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Analytical Grammar

By Demme LearningChecked October 31, 2026No affiliate links. Programs never pay to appear. How we label

Analytical Grammar teaches grammar, mechanics and usage in five levels, from Grammar Basics with classic sentence diagramming to Punctuation and Usage. Each lesson has Lesson Notes for the instructor and student, practice exercises, and an open-book assessment, and a lesson usually runs over a week rather than a day. It was written in the 1980s by a public school English teacher and is now published by Demme Learning.

Grades it covers

  1. PK
  2. K
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
As the publisher states it: Five levels for age 9 and up; children 12 and older can start at Level 3.
Subjects
Language arts
Grades
Five levels for age 9 and up; children 12 and older can start at Level 3 source ↗
Method
Traditional source ↗
Format
Books and workbooks source ↗
Faith label
Not labelled
Cost a year
No price on the publisher’s own site when we checked. Ask the publisher.
Placement
Free placement activities ↗

What it does well

  • Levels build in a clear order, from parts of speech and diagramming to clauses, phrases and comma rules.
  • Assessments are open book, which keeps the focus on applying the rules rather than memorising them.
  • Pacing is flexible: a lesson can be split for a child who needs longer or shortened for a confident one.
  • Three free placement activities, with answer keys, show where to start.

Watch for

  • It is not for young children: the publisher suggests waiting until at least age 9.
  • The publisher's pages give no prices or lesson counts; those are on the Demme Learning store.
  • It is grammar only, so writing needs another program alongside.

It fits

An older child, or a parent who wants to fill gaps, working through grammar in order a little each day over a week.

It doesn’t fit

A young child, or a family that wants grammar folded into a full language arts course with writing.

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Compare Analytical Grammar

Other programs for the same subject and grades:

  • Brave Writer Ages 5 to 18, about kindergarten to 12th grade, in five age bands
  • Easy Grammar 1st to 12th grade: Easy Grammar grades 1 to 6 and Plus, Daily GRAMS grades 3 to 7, the Ultimate Series grades 8 to 12
  • The Good and the Beautiful Preschool to 12th grade; high school has language arts and biology only
  • Institute for Excellence in Writing Primary level for kindergarten to 2nd grade, then Levels A, B and C for 3rd to 12th grade; the publisher says grades are approximate
  • Khan Academy Kindergarten to 12th grade, plus early college courses
  • Lightning Literature Kindergarten to 12th grade, in levels such as Cloud (K to 2), Spark (1 to 3), Flash (2 to 4), Grades 4 to 6, Storm (6 to 8) and high school courses
  • Logic of English Foundations for ages 4 to 7 (about pre-K to 2nd grade); Essentials for ages 8 to adult (about 3rd grade and up)
  • Spelling Power 3rd grade to adult, once a child is about 8 and reads at a 2nd grade level

Lists it is on

What we read, and how we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

The publisher’s pages we read on October 31, 2026:

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