Various Harvey Editions w/ CW Series

[Kim Wheeler]

We have a 10 year daughter and have completed CW Aesop - 1 and 2. What an excellent curriculum! We are pleased with the results! This year we plan to tackle CW Homer. I have both versions of Harvey's Grammar: Elementary and Revised.

Tracy - I've read in another thread how the Harvey's books "spiral" - treating the same topics again but in greater detail. Therefore, my question is:

Should I use Harvey's Elementary the first time through with Homer followed by Harvey's Revised the second time through with Diogenes?

Thanks so much,
Kim
Merritt Island, FL

[Carolyn]

In Diogenes, grammar assignments are given in both books, and you can take your pick which one to use. If you've worked through Harvey's Elementary once, I think the grammatical analysis of the models will be enough to stretch both you and your daughter without necessarily working through the Revised. Use it as a resource, by all means. I find the grammar 'sticks' more when wrestling with it in someone's writing as opposed to doing exercises on a specific topic.

All of which boils down to: do what works for you. Harvey's Elementary gives the basic structure, the Revised revisits the structure with more depth, and grammar analysis is a serious boot camp.