Hello! I am new to this board. DD has attended a private Christian school for the past six years and we are transitioning back to homeschooling. We are building in an 8th grade Part II year before starting high school, to help her fill in some gaps before high school and give her an extra year to mature. (She would have graduated high school at 17.) Our goal is to almost exclusively homeschool this year (with a Fun Friday class one Friday morning a month) and then enroll her in a high school co-op next year for the '21-'22 school year.
We have chosen the following for 8th grade. Some of these choices are a continuation of curriculum that they used at her school. Some are things we picked to fill in gaps. Some of are just for fun. 🙂
Math: BJU Press Pre-Algebra, plus Life of Fred books to supplement
Science: Apologia General Science (2nd edition) with student notebook
Social Studies: Uncle Sam and You and a 6-week state study (not covered in school because we moved to this state mid-year and they had already covered it)
Language Arts: Easy Grammar Plus, Phonetic Zoo Level C, Vocabulary from Latin Roots, Memoria Press 7th & 8th grade literature guides, Cover Story writing curriculum, and some sort of introduction to research papers (If anyone has any suggestions on a curriculum that specifically focuses on writing research papers, I would welcome the advice!)
Logic: Perplexors Level C and Level D, Fallacy Detective
Latin: First Form Latin
Activities: piano, dance, 4H, Bible Quiz team
We are doing Ellen McHenry's Elements of the Universe this summer and really enjoying it! 🙂 We may pick up Carbon Chemistry next summer.