LNC Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) I have made schedules for TQ Middle Ages/Renaissance 1 semester each. We spend most of our 1hr. history time every day on spines and notebooking - lots of outlining and writing. I enjoy the TQ commentary and book recommendations, but making our own schedule and book lists is killing me. I alway overplan and stress out. When I look at what to buy for scheduled programs like Biblioplan and History Odyssey it looks like so little reading. But that is what is reasonable to actually get done without stress, right? Can you show me how many books your 5-8 graders can read per semester? Do you use a program with a weekly/daily plan like Sonlight, Biblioplan or History Odyssey or come up with your own? Edited September 20, 2012 by LNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) Can you show me how many books your 5-8 graders can read per semester? We have 4 10 week terms, so I am not sure how they relate to semesters This is what my ds read for History AND Literature, but not all of them stay in the time period noted. I expect 4 good books per term, but since my son is a good reader, a lot of these are classics. My attitude is 16 books per year at a challenging reading level for the individual child. I should add that he does not write essays about what he reads, but we do book analysis discussions on 2 books per term that I have also read. He also does not spend time doing outlining, notebooking, timelines, etc for history -- all that time is spent on reading. So keep that in mind when forming your expectations. 5th grade: Ancients T1 The cat of the Bubasties, Henty Golden Goblet Mara: daughter of the Nile Gods and Pharaohs from Ancient Mythology T2 Eagle of the ninth The Time Machine Wells War of the Worlds Wells My Family and other animals Age of Fable T3 Princess and the Goblin Black ships before Troy Sutcliff The Odyssey Sutcliff Call of the Wild White Fang T4 + Holiday Frankenstein Gormanghast (trilogy) by Peake 6th grade: Middle ages T1 Beowulf by Sutcliff Rolf and the Viking Bow Lord of the Rings T2 Sword in the Stone trilogy Christmas Carol Dune Eragon series T3 The Black Arrow by Stevenson The White Company by Doyle The Mars Series x9 Edgar Rice Borroughs 20000 leagues under the sea master of the World by Verne T4 + Holiday Lensman x7 Flatland Joan of Arc By Mark Twain Crysalids Day of the Triffids Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 7th grade: Early Modern T1 Sherlock Holmes Count of Monte Cristo Iron Heel by Jack London Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks (biography) Edited September 20, 2012 by lewelma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Thanks for the book list, Ruth! I will use your ideas for book selection. Can you also share your dh's history read aloud list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 It's getting late. I will dig it up and post it tomorrow for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Ok, that is helpful. I would appreciate more input from anyone else willing too. I think I'll seperate my lists into two categories: 1.)Must reads 2.)Everything we have on Kindle and home library :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) I'm having trouble finding my middle ages book list. So here is Early modern. Options for lit/history reading. He has to read at least 16 (He likes choice! :001_smile:). Early modern: Europe Three Muskateers, Dumas Rob Roy, Scott Mutiny on the Bounty, Nordhoff Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas The Scarlett Pimpernel, Orczy Tale of Two Cities, Dickens Great Expectations, Dickens Coral Island, Ballantyne Les Miserable, Hugo Early modern: America The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne Autobiography of Ben Franklin Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas Red Badge of Courage, Crane Gone with the Wind, Mitchell Huck Fin, Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson, Twain Innocents Abroad, Twain Late Modern Travels with Charley, Steinbeck Gift of the Magi (and others), O Henry To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee Metamorphisis Kafka Distopian Iron Heel, London, 1908 Anthem by Ayn Rand, 1937 Brave New World, 1939 Walden 2, Skinner, 1948 Farenheit 451, Bradbury, 1953 Chrysalids, Day of the Trifids, Windham, 1955 Lord of the Flies, 1960? