Love2Smile Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 My girls are coming out of public school and entering 6th and 9th grades. They have not had A LOT of grammar in school... NO diagramming at all. I am wondering what grade level I should start easy grammar with. any suggestions? Does it have alot of review in the beginning?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in CA Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 My experience with Easy Grammar is that it does not contain diagramming. of course, that was 4-5 years ago so perhaps it's changed. :confused: Personally, if they haven't had a lot of grammar, I would get something like Analytical Grammar or Jr. Analytical Grammar. Something with teeth, ya know? Something to get those concepts learned, embedded. I don't mean something difficult or advanced and hard to jump into like Rod & Staff or BJU, I mean something that will make up for lost time. For me, Easy Grammar (no offense to those who like it) is just too easy...especially for a 9th grader. Of course, that is only my lousy 2 cent opinion. If EG is what you like, I say go for it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 I am up to anything! I'll check out AG ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Easy Grammar does not teach diagramming. We used in the 4th and loved it but moved to a more inclusive program. It was solid teaching and ds has good recall of what we did that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkapp Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 I'd consider looking at Rod and Staff. After doing minimal grammar with my two boys, I started into Rod and Staff 5 when they were halfway through 5th and 6th grade. We did about half the exercises and often covered a couple of lessons a day. They now have finished Book 6 and are feeling very comfortable with grammar (including diagramming). With your 9th grader, you might want to consider starting with Book 6 and then going on through Books 7 and 8. I've also found that supplementing with proofreading exercises like Critical Thinking's Editor in Chief books is extremely helpful in making grammar studies applicable. Yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Growing With Grammar does teach diagramming. Table of Content for 6th grade. http://www.growingwithgrammar.com/6thgradestudmanindex.html Table of Content for their new 7th grade book. http://www.growingwithgrammar.com/7thgradestudmanindex.html They are working on other grade levels. GWG's 8th grade curriculum will be available in the spring of 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 Just looked at GWG....I think this may be the ONE! I love the fact that it is NOT religious and has diagramming and starts pretty much over at each grade level Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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