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Summary: From a homeschooling mother
Review: As a homeschooling mother, I highly recommend this book. It's very thorough in its review of grammar, yet not too hard for my 7th grader. The vocabulary is challenging, so it might be a little difficult for some students who have never done sentence diagramming. For this reason, I would recommend it for upper middle school to high school level. The book provides lots of diagramming practice, in the 3-4 different activities at the end of each chapter and review tests after every other chapter. There is also a brief review of the grammar concept taught, at the end of each chapter. Dr. DeVincentis-Hayes also provides a beginning diagnostic exam and an exit exam/mastery test. There are many diagrammed examples throughout each chapter, and all the answers are in the back of the book. I have to admit, I learned sentence diagramming all over again, at the same time as my son.As a final comment, my 7th grade son told me recently, "Mom, I have to admit, sentence diagramming is still hard, but I like it! It's like a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces finally fit together." (Thank you, Dr. De-Vincentis-Hayes.)
Rating:
Summary: From a homeschooling mother
Review: As a homeschooling mother, I highly recommend this book. It's very thorough in its review of grammar, yet not too hard for my 7th grader. The vocabulary is challenging, so it might be a little difficult for some students who have never done sentence diagramming. For this reason, I would recommend it for upper middle school to high school level. The book provides lots of diagramming practice, in the 3-4 different activities at the end of each chapter and review tests after every other chapter. There is also a brief review of the grammar concept taught, at the end of each chapter. Dr. DeVincentis-Hayes also provides a beginning diagnostic exam and an exit exam/mastery test. There are many diagrammed examples throughout each chapter, and all the answers are in the back of the book. I have to admit, I learned sentence diagramming all over again, at the same time as my son. As a final comment, my 7th grade son told me recently, "Mom, I have to admit, sentence diagramming is still hard, but I like it! It's like a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces finally fit together." (Thank you, Dr. De-Vincentis-Hayes.)
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I find it interesting that a person with the credentials of the author could offer a book of this caliber. The learning examples contain numerous errors. The answers to the exercises contain numerous errors. It appears to me that this book was written by a researcher, rather than by someone educated in English grammar.
Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: I find it interesting that a person with the credentials of the author could offer a book of this caliber. The learning examples contain numerous errors. The answers to the exercises contain numerous errors. It appears to me that this book was written by a researcher, rather than by someone educated in English grammar.
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