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I saw you asked about Funda Funda. My son took their Personal Finance class and it was fantastic!!! The course is inexpensive, solid, interesting, and substantive. It hits all the marks, lol. It is self-paced and some weeks there is more work than other weeks so your daughter will need to stay on top of the workload.
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You are very welcome!! : )
I know that many instructors on Outschool (Brandy Dahlen for example) offer Flex options for their classes—no live classes, asynchronous but still with classroom/teacher support. Good choice if live classes are not convenient.
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Maybe www.athenascademy.org or www.nextlevelhomeschool.com for history? www.homeschoolconnections.com has both live class options and recorded, self-paced options for all sorts of classes. www.home2teach.com has solid, asynchronous writing classes.
There is also www.outschool.com and www.lernsys.com. I have not tried lernsys but my kids have all taken some quality classes with Outschool. We have especially liked Brandy Dahlen's literature and history classes and Molly McGill's writing courses. Tassie Bauman Smith offers some short, interesting looking literature courses (we have not taken any yet but they are on our radar). For social studies, my son has enjoyed Nate Gilbert's American Government on Outschool.
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Just another plug for classes with Nate Gilbert. My son (generally rather "unacademic") took his American Government class, really enjoyed it, and did well.
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Many of the pre-prof girls at my daughters' dance studio are homeschooled through Laurel Springs which is all-in-one.
One of my daughters will be taking Clover Creek Physics this fall. It's an excellent course (led by an excellent teacher) but it probably will be too much work for your daughter to keep up with while dancing a great deal of the day. My son took an English class at Blue Tent and I second Roadrunner's assessment of all the "moving parts" that take a lot of time.
You could look into Teaching Textbooks for math. It's self-paced and not too onerous. Thinkwell is another online, self-paced provider that may work for math and they also offer a few other subjects.
Congratulations to your daughter! My girls are still a bit young yet this upcoming year to go away for a residential dance training program. The eldest has twice been invited to join the pre-prof program at one of the local dance studios but we have declined because we decided she was too young. Right now she dances about 8 hours a week, but if she decides to pursue the serious dance training route in the next two or more years she may also be moving away to do so if she doesn't want to stay local.
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By subject with courses listed chronologically (with the year a course was completed).
Two universities so far have seen my son's transcript and have been just fine with it.
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Language Arts:
Literature: Legends and Tall Tales unit from Moving Beyond the Page; various novel studies using various Study Guides; Interactive Literature Notebook from LovinLit on TpT
Spelling: Megawords 3 & 4
Vocabulary: Finish Sadlier Level A and start Level B; Vocabulary from Classical Roots Level A
Handwriting: Zaner Bloser Cursive
Composition: IEW SSS Level B Year 1; Creative Writing— maybe a class or two online with Lantern English
Grammar: CTC Sentence Diagramming; Easy Grammar Grade 7; Beowulf's Grammar from GuestHollow
Mathematics:
Singapore Dimensions Math Level 6A & 6B (Pre-algebra/algebra)
Beast Academy Levels 4 & 5
Science:
Pre-Biology (1 semester) and Human Anatomy & Physiology (1 semester) online with www.myfunscience.com
History:
United States history from exploration to 1780s using the Joy Hakim books, accompanying study guides, and various eclectic resources
Geography:
United States Geography online class with Open Tent Academy
Fine Arts:
Music—continue weekly piano lessons & practice
Dance—continue weekly ballet, jazz, tap, and contemporary classes
At the local Homeschool Co-op:
Choir
Art History and Studio
Sewing
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9 hours ago, royspeed said:
I consider such approaches criminal — and I fault AP courses for doing this sort of thing, i.e., large quantities of reading, little to no live discussion, little to no substantive analysis.
Part of what makes these approaches criminal is that, for many students, these high-school-level experiences may prove their last bite at the literature apple. Many STEM students, for instance, may find that during their college years the requirements for their engineering degree (or whatever) are so exacting that they're left with very few electives. Besides, the teaching of literature at the university level is now so poor (think deconstruction) that enrollment in such courses has for many years been in steady decline. (See Gary Saul Morson's "Why students are avoiding study of literature.")
I think it's our job as parents to ensure that our students fall in love with literature. — Yes, many of our students will pursue the sciences, and that's fine; they should nonetheless understand what's astounding about Shakespeare and what makes reading Jane Austen imperative. And that will happen only if our students take literature courses in which great works are well taught. Here's the key thing, in my view, to look for:
In a good literature course, the teacher understands several things:
- that he or she has a primary duty toward literature, and that duty has nothing to do with a test score;
- that every great novel or play is, first & foremost, an experience that has been designed & crafted by an artist;
- that with literature, the work of art is not the words on the page but what happens in our hearts and minds as we read — that experience;
- that it is the teacher's duty to enable the student to have that experience.
