Last week I shared what curriculum I will be using with my 8th grader. Today, I will share what my 11th grader high school student is up against.
This year its all about getting her college ready. She will be doing dual enrollment and continuing to CLEP. Our goal is that she will be either ready for an AA by the time she is 19 or finishing her BA by 20. This is technically her last year in high school she has enough credits to graduate this year, but we have decided not to do that since there is really no point. She can earn college credit as a high schooler and still enjoy the benefits of being in high school.
So here it is:
Geometry- She is using Math U See. She has started over the summer so I am hoping she can finish before Christmas break.
World History-She will be doing Notgrass World History in a co-op setting. This will be a year long class culminating with her taking the West Civ I CLEP.
English- ½ semester of Shakespeare really more of a fun class but she will be reading four of his plays including Romeo and Juliet, A Mid Summer’s Night Dream, and Julius Caesar.
Foreign Language-This is her second year taking Japanese on Landry Academy. She really loves learning Japanese. I am impressed by how much she has learned. We were watching a TV show and the characters said something in Japanese and she laughed! None of us knew what was said except her!
Economics- This will be a full year class at our co-op using BJU curriculum. I think it’s a great follow up to Financial Peace which she did last year. She will attempt the Microeconomics CLEP test.
Drama- after her ½ semester of Shakespeare, the drama troupe will be performing A Mid Summer’s Night Dream
Bible-CBS Bible Study this year we study “Return to Jerusalem” covering the journey of the Israelites from Capivity to Jerusalem.
World Religions-This is a study guide I bought through Credits Before College. This is a semester long class that I will spread over the year. We will study it together with her brother. At the end I will have both of them study for the DSST.
Analytical Grammar-we have tried 3 different curriculums (maybe 4) and haven’t had success so I am taking a different approach with her. Usually I have handed her the curriculum and said “do it”. This year, we are doing this together with her brother. I will teach the lesson and they will work on the exercises. Most of the curriculums have been self taught, but I don’t find that she gets it.
Study Skills-She is doing the Victus Study System using the “on your own” approach.
Screenwriting-this is an elective although I can probably count for English. She is taking this on Landry Academy.
Adobe Photoshop-Also an elective and also on Landry Academy.
On top of that she will be finishing her Home Ec, Driver’s Training, and start reading several books for “Building relationships” course. Not sure if I will count that for Bible or Elective, but I am excited about what she will learn.
She is also continuing with piano. She will attempt to jump from Level 4 Certificate of Merit to Level 7! That is a big jump, but her teacher believes in her so I believe in her too!
Finally, dual enrollment. This is a big “maybe” for the fall, but definitely for the spring she will be taking 2 classes at the local community college or online. I will be writing a post later on how all this works.
