What curriculum(s) are you using for high school?

[Tammyla]

I'm in the research mode here.

[Phyllis in Canada]

My plan for the fall (ds in grade 9):

History: Trisms (Ancients)
Math: Abeka Algebra 1
French: The Easy French 2
Logic: Material Logic (maybe?)
Science: ???
Literature: Scholars Online Western Lit to Dante
Writing: Scholars Online Creative Writing
Bible: Read from a variety of books and write reports
Art: Artistic Pursuits

[Dayle in Guatemala]

Here's my 9th grade plan so far.

Language Arts:
Lightning Lit. Early Am. Literature

Learning Language Arts Through Literature--American Lit (these actually cover different literature, so I'm using both)

Writing Strands 5


Science:
Apologia Chemistry

Math:
Teaching Textbook Geometry

History:
Truthquest Age of Revolution 1 with Guerber's 13 Colonies as a spine and several other resources

Foreign Language:
Spanish

Music:
Flute lessons

Art:
private lessons

Bible:
daily reading and journaling with a devotional and reading of some CS Lewis


This is what I plan, we'll see what happens.

[FloridaLisa]

Saxon Alg. I, II and Advanced Math
ALEKS for supplement or review
Apologia Biology and Chemistry
Science Roots
IEW SWI-C and CC
Vocabulary for the High School Student; Vocab for the College-Bound Student
Introduction to Logic, Nance & Wilson
Total Health
Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Literature
The Great Books lit guides (on order)
Speilvogel Western Civ

These are the home-study materials that we've used so far, that I can recall off the top of my head! My ds has taken several on-line courses that use various texts (AP Human Geo; AP Bio; Bravewriter; FLVS Latin I & II, World History).

Happy planning!
Lisa

[Lisawa]

Tapestry of Grace (year 3,4 1,2)for history, literature, biblical world view, church history some geography.

Apologia biology and ?? Maybe Marine biology

Total Health

Teaching Textbooks

The Easy Spanish

Analytical grammar

IEW C and TOG writing aids

Thats us!

Lisa

[AngieW in Texas]

My oldest is in 9th grade.

SL Core 100 for history and literature, but NOT writing
US History-based Writing Lessons from IEW
Hake Grammar 8th grade - my dd just finished it last week, a holdover from 8th grade
Word Roots cd-rom
Jacobs Geometry
Prentice Hall Biology (but I'm looking for something easier that still covers everything we need)
self-made health course

For the self-made health course, I've had my dd read and take notes from Food and Nutrition for Dummies and Take Charge of Your Child's Health. She had to do a food pyramid project where she figured out her ideal diet according to the pyramid and then had to enter all the foods she ate every day for two weeks at the food pyramid website to see how she did. Now she has started Dr. Weil's 8 Weeks to Optimum Health. That will take 8 weeks and then I figure she will have finished a one semester course in health.

[MelodyInTx]

What we have used so far:
Latin
Henle Latin 1 and 2

English
Abeka Grammar Grade 10
Abeka World Literature

Lighting Lit Early and Late American

Vocabulary from Classical Roots [we are done will finish this series this year, so I am supplementing with www.layingthefoundation.org. It is AP vocab]
Next year we will do, Vocabulary for the College Bound Student

Format Writing

Science
Apologia all the way---Bio, Chem and now Physics

also Astronomy Today, Intro to Psychology, Sociology

Math
Saxon all the way

History
Bob Jones

Logic
Traditional Logic, Intro to Logic, Thinking Toolbox, The Fallacy Detective and Case of Red Herrings.

Health
Created my own

Speech
Created my own, using a high school teacher's website

Art
Annotated Mona Lisa, How Great Thou Art


I know there is other stuff but I am not thinking right now. HTH

[Lori D.]

Bible -- Explorer's Bible Study; Quest Level; History of Early Israel
(he just said today he thinks this is "too easy", so, may a Kay Arthur study next year...)

Literature -- Literary Lessons from the Lord of the Rings
Together Read/Discuss -- 4-6 ancient classics (Gilgamesh, Iliad, Odyssey...)
Solo Read -- 6-8 books of historical fiction to go with history
Writing -- Put That in Writing I (GREATLY adapted)
Spelling -- from writing; and words for vocabulary building
Grammar -- this fell through the cracks this year

Math -- Jacobs Geometry
Science -- Apologia Biology (may try Prentice Hall Biology with the younger son instead)
History (ancients) -- Spielvogel's Human Odyssey


Once a week extras:

PE -- tennis; swim laps
Logic -- Thinking Toolbox
Critical Thinking -- Word Winks; Critical Thinking Activities in Logic, Patterns, and Images (gr. 7-12)
Vocabulary -- English from Roots Up 2
Homeschool Group Student Council member and activities

