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I get got an email from Regina Coeli telling me that the Henle I class isn't live. What does that mean? Maybe I'm dense, but I thought that was the whole point of an online class - class discussion. :confused:
Does anyone know what this "class" is really like? Is there a teacher, or just online assignments?
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He understands college requirements and transcripts well. You might want to just email and explain your situation.
Great idea! I just sent him an email. Thanks.
(Why didn't I think of that?)
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I am just wondering if it would be "safe" to take a year off of actual science lab classes to do this. And I'm still concerned about listing the classes that he has take before high school on his transcript. Is that a problem?
His next class would be chemistry. I have no idea how we could do this at home. Is that possible?
Yes, I'm getting "high school panic." In addition to that, it looks like many Texas universities are starting to require 4 years of science after 2011. I certainly don't want him to take 4 MORE years. I want some proof of his previous classes.
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We do very few "English" writing assignments. Ds writes a few 10-minute speeches at the beginning of the year for speech/debate. Most of our writing assignments are straight from Notgrass American History. Each week it lists a few assignments to choose from that are directly related to the weeks history readings.
I have also found the SWB link in the post above very helpful.
What about current events? For a while I had my son choose a news article every week and write a short, argumentative essay in response; or, sometimes, just a paragraph. He had to run his thesis statement by me, first, to make sure he was actually taking a position and not just summarizing the article. He loves to argue!
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CLEP / ACT science prep class? Could I use this as a freshman science class?
I am thinking about a science class my son can do online next year because we will be travelling quite a bit. He has already taken general science, physical science and biology. (It's a long story but, basically, he started last year in 9th grade taking biology, but we decided to call it 8th grade) I really want something to show on his transcript for these classes even though they were taken before high school.
He will NOT be a science major, so he will only need 2-3 science labs, right?
Has anyone taken this class? Would you be comfortable with using it as your only science class in the freshman year?
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I keep seeing this in the Henle threads.
1) What is MODG?
2) For 1st year Henle... How many units should we do in one year? I keep reading that it takes two years to do Henle 1. How many units is a full credit for one year? Memoria Press covers unit I-II the first year. They sell a study guide with daily plans and notes.
3) Are the online classes necessary for success? We failed trying to do Latin on our own. I'm putting my children in online classes this year - Regina Coeli. What I discovered is that their work needs to be checked and corrected every day. Each day builds on the one before, so they need to get each concept before moving on.
4) How many units in Henle 1 do we need to do in order to take the latin exam in March of 2011?
thanks!
Holly
Good luck!
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I did this when they were young, but one child took a co-op class several years ago and it messed up our history rotation. I miss having everyone together. My oldest will start 9th grade next year; my other 2 (all boys) will be in 8th and 6th. I know I can teach them all ancients next year and choose literature on their own level, although I think we can all read the Illiad and maybe a few others aloud together. But is this a good idea as they get into high school? It means that the last four years of my middle child will be pretty strange - he'll start in the middle ages and end in ancients - and I like to have everything in neat, logical little boxes.
Has anyone successfully done this in high school? Any suggestions? Am I just asking for trouble?
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I would go straight into Henle. LC I-II would be way too simple. FF Latin is designed for middle school. Henle should not be too difficult for 9th grade with no Latin background. It uses a limited vocabulary and concentrates on grammar.
Is this for a son or daughter? My boys loved the Henle subject matter - mostly from Caesar's Gallic Wars. Lots of "Sunt corpora in flumine / There are bodies in the river" stuff. However, I could not do this all on my own. My two youngest are taking Henle online with Regina Coeli online next year. If you can't do an online course, maybe a coop is the next best option.
Good luck!
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Math:
Jacobs Geometry, then Saxon Algebra II (we do math year-round)
Science: Apologia Biology II; prep and take AP exam.
History & lit:
Ancients thru Dante using Notgrass World (1/2) Gileskirk lectures and about 8 great books with Omnibus I-II as a guide.
Composition:
Lots of weekly essays (half from Notgrass), spring research paper.
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Latin: Wheelock I (online class)
Government and Civics at a local class
Rhetoric:
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
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Anyone used David Quine's Algebra book? He has a whole chapter on fundamental principles (ie. the inverse principle, associative principle, etc...) I don't think my son got that in Saxon.
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Have you looked at Key to Algebra?
Just now looked at it. There are ten books - is there a placement test somewhere? Do you know if it covers what Saxon I does? The first couple of books looked really simple. Maybe I just need the last 3-4 books.
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My 14 yo son is finishing up Saxon Algebra I right now, but he has really struggled with it. We usually study or review math through the summer and I'm trying to decide what to use. He certainly isn't ready for Algebra II yet. I'm going to try some of Jacobs Algebra (I'm not very optimistic) but I want him to keep reviewing Algebra, too. Any recommendations for this? I don't want something that teaches it from a whole different point-of-view, if there is such a thing, because I think it would only frustrate him. When we review what he's missed, he seems to understand what he did wrong. He just makes WAY too many careless mistakes and doesn't feel confident with math. I'm hoping for a good, solid review so that we both feel that he knows what he's doing with Algebra I.
