More Planning 2023-2024 11th Grade

 She will still be choosing what she wants to study, but we have a couple of changes.  First, she has decided that she is going to try to go professional with ballet.  Second, this means that she will probably not be able to go to college right after high school and if she does decide to go to college, it will be as a fine arts major.

To determine what she's already studied and what she still needs to have on her high school transcript, I bought the High School Student Record from here: https://everydayeducation.com/products/high-school-student-record-a-peaceful-planning-booklet?_pos=1&_sid=e71ebaba6&_ss=r

I put together a high school transcript on Excel and I made a list of what she's missing for a high school diploma.  She still needs:

• 1.5 credit English
• 1 credit US History
• 1 credit Algebra 2

Besides Algebra 2, we can find interest-led ways to satisfy those credits.

Here's what she and I both would like her to work on for 11th grade (what we end up doing will be a lot more than this, realistically):

Bible

• Finish reading the Old Testament

Math

• Mathusee Algebra 2

History & Literature

• She wants to read several of Mark Twain's books
• I would like her to read some American literature
• She wants to watch Crash Course US History

Science

• We are working on interest-led biology topics
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• Organ dissections from Home Science Tools
• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology (YouTube)
• Animal anatomy and classification
• Maybe some animal dissections
• Geology
• She wants to finish taking the guided tours of the 5 caves in the Texas Cave Trail

Foreign Language

• She and her sister have been trying to teach themselves Korean using DuoLingo and Grandma (who is a native speaker)

Fine Arts

• She has been going to professional classical ballet performances and some college-level orchestra performances
• Ballet classes at the ballet school
• She has helped choreograph several dances at the ballet school
• She plays classical guitar and ukulele
• She will be attending a ballet camp at a pre-professional program this summer