Joyfullyblessed Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hello, I am looking for a really good grammar program to teach our son next year in 8th grade? I would really like for it to be something that is open and go, doesn't take a ton of time, but yet is thorough and helps him to retain what he is learning. While I want our son to do grammar, I am hoping to focus more on his writing skills, which is why I am looking for a grammar that fits what I have mentioned above. I will be choosing a separate writing program, so it doesn't have to be included with the grammar necessarily. I am looking at CLE, Analytical Grammar, and Killgallon sentence composing. Thoughts, ideas, suggestions???? Thanks so much! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Growing with Grammar 8 is a good, quick, open and go grammar program Winston Grammar has a different approach but is an interesting option Hake? We did AG over 2 years....7th and 8th. I followed up the senior year with Abeka Grammar VI. Abeka provided an excellent review. I was surprising pleased with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Fwiw, Killgallon books are more supplements than whole courses. They only last a month or so. CLE is a whole language arts course and covers much more than grammar. AG is just grammar and user friendly. It could work for your needs. :) My 7th and 8th graders are using Fix It this year. It's short and sweet and based on proofreading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I think AG could work. We use it in co-op, but took 2 years to get through it doing only half a lesson per day. You can do it with very little parental involvement. One thing my son's amazing teacher makes the kids do is make flash cards for each new concept as they are presented, and periodically review those with mom. Other than that, my son does the lesson himself and then uses the teacher's manual to check his own work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 AG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyfullyblessed Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 My oldest DS did all of AG in 8th and it worked fine. He was super motivated because he knew then he's be done with grammar! 😉 I'm not sure all my kids could have done it all in 8th, but a motivated kid certainly could. Sent from my Z988 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 We did the first season last year and will complete seasons two and three this year. I'm thrilled that grammar will be finished and we can just kick it into maintenance-mode by using the High School reinforcement books for the remainder of our homeschooling years. I just got my order of them and it looks like 20 minutes of work every two weeks. I suspect your DS could do all of AG as an 8th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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