My DD will officially be a 9th grader in the fall. On her yearly tests she has gotten 11th grade or passing with the equivalent of an adult when it comes to the LA portions of the test. We did two years of Sonlight and she is tired of it because there are too many easy books. I just don't see the need to buy a reading curriculum or something heavy in reading for her. She does plenty of reading on her own. We are using Rod and Staff English again after trying SOS and Lifepacs and will we reviewing RS8 before moving onto RS9. My husband wasn't so sure it was a good idea. Says she needs something, but what?! There is a Brit Lit class at the co-op she uses but they say you have to be 10th and up and she's currently registered as a 8th and I don't think they'll let her take the class. So what do you recommend for the reading portions of language arts?
I would go with a writing heavy curriculum. A local teacher here was telling me that most homeschoolers that he sees entering the local high school are very good readers, and fairly confident with grammar, but often could use some work in the area of writing. If she's such a confident reader, then I would think the area to focus on is output, not more teaching. Get her composing stories, poems, writing articles that could go to a local paper. . . just my 2 cents...
What about choosing a few novels and using either Progeny Press or Novel units lit guides. I did this with sd and it worked out really well. You can either choose books that go along with your history or just choose which ever books sound good. This way you can have her doing some good literary analysis and some writing at the same time.
How About... We are using a Lit Text that is lesser known, but is rigorous and combines everything without overkill. It is one to prepare students for the NY Regents exam. My son is in 9th grade and reading at 11th-12th as well, but he is Dysgraphic and we need a fair amount of writing practice. We are using the textbooks, Implications in Literature from Textword Press and love them! I started him in the 11th grade level, which is American Lit focused, and we are working our way through it. It is just the right amount of challenge for him...not too easy at all, but not way over his head...a nice reach. It contains some grammar review, nice vocab work with each selection, literary analysis, journaling opportunities, and other essay questions. We just select what we want rather than doing it all. Cindy
I am going to the local home school store and see what they have any reading lit guides for cheap. Also my husband and I may outsource writing will make her work harder?
