SewingMom2many Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I've been out of school for longer than I care to admit :) I have forgotten many of the grammar rules and quite honestly, didn't care very much about grammar and sentence structure when I was in school. Now I care very much and I'd like my writing to improve. I can study along with my kids but I'd like to go at a much quicker pace. Can you recommend anything I could use to improve my writing skills? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) I don't have time for links now, but will add later -- RE writing, might you like the Royal Fireworks Press "The Paragraph System for Successful Writing" and maybe "The Clustering Approach to Better Essay Writing"? Edited February 10, 2012 by serendipitous journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I have a copy of Warriner's for my own reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) I've been out of school for longer than I care to admit :)I have forgotten many of the grammar rules and quite honestly, didn't care very much about grammar and sentence structure when I was in school. Now I care very much and I'd like my writing to improve. I can study along with my kids but I'd like to go at a much quicker pace. Can you recommend anything I could use to improve my writing skills? For grammar I use R&S. I'd recommend starting at Book 7, but if that's too tough, drop back to 6 or 5. You could try doing the chapter reviews, pausing to refer back to a topic you don't understand. R&S has lots of exercises that will drill grammar concepts into your brain. You can also buy a Handbook to refer to when writing after you are done studying. I find I need to do the exercises. I can read about concepts and understand them for the moment, but unless I do the drill, the concepts will not sink in to my mind and become part of my thinking. And I want them to become part of my thinking. For writing, I learned how to outline by using the instructions in the 2009 WTM book. If I were to study something on my own, I'd use the WTM rhetoric stage rhetoric study recommendations/methods. I might, however, start out with SWB's new WWS program, since my kids are using it. There is a lot of interesting detail in it that I certainly never learned in school. Edited February 10, 2012 by Colleen in NS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I would use Analytical Grammar. It covers everything and doubles as a reference book for later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkid Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Not sure if this applies since I don't know what level of grammar you need to currently teach...but here is my thought. I felt the same way and ended up ordering a higher level of FLL to teach myself with. It's explained so simply that I find this easier than trying to go through a college textbook. I know there are other great books I've seen suggested too. I don't have a lot of time to study for myself so this way I keep just ahead of what I'm teaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I'd start with checking out from the library: The Transitive Vampire and Eats Shoots and Leaves and Words and Rules (Stephen Pinker) It won't help with writing much, but they're all informative and interesting books about grammar (and approach it differently). To work on sentence structure, you might like the Killgallon's Sentence Composing for College (or any of the series...). For organization of writing, you might want to pick up an old edition of a freshman writing text and look through it... check at a thrift store or amazon. I've taught with "Composing with confidence" and "Writing Academic English" series (technically for ESL) and they've been fine. I'm sure others would do the job too. A book like "They say/I say" is also pretty useful for giving tips for good essay construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I would use Analytical Grammar. It covers everything and doubles as a reference book for later. :iagree: The further I get in Latin, the more I realize that I need to learn grammar. I never learned any of that in school. I really want to learn how to diagram sentences. I am planning on doing this program myself and I am also planning on using it with my kids in a long time from now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 :iagree: The further I get in Latin, the more I realize that I need to learn grammar. I never learned any of that in school. I really want to learn how to diagram sentences. I am planning on doing this program myself and I am also planning on using it with my kids in a long time from now! I bought it for my oldest, but I'm learning just as much :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Check out some of the resources at iTunesU. I was just browsing last night and ran across several that I might use to get myself up to speed in a variety of topics. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailofsparks Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Our Mother Tongue and can purchase the answer key separately. You can read a review of it here: http://www.exodusbooks.com/details.aspx?id=5245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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