Plans for 11th grade / 8th grade

[chelsea in TN]

Okay you guys usually can make me make some good decisions so here is my plan for next year... Opinions please...

The easiest
8th Grade son with engineering dreams
English
wordsmith
Rod and Staff Grammar 7
Sequential spelling
Vocab from the classical roots c/d
Literature included in History

math
Chalk Dust Alg I (he has finished saxon 8/7, LOF fractions/ decimals and is working his way through LOF Beg Alg.) (1 hs Credit?)

history
A combo of biblio plan and Sonlight 100 for 1st half of american history to be finished through modern his ninth grade year.

Science
Physics - using conceptual physics by Hewitt
Comp prog I - Using Teen coder part 1 (1 HS Credit?)

PE
Swim team - practice 3x /wk + meets and boyscouts

Art
artistic pursuits jr High bk 2
Piano lessons


Now for older son 11 th grade

English
English comp I/II through dual enrollment (1 Credit)
Literature included in history (American)

math
Chalk dust alg II anf ACT math prep by Chalk dust with daily ACT math problem practice (1 Credit)
LOF Trig as a supplement

Should I call this Pre calc or just Alg II and then do Chalk dust Pre-calc next year in 12 th??)

(He has completed Alg I, Geometry and Advanced Alg LOF)

history(1 Credit)
Hipocampus AP American History - Take Clep exams I/II each semester
Biblioplan and Sonlight for literature recommendations.
Teaching co lectures History of United States

Religion (1/2 Cr)
World religion studies using Teching Company lectures as foundation

PE
swim team and meets boy scouts(1/2 Cr)

Art
Artistic pursuits highschool bk 1 - use through whole year. (1/2 Cr)

Spanish II(1 Credit)
Rosetta stone and Madrigals Key to spanish and other spanish supplements.

Older son already has:
Eng I/II 2 credits
World Geography 1 credit
Into to Latin (1 credit)
Alg I (1 credit)
Geometry (1 credit)
Alg II (torn between awarding the credit this year or waiting and awarding it next year after chalk dust Alg II
Worl History I/II 2 Credits
PE 1 credit
Spanish I - 1 credit
Biology I with lab - 1 credit
Chemistry with lab - 1 credit
Survey of old and new testament 1 credit
Art History 1/2 credit
Keyboarding 1/2 Credit

So how does all this look? Am I missing something for either boy?
Thank you,
Chelsea

[Jane in NC]

math
Chalk dust alg II anf ACT math prep by Chalk dust with daily ACT math problem practice (1 Credit)
LOF Trig as a supplement

Should I call this Pre calc or just Alg II and then do Chalk dust Pre-calc next year in 12 th??)

(He has completed Alg I, Geometry and Advanced Alg LOF)


Thank you,
Chelsea

I am a bit perplexed. Is LOF Advanced Algebra equivalent to Algebra II? If so, then perhaps your student should just move to Chalkdust Precalculus.

In many curricula, there is a difference in the depth of the material in Algebra II and Precalc. Looking at the table of contents, it can appear to be the same, but an examination of problems will show otherwise. Hence I would hesitate to call Algebra II "Precalc"--even if you are including a trig component. It would be more accurate to say Algebra II/Trig.

Jane

[chelsea in TN]

LOF Adv alg is supposed to be equal to alg II BUT there is still so much he does not understand from the LOF text. He watched one Chalkdust lecture on a topic he was having problems with in LOF - he not only understood the topic better but learned 4 things he had not learned from LOF.

DS wants to be a vet and will have to do excellent in math to get into school especially since we really need an academic scholarship. So I feel it would be better to just give him the credit for geometry and give the ALg II credit next year.

I did think about just going on to chalk dust precalc. but looking at the table of contents I think he would do better in the alg II.

Thank you for your input!
Chelsea

[Mandy in TN]

I vote to give a full credit in PE for swim team/ scouts. That's a ton of work!
Mandy

[Mandy in TN]

This is how I would break down the credits. I would say that the history is too much, but with your big guy maybe not. Although I would consider giving more than 1 history credit particularly if he ends up writing massive 14 page papers.;)

English Comp (1 credit)
English comp I/II through dual enrollment (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?p=925032##) (1 Credit)

American Literature (1/2 credit)
Literature included in history (American)

Honors Algebra 2 (1 credit)
Chalk dust alg II anf ACT math prep by Chalk dust with daily ACT math problem practice (1 Credit)
LOF Trig as a supplement

Should I call this Pre calc or just Alg II and then do Chalk dust Pre-calc next year in 12 th??)

(He has completed Alg I, Geometry and Advanced Alg LOF)

American History (1 Credit)
Hipocampus AP American History - Take Clep exams I/II each semester
Biblioplan and Sonlight for literature recommendations.
Teaching co lectures History of United States

Religion (1/2 Cr)
World religion studies using Teching Company lectures as foundation

PE 1 credit (1 credit)
swim team and meets boy scouts

Art (1/2 credit)
Artistic pursuits highschool bk 1 - use through whole year. (1/2 Cr)

Spanish II (1 credit)
Rosetta stone and Madrigals Key to spanish and other spanish supplements.

HTH-
Mandy

[chelsea in TN]

I was wondering about that. 3 x 36=108 hrs + meets another 20-30 hrs+ 4-5 long backpacking /camping trips (40 hrs) + grand total of 168-178 hrs.

I will change that on his transcript - thanks Mandy!

[chelsea in TN]

Sounds good... Lord I hope I do not get anymore 16 page history papers :)

I am thinking he might actually stick to the 5-8 pages if he also has comp papers due in CC. but who know when he is gets going..

hopefully he will at least pick a topic his mother would like to read about :)

- FYI to the rest of you gals - DS wrote a 16 page paper on the battle of Crete this year. It was a very well written paper - but I was so not interested... :)