High School History

Here’s the schedule for my 11th grade student for the first semester (my 9th grade student is similar with different books for independent reading):

Family –

Bible Reading – M-F – 15 min – 30 min

Memorization – M-F – 5 min

Hymn Study – TR – 5 min

Character Study – M-F 5 min – 20 min (various activities)

Poet/ Poem – TR – 5 min – 15 min

Composer – M-F listen to music while doing other activities

Artist – M-F view pic of the week at leisure – bio info 5 min – 10 min weekly

Book of Centuries – F – each has their own, but work on them together as we talk about items

Foreign Language – M-F – this year we are tackling 3 foreign languages and have chosen to do these together though the two high school students may progress more quickly through the material than their younger sibling

Family Read-Aloud – M-F & S – We have two read-alouds going at once this year.  One for the school day M-F, and one for the family which is read on Sunday at a minimum

History Reading – TWF – 30 min -Includes readings from Story of Mankind and Famous Men of Greece & oral narration time

Geography – R – 20 min – 40 min – Using Explore the Holy Land reading w/ activities & Uncle Josh’s Outline Maps for map drill

Independent –

Writing Strands – M-F – 30 min – 45 min

Spelling Wisdom/ Dictation – MR – 15 min

Biology 2 with daily written narration – M-F – 30 min – 45 min to read & 15 min or so for written narration

Math – M-F – 40 min

History Reading – WF – 2 chapters / day of Illiad and Odyssey; written or oral narrations after each. 

Reader – M-F – 2 chapters/ day – this may tie in with the history we are reading or is a classic work.  Right now she is reading Hound of the Baskervilles.

Creative Writing – M-F – Hannah started writing a book at the beginning of 2011.  She has continued this throughout the summer and is carrying it through this fall.  She desires to have it published, so this is a serious undertaking for her.  I am pleased because she has never enjoyed writing until after she used Writing Strands.

P.E. – Hannah is on a high school girls soccer team and is also the head coach for the junior high team. She not only works on her own skills on her own time, but also researches drills for skill specific work for the team she coaches.  This will last through the end of October – MW practice for both teams and Sat. games for both teams.

When all is said and done, Hannah and Leah are able to complete their school day, in about 5 – 6 hours time on a daily basis.  However, some days are shorter.

We do three to four hours of school work then they have a couple of hours of their own reading and activities to do – it is though quite relaxed. Linda

I just re-read my post and it is a bit confusing – when the girls do their own reading from the school list and the activities are where they do their writing, essays, research and things like that – not fun reading. So we do about between 5-6 hrs but we are done by 3pm and Fridays are for crafts, life skills, and other pursuits of interest. Linda