This is for students 9–11 years old that have not completed instruction that covers the nine parts of speech.

Ask your student to read the passage aloud as you follow along.
While your student is reading the passage and answering the comprehension questions below, note your observations to the following statements:

• My student was able to read the words in the passage correctly or quickly corrected their misreading on their own.
• My student was able to read the passage at a conversational speed.
• My student’s voice rose and fell at appropriate points.
• My student paused appropriately at punctuation marks.
• My student answered both comprehension questions correctly.

If you can answer “Yes” to all of the statements above, your student is ready to begin Level 1: Grammar Basics.
If you answer “Not Yet” to any of the statements above, your student is not ready to begin Analytical Grammar.

Passage

Comprehension Questions
Ask your student to verbally answer these comprehension questions about the passage.

• What happened after the children ate the cake?
• What did the boy have to do while wearing the blindfold?

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This is for students 9–11 years old that have completed instruction that covers the nine parts of speech.

On a piece of paper, ask your student to label all of the parts of speech in the sentence below. Your student should put any prepositional phrases in parentheses.

As your student is labeling the sentence and answering the question take note of your observations of the following statements:

• My student was able to correctly label all the words in the sentence.
• My student was able to name the job of the underlined word.

If you can answer “Yes” to all of the statements above, your student is ready to begin Level 2: Mechanics.
If you answer “Not Yet” to any of the statements below, try Activity 1.

Sentence

Questions

Ask your student to verbally answer following question.

• What job is the underlined word doing?

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This is for students 12 years old or older.

Ask your student to read the passage below aloud as you follow along.

While your student is reading the passage and answering the comprehension questions below, note your observations to the following statements:

• My student was able to read the words in the passage correctly or quickly corrected their misreading on their own.
• My student was able to read the passage at a conversational speed.
• My student’s voice rose and fell at appropriate points.
• My student paused appropriately at punctuation marks.
• My student answered both comprehension questions correctly.

If you can answer Yes to all of the statements above, your student is ready to begin Level 3: Parts of Speech.
If you answered Not Yet to any of the statements above, we suggest that you continue to work with your student on their reading and comprehension skills and attempt this activity again at a later time.

Passage

Comprehension Questions

Ask your student to verbally answer these questions about the passage.

• List 3 improvements on Dr. Naismith’s original equipment.
• What was another positive consequence of adding a backboard to stop spectators from interfering with the game?

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