Hake Grammar and Writing

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

Grammar and Writing is a language arts series for 3rd to 8th grade covering grammar, writing, vocabulary and spelling. Short grammar lessons build in small steps with continual review, a weekly dictation doubles as a spelling test, and a 25-question test follows every five lessons. Each level adds a writing workbook of about 35 lessons on essays, stories and poetry. The homeschool edition has a softcover textbook, the writing workbook and a teacher guide with answer keys and tests.

Grades it covers

As the publisher states it: 3rd to 8th grade; the publisher suggests level 8 for high schoolers too.

Subjects: Language arts
Grades: 3rd to 8th grade; the publisher suggests level 8 for high schoolers too source ↗
Method: Traditional source ↗
Format: Books and workbooks source ↗
Faith label: Secular
Cost a year: No price on the publisher’s own site when we checked. Ask the publisher.
Placement: No placement test on the publisher’s site when we checked.

What it does well

Every grade covers the parts of speech, sentence structure, diagramming, capitalization, punctuation and usage, so gaps close as the levels repeat and deepen.
Grammar, writing, vocabulary and spelling come in one set, with dictation each week.
Short tests every five lessons and answer keys in the teacher guide make checking quick.
Examples draw on art, science, history and geography, with a different theme at each grade.

Watch for

Lessons are meant to be taught in order with none skipped, so it takes steady daily work.
A parent guides the practice and checks answers before the review set, and reads the dictations aloud.
The publisher sells only the school edition; homeschool kits come through homeschool distributors, and its site shows no prices.

It fits

A family that wants thorough, step-by-step grammar with diagramming and regular tests, plus a writing course in the same set.

It doesn’t fit

A family that wants grammar taught lightly through reading and narration, or a program with no tests.

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Compare Hake Grammar and Writing

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Lists it is on

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