choirfarm Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Those of you that had NML finalists, what did you use for grammar? I guess that would help the writing section. ( Looking to next kid.) What did you use for vocabulary? That is all my son missed on the reading section. (Although he has come a long way in the last couple of years.) Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 We used Analytical Grammar in middle school, but nothing formal in high school. We've never used a vocabulary program, but he did go through the "Direct Hits" books by Krieger the summer before the PSAT. He's always been a voracious reader, and I think that's what helped the most for the Reading and Writing sections of the PSAT and SAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 We didn't do any grammar in high school but used Voyages in English in grammar years. Now, vocab was Sadlier-Oxford since third grade and all four years of high school, daily. Some dislike the program but ds did well with it. I will say that I think tons of reading and writing lots of papers cements the basics. Those SAT questions of the day are a big help and painless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susann Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 We used Abeka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 We used Analytical Grammar in middle school, but nothing formal in high school. We've never used a vocabulary program, but he did go through the "Direct Hits" books by Krieger the summer before the PSAT. He's always been a voracious reader, and I think that's what helped the most for the Reading and Writing sections of the PSAT and SAT. We did Analytical Grammar and he also loves to read. His reading scores are always fine. He has gotten better. I still remember how his reading comprehension was 99 percentile in elementary tests and his vocab was in 40th or so?????? Ok, how can you comprehend if you don't know what the words mean??? He also did Latin in elementary/junior high. We did Vocabulit as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttichen Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 My three oldest were finalists and my 11th grade ds just got 229, so it's a pretty sure bet he is too. I never did ANY grammar with my kids, but I had them write every day -- every single day, from the time they were in kindergarten. We also did French, German, and Latin starting in preschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicmom Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 We used Abeka. We also used Abeka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 We used ABeka through 6th, then Rod & Staff for 7th-10th. We switched when the 2nd edition of the WTM came out, and SWB's recommendation changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Rod and Staff, Latin, no vocabulary program. Lots of good reading. Car Talk radio show. LOL (son says he got 3 questions right-1 math 2 vocab- because of listening to Car Talk on NPR. He does look up words he hears that he doesn't know. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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