar instruction before. AG for my child that used it was a lot of review with some extension of concepts and a few new concepts.

 

Rod and Staff is another that can be mostly independent if you choose the right level (edit- but obviously not secular, so never mind).

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Another program to look into is Thinking Through Grammar. It is never mentioned around here but I borrowed a copy a few years ago and was impressed with the approach. It is intended to be self-teaching. They are workbooks that use rewriting and sentence-combining.

 

A program that I used and liked is Daily Grammar Practice. It takes only 5 minutes a day and is independent. It is more practice than instruction, though.

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Another program to look into is Thinking Through Grammar. It is never mentioned around here but I borrowed a copy a few years ago and was impressed with the approach. It is intended to be self-teaching. They are workbooks that use rewriting and sentence-combining.

 

A program that I used and liked is Daily Grammar Practice. It takes only 5 minutes a day and is independent. It is more practice than instruction, though.

I haven't heard of Thinking Through Grammar.  I really like that there are 4 levels for high school too.  It looks like the other book (not the high school ones) is for grades 5th and 6th.  Is there anything for 7th and/or 8th??  I wish there were samples of this online somewhere.  

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I haven't heard of Thinking Through Grammar.  I really like that there are 4 levels for high school too.  It looks like the other book (not the high school ones) is for grades 5th and 6th.  Is there anything for 7th and/or 8th??  I wish there were samples of this online somewhere.  

 

I don't think there is anything for 7th/8th. I would just use the freshman level. I ordered a copy from Amazon and then returned it after reviewing it.

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I don't think there is anything for 7th/8th. I would just use the freshman level. I ordered a copy from Amazon and then returned it after reviewing it.

Could you explain why your returned it...what didn't you like?  I'm very uncertain about it since I can't find any samples.  I did see some samples of the sentence combining on their website....and I just don't know....  

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Sooo.....what I ended up deciding on is...well, I guess I didn't really completely decide.  I ordered an Exercises in English, another level of Fix It Grammar, and Journey Through Grammar Land.  So....I guess I'll decide after I get these what we'll use...or maybe all 3.  Call me crazy (it won't be the first time)...  

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Could you explain why your returned it...what didn't you like?  I'm very uncertain about it since I can't find any samples.  I did see some samples of the sentence combining on their website....and I just don't know....  

 

I just didn't need it then. I was looking for future reference. ;)  I may try it next year (2018/2019) for my up-and-coming 6th-grader.

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