Grade 9 Son's Curriculum and Class List

Older Son's Grade 9 Homeschool Plan

2011-2012

Math

Algebra I

He started Algebra I in grade 8. Resume and finish the Algebra I course.

Main Text

Art of Problem Solving Introduction to Algebra by Richard Rusczyk (the first half of book is Algebra I)




Online Class:

Art of Problem Solving Algebra I (uses first half of AoPS text)

Supplemental Materials (use when needs help):

Visual Math Dictionary by Balka et al




Algebra Flippers




Key to...Algebra workbooks




Khan Academy (free) videos and online math practice (if sign in with a Google account or with a Facebook ID)

Saxon Algebra I student and teacher materials



Algebra Survival Guide by Rappaport



Algebra Survival Guide workbook for practice by Rappaport



Algebra I DVDs published by The Teaching Company / Great Courses

Teacher manual:

Art of Problem Solving Introduction to Algebra Solutions Manual




Math Supplement:

Code Breakers Level A by MindWare Publishers




Algebra II

Start and finish Algebra II.

Main text:

Art of Problem Solving Introduction to Algebra (Algebra II uses second half of text)



May take Algebra II online class with Art of Problem Solving (to be determined based on how he/we like AoPS Algebra I course)

Teacher manual:

Art of Problem Solving Introduction to Algebra Solutions Manual (see above link)

Science

High School Biology with Lab

Main Text:

Biology by Miller and Levine; Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall




Supplemental materials for this text by same publisher designed for this course:

Reading and Study workbook A




Laboratory Manual A





CD-ROM Virtual Lab




Lab equipment from various suppliers

Teacher Manual:

Biology by Miller and Levine Teacher's Edition




Teacher's Edition for Laboratory Manual A

Goal: Use the entire text (40 chapters), one chapter a week.

Lab goal: Complete a minimum of 25 labs with write-up.

Plan: Take the SAT II standardized test for Biology in June 2012

Study Guide:

Barron's SAT Subject Test Biology Exam E/M




Supplemental Readings:

Biology including Human Body, Chemistry, and History of Science:

(in no particular order)

The Disappearing Spoon by Kean (chemistry)




Charles and Emma by Heilgman (evolution)




The Elements by Gray (book) (chemistry)





The Elements by Gray (card set) (chemistry)




Guinea Pig Scientists by Dendy and Boring (history of science)




The Story of Science (trilogy) by Joy Hakim (history of science, narrative format, chronological timeline history)









The Mystery of the Periodic Table by Wiker (chemistry)



Great Scientists by DK Eyewitness Publisher (history of science)




The Way We Work by Macaulay (human body)




Visual Dictionary of the Human Skeleton (human body)




Visual Dictionary of the Human Body (human body)




Skeleton by DK Eyewitness (human body)




Human Body by DK Eyewitnes (human body)

(no Amazon link at the time of this writing)

The History of Medicine by Tunis (history of medicine)




English

Writing Composition

Teacher materials to aid my teaching of parent-teacher assignments:

Institute for Excellence in Writing Teaching Writing Structure and Style DVD series

(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)

Bravewriter techniques from The Writer's Jungle teacher sourcebook

(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)

Student materials:

Institute for Excellence in Writing Student Writing Intensive DVD course (student watches DVD as course material)

Writing Supplemental Materials:

A Writer’s Guide to transitional words and expressions by Pellegrino




Writing assignments related to other coursework to be assigned by parent-teacher

Poetry Analysis

Teacher Materials to use in teaching:

Sound and Sense by Perrine for reference




The Discovery of Poetry by Mayes




Student:

Poetry for Young Readers, multiple books in this series, i.e. Emily Dickenson, Langston Hughes




all the small poems and fourteen more by Worth




poemcrazy by Wooldridge




Literary Analysis

Teacher Materials to use in teaching:

Story and Structure by Perrine




Teaching the Classics a Socratic Method for Literary Education DVD Course by Adam and Missy Andrews

(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)

Reading Roadmaps a Literary Scope & Sequence for K-12 by Adam and Missy Andrews


(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)
Course I designed: Dystopian Literature

Teacher Materials to aid in teaching:

Dystopian Literature a Theory and Research Guide by Booker




How to Read a Book by Adler




Cliff's Notes for various books we're analyzing

Student Reading List

(see link to prior blog post I published)

Grammar for review

Write Source 2000 (public school curriculum)

(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)

Write Source 2000 Skills Book (workbook)

(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)

Editor in Chief B1 workbook by Critical Thinking Press




Writer's Inc Student Resource book and Teacher's Edition

(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)

English Grammar Flipper




Punctuation and Capitalization Flipper




Eats Shoots and Leaves by Truss




Homophones Resource Book by Anthony (using it as a workbook)




Grammar Supplement, other:

Punctuation the Write Stuff! by Basher (for a younger audience but it’s fun so he’s reading it)




Mad Libs for fun game playing and learning




Spelling

Main curriculum:

Spelling Power curriculum working at his level




Spelling supplement:

Bananagrams game for fun game playing and learning




Vocabulary:

English From the Roots Up Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Greek and Latin Roots) memorize all






Worldly Wise 3000 Level 7 vocabulary curriculum, do workbook and memorize all words.

(not available on Amazon on the day of this blog post's publication)

Biology vocabulary terms from Biology textbook: memorize

Penmanship

Cursive practice using workbook Pentime 8 by Rod and Staff

U.S. History:

Chronological Study 1700 to present

Spine: A History of US by Hakim series volumes 3-10




Reading various living books ranging from adult books to middle grade readers, nonfiction (reading list TBD)

various historical fiction books

Texas history:

Visit The Alamo September 2011

The Alamo Imax movie, September 2011

More detailed plans TBD

Foreign Language:

TBD (Have been using Rosetta Stone Italian since the second half of grade eight, I but this is not working out. Have not been able to find an online course or local course to take a class. Looking for options. It seems we may have to abandon Italian and switch to a more popular language such as French or Spanish in order to access classes.)


Other Classes:

Keyboarding Skills:

Goal: Reach 40 wpm, 98% accuracy

Typing Instructor CD-ROM


Fine Art:

TBD

Physical Education:

Crew, competitive rowing team: fall, winter and spring seasons

Extracurricular:

Boy Scouts:

Started year as Star rank with 17 merit badges. Goal is to earn Life Scout rank and finish all Eagle required merit badges.

Study and Organization Skills:

Will use Study Smarter Not Harder by Paul




Memorization work aided by studystack.com free online study activities work

Tracking own work completed in Microsoft Excel