Thanks,
Tracie
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Thanks for all your thoughts. I'm a perfectionist by nature, and skipping all those classics somehow seems less than perfect. It's just a case of too little time and too many books. And they would look so good on a transcript. ;)
KarenAnne, you are so right about adding in current events and social information. I want to be the one to help my child think these things through, not someone else when he goes off to college
Cedarmom, we spend a great deal of time on speech & debate, too. That has sparked so many ideas of topics I want to study. It's part of what is leading me away from classics only. It really has taugh my ds how to think logically and analytically.
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I had high school all planned for my oldest (guinea pig) ds. My plan was to cover 6-8 classics from Omnibus I-II and use Notgrass World as a spine.
Last night I was planning out next year for my younger two sons and realized how many really good books my oldest will be missing if we spend all our time on classics. I'm thinking of books from Sonlight & TOG lists that I always considered too easy for hs. I've always pursued the "classical" style, but I'm not sure I want to push him (or me!) through 4 years of really difficult books.
I'm sensing that our years together are quickly slipping away :sad: and I want to make them meaningful. Not fluffy and easy, but with meaningful discussions. I want to have plenty of time to discuss economics, current events, theological things. We're planning a long trip to see Virginia, Boston, battleground sites, etc... Not exactly in line with his study of ancient history, but we just haven't been able to do this before now.
Do I really need to cover all the classics - all the time? Have any of you faced this delimma? What did you decide and how did you reach your decision?
Tracie
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That's the sequence, but 7th grade is really young. That's where my ds hit a roadblock. You might just decide that since it is so young, you have the freedom to go REALLY slowly... 1/3 to 1/2 lesson per day. If you have a mathy child that gets it, then move on more quickly.
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This is the only location that is reasonable for us.
He's planning to take biology II. A friend pointed out that since this is not a basic required course - hopefully - only more serious students will be there. He's also taking a government course taught by a good friend of ours that is a super over-achiever. He won't put up with any laziness!
Ds will have no off period; just two classes then I pick him up.
OK. He'll be OK. :chillpill:
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Be forewarned. At the end the new mother, recently abandoned by her husband, literally nurses an elderly man back to health with a "mysterious" smile on her face.
Personally, I hated this book. :tongue_smilie:
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It is a rather large business - once a week classes for homeschoolers. My son is doing well. He's making an 'A' in biology, but I don't think it is very competitive. He will NOT be a science major, so maybe the rigor shouldn't matter so much. I would just love for him to find some really competitive environment to stretch him. I guess that's what debate is for us - stiving to be the best.
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I just picked up ds from his biology class and I am so frustrated. There has been huge surge in outside classes in my area. They sound so nice and I love having someone else take care of the icky lab for me. But, when I go to the campus, I feel like the students are the biggest group of under-achievers I have ever seen. What's up with that? These kids look sloppy. They are sitting in the break room/ study room playing guitars, ping-pong ball and texting without a care in the world. I assume they are having an off period with no classes, but how can they not have any school work to do? One of the kids accidentally hit a teacher in the head with a ping-pong ball and never even apologized. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm wondering if this is a good environment for my ds. It feels like public school, but its expensive!
I have been very impressed with his biology teacher, but the students just don't seem to care. Many have chosen to skip some of the experiments they were supposed to do at home (swab various parts of the house for a bacteria culture) or homework or even the science project... just completely skip it! I was hoping for some positive peer pressure, but not this. Is this what homeschooling is becoming? Am I over-reacting?:banghead:
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I plan to put two of mine in Henle, and one in Wheelock with RCA. We've never done online courses, so I'm glad to hear that you like it!
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Is it possible to get him into debate? (Here I go with "debate" again...)But, seriously, it has been great for my boys. My 14 yo ds has an argumentative bent, but debate has forced him to make logical arguments AND the ability to see both sides of the issue. The great thing is that with debate it isn't adults teaching him these things, it is his peers. He learns to argue coherently and logically or he loses the round. He still wants to argue with us, but we usually turn it around to point out his logical fallacies and force him to construct his ideas like he would in a debate round. Well, we skip the "Observation 1: Harms" bit.
The other benefit is that it keeps him so busy he doesn't have time to be bored or get into trouble. That's much better than mom & dad piling on the work.
Good luck. Do not give up or lose hope. I truly believe that God has given us these children for a season. Our job is to do our best with them; the results are His.
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He's just now starting to think about schools. We decided to use this as his first attempt at AP, then I wondered about getting the most out of his studing... maybe he should sit for the CLEP, too. But only if it covers basically the same material.
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Ds is taking bio II next year and plans to prep for & take the AP exam. Should he also take the biology CLEP? Are they similar?
Thanks,
Tracie
RCA Henle I isn't live?
in High School and Self-Education Board
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Thanks, Violet. I just pm'd you.
Tracie