thowell Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Dd12 will be 8th grade this next year and I want to do a good rigorous year of grammar with her. I am hoping this will be all for grammar aside from review, from time to time. I want to use the highschool years to concentrate on literature and writing. Last year she did Winston Grammar basic. She did well with it and learned alot. I have looked at the Advanced level but not sure it covers everything. I have looked at AG but not sure if she would tolerate it. She is an out of the box thinker and bores easily. What is everyone else using??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrayshire Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 We are finishing up AG with Season 2 & 3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 We're in the exact same boat and planning AG, all in one yr, for 8th. I am looking at it like grammar is grammar, git 'er done. We've done fun w/ MCT and so on, rigor w/ R+S, now just want a nice one yr program to round it all out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 My VERY VSL, out of the box thinker is finishing up with AG the first part of next year. I was actually very surprised at how well she has taken to it considering that many programs before it were total flops for her. I think it was the fact that it got right to the point; it was very concise, and she knew the routine for each day. AND there was a light at the end of the tunnel. She knew that there were only so many weeks of grammar, so many weeks of phrases\clauses\usage, and so many weeks of punctuation, then she was "DONE with grammar instruction FOREVER!" (her words, not mine ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrself Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 What's AG stand for? Sorry, mine are all younger and I'm just planning ahead. Thanks, Nicole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim C Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 What's AG stand for? Sorry, mine are all younger and I'm just planning ahead. Thanks, Nicole Analytical Grammar Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim C Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Dd12 will be 8th grade this next year and I want to do a good rigorous year of grammar with her. I am hoping this will be all for grammar aside from review, from time to time. I want to use the highschool years to concentrate on literature and writing. Last year she did Winston Grammar basic. She did well with it and learned alot. I have looked at the Advanced level but not sure it covers everything. I have looked at AG but not sure if she would tolerate it. She is an out of the box thinker and bores easily. What is everyone else using??? My son is in 7th grade and we have done AG seasons 1 & 2 this year (with the reinforcement exercises in between). We will do AG season 3 next fall and be done. I wasn't sure how much son would like AG as he usually bores easily too. However, the lessons are short and to the point, which he likes. He has done really well with grammar this year. AG has been a good way to wrap up grammar for us. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 If you can find a copy at a more reasonable price than Amazon, Linda Wong's Sentence Essentials is fabulous. I actually used it in a college course, and it is very thorough without being overwhelming. I hope to use it with each of my kids in another few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrself Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Thanks Kim! I've heard of that one, just didn't recognize the abbreviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Hake is very thorough, but if she gets bored easily, it wouldn't work for her. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 If you can find a copy at a more reasonable price than Amazon, Linda Wong's Sentence Essentials is fabulous. I actually used it in a college course, and it is very thorough without being overwhelming. I hope to use it with each of my kids in another few years. Thank you for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 My older two finished off their grammar study with Our Mother Tongue. http://www.amazon.com/Our-Mother-Tongue-Introductory-English/dp/1591280117/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367406706&sr=8-1&keywords=our+mother+tongue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thowell Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 My older two finished off their grammar study with Our Mother Tongue. http://www.amazon.co...r mother tongue This was the other one I was looking at. Much better price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nandmsmom Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 My son will be using AG as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 My plan is to finish with Hake grammar (using GWG right now but will switch) and then for high school use Daily Grammar Practice I bought the 6th grade version. I like it but ds needed more grammar instruction before using it. He might be ready for it before 8th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 If you can find a copy at a more reasonable price than Amazon, Linda Wong's Sentence Essentials is fabulous. I actually used it in a college course, and it is very thorough without being overwhelming. I hope to use it with each of my kids in another few years. FWIW, there appear to be used copies available at Amazon in the $13 range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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