You don't have to settle for USDA pryamid, there are whole, traditional food teaching materials out there: Whole Foods Cooking with Sue Gregg Schoolhouse Teachers https://schoolhouseteachers.com/school-subjects/electives/whole-foods-cooking-sue-gregg/#howtousethiscourse Sue Gregg 3-books, DVDs, and workbook: 1-Whole Foods Cooking 2-Lunches & Snacks 3-Whole Grain Baking with Blender Batter Baking and The Two Stage Process -The Baking with Whole Grains Workbook accompanies the Whole Grain Baking textbook to provide self-guided reading, study, research, recipe preparation and special projects. https://www.suegregg.com/cookbooks (Scroll all the way down for the explanations and 4-set offer) Food Renegade has created a Real Food textbook and ecourse. Ecourse is optional. https://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-nutrition-for-the-school-year/ Traditional Cooking School https://traditionalcookingschool.com Add in Micheal Pollan books Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions blog http://nourishingtraditions.com The Nourishing Traditions Cookbook for Children

Open Tent Academy: Banned and Burned: Banned Worthy Books 1 semester Creative Writing: Strengthening the Young Writer's Voice 1 semester Introduction to High School Literary Analysis Full year Perspectives: Combining Middle School Short Stories with IEW Writing 1 semester, Session 1 and/2. Tales from Tolkien: A Study of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 1 semester Creative Story Writing 1 semester American Literature High School Level Literary Analysis, Writing and More! Full year http://www.opententacademy.com/courses/ WTMA: CREATIVE WRITING FOR THE RHETORIC STAGE I 1 semester CREATIVE WRITING FOR THE RHETORIC STAGE II 1 semester LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Full year LITERATURE OF THE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE WORLDS Full year LITERATURE OF THE NEW WORLD Full year LITERATURE OF THE EARLY MODERN WORLD Full year http://www.wtmacademy.com/courses/

I recommend Renee Metcalf at Inspired Scholar. She uses Campbell's Excellence in Lit and I know she gives great writing feedback and is patient. https://inspiredscholar.com/courses

I can vouch for the detailed feedback of Renee Metcalf at Inspired Scholar. https://inspiredscholar.com/courses She has an American Literature reading/composition course using Excellence in Lit (thereby covering both) and an essay pnly course using Elegant Essay. She also offers a writing evaluation service, if that's all you want. My son took both WriteShop and Elegant Essay with her.

No problem here, either.

Same issue here with my son... Otherwise, I love Center for Lit's philosophy and teachings. It's just the 1x/mth hasn't worked out well.

Excelsior has an excellent selection of titles with writing critique: https://excelsiorclasses.com/product/english-iii-american-literature/ Also, Big River Academy.

In my Windows to the World TG, there's two pages: Forming the Thesis Statement and a Thesis Template. If you'd be interested, you could PM your email address to me and I'll scan these pages to you so you may check them to see if they would help.

This is what we're doing in the fall, with Greg Landry locally.

Perhaps there's a Lab Intensive near you. My son is going to take that route because labs don't get done properly at home. Two sources: College Prep Science And the other I posted on the forum recently.

As a parent of a mentally-ill child, it's a lonely place to be. The parents are keeping things close to the vest for a reason: judgement. People judge their parenting, their choice to homeschool (like there are no depressed kids in government schools), and some faith communities will pile on guilt that somehow, there's not enough faith. My suggestions: You and/or your son contact the parents to communicate your support and also to ask what books would be appropriate to lend to their child. You don't want to exacerbate anything and the parents would know best. And they would appreciate it.

Hope you find the best fit for her and your family.

What kind of Calc are you looking for? Regular or AP? Have you looked at My Fun Science? Beth Barnosky has been a very successful teacher for what I have seen on FB: https://myfunscience.com/courses/calculus/ Have you compared CLRC's Brit Lit to Excelsior's? Just as an option so BIPA time slot would work.

