PARENTING FREEDOM

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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