If your child will be studying any Shakespeare, it would be a good ideal to go to a performance of the play or watch a movie version before studying it.

When you talk to her about these issues, talk with her at your side. Do not talk face to face about these issues. This may help her.

http://www.amazon.com/McCall-Crabbs-William-A/dp/0807755486 Pick the level below where they are to help them get up to speed, then transfer them to a higher grade level. Another option: That is similar to the above. http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/products/details.cfm?series=600m Educator's Publishing Service has other comprehension books. Also, find out what their interests are, and get books that in that subject area. You may want to pick a short passage and have them write down the key words, and have them tell it back to you.

http://afterabortion.org/2010/elliot-institute-news-releases-2/ Some things to consider when discussing abortion. Our students need to be able to evaluate the evidence from all sides, and make informed choices about procedures that will affect them for the rest of their lives.

Cover the topic of abortion, look at a sonogram, find the affects of having an abortion. Look up information about Giana Jession. Look up information about Margaret Sanger, what did she promote, what are the consequences of her message? Look at the message, and the how the groups promote choice and life. Look up the effects of the Gardisal vaccination on some girls. Look into other vaccinations, do they help, do they hinder. Look up outbreaks of diseases that are vaccinated, how do the people fare vaccinated vs non vaccinated. Research Birth control methods and their outcomes. Look for lawsuit information for prescription birth control pills. Look into information about how to birth one's child, conventional hospital vs home-birth, doulas, midwives. Look up information about the reasons and rates for c-sections. Look up information about STD's, and which methods are best to prevent them, look at success rates vs failure rates.

http://www.nlpg.com/skills-for-literary-analysis-lessons-in-assessing-writing-structures Above is a link to one with the new format.

The older versions with the DVD, the book portions I did not like, although I liked e DVD part of it. The newest version is much more user friendly. It is broken down to daily chunks of what to do. It teaches literature for a distinctly Christian worldview. If you student has an understanding of worldviews, it makes the world and it's religions make so much more sense. It helps you under the why so many things in history happened, and why people still do the things that they do today.

There are two versions of Night. The new version is easier to read. Another book is "The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas". It is a sad tale about two boys, who befriended each other and their fate. http://www.amazon.com/Candy-Bomber-Berlin-Airlifts-Chocolate/dp/1580893376. Is another interesting book.

Quizlet has a lot of quizzes and you can create your own.

Quizlet has a lot of quizzes and you can create your own.

Quizlet has a lot of quizzes and you can create your own.

The chapters on plants, seeds And flowers try to schedule them when you have available flowers to do the experiments.

I like the Skype idea. See if you could set up a Skype type class, during the cold season, for those who can not come to class. Just have Skype up and running during the class period.

At a homeschool convention one year I heard a lady who was talking about children with disabilities, learn to draw the world by memory. The student would start by learning how to draw the USA. They would strt by just drawing the outline of the USA. Then continue practicing until they had it down. Next, they would start adding the individual states. ll you need is access to a atlas,and just have the students practice drawing a section of the world. You could require major land forms, water ways,and a couple of major cities,with captitals. You would not get the social studies of the areas, but you would learn where things are located.

http://www.englishgrammar101.com/ This site has tons of exercises to help with grammar. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/diagrams/diagrams.htm This site helps with diagramming. http://www.german-latin-english.com/diagrams.htm Another one to help with diagramming.

http://www.amazon.com/History-American-People-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060930349/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373163873&sr=1-1&keywords=Paul+Johnson+American+history http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-History-United-States-Columbuss/dp/1595230327/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373164350&sr=1-1&keywords=a+patriots+history+of+the+united+states http://www.amazon.com/Never-Before-History-Americas-Inspired/dp/0964210428 Maybe a textbook from Abeka or Bob Jones, a middle school level.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_roots,_suffixes_and_prefixes I know it is Wikipedia, but it shows how roots are found in medical terms.

Announcing Science Roots, a Latin & Greek roots curriculum for biology students. This nonconsumable course is designed to work alongside your textbook. It teaches the roots in over 160 of the study terms in Apologia's Exploring Creation With Biology* in the same sequence as the book (plus almost 50 roots from other life science fields). You can use it with other textbooks as well. As you learn the roots, you learn your biology terms more easily, you understand biology better, and you gain a tool which will help you in all future science studies. http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/latinlifesci.htm Above description is from the web site. Learning the roots will help in understanding the terms in medical fields.

A friend of min put her son in the 11th grade, and he had to take several tests to get Homeschool course to count for high school credit. Check with the school you are considering, and see what they will require.

http://www.shmoop.com/ http://www.sparknotes.com/ http://www.cliffsnotes.com/

I have a friend that will give a math test to see where the students are, and then if they need help, she will get them some help with the math before co-op stats in August.

Count me in too. We will be using Apologia Chemistry. I also have Teaching Company Chemistry, and was planning on using Bridge Math this summer too.

Has anyone made a list topics to include on the abortion debate? When does life begin? When is life viable outside the womb? Have they watched a video showing a baby's development? Who profits from the abortion? What happens to a woman's body after an abortion? What happens to a woman's mental health? Should abortion be used as birth control? The U.S.Constitution talks about our posperity, how is posperity defined? Does having a child really harm the mother's health? Who was Margret Sanger? What did she say about birth control? Why do women get abortions? Do men suffer from an abortion? What happens to aborted felt tissue, is it sold for profit? Does Planned Parent give lose dose birth control pills? How much money does the US government spend on abortion? What do you think of Live Action videos? Does a woman have a right to full informed consent, as to all the future medical problems with an abortion? Why are some children valued and others are not? Why is a bird egg value able, and a preborn child is not? Who performs the abortion, and do they have hospital priveleges? Have they investigated the Gianna Jesson story? Should women be able to control what happens to their bodies, for their own happiness? Should people be expected to take responsibilities for their actions? I agree this topic needs to be debated, but you also need to be able to allow for your child's sensitivities. Some young people are not ready for these type of issues. Could the younger students of the class meet another day to debate a less controversial topic?

Art of Eloquence: has several resources http://artofeloquence.com/store/SpeechDebate http://iccinc.org/ Institure for Cultural Communicators has several resources. Choose the type of speeches you would like to work on. What do want the focus to be for your class? Do you want them to write speeches, you might want to use IEW's Speech Boot camp. Do you want them to act out scenes from literature? Look on Youtube, search for NCFCA you can see what young people are capable of doing. You want them to do power point presentations along with their speech? Find a speech and debate club nearby, go to www.NCFCA.org, then click on regions and find one in your state. They can give you ideals. Also, check out to see what is available from Toast Masters. 4-H also has some rsources.

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