ULW and AG?

Yes, you could use Jr. AG.  It covers the same material as AG with simpler sentences. AG may have a couple of extra topics at the end. A table of content comparison would confirm.  We switched to using Get Smart Grammar a couple of years ago and prefer it though it is pricey, too. It’s a similar one and done approach. My two oldest have completed their formal grammar study and I bought a couple of Editor in Chief work books from Critical Thinking Press and will give them an exercise a week or so just to keep sharp.  Yes, this has errors and approaches from an editing standpoint, but I think at this point the editing angle is good for helping them edit their own work. My dd9 is using SW and ULW 1 alone and I think it’s perfect for her.  Not sure yet if I’ll have her do Get Smart in addition around 6th grade. It will depend on how she’s getting it from the SW/ULW combo alone.

I will confess I’ve dropped dictation for my two oldest.  Both are rather naturally stinky at spelling, but Dd15 has greatly improved even if she’s still not top notch, I’m ok with it. She makes excellent use of spell check and her commonplace. For her full schedule, I wanted to trim where I could. DS12 loathes dictation. He loathes it. To him it’s a round about way and he much prefers a list. So he’s using only Phonetic Zoo  instead of also using SW as we’ve done in the past and it’s working just fine.  He shows steady improvement that carries to his narrations. All that to say that while I love Charlotte’s methods, I’m embracing what works for the kids I’ve been given and letting go of my perfect ideal to claim a bit more of a Teaching from Rest atmosphere.