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? PK Dick, 1968 Running Man, Bachman (King), 1982 House of Scorpian, N Farmer, 2002 Classic Sci Fi Invisible Man, Wells Mysterious Island, Verne The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol 1 Imposter, We can remember it for you PK Dick Lost World, Doyle The Star Diaries, Lem A Perfect Vacuum, Lem Nonfiction Science and History The Disappearing Spoon Uncle Tungsten Napoleon's Buttons Read Alouds to both boys Native Americans Tika Liktac Sing Down the Moon Tree in the trail Pre – Revolution and Revolutions in America and France Witch of Blackbird pond My Name is not Algelica (O'dell) The Mill Sign of the Beaver Jonny Tremain Paul Revere's Ride Ledgend of Sleepy Hollow Exploration West New Courage Undaunted Which Way to the Wild West Frontier Living Little house on the prairie Swift River Inventions/Medicine Story of the Erie Canal Story of Eli Whitney Carry on Mr Boditch Michael Faraday Dr Jenner and the speckled Monster Always inventing Sugar Changed the World An American Plague Asia The Master Puppetteer Daughter of the mountains Singing Tree South America Chucaro: wild pony of the pampa I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Barton De Trevino The King's Fifth, by Scott O'Dell Australia and New Zealand Call it Courage Edited September 22, 2012 by lewelma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) Found it. Here are the read alouds for middle ages. The formatting is a mess. :tongue_smilie: 400-1000 Early Middle ages: Knights and Castles, Feudalism, Vikings British White Stag (Attila the Hun) Vikings Beowolf Castles, feudalism Castle, City Macaulay King Arthur and His Knights, Pyle Arabian, Islam One Thousand and One Nights, McCaughrean Byzantine, Holy Roman Empire: library books 1000-1400 High Middle ages: Crusades, Holy Roman Empire Byzentine empire, Plague, Crusades High middle ages Adventures of Robin Hood, Pyle Midwife's apprentice Adam of the Road, Gray - 13th C england, NE Award Shadow of a bull – Bull fighting Canturburly tales McCaughrean Eastern China, India, Japan, Africa, Khmer Empire Samurai's Tale, Haugaard South America Incas, Aztecs, Conquistadors Secret of the Andes Around the World's Rim Early Rennaissance 100 years war, Arts and science, Explorers Shakespeare Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Taming of the Shrew; Much Ado About Master Cronhhill – Plague in 1654, London fire B Eyewitness: Vikings, Knights, Midevial Life, Castle, Arms and Armor, Edited September 22, 2012 by lewelma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) Here's my son's list from back when he was in 6th grade and doing Middle Ages. He was doing History Odyssey at the time, so some of the titles are from there. He also did Lightning Lit 7, so that explains some of the out-of-sequence reading: Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children (excerpts), Harold Bloom, 0684868741 The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli, 0440227798 Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, 0670869856 The Trumpeter of Krakow, Eric P. Kelly, 0689715714 Beowulf: a new telling, Robert Nye, 0440905605 The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Allen French, 1604595221 King Arthur and His Knights, Malory/ Elizabeth L. Merchant, (Calvert) The Sword in the Stone, T.H. White, 0399225021 The Adventures of Robin Hood, Roger Lancelyn Green, 0140367004 If All the Swords of England, Barbara Willard, 1883937493 Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Gray, 0142406597 Crispin: Cross of Lead, Avi, 0786816589 (and sequel -- this one was a favorite) Catherine Called Birdy, Karen Cushman, 0064405842 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll Master Cornhill, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 1887840001 The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer / McCaughrean , 0140380531 One Thousand and One Nights, Geraldine McCaughrean, 0192750135 The Story of My Life, Helen Keller, 1416500324 The White Stag, Kate Seredy, 0140312587 Tales From Japan, Helen and William McAlpine, 0192751751 The Samurai's Tale, Erik Haugaard, 0618615121 A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park, 0440418518 All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot, 0312330855 Secret of the Andes, Ann Nolan Clark, 0140309268 Around the World in 100 Years, Jean Fritz, 0698116380 The Playmaker, J. B. Cheaney, 0440417104 King of Shadows, Susan Cooper, 068984445X Dante's Divine Comedy as Told for Young People (excerpts), Joseph Tusiani, 1881901297 The Second Mrs. Giaconda, E. L. Konigsburg, 0689821212 