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    Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 7:18 pm

    I bought two boxes of size 6 Huggies on clearance today, saving me $54.22 off the regular price!!! That doesn’t happen every day! The diaper company changed the packaging, and the grocery store wanted to get rid of the old style! I wish I could have bought more, but there were only two boxes left.

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    “God is not the kind of father
    who casts off sick and erring children;
    if he were, he would have no children.”
    Martin Luther
  • Homeschooling Grade Eight

    Included here is a sample homeschool schedule for a grade eight 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 eighth grade.

    GRADE EIGHT HOMESCHOOL CHECKLIST

    DEVOTIONS
    ____ Prayer
    ____ The Heidelberg Catechism (5 Q&A/week)

    MATH
    ____ Saxon Math (1 lesson/day)
    ____ Check Math
    ____ Geometry
    ____ Check Geometry

    ____ SCIENCE (4-5 sessions/week)

    GRAMMAR
    ____ Text (8 pages/week)
    ____ Check Grammar *

    ____ SPELLING * (2 lessons/week)

    ____ VOCABULARY * (20 words/week)

    ____ WRITING (2 days/week)

    LITERATURE / HISTORY / THEOLOGY
    ____ Primary Omnibus (5 days/week)
    ____ Secondary Omnibus (3 days/week)
    ____ Check Omnibus

    ____ LOGIC

    LATIN
    ____ Text or Computer
    ____ Flashcards *

    FRENCH
    ____ Text or Computer
    ____ Flashcards *

    ____ OUTSIDE / EXERCISE (unless rain/snow)

    * Parent Help

    GRADE EIGHT HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM

    DEVOTIONS
    + Prayer
    + The Heidelberg Catechism: A Study Guide (5 Q&A/week)
    (Read lesson and think about questions)
    Audio Bible (NKJV)  (1 chapter/day)
    Memory Verses (1 verse/day)

    MATH
    + Saxon Math (continue series)
    (Complete lesson, check, and make corrections)
    Geometry

    SCIENCE / HEALTH
    + Exploring Creation with Physical Science (133 days) (4-5 sessions/week) (3+ pages/day)

    http://apologia.donnayoung.org/general.htm

    Multi-Media Companion CD, Labs, Tests for Exploring Creation with Physical Science
    ABeka Science of the Physical Creation
    ABeka Let’s be Healthy

    GRAMMAR
    + ABeka Grammar and Composition Work-Text II Grade 8

    SPELLING
    + ABeka Vocabulary Spelling Poetry, Spelling Power, commonly misspelled words list (2 lessons/week)
    (Study misspelled words)

    VOCABULARY
    + Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book C, Robinson Vocabulary, SAT words (20 words/week)

    WRITING
    Creative Writing Robinson-style (1 page/day)
    The Institute for Excellence in Writing
    Elements of Style
    Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace

    LITERATURE / HISTORY / THEOLOGY
    + Veritas Press Omnibus II: Church Fathers through the Reformation
    Semester 1 ~ Primary (5 days/week)
    NKJV The Reformation Study Bible
    The Church History ~ Eusebius (Weeks 1-4)
    Confessions ~ St. Augustine (Weeks 5-7)
    On the Incarnation of Our Lord ~ St. Athanasius (Weeks 8,9)
    The Creeds (Week 10)
    The Ecclesiastical History ~ Bede (Weeks 11-13)
    Rule of Saint Benedict ~ Saint Benedict (Week 14)
    Beowulf (Weeks 15-17)
    The Song of Roland (Week 18)

    Veritas Press Omnibus II: Church Fathers through the Reformation
    Semester 1 ~ Secondary (3 days/week)
    The Hobbit ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (Weeks 1, 2)
    The Fellowship of the Ring ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (Weeks 3-6)
    The Nine Tailors ~ Dorothy L. Sayers (Weeks 7-9)
    The Dragon and the Raven ~ G.A. Henty (Weeks 10, 11)
    The Gospel of John (Weeks 12, 13)
    The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood ~ Robert Pyle (Weeks 14-16)
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream ~ Shakespeare (Weeks 17,18)

