9th Grade Term 1

I guess since I told you what  Madison is doing for first term 2012, I should probably tell you  what Logan is going to do to start high school.  Not only that but I should probably tell you before we finish the first term as well which will be this month.  I also need to post about what we do together.  That's a completely different post altogether.   Since this post is late, you get to hear how it's going as well.

Logan was quite apprehensive to start high school.  I think he had heard so much about high school from the youth workers that he didn't know what to expect.  Of course public high school is a much different social scene than the one Logan is accustomed to at our little academy.  I don't think he made the connection that what the youth teachers were talking about didn't pertain to him.  We really had to talk him through his anxiety at the beginning.  His anxiety has increased a great deal in the past few months which we have had no choice but to address.

Just like with Madison, we are doing Ambleside Online completely and fully with Logan this year.  After looking through all the options , this was the most affordable but challenging option for him.  We can find most of the books at the library as well.  It is a change for Logan that he isn't able to read the books all at once .  He can only read the portion that is assigned then he must put the book away. It teaches him to pay attention the first time he reads it.

Bible

Continue memorizing the Psalms and do a research project on a Bible character.

Saints and Heroes Vol 2 by George Hodges


Narration

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  He reads the chapter out loud then writes 2 paragraphs about it.

PE

Run 3 miles 3xs per week with the goal of completing a half marathon sometime this year.

Booklist

The Age of Revolution by Winston Churchill
Salem Witch Trial Transcripts
Autobiography of Ben Franklin
The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Haliburton
Are you Liberal, Conservative, or Confused? by Richard Maybury
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
Mere Christianity by C.S.Lewis
Isaac Bickerstaff by Richard Steele
Days with Sir Roger deCoverly by Joseph Addison
Gulliver's Travels by Johnathon Swift
Tales of a Tub by Jonathon Swift

Free Reading

Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester

Math

Algebra 1 which we are using the Life of  Fred series