Re: Grammar, any suggestions? (Classical Sources Message Board)

Re: Grammar, any suggestions?
Author: Beth Harvey	August 23, 1999 at 19:23:44
in reply to: Re: Grammar, any suggestions?* posted by Katherine on August 22, 1999 at 21:04:16*

I agree, Katherine! I have seen Shurley grammar in action
and it may be great for a classroom, but I don't see why or
how homeschoolers would

want to try to use it(or spend all that money on it! _The Well Trained Mind_

recommends The Gift of Language(Abeka), and even tho I
don't use many

textbooks, I have used this and was very impressed. It also has too many

exercises since it's designed for a classroom, but it
teaches diagramming and lots of other stuff. My favorite
way to teach it is simply to have a good Handbook of
English

as a reference and then develop your own program. Have the student copy
rules into a composition book, then copy a short passage out of a favorite
book and analyze it for whatever part of speech. This is very inexpensive

because the Handbook will keep you busy for years! Beth

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> I agree, Katherine! I have seen Shurley grammar in action > and it may be great for a classroom, but I don't see why or > how homeschoolers would > > want to try to use it(or spend all that money on it! _The Well Trained Mind_ > > recommends The Gift of Language(Abeka), and even tho I > don't use many > > textbooks, I have used this and was very impressed. It also has too many > > exercises since it's designed for a classroom, but it > teaches diagramming and lots of other stuff. My favorite > way to teach it is simply to have a good Handbook of > English > > as a reference and then develop your own program. Have the student copy > rules into a composition book, then copy a short passage out of a favorite > book and analyze it for whatever part of speech. This is very inexpensive > > because the Handbook will keep you busy for years! Beth
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