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Posted: April 11 2016 at 7:44pm | IP Logged Quote nightgalaxy
Has anyone used Seton's English 7 for Young Catholics, or Seton's English 8 for Young Catholics? We would be jumping into this for 8th grade without any prior Seton experience. DS has has a pretty solid grammar foundation; he just needs a nice wrap year of grammar up before high school. I like Seton's independent worktext format. It has enough color and white space to make it visually appealing. The layout is actually very nice in my opinion, versus most grammar workbooks I have seen. We are Catholic, so the theology is a plus.   I don't need the writing portion, ds will be taking writing elsewhere (so I do not think I need the lesson plans, just the grammar and punctuation that is in the worktext.

Seton users, I would love your feedback.   Thanks!

English 7 for Young Catholics:
http://www.setonbook...N07-13&Zoomin=1

English 8 for Young Catholics:
http://www.setonbook...N08-21&Zoomin=1
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I have used Seton for years, but am not using either text right now, so my memory will be a bit fuzzy. Either will give a good preparation for high school. Does your son have experience with sentence diagramming? I think of you go on the Seton bookstore website, you can click on "look inside this book" and compare the table of contents from each. The grammar books review many of the same concepts each year. The eighth grade book does get into some more difficult territory with things like adverbial objective and complex clauses.
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Posted: April 12 2016 at 2:01pm | IP Logged Quote nightgalaxy
Thank you kindly for this info. Glad to know either level will prepare ds for high school. He has had some diagramming, so there is some familiarity with that tool. I think Seton English looks very straightforward and incremental. I am strongly considering it. I am thinking that ao would not need the lesson plans, as I don't need the writing part of the curriculum.
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By the way, i think the 8th grade book is designed to be used in a semester ( then the composition book for the other semester) whereas the 7th grade book I believe is designed for a full year. You may want to call Seton and talk to someone there as they are constantly revising/improving their courses.
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Great. I will check on that. Maybe I will start with 7th now and be done with 8th the by next spring. That would be perfect.   Thanks!
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We are an enrolled Seton family. My son is a 9th grader this year. Here are my thoughts:

7th grade --- Grammar intensive, with weekly paragraphs to write.

8th grade --- First semester is all grammar/diagramming. It is challenging. Second semester is divided among paragraph writing, essay writing and a research report. The paragraph/essay component is in the 3rd quarter and the research report is in the 4th quarter.

You would do well to start with English 7.

Both the grammar and writing plans are excellent. I have always believed with Seton that your child WILL learn how to write. The flow of paragraphs to essays to the research report is very helpful and easy to follow. The research report in 8th grade goes over the process just as much as the report itself.
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Posted: April 13 2016 at 12:34pm | IP Logged Quote nightgalaxy
Mom21,

Thank you so much for your input. I'm just looking for Grammar, as ds will have a separate writing (and literature) class. Sounds like Seton 7 will be just fine. If there is time next summer well do English 8 Grammar since it's just a one semester course.

Appreciate the feedback on Seton English all!
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