Do I need a grammer review program for ds15 - he did Abeka thru Grammar and Comp II.

[dirty ethel rackham]

Ds is totally grammared out from the endless repetition in Abeka, so I think I am going to give him a break from endless diagramming and stuff. Plus, since he is taking Latin, he is getting some serious grammar. I planned on getting him a lightweight grammar review that he can do for a short time each day, just to keep it fresh. I did purchase Daily Grams (for Junior High and High School) and I am very disappointed in it. He looked at it and said that it would have been appropriate in maybe 5th grade.

Do, do I just let him get all his grammar from Latin and just not worry about it? Or is there something out there that is somewhat lightweight (he has a very full plate) that will not be babyish, but not crazy difficult either?

[Kareni]

One very lightweight suggestion is to have him do the Official SAT Question of the Day™ (http://apps.collegeboard.com/qotd/question.do). It will review language use as well as math and other topics.

Regards,
Kareni

[Susan C.]

It was suggested to me by a friend to take two years to do the grammar book, then you can do it 2-3 days a week. Maybe get IV and take 2 years to do it? I struggle with this too, but doing a grammar book every year did give my son a very high SAT writing score and he was exempted from the grammar lab in college. We did BJU 9th grade Grammar & Writing (new 3rd ed.) with my daughter, and really liked it. BJU is designed to do in a semester (with lit. the other semester), but we take all year. We do just a few pages a day, and it was no problem to finish it. We took breaks from it during the year as well.

[dkholland]

This is a quick just-the-grammar-please program that would work. We did it only two days per week, but you could go more to get it done sooner. It took us 1 1/2 yrs.! The lessons are easy for the student to do on their own and lots of practice. It does had the student disagramming sentences of scripture, just in case you wanted a secular program. But, I think this little inexpensive book, was a great review for my ds.

[dirty ethel rackham]

This is a quick just-the-grammar-please program that would work. We did it only two days per week, but you could go more to get it done sooner. It took us 1 1/2 yrs.! The lessons are easy for the student to do on their own and lots of practice. It does had the student disagramming sentences of scripture, just in case you wanted a secular program. But, I think this little inexpensive book, was a great review for my ds.

Is this a Protestant or Catholic (or other) resource? That was part of the problem with Abeka - it often disagreed with our faith and was sometimes offensive. The other problem was that it was way too much review.

[johnandtinagilbert]

I think Daily Grams has a high school level. We've decided to use it as our compliment to our rigorous and grammar-heavy Latin program.

[dkholland]

Is this a Protestant or Catholic (or other) resource? That was part of the problem with Abeka - it often disagreed with our faith and was sometimes offensive. The other problem was that it was way too much review.


I would say Protestant. And Wilson does not have you diagramming Bible verses in every lesson. Just every now and then....and I think the verses are in the King James Version. There are history notes in the side margins that give neat history of English Grammar. It covers all the grammar a student should need. There are usually 3 different exercises and a lesson review for each lesson. We skipped the lesson review, and just did the chapter review at the end of each major chapter. you can purchase an answer booklet to go with it so it's an easy thing to give a grade to also, if you need that.

[Chris in VA]

I'd just have him do SAT prep at this point. Mostly, it's looking at errors in sentences and picking how to correct them. Use an SAT prep book and then real SAT questions from the 10 SAT Exams book, go thru each kind of error, and be done with it. Most common errors are incomplete sentences, comma splices, and lack of parallelism. There are also some other tricky ones based on advanced grammar, but really, I think he has had enough. Now put the grammar knowledge into practice by writing a ton and studying for the SAT.

[Ellie]

I say let it go. Focus on composition and literature and Latin. He'll be fine.

[dirty ethel rackham]

I think Daily Grams has a high school level. We've decided to use it as our compliment to our rigorous and grammar-heavy Latin program.

This is the one that we have and I think would simply be busy work for him. He looked through it and laughed, saying "Mom, do you really think I need this? I think it would be a waste of my time." This is from a very intelligent boy who, however, does not want to do anything hard:glare:. I think we just will go with continuing SAT prep along side of latin.

[dirty ethel rackham]

Thanks for all of your input. I have decided to let it go. He got a 740 on the writing section of the SAT (with a so-so essay), so perhaps, we have this covered. DS will be delighted.