Targhee, I think we have a winner in advice from JoJosMom! OWC still has Early Moderns in production, so I'm going to do World Lit. and History this next year, saving British Lit for the following year. That way, i can use those materials at that time. I hope they at least The Victorian Poets (Rise of England is available for pre-order, now).

Great! I'm glad you thought about this theoretical situation to help me in what I needed to know! ?

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My son will be 11th. Ok, I've changed this year a few times; hopefully, third time is a charm. ? Those I haven't changed are in Bold MATH: Alg. II ( w/myhomeschoolmathclass) LIT.: Homegrown World Lit. (mostly Stobaugh's World Lit curriculum w/exceptions using EIL World Lit selections instead + Shakespeare); Hopefully,using Roman Roads Media, too. FOR. LANGUAGE: Latin 2 w/Big River Academy COMPOSITION: Foundations of Composition II w/Excelsior, fall semester VOCAB: Pick words from each chapter of lit books to look up, and write into vocab notebook; Vocabulary from Classical Roots. SPELLING(a weakness, though a very good reader): Spellbound (maybe Spell of Words, too?) GRAMMAR (a weakness): Finish last level of Growing with Grammar; maybe begin OMT HISTORY: World or American. Either way, using Stobaugh's History text combined w/Great Courses Plus History lectures and Roman Roads Media; misc. SCIENCE: Chemistry @co-op using Wile's Discovering Design FINE ARTS: America's Artistic Legacy w/Professor Carol LOGIC: Traditional Logic II w/Memoria Press Academy, fall or spring semester; hopefully, we can squeeze in Material Logic, too. RELIGIOUS STUDIES: other than studying traditional parsha schedule, TBD PHILOSOPHY: Homegrown TBD; include Romans Roads Media selections GOVERNMENT/ECON: TBD (doing slowly over 2 years); want to include Cicero's The Republic and The Laws using Memoria Press materials OTHER ELECTIVES: Chess @co-op 3D Blendar Class @co-op PE @co-op, fall sem. Homegrown Health (also want to stretch out over 2 years, but trying to figure out how): Looking at Apologia's new Exploring Creation With Health and Nutrition; Food Renegade's Real Food curriculum. Teaching him to cook. PSAT/SAT Prep: fall sem., Bright Ideas Press Academy SAT/ACT Prep: ReasonPrep, spring semester POSSIBLY: Lit. Analysis 8 wk workshop w/Write @ Home, spring semester or we work through Windows to the World together w/Renee Metcalf of Inspired Scholar checking papers. *I didn't want him to be on the computer so much, so I changed things up. Plus, he struggles w/depression and migraines, so the fewer online classes, the better. I still have book lists to make, but I'm looking forward to being more involved after a few rough years.

Have any of you used the DVDs (or streaming service) of the OWC without using all of the reading selections? We would use all of The Epics and The Aeneid; Beowulf, Oedipus the King, and a few other readings scattered here and there, but otherwise, just watch. I would like to incorporate them into World Lit, W. History, Philosophy, and British Lit. What do you think? Thanks

My son has struggled with depression for the past two years, so it's going to take him 5 years for HS. I am organizing by subject, too.

I don't know which version. I suggest calling or emailing Mr. Zimmerman. He's very helpful and open. My son is having trouble with time management, so I decided to put him with myhomeschoolmathclass.com But, if he didn't need that outside accountability, I wouldn't hesitate to keep him in TC.

Not on Geometry, specifically, but my son has taken pre-Alg and Alg. 1. According to my son, the teaching is comparable to traditional styles. In that, Mr. Zimmerman (who is very available) doesn't drag the him out through extra steps that can be done in his head. Not as much of the modern math, less why and more how.

Jess Woods teaches American Literature with Excelsior. I've seen a self-made video where she visited Robert Frost's homesite. I could feel her excitement come through. However, I do think To Kill a Mockingbird should be on the list. https://excelsiorclasses.com/product/english-iii-american-literature/

I haven't used these yet; I will be in the spring of 2019. I found out about ReasonPrep on this forum. If you do a search, you'll likely find info about it. Amanda Fletcher used to teach this subject with Landry. I found out about her on a FB page I follow. There she advertises and those who had taken her previous class have testified to its usefulness. I just found out about TPS.

Perhaps Anne White's study guide might help? http://amblesideonline.org/PlutarchSch.shtml

You can use ReasonPrep, or a 2-week class by Amanda Fletcher (she used to teach SAT/ACT prep w/Landry), or a semester-long class. https://reasonprep.com Amanda Fletcher (multiple dates): https://amandafletchertest.wixsite.com/satact The Potter's School has a summer SAT prep course. https://www.pottersschool.org/course/list/#course-3617

Oh, that's too bad. They fit perfectly together. I'm sorry, I don't have an alternative to suggest. What about The Odyssey and The Hobbit? What about a ancient Greek myth or compilation of Greek myths (like Mythology by Edith Hamilton) paired with Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis (1956)?

Beowulf/Lord of the Rings go well together.

My son took it on the very last day of the last week...(procrastinator). So, that's why we're still waiting. This was his first year taking the test. Congratulations to your children who did so well!

Congratulations to your daughter. No, I haven't received results, yet. Impatient...?

Okay, thanks everyone so much! I checked out Audible to listen to differences in translations and various readers. We will be listening to, as well as reading, the stories. I really liked Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey, with the perk of Dan Steven's narration. He also narrates Fitzgerald's The Illiad. I enjoyed listening to Fagles', with Ian McKellen, but the recording was not of a clear quality. I think I will also use a credit for Vandiver's lectures to listen to in advance. That will allow me to determine if purchasing the DVD is necessary. I do want to use Roman Roads, to balance out the secular approach of the GC lectures. So this has been very helpful!

I understand. I have GCPlus, and there are many older lectures available. I'm fine with just a professor and a lecturn. Some of them walk around and/or are very animated in either body or face, which makes my comprehension and enjoyment of the material greater. Dr. Levine and Dr. Guelzo are two fine examples.

Thank you. I will peruse...

Which is the generally preferred translation? Thanks

Thank you everyone. I found an inexpensive copy of TTC's version at Amazon. But, I am hoping it will be streaming by the time I need it. I also have Audible, but I do better visually and we'd likely do it together. This was the other option I couldn't remember last night when I posted! So, it may come down to my buying both Vandiver's lectures and RR Greek Epics in order to decide.

The materials I am looking at to choose between are: Memoria Press' DVDs and workbooks or The Great Courses: E. Vandiver lectures My son has previous exposure to the stories, but no study. Thanks, Rachel

On your local PBS station, a 9-part art history series begins on April 17th. http://www.pbs.org/civilizations/coming-soon/

In Ga., Physical Science is considered a legitimate high school course. I counted it for 1 credit for my son.

You're welcome! Hope you find a class which fits perfectly for your family.