Sweet Home Alabama Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) I'm on the hunt for a grammar curriculum to use next year with the English class I teach at our local home-school coop. This will be roughly for 8th-10th grades. I love AG, but in this co-op where I teach, I don't think some of the content would be accepted favorably by parents. The scope, sequence, and structure (for scheduling) of AG would work beautifully for my classroom if only the content were a better fit. This is what I'm looking for- a grammar curriculum that: Fits a one day/week class (Monday) meeting... HW is done at home throughout the rest of the week Is logically organized/well sequenced Covers parts of speech, phrases, clauses, punctuation, and word usage Teaches diagramming (my preference, but not a deal breaker if this is not taught) Offers testing of concepts Is written TO the student...IOW, is not solely dependent on the teacher for instruction. Comes with a teacher key that I can use to grade Christian content is a plus. I hope someone can toss an idea my way. I need to make a decision soon. I've been using Junior Analytical Grammar with the younger students at the school, and it is a beautiful fit with them. Thank you all for your help! (Cross-posted on high school forum) Edited today to add: After researching yesterday, these are the programs that are "in the neighborhood" of my needs. Please comment on these and/or suggest others for me to research. Christian Light Education 8th grade Sunrise Series: Scope & sequence are a good fit, Christian content- a plus. Con: Hard to schedule for Monday only classes. Jensens: Pro: has a “map” to guide understanding of sentence like AG. Con: complicated; Would also need the punctuation book. Might be too much to do both books in the same year. MCT: Beautiful, good alternate to traditional diagramming, but expensive Hake, Bob Jones, Abeka etc: More than grammar (includes writing) My class only needs to cover grammar, punctuation; sentence constructions (but not writing paragraphs). Shirley: Stops at 7th grade Easy Grammar: Not condensed; not great reviews Well Ordered Language (Christian Academic Press): Might work Well-Trained Mind stuff: Not for a once/week format Winston Grammar: This is a maybe. Can we order the advanced set plus the basic student book and do all of it in one year? How would I schedule this? Test this? Edited January 8, 2021 by Sweet Home Alabama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HollyDay Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 IMHO, You could easily do both levels of Winston. We did both levels in a semester. Someone recently asked me what were some of my favorites that I used in homeschool and would absolutely use again and/or recommend. Winston was one of those. For my more visual learner dc, it was a huge help. She could see what she was doing with sentences. For my more logical dc, she would see the rules, grasp the placements. It is more parsing than diagramming. Maybe take a look at Growing with Grammar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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