4kids4me Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I know WTM recommends continuing grammar...I wonder if anyone stops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anneofalamo Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 well...I did 1/2 a year with my 9th grader, he has it down, and we are now doing a pretty intensive writing program in which the rubic for gradeing includes Grammar. I am continuing with vocabulary and literature, but Grammar, we are done. (for him) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I did with my oldest but I regret it. I don't think he had made it far enough in grammar to stop. Perhaps if he'd done through R&S 8, I would feel differently. With my others, we are continuing on. My goal is to get through at least R&S 8 or 9. Since we've transitioned to R&S in middle school years (picking up R&S 6 in 7th grade), we're in effect one year behind. I don't mind doing grammar in 9th or 10th grades. But by 11th grade, there is just too much to keep going. So we'll stop in 10th for certain. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressa Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I did. He had his grammar down. I will be stopping my 8th grader after this year too. They are getting plenty of grammar with their Latin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 We only do review once every other week - it takes about an hour - using an Analytical Grammar High School Review book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen in VA Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 We work through Warriner's Third Course (9th grade) grammar book starting in 8th grade. When we are done with that, we're done with grammar except on an as-needed basis. This is exactly what my high school did many moons ago. Little did I know then that I thought my high school's approach to grammar in high school was so good that I would replicate it! (Does anyone actually use the subjunctive nowadays, or is its primary use in Latin and French nowadays? I have gotten into so many mock-arguments over people correcting me when I say, "If I were....."!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kids4me Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 Thanks for all the replies...it's really good food for thought as my dd enters gr. 9 next fall! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forty-two Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 To me it depends on your grammar goals and whether you've reached them by high school. I'm planning on following SWB's progression, which has you finishing up the "learning to diagram sentences"/technical-grammar-analysis part of grammar study by high school. But you don't stop there - in high school you extend it by learning about all the rhetorical effects of all those different ways to write a sentence that you learned in the logic years. So you still "study grammar", and you still diagram sentences, but as part of a larger study of rhetoric, instead of as an end in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 We only do review once every other week - it takes about an hour - using an Analytical Grammar High School Review book. I just ordered a couple of those today. I had planned to do Analytical Grammar on into high school, but dd went ahead and did ALL of it, including all of the reviews sessions "for fun" over the summer. I really do not like grammar, so I'm still puzzled by this behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 dd went ahead and did ALL of it, including all of the reviews sessions "for fun" over the summer. I really do not like grammar, so I'm still puzzled by this behavior. :lol: But as for the question, I think it depends on the child. My oldest dd needed to spend time on other things, as she had mastered grammar by high school. She was not a kid who needed review, she had either learned something thoroughly or not at all. My youngest doesn't need to spend time on parts of speech, but there are some clauses that he needs to work on. And I'm really liking the assignments in MFW's Smarr guide, where he looks at his *own* essays and evaluates his use of different parts of speech. Not sure I'll have him do a lot of review of the basics unless I see a need. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 It would depend on the kid. My 9th grader needs to continue with grammar because by the end of 8th grade it still wasn't solid. I anticipate that my younger son will be able to stop sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barb B Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 If your child plans on taking the SAT or ACT then they should continue grammar! Even if they have got it down in 8th grade - they forget and it is on the tests. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I'm definitely continuing with DD. She may end up majoring in English in college, so I think it will be good for her to have a strong knowledge of grammar. I may drop it for DS, but I haven't decided yet. We're doing R&S 6 this year (7th and 8th grade kids) and I plan to do through R&S 8, covering one year of R&S in 2 years of school. DD could conceivably do R&S 9 as a senior if I continue that plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHouseHomeschool Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 My oldest son did and it worked out just fine. That said, when he began Freshman English in college this semester, it was heavy on grammar. He relearned the material in his class and has done very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 probably just do a light review via an SAT guide. If they have any struggles with composition and/or mechanics, I'd soldier on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 When I attended private school, we were finished with grammar after middle school. The assumption was that it had been learned and would be applied through compositional exercises and foreign language studies. I will not continue it with my children beyond middle school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plimsoll Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 (Does anyone actually use the subjunctive nowadays, or is its primary use in Latin and French nowadays? I have gotten into so many mock-arguments over people correcting me when I say, "If I were....."!) I use the subjunctive and impose it upon my son, but I am an old fuddy-duddy when it comes to grammar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I use the subjunctive and impose it upon my son, but I am an old fuddy-duddy when it comes to grammar.... i use it, and I am CLUELESS about grammar. Gwen, didn't those naysayers ever see Fiddler on the Roof? "If I were a rich man/ daidle deedle daidle ...." Heck, even Bruce Springsteen sings "I wish I were blind...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I know WTM recommends continuing grammar...I wonder if anyone stops. We did a pretty thorough (I hope) grammar study all year in 9th grade. This year they are doing following "Writing Clear Essays" as a text and there are some grammar reviews. Mostly though they are just writing and writing and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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