A great literature course, accordingly, will equip the student with the necessary literary background and whatever historical information is vital to the student's ability to re-create in his or her mind & heart the experience intended by the writer. The teacher must also invest time and energy in close reading with the student, discussing the details, enabling the student to unlock the experience inside each work.
Best of luck to you, Tracy.
I totally agree; thank you for saying this!!!!!!
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Bittinger's Pre-A is another option (I am looking at it now for one of my kids).
I have Bittinger's Introductory Algebra (Algebra 1) and use it with another kid along with a few other sources. It is similar to Lial's books. For this kid (doing algebra now) I used Math Mammoth grade 7 for Pre-A.
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Maybe........Personal Finance, Philosophy, Logic, Popular Culture/Media Analysis, 2D and 3D Animation, Filmmaking
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15 hours ago, kokotg said:
Anyone done it? Any words of advice or favorite resources? I was just looking over the list of recommended textbooks, and I already have They Say I Say and The Bedford Reader. I should probably just use those and not go looking for new stuff, right? Except I am charmed by the title of "Thank You for Arguing." From looking over the sample questions, I'm thinking there really won't be that much exam specific prep needed; I'll just teach a comp class and we'll get to read some fun literary non-fiction, make sure he's familiar with the FRQ formats and practice those, and that will be that? 11th grader who's a pretty strong reader/writer already (he scored a 710 on the reading/writing part of the SAT on his first pass early in 10th grade, and he did well on APUSH in 9th grade).
I really like They Say, I Say and use that. ThanK You for Arguing looks interesting.....I will have to check that one out!
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www.teacherspayteachers.com has vendors that sell teaching resources they use in their own AP classes. I have purchased some of them (I have also purchased some for AP Lit and Comp) and am integrating them into my kids' instruction.
I am not teaching "whole" and sole AP Lit/Lang classes within one year per se, but am covering the concepts over a few years and these TpT resources have been very helpful. Many of these same AP vendors aIso have blogs that offer freebies, lessons, etc. Lastly, you may want to join the College Board's community of AP teachers which you can do as a homeschooler. I just joined and am finding helpful resources there. I should say that my kids are not planning on taking the AP exams but will be taking DE English Comp I and II instead for college credits. The AP coursework I am teaching them is intended to be preparation for their DE college work in a few years.
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On 5/4/2022 at 7:29 AM, mlktwins said:
My guys took the actual citing sources class when they started LE in 10th, along with the 1st research paper class. This year they have taken both Expository Essay classes and both Persuasive Essay classes. They still don’t love writing, but have gotten really good at it. I just told them they are taking one more this summer, the advanced research paper class, and they didn’t bat an eye. The topic needs to be related to their economics credit we are doing at home this year.
In retrospect, this maybe would have been a good thing for my daughter. I already have the citing sources materials from TpT though so it didn't slow us down not to have taken that course first. I'm glad Lantern offers a class just on citing sources because the skill is so valuable and necessary!
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On 5/4/2022 at 11:16 AM, mlktwins said:
I re-read your original post. If you wanted, you could do the citations class in the summer, and do the EE 1 class during the school year. I can say, for my guys at least, these classes haven't' been something that took a lot of their time each week. And...you aren't worried about a grade because she will get her PS grades. I would not probably not take the fast track courses during the school year as that condenses 16 weeks of learning into 8 weeks. For the price, they are pretty good. I wish I had started them in 9th grade or earlier.
I would agree. For us, the pace of writing one rough draft, getting back comments and then revising and writing a final draft has been appropriate and has not felt too rushed. I don't think that we would take the accelerated class but it's great that there is an option.
I also really like that the Lantern classes are focused on very specific topics and are of short duration.I agree that the work has not taken too much weekly time for any of my children (my senior currently is taking an advanced writing class that focuses on "troubleshooting" and my fifth grader is taking Grammar III). It will be easy for us to fit in a few classes here and there throughout a school year and still get other things done. My daughter probably will take the second EE course and then go on to take both Persuasive courses.
