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    Compare Rhetoric programs--Fitting Words, Memoria Press, CAP Rhetoric Alive

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    My son is currently in Discovery of Deduction. The class is great and so is the teacher.  I would not consider it as a writing intensive course though.  Of course, I'm comparing it to their online Writing and Rhetoric class.  Now that was intensive.

    I chose CAP because I heard good things about that class (and the Art of Argument class) and I liked the relaxed approach.  I have done a few Memoria Press programs and it just didn't work well for us when my kids were younger. 

    We never tried James Nance before. 

    I'm not sure if he will pursue Rhetoic Alive.  I'm inclined to do critical thinking books through the critical thinking company and logic of mathematics through IMACS or self study.  My son would enjoy those types of approach to logic more. 

    Schole American Lit? Or?

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    I'm looking into this class as well.  Here are my thoughts so far. 

    My daughter is currently in a middle school literature at schole.  It's not too much work.  Having said that, I noticed that the H.S. American Lit is only 1 credit which leads me to believe that it's not as much work as a typical H.S. English class would be. 

    The teacher is extremely nice if that helps.  🙂 

    It looks like 7 books are discussed (5 and a couple of poetry).  Which is a lot for one credit in my opinion.  According to my husband, a typical Honors English course generally reads about 6 books a year.  If my son does this class, I plan to have my son do a couple of writing workshops with Lantern or Write at Home. 

    Hth

    WWS vs Lantern?

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    8 minutes ago, Ann.without.an.e said:

     

    I've really flipped around a lot on this...

    9th: Physics (Derek Owens), Bio review to go into AP Bio

    10th: AP Bio, Chem (Clover Valley)

    11th: AP Chem

    12th: AP Physics

    Idk man, ask me tomorrow it may change completely 

     

     

     

    I will teach it myself. It is pretty easy to self teach. My girls both really appreciated the literary analysis side of it. You can do it in one semester. 

     

    I stumbled across Schole's today. I like so much of their stuff really. I literally just wrote a post about moving DS out of OB and into Schole's for history. I need to look at their lit stuff now. 

    Thanks.  That's good to know.  I believe WTM had recommended Windows to the World to me before as well.  I had a thread about writing sequence as well.  🙂 

    WWS vs Lantern?

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    Just now, Ann.without.an.e said:

    Omg, you've given us gold here lol 

    Yes.  I believe WTM is the reason why I'm considering Clover.  I read her reply somewhere. 

    CC is free where I live.  We don't plan on taking the AP because it's not accepted everywhere and it's hard to find a place to take it.  Actually, it's just too complicated all around.  So, CC Chem will just be a breeze for him.  But it will be his first or second college course and I want something relatively easy for him as his first course.  Just to get used to being in college, lab on campus, peers and the work load. 

    I actually do hope Advanced Honors Chem is hard.  He's currently in H.S. Chemistry and it's not difficult for him, that's why I hope it's hard for him. 

    WWS vs Lantern?

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    5 hours ago, Ann.without.an.e said:

    I'm thinking about finishing the year with Lantern's Essay Basics or Growing the Essay (I can't decide which one) and if that goes ok then doing another 8 week session this summer. 

    For 9th grade I think I want to use The Power in Your Hands. If Lantern is going ok then we can complete some 8 weeks sessions of it too (since it doesn't sound too time consuming). I'm already planning on using Windows to the World next year for literary analysis and will mesh that with some of Excellence in Literature's intro materials (they work well together). 

    Does my plan sound solid? Y'all please stop me from doing anything stupid lol 

    I didn't think I would have as many decisions to make with my youngest and now I'm looking at high school and rethinking everything. Also, there are so many great online options now that didn't exist when my older ones were this age. 

    @wendyroo Thank you for the samples, that is helpful. I want him to get a good overview and not be overwhelmed but I also don't want him bored so I'm really conflicted about where to start him. 

    Are you teaching Windows to the World yourself?  Is it self explanatory like WWS?

     

    I'm thinking of Schole's American Literature for 9th. It's only 1 high school credit though.  But that would be light enough for him to keep his skills going and concentrate on the Chemistry Olympiad.  Then he can pair it with summer writing courses such as Lantern or Write at Home. 

    WWS vs Lantern?

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    6 hours ago, Ann.without.an.e said:

     

    It appears you are lol. Can we roam OT for a second. What is your planned science sequence for High School? I'm really up in the air on this.

    Tentatively it's:

    Path A:

    9th -  Clover Valley Chemistry's - Advanced Honors Chemistry  and ChemWoot with AoPS to help prepare to take the Chemistry National Olympiad Exam

    10th - Apologia Biology and Clover Valley Chemistry's Intro to Organic and Biochem (He loves this stuff.)

    11th - Community College Chemistry and Physics with Athena's Advanced Academy

    12 -   Community College Biology

    Path B:

    9th - Apologia Biology

    10th - Clover Valley Chemistry's Intro to Organic and Biochem 

    11th - Physics with Athena's

    12th - CC Chemistry

    What about you?

    WWS vs Lantern?

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    1 minute ago, Ann.without.an.e said:

    They did and it doesn't help that my girls have so many opinions about it all too lol. DD just keeps saying "he just needs to write more, no program needed." He really drags it out in a painful way that makes me want to lose my mind. 

    I'm really leaning toward Lantern for the next 8 week sign up period. I think I may just throw him into Essay Basics for review. Do you think that is a good place to start or is that too easy?

    I'm in the same boat, so I'm following.  🙂 

    9th grade planning 2023

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    9 minutes ago, wendyroo said:

    For Game Theory we would combine one or two Great Courses (now Wondrium) with a couple non-fiction books and a couple fiction books. That would easily get us to half a credit, and it he was interested we could certainly expand it into a full credit.

    For Egyptology, we would rely mostly on Great Courses. They have a bunch on Egyptian history/culture/pharaohs/architecture. I also love Bob Brier's course Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. It is a mix of Egyptian linguistics and practical lessons on reading and writing hieroglyphs. Right from the beginning there are simple translation exercises after every lecture, and pretty quickly he starts showing the students how they can read snippets directly from carvings on actual monuments. Pretty mind-blowing that you could actually go to a museum and translate (at a rudimentary level) some of the artifacts you see.

    This sounds great.  Can you provide the title of the books that you will use for the game theory? 

    My middle child just expressed that she wanted to study Egyptian history, so this is great timing!  Thanks! 

    Write at Home

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    Any pros and cons to Write at home for high school?  I'm thinking of having my kids take the live classes of writing and literature.  Are the writing courses live? 

    I seem to recall nothing but good things about Write at Home.  But just wanted to be sure.

    Thanks for any input.

    9th grade planning 2023

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    On 1/17/2023 at 8:21 PM, wendyroo said:

    World History: Prehistory - 1450
    Build Your Library 10 + Great Courses + Reading Like a Historian

    English 9
    Build Your Library 10 + Lantern + WWS 2 + MCT Magic Lens

    Biology
    Many resources including the living books from Build Your Library 10

    Calculus
    MIT OCW

    Spanish
    Dual Enrollment in Spanish 301 + Private Tutoring + Being a teaching assistant

    Mythology and World Religions
    Build Your Library 10 + Great Courses

    Art
    Pottery Classes + Art Classes + Sketchbox

    Another Elective
    Peter is currently asking for Cryptozoology in Legends around the World, but he might also decide on Game Theory or Egyptology and Hieroglyphs or something else entirely.

    Hi.  Where would you find a course on Game Theory or Egyptology?  Thanks.

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