Where Do I Begin?

How do I know if my student should begin with The BRIDGE to the Latin Road or begin with Volume I of The LATIN Road to English Grammar?

It is my experience that students 10 years old who already have good basic skills in English spelling, writing, and reading can begin with The BRIDGE to the Latin Road for their formal English grammar. For those who are 11 years old and above with little or no formal English grammar, The BRIDGE to the Latin Road is the best place to start. Students 11 years old and above who have good spelling, writing, and reading skills and have had some grammar can move right into Volume I of The LATIN Road to English Grammar.

The problem with grammar curricula today is they are centered around workbooks which result in students memorizing facts with little application. Students may know that a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea, but few can tell you the six functions of a noun in a sentence. Some students are proud that they have memorized the prepositions and may be able to identify a prepositional phrase, but few can tell you if a particular prepositional phrase acts as an adjective or adverb in a sentence and tell you which word it modifies. With The BRIDGE to the Latin Road, students will not just fill-in-the-blanks but will learn to build sentences that they then analyze for structure and meaning.

NOTE: The 57 Framing Code® charts that students build in The BRIDGE to the Latin Road become their English grammar handbook for The LATIN Road to English Grammar study.