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20 hours ago, LLucy said:
I know you've probably got your answer, but I wanted to put a plug in for a small book, They Say I Say: Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Graff & Birkenstein). It addresses exactly what you want (example chapters: "The Art of Quoting," "Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say"). It's my go-to after The Lively Art of Writing (Payne). I like small books. You often have to get the early editions (cheaper anyway) because when they are successful they are added to (see Strunk & White). I have the first edition of They Say and the instructional part (before the readings) is only about 130 pages. Highly recommend, and I hope that helps someone. --LL
I love this book and use it as well!!!!
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On 5/4/2022 at 6:57 AM, kristin0713 said:
Week 2 of Expository Essay I was the lesson on citing sources. I thought it was pretty thorough. We printed it out and my DD has referred to it for every essay. She did email the instructor once or twice with a specific question, but generally this lesson document had everything she needed. Prior essay classes with Lantern (my kids have done them all) only included information on compiling a works cited list. Pre-writing, outlining, and brainstorming was covered in Essay Basics. I agree that the "meat" of this course is in learning how to structure specific types of essays.
I guess we will have to agree to disagree on the topic of whether citing sources is thoroughly covered or not in the Expository Essay class. It's probably good for anyone thinking about having a student take the class to hear from differing perspectives as everybody's mileage may vary.
The topic of citing sources in a paper is presented in one of the earlier classes, yes, but there is no practice. There is a lot of explanation and some examples of how to cite sources and then the students are supposed to do it. I am contrasting this approach with the resources I am using from TpT which explain and then provide lots of practice. So, for my daughter, the Expository Essay class did not provide enough meat regarding instruction about how to cite sources. This is fine as this particular class is focused on teaching different essay structures, just something to be aware of as a person thinking about signing up for the class.
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My grade 8/9 daughter is in the Lantern Expository Essay class right now and there is not very much instruction about how to actually use quotations in essays, how to cite sources, etc. Maybe this is covered more in earlier writing courses but I don't know. My daughter has been required to cite at least two sources in each of her Lantern essays thus far, so I am teaching her how to do this myself using some TpT sources.
There is also very little about pre-writing, outlining, brainstorming, etc., in this Expository Essay class. The "meat" in the weekly emailed instruction involves explaining how a specific essay is structured. For example, the first assignment was a basic expository essay and the second assignment is a definition essay. For the definition essay, there has been an explanation of what the essay should look like, contain, strategies, approaches, etc. The teacher has also provided a sample definition essay. My daughter has a rough draft definition essay due this week and then the revised final is expected to be turned in next week.
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Sure, I'lll share!! These are the ones focusing on Language Arts. Several of these sellers also have great blogs where they give away freebies, etc.
Lit and More (Used to be AP LIt and More)
Lovin Lit
Laura Randazzo
Bespoke ELA
Stacey Lloyd
Reading and Writing Haven
Room 213
Jeanmarie McLaughlin
Windows into Literature
The Daring English Teacher
Julie Faulkner
Teacher in the Rye
EB Academics by Caitlin and Jessica
Literature Daydreams
21stCentury Lit
Lattes and Lit
The Literary Maven
Secondary Sara
Engage in Learning
Write on with Miss G
Carla McLeod
Language Arts Classroom
Simply Novel
Teach Between the Lines
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My DD will be will be doing 9/10 coursework this upcoming year; she is finishing 8/9 coursework this summer.
Language Arts:
Literature: Homemade with me. A mixture of classics/novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction (speeches, essays, etc.) Literary analysis using WttW and other resources (several TpT units including AP Lit and Language units). I'm also considering the Romeo and Juliet Intensive in the fall with Roy Speed.
Composition: Homemade with me. A focus on various types of writing including literary analysis, research reports, narrative essays, persuasive essays, rhetorical analysis and writing, etc. We will probably use WWS Levels 2 and 3, as well, and I have lots of TpT writing units from some of my favorite authors, including several AP Lit and Language units. I may have her take a Lantern English writing course or two to break up her time with me. Alternatively, I am looking at Roy Speed's class (an entire year/called Logical Communication). The truly hefty price tag gives me pause, however.
Grammar: Continue sentence combining activities and diagramming; Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 10; Barbarian Diagrammarian class with Lukeion (spring)
Vocabulary: Sadlier Vocabulary Level D
Mathematics: Finish Geometry by December and begin Algebra II. I'm looking at AOPS for Algebra II and I also like Lial. I'm not sure what I'll choose yet.
History: World History II (1500-Present) probably with me using a variety of sources including Wondrium (Great Courses)
Science: Clover Creek Physics (with Jetta Seboly)
Foreign Language: Italian I at The Potter's School
Electives: Harry Potter and Philosophy (Open Tent Academy) and Ethics Thought Experiments: The Trolly Problem and Beyond (Open Tent Academy)
Fine Arts: Choir at homeschool co-op and weekly piano lessons and practice
Fine Arts/P.E: Ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary (8 hours a week)
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My DD will be will be doing 9/10 coursework this upcoming year; she is finishing 8/9 coursework this summer.