Ha! That's funny. So, this time next year, I should remember to contact you to ask about them. I'm looking at those two or the Senior Thesis class at Memoria Press Academy. I think he could still take Classical Rhetoric alongside Foundations II?

Have they taken Foundations of Composition II and III? I'm looking at those for his senior year.

Yes, he's currently in her Classic Sci-fi book club.

I contacted Mrs. Whitlock about an honors designation and the work requirements of her class as DE, and this was her response: I do believe the class is challenging enough to be designated as Advanced or Honors with the caveat that you should probably check your state's requirements. Some states have specific criteria for those designations, and we have not checked those for all 50 states to ensure that we meet them for each state. The work load for dual and non-dual credit students is identical. LeTourneau's English department verified that what I am currently teaching meets their standards for college-level credit. One difference is that I cannot be as flexible with deadlines for dual credit students as I am for non-dual credit students since I am required to submit complete grades for each dual credit student at the midterm and semester for both semesters. That means if a student plans a large extra-curricular absence like a mission trip or extended vacation, dual credit might not work well for that student. The other difference is cost; there is an additional fee paid to LeTourneau for the dual credit. HTH, Rachel

My son is going to take Mrs. Whitlock's British Lit. class. He'll be in 11th. I can definitely vouch for the instructor and her credentials are excellent. My son has had her for Classic Sci-Fi Book Club this year. I haven't decided on DE, yet. My son struggles with workload, with his migraines and sleep problems. I'd love for him to get the credit, but I don't know. The class itself is already an "advanced" English course, even though she doesn't advertise it as such. I took Advanced English in high school, and he'll be covering more than I did :svengo: . In fact, I think I'll ask Mrs. Whitlock if I can designate it as advanced or Honors on his transcript. I don't think I've helped answer your question... :confused1: Just know there's another on here who's taking the course and can highly recommend the teacher.

Yes, I can identify. If I made decisions based on the ideal, nothing would get done. :blink:

My son, 10th grade, is currently in Traditional Logic 1 w/MPA. Looking at Memoria Press Academy's schedule for next year, there is only one unattractive fall option for TLII (time-wise) and several good options for spring. But, Material Logic has a good time offer for the fall. It's not a big deal about taking ML in-between TLI and TLII, is there? Thanks, Rachel

Ok, some confirmations, some alterations:ALG II - myhomeschoolmathclass BRITISH LIT. - Excelsior w/Mrs. Whitman FOR. LANGUAGE- same US HISTORY- Classical Learning Resource Center (he chose this; he liked the interface of their website. It was easy on the eyes. I liked it b/c of class description) FINE ARTS - Same LOGIC - w/ me, w/DVDs. Traditional Logic II - fall Material Logic- spring RELIGIOUS STUDIES- same CO-OP - Chemistry (Wile, yeah! His new one) Chess 3D Mod w/Blendar Health, spring PSAT/SAT PREP - Bright Ideas Press, fall TBD: ACT prep - likely, ReasonPrep. :willy_nilly: :scared: Edit: Or Amanda Fletcher. She used to provide a half-semester SAT/ACT Prep class w/Landry Now, she's condensing it to 2 wks, daily. Offering multiple dates: https://amandafletchertest.wixsite.com/satact Or, if the PSAT Prep goes well and they'll offer a discount prior to spring semester: SAT/ACT Prep w/Bright Ideas Press: https://academy.brightideaspress.com/product/satact-prep/ Lit. Analysis 8- wk. w/Write @ Home or w/me and Windows to the World.

There's a Thomas Sowell Quotes FB page. Also, Memoria Press' Economics class uses his and Hazlitt's books: https://www.memoriapressacademy.com/catalog?pagename=economics

I posted this recently: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/669236-summer-science-intensives-offered/?do=findComment&comment=8014778

I found this from 2009, which has Ms. Newborn's response http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/108991-finding-how-to-read-how-to-read-a-book-by-newborn/ HTH

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