[periwinkle]

and we are extremely eclectic, so I'll see what I can remember:

Literature: Lightning Lit, LLATL (so-so), Glencoe guides and SPARKNOTES!
Writing: Wordsmith Craftsman, AG's Teaching the Essay, and I have a new workbook for the research paper recommended on this board that I love (Is it Sadlier-Oxford?)
Grammar: Grammar the Easy Way (for review)
Vocabulary: In the context of lit and Vocab Cartoons (for fun!)
Math: A combo of Lial and Jacobs; trying Dr. Callahan for Calculus this year
Science: Apologia; Campbell's Bio for AP Bio
History: We do 2-3 years of World History (Prentice Hall spine with supplementation from living books and videos); Abeka Economics and Great Source Government (though I'll probably switch that since I only want a one-semester course)
Spanish: SOS with older son; trying Breaking the Barrier now (jury's out)
Electives: Keys to Drawing, LifePac HomeEc, Worldviews and Apologetics, Computer Applications/Programming, Statistics, Mathematical Thinking (TC's Joy of Thinking with text), Graphic Design (Practical GD), Studio Art (Artistic Pursuits and/or art class), Art History (Annotated Mona Lisa and Sister Wendy videos), Study Skills

[Chris in VA]

9th
Omnibus 1 (with Spielvogel and Barron's World History)
Henle Latin
Jacobs Algebra
Various bible study/theology/doctrine books, including Paul Little's books
Apologia Biology
Rod and Staff 6 (for Grammar review)
Writing the 5 Paragraph Paper

10th
Omnibus 2
Memorize This (Bible) plus What's the Difference? Comparative religion
Powerglide French (bagged it--yuck)
Various Geometry resources, including ALEKS, Geometry in 20 Minutes, and other things
The rest is a blur

11th
Holt French
Sonlight 300 (20th Cent)
Algebra 2
Classical music history using Chronological Study of Classical Music (from RR)
Apologia Chemistry
Driver's Ed online
Bible (Worldview studies) with Understanding the Times (but we only did one semester, because I didn't have all the pieces--grrrr)

Next year, the plan is for ds to take 4 classes (2 per semester) at CC. He'll probably do math at home with his dad again, and Bible here, too. I want him to have history, government, physics or some other science, and a really good English class. I may have him take two classes at high school--we can do this in VA, but they must be core classes. If he took a composition class and a literature class, I'd be happy. We'll see!

[Denise in NE]

Teaching Textbooks Geometry (we've already used Algebra I and II)
The Ancients (using various sources I'm still in the process of assembling)
Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Literature
BJU Spanish I (or Spanish I/II at our local high school - no firm decision yet)
Apologia Biology (home school cooperative)
Analytical Grammar High School Reinforcement
Vocabulary for the High School Student
Piano
PE (once a week with local home school group)

She will also pick an elective of some sort if we choose to pursue Spanish at home.


And she has to get a job....

Denise in NE

[Denise in NE]

Forgot one....

Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament (with other Bible study resources TBA)

What we are using for 9th grade this year....

TT
IEW SWI B Continuation Course
Vocabulary From Classical Roots (dd doesn't like this series)
Analytical Grammar High School Reinforcement (we love this)
Positive Action for Christ: The Life of Christ
Lightning Literature
Sonlight 5 (beefed up for high school)
BJU Earth and Space
Fallacy Detective/Thinking Toolbox
Speech (home school cooperative)

[Sharon in MD]

9th Grade:

Bible 1/2 credit: two New Inductive Study Series Bible studies, one each old and new testament

English I 1 Credit: A combination of Jensen's Grammar, Writing Stands 6, Fundamentals of Literature (BJUP) and Vocabularly from the Classical Roots.

World Geography1 credit: BJUP

Geometry 1 Credit: Harold Jacobs Geometry Seeing Doing Understanding, 3rd Ed. (we did Al I in 8th grade)

Biology 1 Credit: Apologia, with labs, through our oversight academy

Improvisational Acting 1/2 Credit Through our oversight

Intermediate Piano1 Credit with private instructor with competitions and performances, includes theory.

Basic Drawing 1/2 Credit through our oversight

Basketball1/2 Credit throuh our oversight (included games with other Christian schools on occassion.

10th Grade:

Bible 1/2 credit: two New Inductive Study Series Bible studies, one each old and new testament

English II 1 Credit: A combination of Jensen's Punctuation, Jensens Format Writing, Elements of Literature (BJUP)

Spanish I 1 credit: Rosetta Stone

Algebra II 1 Credit: Foerster's Al II and Trigonometry, just the AL II part

Chemistry 1 Credit: Apologia, with labs, through our oversight academy

Improvisational Acting 1/2 Credit Through our oversight

Advanced Piano1 Credit with private instructor with competitions and performances, includes theory. we also do the Nation Guild Auditions yearly.

