Homeschooling Grade Seven
Included here is a sample homeschool checklist for a grade seven child who works independently most of the time. We have also listed the collection of curriculum and materials we may use at some point during the seventh grade.
GRADE SEVEN HOMESCHOOL SCHEDULE
DEVOTIONS
____ Prayer
____ Audio Bible
____ Westminster Confession of Faith
MATH
____ Saxon Algebra
____ Check Algebra *
SCIENCE
____ Text
____ CD
____ Labs *
____ GRAMMAR
____ SPELLING *
____ VOCABULARY *
WRITING
____ DVD
____ Exercises
____ Text
LITERATURE / HISTORY / THEOLOGY
____ Primary Omnibus
____ Secondary Omnibus
LOGIC
____ Text
____ Workbook
LATIN
____ Text
____ Workbook
____ Flashcards *
GREEK
____ Text
____ Workbook
____ Flashcards *
____ DRAFTING / CALLIGRAPHY
____ MUSIC
____ TYPING
* Parent Help
GRADE SEVEN HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM
DEVOTIONS
Prayer
Audio Bible
Westminster Confession of Faith (107 Q&A) 4-5 Q&A per week
(Read lesson and think about questions)
MATH
Saxon Algebra 1/2, I
Saxon Algebra 1/2, I Homeschool Packet
Saxon Algebra 1/2, I Test Forms
(Complete lesson, check, and make corrections)
SCIENCE
Exploring Creation with General Science CD ~ (133 days) 4-5 sessions per week
http://apologia.donnayoung.org/general.htm
(3+ pages per day and lab)
Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation with General Science
Multi-Media Companion CD for Exploring Creation with General Science
GRAMMAR
ABeka Grammar and Composition Work-Text I Grade 7 ~ (283 pages) (8 pages/week)
SPELLING
ABeka Spelling, Spelling Power, commonly misspelled words list ~ 1-2 lessons per week
(Study misspelled words)
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book B
Robinson Vocabulary, SAT words ~ 16 words per week
WRITING
The Institute for Excellence in Writing
The Institute for Excellence in Writing Student Writing Intensive Group B
Elements of Style
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace
LITERATURE / HISTORY / THEOLOGY
Veritas Press Omnibus I: Biblical and Classical Civilizations
Semester 1 ~ Primary (5 days/week)
Genesis (Week 1)
Exodus (Week 2)
Gilgamesh (Week 3)
Code Hammarabi (Week 4)
I and II Samuel (Week 5)
I and II Kings (Week 6)
The Odyssey (Week 7)
The Odyssey Reader’s Guide Covenant Home Curriculum
The Odyssey 7-12 (Weeks 8, 9)
The Odyssey 13-18 (Week 10)
Histories, Herodotus (Weeks 11-15)
Aeschylus: Oresteia (Week 16)
Plutarch’s Lives (Weeks 17, 18)
Veritas Press Omnibus I: Biblical and Classical Civilizations
Semester 1 ~ Secondary (3 days/week)
Chosen By God (Weeks 1, 2)
Till We Have Faces (Weeks 3-5)
Magician’s Nephew (Weeks 6, 7)
Horse and His Boy (Weeks 8, 9)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Weeks 10, 11)
Prince Caspian (Weeks 12, 13)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Weeks 14, 15)
Isaiah (Week 16)
Jeremiah (Week 17)
Minor Prophets (Week 18)
Veritas Press Omnibus I: Biblical and Classical Civilizations
Semester 2 ~ Primary
Sophocles (Week 1)
Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology and Crito (Week 2)
Last Days of Socrates: Phaedo (Week 3)
Early History of Rome (Weeks 4-7)
Luke and Acts (Week 8 )
Aeneid 1-4 (Week 9)
Aeneid 5-8 (Week 10)
Aeneid 9-12 (Week 11)
Twelve Caesars 1-2 (Week 12)
Twelve Caesars 3-5 (Week 13)
Twelve Caesars 6-12 (Week 14)
Julius Caesar (Week 15, 16)
Julius Caesar Reader’s Guide Covenant Home Curriculum
Revelation (Week 17)
Veritas Press Omnibus I: Biblical and Classical Civilizations
Semester 2 ~ Secondary
The Silver Chair (Weeks 1, 2)
The Last Battle (Weeks 3, 4)
Best Things in Life (Weeks 5, 6)
Unaborted Socrates (Weeks 7, 8 )
Galations (Week 9)
Romans (Week 10)
James (Weeks 11)
Eagle of the Ninth (Weeks 12, 13)
Screwtape Letters (Weeks 14, 15)
The Holiness of God (Weeks 16, 17)
Veritas Press Omnibus I ~ Reference Books
Western Civilization
Heroes of the City of Man
Companion to Narnia
Extra Literature
A House for My Name
Plutarch’s Lives Volume II
The Iliad
Annals of the World
Other Theban Trilogy
Cyclops, Euripides
The Civil Wars, Appian
The Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus
Clouds, Aristophanes
Elegies, Theogonis
Cicero, selected works
Theogony and Works and Days, Hesiod
Birds, Aristophanes
Companion to Narnia
Eldest, Paolini
LOGIC
Introductory Logic DVD
Intermediate Logic DVD
The Fallacy Detective
LATIN
Latin Primer II DVD Martha Wilson
Wheelock’s Latin ~ Frederic M. Wheelock
Workbook for Wheelock’s Latin
A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock’s Latin
Wheelock’s Latin Reader
Cassell’s Latin English Dictionary
GREEK
Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar ~ William D. Mounce
Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook
Full Answer Key to Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook
Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary Cards
DRAFTING / CALLIGRAPHY
Drafting ~ 3 pages per week
Calligraphy ~ 2 sessions per week
MUSIC
The ABC’s of Piano Playing ~ Berlin
The Leila Fletcher Piano Course
Music Note Recognition Chart
Piano for Quitters DVD
Piano for Life 3 DVDs
TYPING
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
POETRY
PUBLIC SPEAKING
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PERSONAL NOTES
(1st child who completed grade seven)
The “plan” for grade seven is listed above. I have added the following personal notes about my first child when he was in grade seven. N, at age 12 1/2, completed Saxon Algebra 1 in the spring of grade seven, and did some more review before beginning Algebra 2. Here are some of the books he read in grade seven.
Gilgamesh
Code of Hammarabi
The Odyssey, Homer
Histories, Herodotus
Aeschylus: Oresteia
Plutarch’s Lives
Chosen By God
Till We Have Faces
Theban Trilogy
Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo
Early History of Rome, Livy
Aeneid, Virgil
Suetonius The Twelve Caesars
Julius Caesar
Magician’s Nephew
Horse and His Boy
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
Genesis
Exodus
I and II Samuel
I and II Kings
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Minor Prophets
Luke and Acts
Galations
Romans
James
Revelation
Best Things in Life
Unaborted Socrates
Screwtape Letters
The Holiness of God
Western Civilization
Heroes of the City of Man
Cyclops, Euripides
The Civil Wars, Appian
The Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus
Clouds, Aristophanes
Elegies, Theogonis
Cicero, selected works
Theogony and Works and Days, Hesiod
Birds, Aristophanes
Companion to Narnia
Elements of Style and Grace
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity
The Fallacy Detective
The Thinking Toolbox
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Exploring Creation with General Science
Eldest, Paolini
