Sweet Home Alabama Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 We use and love Analytical Grammar, but it only covers grammar for Seasons 1 and 2. (We will be using Season 2 next year.) I have one who will be in Season 1 next year. What would you recommend for other language arts skills to supplement AG? For example, synonyms, homonyms, antonyms, business/friendly letters, sentence types, etc... This would be for 6th and 7th grades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 We use and love Analytical Grammar, but it only covers grammar for Seasons 1 and 2. (We will be using Season 2 next year.) I have one who will be in Season 1 next year. What would you recommend for other language arts skills to supplement AG? For example, synonyms, homonyms, antonyms, business/friendly letters, sentence types, etc... This would be for 6th and 7th grades. Do you mean spelling? or what? I'm not sure which "language arts" you mean. Sorry. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 (edited) . Edited July 12, 2022 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Home Alabama Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 (edited) Specifically, I am trying to find language arts skills that are not parts of speech and diagramming. That is what AG is being used for. For example: Punctuation (covered in Season 3, but I don't want to ignore it until then.) Capitalization Types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, compound, complex S/V agreement; helping verbs, regular/irregular verbs; tense Word usage: Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms Business/friendly letters I think I'll just need to get a basic grammar book and cover skills that only supplement AG. We used Easy Grammar this year to take a break from Abeka. Rod and Staff gets so many good reviews, but I really don't like having to write out sentences. For some reason, CLE doesn't just excite me even though it also gets great reviews. I might have to study this more. Cathy Duffy reviewed Christian Liberty Press: Applications of Grammar which looked pretty good: straightforward, contains some of the points above, but with no color. It's a possibility. We really struggle with finishing lessons in a timely way. I'm trying to find curricula that is straightforward. Easy Grammar has been good for that. We could do this again, but the lack of color is a significant disadvantage for my kids. They respond so much better to colorful text. (Abeka) One more thing to muddy the water: Since spelling/vocabulary are also part of language arts, I would LOVE to find something that helps us develop writing more mature sentences. We used IEW Themed Writing: Early American History this year: fantastic! Now I need to refine the skills we learned: write really good sentences with mature vocabulary appropriate for upper elementary/jr. high years. I found Great Editing Adventures and Great Explorations in editing. These might help us with this. Ugh! Maybe AG is enough. I don't mean to make this complicated. Is AG with Great Editing a good combo for 6th and 7th grades, or do I need something more rigorous like Rod and Staff, CLE, or Abeka???? What about Editor in Chief as well? Edited March 26, 2010 by Sweet Home Alabama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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