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  1. I am trying to decide between Rod and Staff and Analytical Grammar.  English Grammar is NOT MY AREA!   I mean NOT AT ALL...REALLY!  So, if the kids have questions I need to be able to look at the book and figure it out or, better yet...have the Grammar so wonderfully explained in the books that they don't have a lot of questions..ha!  This is for upper middle school, 6th ish.

     

    Kim

  2. Another Rod and Staff question, getting cold feet.  For one who is NOT good in English Grammar, Composition, is Rod and Staff easy to teach??  I mean this is really, really not my area at all!!!  So..if the kids have questions I need to be able to look at the book and easily be able to figure it out.

     

    Thanks!!

     

    I have been going back and forth between wanting to do Rod and Staff and feeling like we should just do Analytical Grammar.

  3. I was also thinking AG w/ IEW SWI B.  We are doing sequential spelling.  I worry that AG will be "too much" as far as diagramming etc... He is not going to major in English, for sure, he wants to be a police officer or he wants to go into the military.  Now..in saying that..I KNOW grammar and writing are important, I want him to be effective in communicating etc..etc..

  4. Boy...I am tired of trying to figure this out.  I want a workbook approach.  I usually don't start Grammar until later but would love a gentle approach using a workbook, mostly independent.  Would like to use AAS for spelling but at this point I am tired, I am not doing well with trying to find vocabulary, spelling, writing, etc...

     

    Would love some help.

     

    Also..if I have a 6th grader who has not had formal grammar/writing would you do Hake Grammar and Writing Grade 5?

     

     

     

    Thanks a bunch,

     

    Kim

  5. Hi,

     

    Langauge (Grammar and Writing) has been our weakness, probably because it is my weakness.  We have not done a lot of formal anything and I have a 6th grader that I need to get going with.   Since it is something I feel "weak" in what is a good "self-teaching" grammar/writing program?

     

    I have considered:

     

    Hake

     

    Essentials in Writing

     

    Analytical Grammar (they have teaching DVD's now)

     

    Switched on Schoolhouse....

     

    Please let me know what you think.  I have also considered IEW SWI for writing but would really love a combined program if possible, that may not work so...

     

    I also have an 8th grader that has struggled with this area, really hates writing at all and we need to step up his skills heading into High School.

     

    Kim

  6. Hi,

     

    I would love to work from home.  Just wanting to make a few extra dollars every few weeks, tired of "scraping" by.  We live in a small town, rural area so not much out here.  I still have 5 home that I am homeschooling so "going to a job" won't work right now.  Any ideas?

     

    Thanks!

     

    Kim

  7. Hi, Is there a "curriculum" that takes you through the McGuffey Readers. I was looking at the Classic Curriculum from Mott Media but...by level 4 in the Writing Series they are only on the First Reader, I believe. My daughter would probably be in the 2nd reader maybe, she is reading at a 4th grade level?

     

    It would be nice for reading comprehension and vocabulary, not necessarily reading instruction. I just would like some sort of workbook or something...ideas?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kim

  8. Hi, Is there a "curriculum" that takes you through the McGuffey Readers. I was looking at the Classic Curriculum from Mott Media but...by level 4 in the Writing Series they are only on the First Reader, I believe. My daughter would probably be in the 2nd reader maybe, she is reading at a 4th grade level?

     

    It would be nice for reading comprehension and vocabulary, not necessarily reading instruction. I just would like some sort of workbook or something...ideas?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kim

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