Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Avery's 10th Grade Homeschool Plan


Welcome to 10th Grade!!


Avery is entering the 10th Grade this year. Here is what we are 

studying...

~French~


~ Algebra 1~ NROC Open Course, CK-12, and Khan Academy & Co-Op

~ Basketball~ Teach Co-op

~ Bible Studies~

Reading through the Bible in One year, Not a Fan,

 and Apologetics  with 


~History~

Tennessee History ~ Various websites, field trips, & a co-op class
He is researching the hanging of Mary right now

~Literature~
Avery is a proficient reader this is what I have planned so far, and
he will probably have this all read by January knowing him.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby
A portrait of the 1920s in America, this is the story of money, greed, excess, and a man in love.

London, Jack Call of the Wild 
In the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, a domesticated dog is snatched and sold into a brutal life as a sled dog.

Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice 
English country life is described in this much-loved English romance novel set in a society obsessed with profitable marriage contracts.

Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility
This tale of manners and courtship in the 19th-century English countryside follows two sisters; one sensible, and the other impetuous.

Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
In this romance and suspense novel, the orphaned governess Jane Eyre has a brooding, moody, wealthy employer with a terrible secret.

Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights 
A masterpiece of English romanticism, tells the story of love and revenge.

Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men
In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own, until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.

Dickens, Charles Major Works of Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics set)
Great Expectations; Hard Times; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities

Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Two children are abandoned by their mother and sent to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town.

Cooper, James Fenimore The Deerslayer
A young white hunter brought up in the Delaware Indian tribe, has to defend settlers before returning to the Iroquois who have allowed him parole.

Franklin, Benjamin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life.

Haley, Alex Roots 
This book chronicles several generations of a slave family, from a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s, and concluding with the Civil War.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter 
Set in Puritan Boston, this book tells the story of a woman who conceives a daughter through an adulterous affair and struggles to create a new life of dignity and repentance.

Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms 
The life of an American soldier and a British nurse against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations.


Keller, Helen The Story of My Life 
A young woman overcomes the challenges of being both deaf and blind, with the help of her devoted teacher, Anne Sullivan.


~Life Skills ~

Career Exploration & Resume Writing

Auto  Upkeep & Drivers Ed







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