    Veritas Press Omnibus II: Church Fathers through the Reformation
    Semester 2 ~ Primary (5 days/week)
    The Song of Roland (Week 1)
    The History of the Kings of Britain ~ Geoffrey of Monmouth (Weeks 2-5)
    Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare (Weeks 6,7)
    Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Weeks 8, 9)
    The Divine Comedy: Inferno ~ Dante (Weeks 10-12)
    The Canterbury Tales (Selected Tales) ~ Chauncer (Weeks 13-14)
    The Bondage of the Will ~ Martin Luther (Weeks 15-17)

    Veritas Press Omnibus II: Church Fathers through the Reformation
    Semester 2 ~ Secondary (3 days/week)
    Winning His Spurs ~ G.A. Henty (Weeks 1-3)
    The Two Towers ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (Weeks 4-7)
    Henry V ~ William Shakespeare (Weeks 8, 9)
    Richard III ~ William Shakespeare (Weeks 10,11)
    Ephesians (Weeks 12, 13)
    The Return of the King ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (Weeks 14-17)

    Omnibus II Reference Books
    Invitation to the Classics ~ Louise Cowan
    Western Civilization ~ Jackson J. Spielvogel
    Ascent to Love Ascent to Love ~ Peter Leithart
    Brightest Heaven of Invention ~ Peter Leithart
    Divine Comedy: Purgatory ~ Dante
    Divine Comedy: Paradise ~ Dante
    Handel’s Messiah CD ~ Neville Marriner
    Matthew Henry’s Commentary ~ Matthew Henry
    Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature ~ C.S. Lewis
    Survey of the Bible ~ William Hendriksen

    Extra Grade Eight Literature
    Lord of the Flies ~ William Golding
    The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
    The Time of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    The Saga of Grettir the Strong
    Beowulf
    The Prose Edda ~ Snorri Sturluson
    The Saga of the Jomsvikings
    Egi’s Saga
    Unnatural Death ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
    Laxdela Saga
    Alfred the Great
    The White Company ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
    A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays ~ Peter J. Leithart
    Orkneyinga Saga
    ABeka Of Places
    The Nibelungenlied
    Ivanhoe ~ Walter Scott
    The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America
    King Harald’s Saga
    Whose Body? ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
    Clouds of Witness ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
    Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austen
    Northanger Abbey ~ Jane Austen
    The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
    Gone with the Wind ~ Margaret Mitchell
    The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Tavel Sketches ~ Matsu Basho
    The Maiden’s Bequest ~ George McDonald
    The Minister’s Restoration ~ George McDonald
    The Laird’s Inheritance ~ George McDonald
    The Princess and the Goblin ~ George McDonald
    The Princess and Curdie ~ George McDonald
    The Light Princess ~ George McDonald
    Phantastes ~ George McDonald
    The Giant’s Heart ~ George McDonald
    At the Back of the North Wind ~ George McDonald
    The Golden Key ~ George McDonald
    Lilith ~ George McDonald
    The Mabinogion
    Chronicles of the Crusades ~ Joinville and Villehardouin
    The Hunt for Red October ~ Tom Clancy
    Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte

    Robinson Curriculum (Optional)
    The Vicar of Wakefield
    Economic Sophisms
    Life of Lincoln
    The Friendly Arctic
    What Government Has Done to Our Money
    Economics in One Lesson
    On That Day Began Lies
    The Holy War
    The Soldier in Our Civil War Volume 1
    Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood
    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

    LOGIC
    Intermediate Logic DVD
    Material Logic
    The Art of Argument
    Logic: The Right Use of Reason
    The Mensa Genius Quiz a Day Book

    LATIN
    Latin Primer III DVD Martha Wilson
    Latin Grammar 1
    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 (Optional in grades 7-12)
    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
    A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek ~ William D. Mounce
    Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics ~ Daniel B. Wallace

    DRAFTING / CALLIGRAPHY (Optional in grades 7-12)
    Drafting ~ 2 sessions per week
    Calligraphy ~ 2 sessions per week

    MUSIC (3 days per week) (Optional in grades 7-12)
    + The Leila Fletcher Piano Course
    The ABC’s of Piano Playing ~ Berlin
    Music Note Recognition Chart
    Piano for Quitters DVD
    Piano for Life 3 DVDs

    TYPING (until mastered)
    Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

    AESTHETICS
    Signs and Symbols in Christian Art ~ George Wells Ferguson

    ART (1 day/week) (Optional in grades 7-12)
    Lifepac Drawing Basics with Thomas Kinkade
    Beginning Watercolor Journaling DVD ~ Christina Lopp

    POETRY (Optional in grades 7-12)

    PUBLIC SPEAKING (Optional in grades 7-12)

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    PERSONAL NOTES
    (First child who completed grade eight)

    I asked N13 to write down what he did on a typical day in grade eight for schoolwork.

