Rhea Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Most of my daughter's classes for this coming year (9th) are straightforward, but I'm not sure about these: Logic with Traditional Logic Book 1 ~ would you count this as 1/2 credit or 1 credit? English will be MCTLA Magic Lens, WwW, 4 Practice, Poetry & Humanity, and Academic Writing ~ That would count as one English credit, right? Additional writing through Home2Teach. She is signed up for the first 6 week course. If she should end up taking Home2Teach classes throughout the year, would I count this as an additional credit? If so, as what? History and Great Books. Ancients this year. Do these usually count as 1 credit in History, or a literature credit, or both? I've read up in this forum on what constitutes a credit for literature as far as quantity, I guess what it is is that I'm not sure if History is along for the Literature ride, or if a credit is given for it too. She'll be using The Heritage of World Civilizations and doing additional reading that is apart from the Great Books we decide on. Sounds like 2 credits. Literary Analysis ~ Windows to the World I've read here is 1/2 credit. I also have Teaching the Classics which I thought we'd go through together, and a book coming that covers literary devices and practice in spotting and using them. Would all of that be equivalent to 1 credit? (I don't want to ask too little for a credit, nor too much.) And... Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings because my daughter loves LOTR and really wanted to do LLfLOTR. : ) Would you count this as another credit? If so, would it be a second Literary Analysis credit? Thank you in advance for your help. Rhea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn in CA Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I think you're right on for everything. For Logic, I counted book 1 for 1/2 credit. I think it says in the front that it's typically 1 semester for high schoolers. Just do book 2 2nd semester for 1 whole credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in AL Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I would count Traditional Logic as 1/2 credit. If you add in book 2 it could be one. You have an awful lot of English/lang arts credits. Here's what we did last yr and adding extras into it would have caused burn out and not enough hrs in the day.... History: combination of Omnibus 1 history novels and Spielvogel Human Odyssey text (ancient history only). 1 credit English: Vocabulary, spelling (it was needed) and writing along with 9 novels by C.S. Lewis. I used Windows to the World and applied the elements of Lit in there to the C.S. Lewis books instead of using Windows to the World as is. I also have Teaching the Classics and applied the lessons in there to the C.S. Lewis books. 1 credit Great Books-great books of ancient times, not the same ones that were read for history. 1 credit. I think if you add in LoTR and poetry you'll have too much on your plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 Thank you Jenn and Michelle. Michelle, I think her plate is too full too! I asked her to consider not doing LLfLOTR, Latin (gasp, I couldn't believe it then and I still can't believe I suggested she not continue Latin), and Equestrian Studies. I even thought about taking Logic out, but that one I can't give on. I think it's too important. At this point I'm going with her motivation. She loves LA, not so much math, science, or logic. It's a learning experience, right? I've gone through the stressed out period and am now feeling a lovely (perhaps deceptive) calm. When we need to adjust (and I think something will have to give when sports start) that will be a learning experience too. Thank you again, Rhea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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