Placement for 11 year old

[alanaincanada]

Hi Lene,
It's me--the mother of the eleven year old who wrote four sentences for Julius Caesar in Aesop A a few weeks ago.

Homer has arrived and I feel we could start it is another week or so. The question is: Should I?

We have not done Aesop B yet, though we are at week 13 of A. It is, as I mentioned before, not terribly challenging to him.

He is currently in the first half of Rod and Staff Grammar level 4. (We just learned about direct objects this week).

I am not strong in grammar...though it seems as if the explanations in the Core are straightforward. I do not intend to purchase Harvey's.

I have a plan to work on grammar 4x a week--we should be able to do Rod and Staff 7 when we start Diogenes at the beginning of Grade 7 (Fall 2011) so you see we have lots of time.

What do you think we should do?

(PS: my daughter is 8 and in grade 3 and she is currently using Rod and Staff English 3. We will continue with Aesop.)

[Lene Mahler Jaqua]

Try it. See how he does. If the grammar becomes too challenging, either slow it down, or go back to Aesop B.

I would say if you're not doing a grammar book, and you have not finished Aesop B, and you're just doing Homer A, you may do fine, but you should not be surprised if you hit a snag.

Rod and Staff grammars are fine, as is Harvey's. The grammar--and whether you think you need one--is really up to you.

Lene

[alanaincanada]

Thank you. I am so nervous to begin this with him!