Oakblossoms Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 My son will officially be in 7th grade next year. He has been in some public school for K, 1 and half of 4th. I'm not sure that he got much in English lessons. We have been doing Charlotte Mason style up to this point. I am an English major and feel pretty confident as a teacher. I hate saying that. I just know everyone is correcting my writing skills. I would like to add grammar instruction to his 7th grade year. I understand the 7th grade level is pretty advanced. Any idea for a good placement? He is starting on Writing Strands and that is going well. If you suggest another option, that's great. But, we are on a really tight budget, so it would be nice if it's inexpensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 http://www.rodandstaff.info/samples/english/ or R&S E.6 if you're willing to take it slow if he gets stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Since he hasn't had much formal grammar study, I would suggest starting in R&S 5. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I found a comparison that I posted last year between R&S grammar 5 & 6. I'll copy it here to help in your placement decision: I'm doing R&S grammar 6 with DS#1 & R&S grammar 5 with DS#2. In comparing R&S 5 & 6: -the lessons are longer in 6, and a smaller typeset is used -there are more oral drill exercises, written exercises, and review exercises for each lesson in 6 -there are 139 lessons in 6, but only 119 in 5 -there are 82 worksheets for 6, but only 68 worksheets for 5 -there are 11 chapter tests & a final for 6, but only 10 chapter tests in 5 -5 talks about verb tenses & principal parts; 6 talks about transitive verbs & action verbs that aren't transitive -5 talks about linking verbs with predicate nouns & adj; 6 talks about passive and active voice -5 talks about nom, obj, & poss pronouns; 6 expands on this and talks about relative pronouns & relative clauses -there's more diagramming in 6 including adjective clauses, adverbs of degree, and adverb clauses -more advanced concepts in 6 include prepositional phrases as adjectives and adverbs, subordinating conjunctions, and avoiding misplaced phrases and clauses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I would say, though, that it might be even better to start with the 8 parts of speech, if you can do this orally out of your own knowledge. Once he can identify all those in a paragraph, then start 5. Otherwise he might get a bit bogged down at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 I was just looking at WWE for my younger sons. I made this post on the special needs board. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80072 I just realized I didn't mention that he has Aspergers in my first post. That probably makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Start with Rod & Staff 5. My dd also has AS and we tried to jump into R&S 6 but thirteen lessons in we had to jump back. I'm glad we did. It went very smoothly after we started 5. It also lays a good foundation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 If you just need grammar, then just get Easy Grammar. You don't need the writing in R&S's English texts if you're already doing Writing Strands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 We tried Easy Grammar and I don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Disclaimer: I use R&S, and I've never seen this IRL. But if my kids were younger, or if I was just beginning, I would seriously look at this: http://www.grammarmadeeasy.com/ Best wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 We tried Easy Grammar and I don't like it. Different strokes for different folks.:D Easy Grammar was our all-time favorite grammar.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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