Middle Ages and High School

I’m not an expert, but I have made my daughter’s literature credit to include six books, that I choose,  to be read over the course of the school year with written narrations ofter each chapter.  That is all.  If you want something more structured, then Greenleaf Press has a study guide and period specific books.  You can see samples at CBD.

http://www.christianbook.com/the-greenleaf-guide-to-medieval-literature/cyndy-shearer/9781882514458/pd/514459?item_code=WW&netp_id=650844&event=ESRCN&view=details

Heather

There are a couple of different ways to approach it.  You could use an outside material, as mentioned.  I occasionally do this (sometimes I use Total Language Plus guides, modified to CM-ish).  Another method would be to decide to assign credits on the basis of hours worked.  You can find a few different formulas to do this.  I’ve seen various hour total recommendations, from 100 ish to 180 hours of work for a credit.  Or you can set up your own course–if you plan on applying to colleges I’d write it up as a course description–doing just what Heather mentioned (BTW I like the new pic, Heather!) –describe the books you want your student to read, and what you expect back–narrations, essays, whatever–and then assign a credit when you feel the student has fulfilled your expectations.  I do something of a mix of this method, with a few lit guides tossed in to make me feel like I covered the bases.  I also include in my course descriptions the poetry and Shakespeare that we read.  You can grade or not, as you choose. 

Also you might want to consider a narrative transcript kind of thing.  I am doing this for our history credits, since we didn’t really do a “credit hour” of history in any one year, I am describing the things we have done for history, but not assigning them to a particular year of study.  I am playing around with the idea of doing this for our English too, but haven’t decided.

If you are interested and might have a college-bound student on your hands, it might be worth your while to have on hand one of the several excellent guides to doing all this in a way to ease the college admissions process: I have a few materials of this sort to help me, since all three of mine are college bound and want to go to selective schools.

Michelle D

Hi!  That one looks nice and I’ve been eyeing it for a while, but I don’t have it yet.  By far the most useful book I have is Homeschooling High School:  Planning Ahead for College Admission  by Jeanne Gowen Dennis.  I like the format and the useful forms which I’ve used a lot.  Also, if you visit this website: http://www.everyday-education.com/home/index.shtml  you’ll find some more useful things.  For more information on very odd or unusual transcripts, or transcripts for unschoolers or very unusual curricula, I have Senior High:  A Home Designed Formula by Barb Shelton, and one other very odd book that I’ll post if anyone desperately wants examples of a narrative transcript. 

HTH!