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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAAS does a very good job of teaching writing.  Ms. Dunne, especially, makes them write every day and thoroughly and carefully corrects their writing.[/quote]

My DS just started at St. Anselm's this year and his written assignments in ALL subjects are critiqued and graded for content, grammar, concept and thoroughness. He is also learning grammar, which he was not taught in ES or MS. He might not be thrilled, but I am![/quote]

I was amazed to see students diagramming sentences when we toured St. Anselm's.[/quote]

The best way to learn grammar is by studying a foreign language and reflecting upon your own.[/quote]

You learn a lot of English grammar by learning a foreign language.  This is how I learned, but I only scratched the surface with my first foreign language in high school.  It didn't really come together until around my fourth or so language in college.

Diagramming, on the other hand, really helps in a more direct and immediate way and at a younger age.  A real plus is this it is very visual, which fits well with a lot of kids' learning style.

I taught myself diagramming and then taught it to my DC a couple of her friends.  They were floundering in grammar in their parochial middle school because it was being taught too abstractly.  I don't think a year has gone past when the mother of one the friends has not thanked me for doing this because it transformed her daughter from a low B English student to an A student through high school and college despite her STEM focus.[/quote]

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