Language Arts:
Literature: Homemade with me. A mixture of classics/novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction (speeches, essays, etc.) Literary analysis using WttW and other resources (several TpT units including AP Lit and Language units). I'm also considering the Romeo and Juliet Intensive in the fall with Roy Speed.
Composition: Homemade with me. A focus on various types of writing including literary analysis, research reports, narrative essays, persuasive essays, rhetorical analysis and writing, etc. We will probably use WWS Levels 2 and 3, as well, and I have lots of TpT writing units from some of my favorite authors, including several AP Lit and Language units. I may have her take a Lantern English writing course or two to break up her time with me. Alternatively, I am looking at Roy Speed's class (an entire year/called Logical Communication). The truly hefty price tag gives me pause, however.
Grammar: Continue sentence combining activities and diagramming; Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 10; Barbarian Diagrammarian class with Lukeion (spring)
Vocabulary: Sadlier Vocabulary Level D
Mathematics: Finish Geometry by December and begin Algebra II. I'm looking at AOPS for Algebra II and I also like Lial. I'm not sure what I'll choose yet.
History: World History II (1500-Present) probably with me using a variety of sources including Wondrium (Great Courses)
Science: Clover Creek Physics (with Jetta Seboly)
Foreign Language: Italian I at The Potter's School
Electives: Harry Potter and Philosophy (Open Tent Academy) and Ethics Thought Experiments: The Trolly Problem and Beyond (Open Tent Academy)
Fine Arts: Choir at homeschool co-op and weekly piano lessons and practice
Fine Arts/P.E: Ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary (8 hours a week)
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I am looking at some at NextLevel Homeschool. I think AIM Academy and OnlineG3 also have summer classes.
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Thanks. The problem is I cannot seem to find a place to add "Home School Provider" to the create account information. When I try to create an account I am not given that option. From the College Board:
If you are a homeschool educator wishing to label your courses “AP,” you can create an account on the AP Course Audit homepage by clicking the Create Account Now link, then selecting Home School Provider. Once you have created an account, you will be able to submit your Course Audit materials. Homeschool educators with authorized courses offered by online providers can select the course by clicking Add OLP in their course audit account.
I wrote an email to the CB because there is no place (that I can see anyway) to indicate that my position is Home School Provider. I am awaiting their response.
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I hope this isn't a dumb question but....how do you set up an account as a homeschooler? It seemed to me that a person had to be an "educator" at some "actual" school in order to set up an AP Course Audit account. Did I miss something somewhere (probably....)?
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On 3/16/2022 at 12:18 PM, alisoncooks said:
Youngest is a rising 9th grader. I’ve just started figuring out what we’re going to do. So far I’ve got:
1. Science: Friendly Physical Science (oldest did biology in 10th and that worked well for us)
2.Lit: I’m thinking…a gothic/dark romanticism/Victorian/Sherlock mashup. Some poetry, short stories, a few gothic novels, a few detective stories. Maybe some steampunk. Using a TpT unit as a springboard, as well as this unit from myPerspectives. https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/2112/Unit 1 Intro to gothic literature.pdf
3. Math: Teaching Textbooks Alg 1
4. History - still thinking…
5. Language - ASL university
6. Writing - maybe Cover Story (with its steampunk feel!)
If you don't mind sharing, what TpT unit are you planning on using as a springboard?
Ideas for my 11th Grader (Online)
in High School and Self-Education Board
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I ran across this provider for science. I don't know anything about them; I'm just throwing it out there : )
https://courses.homesciencesupport.com/
My oldest daughter is taking the Mythology class from Next Level right now. It's six lessons (self-paced asynchronous) with a short quiz and a project due for each lesson. All assignments are due by 8/22. She is not working on it this week due to participating in a dance intensive but so far she has completed the following three projects: created a storyboard illustrating the Hero's Journey (using Storyboard That!), written an original creation myth, and completed a stop action animation film portraying a myth featuring a "wise-man" archetype character (using Fisher Price Little People!) She is very picky about online classes and this is the first class we have ever taken with Next Level. She thinks the lecture/lesson content is intriguing and fairly substantive and the workload/output is adequate for a self-paced summer class (not too onerous and she likes the open-ended type of assignments). I would be willing to try another class with them in the future if anything fits.