love2read Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 With dd 11. She is finishing up MCT voyage series and worked through Rod & Staff 6. She loves the language arts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) Grammar for Middle School I'm finding that it matches up with R&S 7 really well if that is the direction you are headed for English. I think the Elementary level would be too easy. Edited May 10, 2012 by missmoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Can I ask if the Sentence Composing for middle school is also good to work through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinL in Canada Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Yes--SC for Middle School and for High School. Both are quite in depth with excellent example sentences from literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddle Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 :bigear: I've been looking at the sentence composing ones for middle school for next year, but wonder what is the difference between the Killagon grammar and sentence composing? By its very nature, wouldn't the sentence composing one include grammar? Thanks! Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 The SC and the grammar books contain very similar types of exercises. I would go with Grammar for Middle School because it uses the proper grammatical terminology (at the elementary level it's the SC book that does). You may want to look into the new Paragraphs for High School book as well. The sample looks do-able by a bright jr. high student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I plan to use the Sentence Composing after the Grammar book. Same kind of exercises, but the Grammar book does a better job of explaining the concepts (absolute phrases, participial phrases, adjective clauses, ect). Thanks for the heads-up on the new book. I'll have to go take a look at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Very helpful, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Would working on Killgallon and WWS simultaneously be overkill? I know the big writing post suggested it, but I am wondering if it would bore my ds. He loves WWS and often says it is his favorite subject. And if I were to do Killgallon at the same time, which one would be a good choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I would start with middle school and move on from there - Middle School: Grammar for Middle School: A Sentence-Composing Approach--A Student Worktext Sentence Composing for Middle School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity High School: Grammar for High School: A Sentence-Composing Approach---A Student Worktext Sentence Composing for High School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity Paragraphs for High School: A Sentence-Composing Approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I would go with elem sentence composing. I don't know about the grammar books, but the difference between the elementary, middle school and high school sentence composing books is in the sentence to be imitated. Elementary -- children's lit (My side of the mountain, trumpet of the swan, charlottes web...). Middle school -- more adult lit (authors like Stephen king, Anne Tyler, Steinbeck). The instructional content is similar -- it's the models that are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Stephen King?! Really? I was considering this program for my 12 year old but that is a bit concerning. Thanks, Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I haven't used it yet (we did the elem version - but I have the middle school version too) so I can't guarantee... But nothing in the book seems objectionable. It's more that the texts that the sentences come from are mostly adult or older teen books, so theyre likely unfamiliar to most 12 yr olds. But like I said, the elementary would be totally suitable and appropriately challenging for any age. It's not babyish at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 The model sentences themselves are totally innocuous. However, some of the books from which they're drawn definitely have mature content (Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park is another example). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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