    “I usually start school at 9:00 and begin by praying, listening to Bible cassette, and reading several pages of a theology type of book (right now – The New Fox’s Book of Martyrs). Then I do Latin (Wheelock’s Latin), Literature (right now – Western Civilization), and Science (Exploring Creation with Physical Science). It varies when I do Algebra (Saxon Algebra 2), but I usually do it when my brother is not in the room so I can concentrate better.”

    “After lunch I either study Greek (Basics of Biblical Greek) and Logic (Material Logic) textbooks or (if the computer is free) do the exercises. Then I do both Omnibus primary (this week – The Divine Comedy: Inferno) and secondary (this week – Henry V).”

    “At 3:00 I wrap up by doing Grammar (Rod & Staff English Handbook), Music (Piano for Life DVD), and Writing (Writer’s Inc. and creative writing). My mother calls out Spelling (commonly misspelled words), Vocabulary (Robinson Vocabulary), and holds up my Greek and Latin flashcards.”

    “Sometimes, in the evening, I do the next day’s Music lesson, Grammar, Latin, etc. and read the assigned Omnibus books.”

    My first child, at thirteen years old, read the following books when he was in grade eight:

    Veritas Press Omnibus II: Church Fathers through the Reformation
    The Church History ~ Eusebius
    Confessions ~ St. Augustine
    On the Incarnation of Our Lord ~ St. Athanasius
    The Creeds
    The Ecclesiastical History ~ Bede
    Rule of Saint Benedict ~ Saint Benedict
    Beowulf
    Song of Roland
    The Hobbit ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
    The Fellowship of the Ring ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
    The Nine Tailors ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
    The Dragon and the Raven ~ G.A. Henty
    The Gospel of John
    The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood ~ Robert Pyle
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream ~ Shakespeare
    The Song of Roland
    The History of the Kings of Britain ~ Geoffrey of Monmouth
    Macbeth ~ Shakespeare
    Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
    The Divine Comedy: Inferno ~ Dante
    The Canterbury Tales (Selected Tales) ~ Chauncer
    The Bondage of the Will ~ Martin Luther
    Winning His Spurs ~ G.A. Henty
    The Two Towers ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
    Henry V ~ Shakespeare
    Richard III ~ Shakespeare
    Ephesians
    The Return of the King ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
    Western Civilization
    Heroes of the City of Man
    Ascent to Love
    The Brightest Heaven of Invention
    Invitation to the Classics
    Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
    Plutarch’s Lives Volume II
    The Iliad
    Annals of the World (some)
    Don Quixote ~ Cervantes
    Gaelic Wars
    Saga of the Volsungs
    The Vinland Sagas
    The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
    The Orkneyinga Saga
    Sagas of the Icelanders (Selected)
    Prose Edda ~ Snorri Sturlson
    King Harold’s Saga ~ Snorri Sturlson
    The Campaigns of Alexander ~ Arrian
    Selected Writings of Cicero
    Lord of the Flies
    Harry Potter and Philosophy
    Clouds of Witness
    The Bartimaeus Trilogy
    Gorgias
    Animal Farm ~ George Orwell
    Signs and Symbols in Christian Art ~ George Wells Ferguson
    The Heidelberg Catechism: A Study Guide
    Survey of the Bible
    The New Foxes Book of Martyrs
    Logic: The Right Use of Reason
    Daily Warm-Ups LOGIC
    Character and Viewpoint
    Writers Inc.
    Exploring Creation with Physical Science
    Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
    Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens
    The Romance of Protestantism ~ Deborah Aleock
    Ergil’s Saga
    Laxdaela Saga
    The Saga of the Jomsvikings

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    One Response to “Homeschooling Grade Eight”

    1. Anne says:

      Thanks for posting this info. I am homeschooling Jr. High boys right now. I was wondering about the reading. How many hours a day did your son/daughter read in order to complete all of these books in one year. Blessings, Anne

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