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I want to begin my almost 15 yo dd with R&S English. She is doing CTC right now. Does anyone have any experience with the upper levels of R&S English? I see that HOD carries up to level 6. Would this be advanced enough for her age? Anyone know of any placement testing for this? I think I heard once that up to level 6 it is primarily grammar, and from levels 7 and up R&S focuses mainly on writing. My dd needs more grammar at this point so I was thinking of starting her with R&S 6.

Any info appreciated!

Thanks!

You can see samples of the upper grades at (link removed per board rules) but we just finished R&S 6 this year and if your dd has not had a lot of formal grammar instruction, 6 would be a great place to start. I can't imagine 7 or 8 being much different, just harder sentence structures, which if your dd hadn't had a lot of grammar training, would just be a frustration. R&S 6 would give her a great foundation.

Monique,

Depending on how much grammar instruction your daughter has already had, you could do either Rod and Staff 5 or 6. Rod and Staff 7 and 8 do move more toward teaching various forms of writing, although a good bit of grammar instruction is still included. If your daughter has already had a solid foundation in the parts of speech and in diagramming, then I would begin in level 6. If your daughter has not had much formal grammar and is fuzzy on diagramming, then I'd begin in Level 5. Level 5 is typically considered to be the all-in-one foundational year of Rod and Staff, but the grammar content is reviewed well in 6.

Blessings,
Carrie