Homeschooling Grades 9-12 Curriculum

Grade 9 First Semester Curriculum

What we used for homeschool, the first year of high school, 9th grade:

Great Books: Read novels and history, then write a context page, take notes, write a 2-page paper: The Well Trained Mind

Context page: Sets the book in context, meaning when it was written, what was going on in the world, and a little information on the author, biographical, and why he may have written it.
Notes: We used audible books this time, so bought the book as well and have marked quotations to keep.
Paper: A character sketch of one of the characters, pages in length with quotes from the book.

Biology: Adaptive Curriculum-–

https://www.adaptivecurriculum.com/us/apps/index.html#acbiology

Spanish: Rosetta Stone

Vocabulary: Vocabulary from Classical Roots

Math: Math u See, finishing pre-algebra. Other options use Teaching Textbooks.

Exercise/Health: Biking, approx 10 miles a day, private golf lessons 1 x week

Grade 9 Second Semester Update

History: Continue to read The History of the Ancient World by Susan Bauer.

Math: Completed Math U See Pre Algebra, starting Saxon Algebra 1

Vocabulary: Words and Their Stories

Great Books: Read Lost Books of the Bible (excerpts), The Iliad, The Gilgamesh, now reading The Odyssey.

Writing: Creative, structured, did My Access!

TimeLine: Added dates from history and science

Biology: Plato On-Line and Adaptive Curriculum

https://www.edmentum.com/

Spanish: Rosetta Stone

Grade 10 First and Second Semester

After many weeks of looking and trying various demos and weighing the option of paying more money for a few teacher-mentored classes–I have decided on the following curriculum for 10th grade:

History: A History of the Medieval World by Susan Wise Bauer (A Well Trained Mind)

Math: Saxon Algebra

Other options for Math: Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1 or Geometry

Spanish: Tell Me More DVD program

Biology: Semester 1 & 2 K12 (Teacher Assisted K12 program)

English: ENG203A: Literary Analysis and Composition II – Comprehensive – Semester 1 (Teacher Assisted K12 ) and ENG 203B-Literary Analysis and Composition II- Comprehensive – Semester 2 (Teacher Assisted K12)

Flash Animation Technology: K12 Flash (Teacher Assisted)