goldielocks Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Dd has been using LLATL and BJU spelling. I want more grammar review. I like that LLATL is an "all-in-one". Dd is not always crazy about the book study selections though. I'm considering one of the following for 7th grade this fall: Easy Grammar CLE Lang Arts Growing with Grammar Hake LLATL with Daily Grams Her spelling is fine. Thinking about adding a vocabulary curr. (any suggestions?) She loves writing fan-fiction and creative fiction stories, but we're adding IEW SWI for formal type writing. Can you share any pros/cons on these please? I just cannot make up my mind. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Another Lynn Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I think I would do either CLE LA or Hake. I haven't done CLE LA in 7th, though I'm liking it's thoroughness for my younger ones. My oldest has done over half of Hake 8 (we didn't start it until February - we are Analytical Grammar drop outs). I have really liked it for him. I'm guessing that it might be easier to jump into Hake than CLE at this level, but I don't have personal experience to base that on. I never used Easy Grammar, but we did try Daily Grams a couple times. It was fine for keeping a little grammar going when we couldn't figure out what to try next (LOL), but it wasn't enough instruction for my oldest. I also haven't used Growing with Grammar, but it has a reputation for being too predictable and not sticking. Oh, if you go with Hake, there's a little vocabulary in that. I think Hake and IEW would be good choices, imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetzi Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 You could use Analytical Grammar to supplement. It's an intense grammar program, but it works! It's divided into 3 sections and dd would work through these over the course of two years (taking breaks). What I liked about it is that my ds wasn't going over the same stuff again and again. He actually got into the meat of grammar and understood it. You didn't mention Character Quality Language Arts. It is similar in layout to LLATL, but there is more work to the program and it has a great writing component. There is more grammar and vocab than LLATL, but it's not intense. There are month samples you can print off to try. There was a learning curve for dc and me and I took it very slowly in the beginning. Over time it became an independent program for us. www.tfths.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengjohnson Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I would go with Hake. My 5th grader is using it this year and I plan to continue. I would actually suggest getting the 8th grade book and doing it over 2 years, I've read that some others do that and I wish I'd just started my 5th grader in the 6th book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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