Main Stage Play 1 Credit through our oversight. A major production which locally sells out

Basketball1/2 Credit throuh our oversight (included games with other Christian schools on occassion.

Computer Science 1/2 credit through JHU CTY an introduction to programing.

11th Grade

Bible 1/2 credit: 1st half of Summit's Understanding the Times, it will take us two years for this.

English III 1 Credit: American Lit through our oversight

American HIstory 1 Credit: A combination of Notgrass and the Teaching Co's The History ofthe United States. We are only doing the history portion of Notgrass since ds takes lit at the oversight.

Spanish II1 credit: Rosetta Stone

Precalculus and Trigonometry II 1 Credit: Foerster's Precalc

Physics 1 Credit: Apologia, with labs, at home with labs coop with three other families.

Improvisational Acting 1/2 Credit Through our oversight

Advanced Piano1 Credit with private instructor with competitions and performances, includes theory. we also do the Nation Guild Auditions yearly.

Main Stage Play 1 Credit through our oversight. A major production which locally sells out

Senior High Speech1 Credit throuh our oversight

Computer Science 1/2 credit through JHU CTY a more advanced course with algorithms.

Watercolor Printmaking 1/2 credit through the oversight.

Hope this helps....if you have any questions, please drop a line.

Sharon in MD

[Sandy in Indy]

We've used, are using or will use...

SMARR Literature (mostly the lists with our own assignments)
Apologia Biology, Adv. Biology, Chemistry, Adv. Chemistry, Physics
TT Alg. 1 and 2, Pre-Calculus
Chalkdust Geometry
BJU World History
A Basic History of the United States
The Making of America (government)
Understanding the Times
Auralog Spanish

[Katia]

Well, I have three dc with two currently in high school. Honestly, I don't remember what curriculum my oldest used for what subjects, sorry.

I'll try to just hit the highlights of what the girls are using/have used, but we tend to use several texts and work between them.

Math
Saxon Algebra I and II
Teaching Textbooks Algebra I and II
Teaching Textbooks Geometry
Life of Fred Advanced Algebra

English
Lightning Literature:
Early and Late American
Early and Late British
Shakespeare Comedy and Tragedy
World Lit I

Vocabulary for the High School Student
Vocabulary for the College Bound Student
Joy of Vocabulary

Wordsmith Craftsman
Jensen's Format Writing
Writers, Inc.

Editor in Chief C1 and C2

LLATL American Lit

Science
Rainbow Science
Science Matters
Apologia: Biology/Advanced Biology
Conceptual Chemistry

History
Medieval History-my own with the help of Hewitt's Honors Syllabus
AOP Lifepacs: Civics/Geography/American History/Government/Economics

Foreign Language
Learnables French 1-4
Barron's French the Easy Way
Amsco French Readers
French in Action levels 1 and 2
Rosetta Stone Japanese
Japanese the Easy Way
Let's Learn: Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji
Pimsleur Japanese I
Henle Latin 1 and 2
MODG Syllabus

Computer Applications
AOP Computer Literacy: Word/Windows/Power Point

Logic
Traditional Logic I
The Fallacy Detective
Thinking Toolbox

There is a lot more that we use, but I can't think of them all off the top of my head. I know we read a book for lit analysis, and one for writing (Skrunk and White?) and one for poetry, but the titles escape me.

We also add a lot of literature or other books to the history. I'm thinking of dropping the AOP for my youngest next year and using Hewitt's new American History program. Wish I had done that for my other dd, but one of the subjects had to be a 'box check' and it ended up to be history since we had done so much of it in-depth in the lower grades.

We also do a Bible course each year, but we use so many different books, I just don't think it would be profitable to list them, unless someone specifically needs me to.

Add to this list Music/Instrument lessons from outside teachers and Drama/Theatre from co-op.

Hmmm. I'm sure I'm missing something else but this will have to do for now.

[Antonia]

Dd in ninth grade is using:

Teaching Textbooks Algebra I
Apologia biology
Cambridge Latin along with Vocabulary from Classical Roots

She took an english class at cc last semester and will be taking US history next semester, and is a serious ballet student, so that rounds out her year.

