Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Planning: 14 Year-old

 The 14 year-old is a late 9th grader - starting 10th grade in the fall.  As we finish everything this month, we have planned for (hopefully) the next calendar year.  Also, keep in mind that we school year-round.

She basically told me what she wanted to study and I put together a plan for her.  She also said she wants us to do a lot of this together - in other words, she doesn't want to sit alone in her room and do this independently.

Math

  • Mathusee Geometry - we are continuing with Mathusee
  • Geometry enrichment stuff
    • I have a couple of enrichment geometry books.  One is how to read blueprints and you design your own house.  You also design a playground.  Another book shows you how to do all kinds of things with circles.  
    • Horrible Maths - we are going to do the geometry book for fun
English/Language Arts
  • Easy Grammar's 10th Grade Workbook (she needs a grammar review)
  • Word Teasers: SAT Words
    • One word per day - spelling, definition, use the word in a sentence
Literature
  • Sonlight 230 - the old version.  This is basically British Literature or Classic Literature.  We are going to read these books together and do the writing assignments
History
  • She asked to study British History.  So far, I have Great Tales from English History (Robert Lacey). I'll add more resources over time.
Bible
  • Continue reading through the entire Bible
Science: Biology and Astronomy
  • We are going to spend the next two years alternating between biology and astronomy.  She asked to do biology first, so we will spend a couple of months on that and then work on astronomy.
  • Ellen McHenry's Protozoa - we are starting with this.  It's a book and activity guide for learning about microscopic organisms
German
  • Continue German Demystified
Art & Music
  • Nature drawing
  • I'm still looking for ideas on these two
Technology
  • My daughter and another homeschooled teen are going to get together once a week and start working on robotics together.  I'm looking at buying Lego Mindstorms' Robot Inventor.

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