sixtimemomma Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 (edited) I am a little confused about credits. If my DD completes a book for any subject can I offer her a credit or 1/2 credit for that book? For example my DD is doing R&S 10th but she is also doing Meaningful Composition (she needs the writing help). Upon completion of MC can I offer her 1/2 for writing? Edited July 30, 2009 by sixtimemomma mistake dh instead of dd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 The Carnegie Unit is the most commonly used standard for HS credits. A minimum of 120 hours of "classroom time" equals 1 credit for one year's work, and 60 hours equals 1/2 credit (equal to one semester's worth of work). So, for example, if your daughter has 120 hours in R&S and 60 hours in MC, that would be 1.5 units. If she has a lot less than 60 hours in MC, though, (or a lot less than 120 in R&S) I would just combine the two into one course and call it English Grammar & Composition. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I hate the hour thing, but that is because I had one child that would have had to do 10 years worth of what an average child would to get a full transcript had we done that. And I have a second child who would have a full transcript with less than 2 years worth of content. Okay, so you have grammar and composition. Why not just add a little literature and some vocabulary and call it English? You can still have a Literature study if you're going to do a bit more. But I wouldn't give a full credit for JUST R&S and a composition program. It would be more than half a credit but it wouldn't be a full credit, likely. JMO, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I am a little confused about credits. If my DH completes a book for any subject can I offer her a credit or 1/2 credit for that book? For example my DH is doing R&S 10th but she is also doing Meaningful Composition (she needs the writing help). Upon completion of MC can I offer her 1/2 for writing? Personally, *I* wouldn't do that. I would consider it just part of the English course (which should, BTW, also include literature). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I have a requirement of 150 hours for a full credit. I don't really count the time every day. Several times a year, I will "time" a lesson/assignment and use that to guesstimate that over 150 hours are completed. I agree with the others: add some lit and vocab, then call it a full credit for "English". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtimemomma Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 So I have her doing R&S (not sure how many lesson yet) my state requirement is 1/4 of the book, Meaningful Composition, and reading 15 books (state requirement is at least one must be a classic). DD is going to be reading 9 classics. So my question is does this fulfill a literature credit, Grammar & Composition Credit and 1/2 Writing? Or does all of this only equal 1 credit of G&C. Surely this is more than 120-150 hours of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Most high schools call it "English" and it will include grammar, composition, and literature. I think most would put all 3 of those together and give 1 credit for "English". If your student writes A LOT, you can prob give an extra 1/2 credit for creative writing. And, if your student reads A LOT of classics you can give extra credit for Literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda1951 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Most high schools call it "English" and it will include grammar, composition, and literature. I think most would put all 3 of those together and give 1 credit for "English". If your student writes A LOT, you can prob give an extra 1/2 credit for creative writing. And, if your student reads A LOT of classics you can give extra credit for Literature. adding writing, grammar, lit. composition , vocabulary all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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