[Susan M in WA]

Math: Lial's Alg I and II, Jacobs Geometry, Community College Pre-Calc

Science: Apologia Biology, Adv Biology, Chemistry - supplemented with Teaching Company lectures, CyberEd animations, and AP prep books for Biology, Robotics - FIRST FLL and VEX Robotics teams for 5 years, CC Physics

Writing: WriteShop, Jenson's Format Writing, blogging (this provided the most amazing improvement in spelling and grammar), CC English courses - Writing, Expository Writing, Creative Writing, EPGY English courses (writing) - Writing has become a passion with my oldest - could you guess? :)

Literature: Literary Lessons - Lord of the Rings (very popular with the girls), Lightning Lit, Shakespeare studies with including lots of plays, some Great Books reading

Foreign Language: Latin Road to English Grammar, CC Italian

Economics - custom course with various materials including Teaching Company Economics 3rd ed, Penny Candy book, Stock market, etc.

History: Our weak spot :eek:, Teaching Company US History, America: A Narrative, historical fiction reading, Teaching Company Middle Ages, unit studies of artists.

PE and Extra Curriculars: Rock Climbing, Skiing, Dog Agility :p, Hiking, Private Piano and Art instruction,

Our Community College has a wonderful selection of courses and my dd has been taking as many courses as possible each quarter in an effort to try lots of areas. She has explored courses in Human Development (Assertive Communication, Career Explorations, Study Skills), Psychology, Communication (Media and Messages, Scriptwriting), Movie Making (Cinematogray and Lighting, Video Production), English (basic 101, Expository Writing, Creative Writing), Physics, Pre-Calc and Italian.

[Laurel-in-CA]

DD-10th has used:

SL 200 (church history) and lit- we called it comparative worldviews and added in research on other religions
Dolciani Algebra 1 (needs teacher)
Jacobs Geometry (needs help)
Prentice-Hall Physical Science - we liked it
Abeka Biology & Health
Lightning Lit Speech and World Lit 1 units - we like it
Spielvogel Human Odyssey (world history) - we like it
Latin via Ovid - not enough teacher help; 1/2 book = 1 year high school latin
Henle Latin - boring battles...begged for relief

Outside classes for art
Lots of 4H activities - horsemanship for PE, art competitions, leadership responsibilities

[HeatherH]

Here's a smattering!

Geometry Honors - Math-U-See Honors, with a smattering of Stewardship
Chemistry - Apologia
Spanish - Rosetta Stone Spanish Level 2
Thinking Toolbox (with Dad - hooray!)

Tapestry of Grace covers:
Twentieth Century World History
Writing and Composition
English Literature: Twentieth Century
Arts Credit

heavily involved in ballet and piano

And as I read this, I think I must have forgotten something! Seems like she's not doing enough. . . . .sigh. . . . . .

But I forgot! She's earning a credit in Home Economics - on her own - by organizing recipes, and teaching herself knitting and sewing. She's pretty motivated!

[readwithem]

I have a 10th grader. So far for high school we've used

Science - Apologia Biology and now Chemistry
Latin - Henle I and II
French - Rosetta Stone with a vocab/grammar supplement
Math - Bob Jones Geometry and Alg II (probably will outsource next year for Trig!)
History - Spielvogel
Vocab from Classical Roots
R&S Grammar (when we get to it, sigh)
Literature - ancients last year, medieval this year a la WTM and Invitation to the Classics, may outsource next year
Drivers Ed in a Box
Piano and Scottish Highland dance (both outsourced :)

[Quiver0f10]

My current 11th grader:
TT Alg II and Geometry
Apologia Chemistry
R&S Eng 8
Lightening Lit
Write @ Home
Notgrass Government
Economics at Co-OP
SOS Spanish I

My Current 9th grader:
Saxon Alg 1
Apologia Biology
R&S Eng 8
Notgrass US History for Lit
PTIW-we dropped it mid year though
Notgrass US History
Economics at CO-OP
SOS Spanish I
Henle Latin II

Plans for next year for 10th:
Saxon Alg 2
BJU Chemistry
BJU Writing & Grammar 10
Notgrass world History & Lit
SOS Spanish II
Henle III

Plans for next year for 12th
BJU Pre-Calc
Apologia Advanced Chem
Writing at the CC
SOS Spanish II
Lit -assign various books
Elective at the CC

[Robin in DFW]

TT Algebra 1
J. Weston Walch Power Basics Biology with activity book with LOTS of labs and extra reading from textbooks, lab manuals, etc. as necessary
Runkle's Geography with student activity book and maps
SOTW 2 (does this with younger brother because she wants to-not required)
Lightning Lit Early-Mid & Mid-Late American plus a separate unit on Romeo & Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird
Easy Grammar Plus
Vocabulary for Enjoyment
Artistic Pursuits High School book 1 plus arts & crafts ala CM
Plays on a club soccer team, a varsity homeschool athletic assoc. team and on an indoor team (this covers our PE)

Robin