Using Analytical Grammar With Older Students

[Blueridge]

Greetings! I have a dd entering 11th grade. She is a talented writer, spells well, and reads like the wind. The light-weight grammar courses she has used the past few years have left me feeling that she has more to learn before graduating. I may be off with this assumption, since she writes beautifully. Has anyone used Analytical Grammar on an accelerated pace for older students with success? She already has a heavy schedule for the fall, and I don't want to add to the misery! :D TIA~

[Cedarmom]

For my son, AG was a review, to make sure we hadn't missed anything and to make sure he was up to speed. It only took 20 minutes a day. There are three days of lessons and one test. The test took between 30-45 minutes. You could have your daughter just do odd problems, if she feels that she already knows that lesson. If the material is new to her, she will probably take longer. If she's in 11th grade does she have a good handle on what she knows? What I did for the last part of the book (usage) was hand it to my son and told him to pick out the chapters he was unsure on and have him do those. The chapters he felt that he knew the material, I just had him skip.

[Blueridge]

Thank you! I've watched the AG videos again today, and I am impressed. I do feel as though my dd was not served very well with her previous grammar programs, so I think I will go on and get this for her, to be sure she is an *expert* before entering college. I'm sure she can do the program in one year, and we can do it together since my grammar proficiency isn't what it once was. ;) Thanks again~

[Carol in Cal.]

Yet I noticed that the new WTM recommends it for early high school--grades 9 and 10. I borrowed it recently, and it seems pretty dense. It's more grammar than a lot of people ever have, and I like its focus on clauses and phrases, which I think are not covered as much as they should be in earlier years of RS. (Although they do catch up later, I think that it's hard to focus on them properly with so much other detail thrown at kids at those levels.) I think it would be fine for an 11th grader to get a strong overview in place quickly.

[Blueridge]

Thanks, Carol. I thought AG sounded pretty meaty from the video description. I've been debating between it and 9th grade Rod & Staff for days...My younger girls use R&S, but I am concerned about throwing my 11th grader in it cold. Her grammar has been from warm fuzzy Charlotte Mason-type programs. :D Thanks for your reply~

[ekarl2]

Although we recommend AG as early as 6th grade, there is a sheet at the front of the teacher's book called "Suggestions for Shortcuts" that has recommendations for getting through the program more quickly in the event you use it for an older student.

[Blueridge]

Thank you Erin! I've been watching you all day! You explained the program so very well that you have my dh convinced, too! I asked my dd this afternoon if she had a preference because I felt she needed a solid review and polish of her skills, and she said PLEASE...ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR! I'm getting ready to place my order. :) I hope your mom is feeling better! Blessings~

[ekarl2]

Thanks, Ginger! She's doing well.

I'm sitting in my basement processing orders right now. Just FYI, our AG books are back-ordered ... we're selling faster than they can print them! We should be caught up by the weekend, so it'll be Saturday before any AG sets can go out.

Blessings,