Edited September 22, 2012 by abbeyej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 And here's my daughter's ancient + medieval reading list for this year (5th/6th for her)... I'm including out-of-sequence literature as well, since we don't stick *strictly* to historical selections: selections from Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children... Heidi Tom Sawyer Gilgamesh the Hero Tales of Ancient Egypt (Roger Lancelyn Green) Pinocchio The Magician's Elephant Alice in Wonderland Jataka Tales The Giver Black Ships Before Troy Herodotus and the Road to History The Hobbit The Wanderings of Odysseus Theras and His Town Greek Myths (D'Aulaire) The Story of My Life (Helen Keller) Lysis Goes to the Play Augustus Caesar's World City (Macaulay) Archimedes and the Door of Science In Search of a Homeland All Creatures Great and Small Galen and the Gateway to Medicine The Bronze Bow The White Stag The Thousand and One Nights (McCaughrean retelling) Beowulf (Nye retelling) Treasure Island Rolf and the Viking Bow Norse Myths (D'Aulaire) The Curse of the Ring (retelling of the Niebelungenlied) King Arthur and His Nights (Elizabeth Lodor Merchant) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Morpugo) Robin Hood (Green) The Door in the Wall The Canterbury Tales (McCaughrean retelling) Katherine, Called Birdy Crispin, Cross of Lead For history, she's reading K12's Human Odyssey (v. 1) and Hakim's The Story of Science (v. 1). Some of the lit here is from Lightning Lit 7 and 8, and she'll be doing their work for those. Many others are just for reading and she's not required to do any formal activities, though I do encourage a "journal page" for assigned works -- essentially a very informal book review. She's a fairly voracious reader and will often read 2-3 books a week of her own choosing in addition to any school reading. If she weren't already like this, I would *not* assign so many books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Here's my son's list from the last time he did middle ages and Renaissance stuff. He was 11 turning 12 that year, meaning I guess he was middle school age. We used Literary Lessons from the Lord of the Rings for literature, reading the complete versions of some of the works from which the curriculum used excerpts. Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages, J. and F. Gies Story of Philosophy (excerpts), Brian Magee Learning Through History: Byzantine Empire Learning Through History: Medieval Japan Learning Through History: Medieval Times Castle, David Macauly Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Janet Gray Learning Through History: The Vikings Viking Gods and Heroes, E. M. Wilmot-Buxton Norse Gods and Giants, Ingri d'Aulaire Learning Through History: Mughal Empire Learning Through History: The Renaissance Age of Shakespeare, Francoise Laroque Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself, Maxine Anderson Learning Through History: The Tudors Learning Through History: The Dutch Golden Age Trumpeter of Krakow, Eric P. Kelly I, Juan de Pareja, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Seamus Heaney Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare “The Passionate Shepherd to Hs Love,†Christopher Marlowe “Sonnet 18,†William Shakespeare “Sonnet 116,†William Shakespeare “Winter†(Love’s Labour’s Lost), William Shakespeare “The Good Morrow,†John Donne “A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning,†John Donne “To Daffodils,†Robert Herrick “Paradise Lost†excerpt, John Milton “To His Coy Mistress,†Andrew Marvel “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,†Thomas Gray Macbeth, William Shakespeare Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by J.R.R. Tolkein Sword in the Stone, T.H. White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) Do you mind if I ask in this thread? How much time do you assign for reading daily? Edited September 23, 2012 by Hannah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Do you mind if I ask in this thread? How much time do you assign for reading daily? My older reads fiction for about 1 hour at night in bed (sometimes more especially in the holidays, so about 7-10 hours per week). He reads nonfiction for about 2-3 hours per week. Younger reads for 20 min of nonfiction 5x/week and 45 minutes of fiction during school hours. He also reads 45min-1 hour at night in bed. Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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