What about this (MOH and Omnibus related)...

[Ann.without.an.e]

I have already altered this plan and have listed it in a new post below).

 

DD completes MOH 2 and 3 with us this year and next year (6th/7th). Then, in 8th grade, she goes into Omnibus II. This will put her in Omnibus III in 9th, IV for 10th, etc, etc. She will skip Omnibus I altogether. We have had so much ancient history and haven't spent much time in anything else. I know that there will be some overlap between MOH 2/3 and Omnibus II, but at least it isn't another repeat of Ancient history and it gets her on the right schedule :tongue_smilie:

 

Edited to add...our other thought was this...

MOH 2 - 6th

MOH 3 - 7th

MOH 4 - 8th

Geography/Civics Study - 9th

Omnibus I or IV - 10th

Omnibus II or V - 11th

Omnibus III or VI - 12th

 

 

Thoughts...opinions...throw them out there, I can take it...

Edited December 21, 2010 by Charleigh

[Ann.without.an.e]

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[PeterPan]

Are you sure she's going to want to do O2 (middle ages ad nauseum) if she just spent the previous year on it??? Personally, I don't think you should mess up what you have that is WORKING for something you HOPE will work. MOH is working? Then stick with it. I actually think your latter plan, where you complete the MOH sequence properly, slowly, and deliberately, and then do Omni from 10th-12th, is quite good. To make you feel a bit better, GET Omnibus and do just the secondary readings and applicable writing assignments from it. That way you're working your way up to it. Nothing says you can't just do PART of Omnibus. Pick the parts you like best. Nuts, if you've read the threads, you've already found that the CS Lewis book tends to be one of the favorite books in O1. No reason why you can't read that along with O2.

 

If you want to do Omnibus straight, no compromise, then obviously something is going to have to give. But I wouldn't change what is working well for you. There are always more book lists out there, more you want to do. At some point you have to decide YOUR booklist is good enough, kwim? Make your booklist that fits the MOH you're doing.

[Ann.without.an.e]

Are you sure she's going to want to do O2 (middle ages ad nauseum) if she just spent the previous year on it???

 

 

I have been rethinking the plan I posted and I have tweaked it some. I just purchased OB II (used for a good price). I am going to start her in it in January, which will match where we are in MOH II. We will all read MOH together, then DD will use OB II for her Literature to go along with the time period. I think it will make it more challenging for her. She is very bright and reads on an early college level and she has been asking for more anyway (specifically Shakespeare). I will actually be spreading OB II and III over the course of 3 years that way, so the pace can be a bit slower and I won't push to cover everything if it gets to be too much.

With this plan I will skip OB I altogether.

 

6th - OB II - MOH II

7th OB II/III - MOH III

8th - OB III - MOH IV

9th - take a year off and focus on Geography, etc.

10th - OB IV

11th - OB V

12th - OB VI

 

So, is this better plan?

 

I hate decisions :confused:

[PeterPan]

Have you seen the Hewitt Lightning Lit Shakespeare courses? They have one of his comedies and one of his tragedies and sonnets. You could kill a whole year with it. Would go great with your current MOH studies and her request for Shakespeare. Then go into Omnibus the next year, no stretching. Someone else around here spent a year on Shakespeare with her dd, and ever since I've wanted to do so. We've already read tons of retellings, Oxford comic versions, etc.