About the High School Classes
Sample weekly assignment sheet
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High school English/history class nuts and bolts
High School classes meet once per week for 32 weeks (16 weeks before Christmas, 16 weeks after). The class is designed to complement the efforts of parents who are home schooling their high school children and are not in any way intended to replace the home schooling parent, who is, of course, the primary teacher of a home schooled child. They are taught from a Biblical worldview, while making students aware of other worldviews. Each week at the end of class, students receive an assignment sheet broken up into four days of subjects (see example on the left), which they complete and bring to class the next week with their notes and completed exercises. We review the readings and exercises together, sometimes using PowerPoint slides, and sometimes in groups of 4-7 students at tables. Each week there is also some type of group activity such as Jeopardy! or a crossword puzzle or another game to give students a chance to interact with each other and reinforce what we've been studying in class. Each class set (1A, 1B, 2A, or 2B) includes the following:
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Four years of high school, four different class sets
The Home School Partners high school classes operate on an "every-other-year" rotating basis. Each year two class sets—one 9th/10th grade class set and one 11th/12th grade class set—are offered; the next year two different sets (one 9th/10th grade, one 11th/12th grade) are offered. Thus, students may take four totally different high school class sets, four years in a row (see below for more details).
The class sets offered in 2020-2021 are "1B," generally for "9th/10th graders," and "2B," generally for "11th/12th graders." (The 2021-2022 classes are "High School 1A," generally for "9th/10th graders," and "High School 2A," generally for "11th/12th graders."
But, hey, we're homeschoolers, so if your student isn't that "grade" or age, but you think he's ready...we can do it!
The 2022-23 classes revert to 1B and 2B, 2023-24 classes revert to 1A and 2A, and so on.
A student who takes all four Home School Partners high school class sets will study the equivalent of the following:
A student who begins high school in 2020-21 would be able to take the following class sets:
Example 2:
A student who begins high school in 2021-22 would be able to take the following class sets:
The Home School Partners high school classes operate on an "every-other-year" rotating basis. Each year two class sets—one 9th/10th grade class set and one 11th/12th grade class set—are offered; the next year two different sets (one 9th/10th grade, one 11th/12th grade) are offered. Thus, students may take four totally different high school class sets, four years in a row (see below for more details).
The class sets offered in 2020-2021 are "1B," generally for "9th/10th graders," and "2B," generally for "11th/12th graders." (The 2021-2022 classes are "High School 1A," generally for "9th/10th graders," and "High School 2A," generally for "11th/12th graders."
But, hey, we're homeschoolers, so if your student isn't that "grade" or age, but you think he's ready...we can do it!
The 2022-23 classes revert to 1B and 2B, 2023-24 classes revert to 1A and 2A, and so on.
A student who takes all four Home School Partners high school class sets will study the equivalent of the following:
- 4 English Units – Grammar, Vocabulary, and Composition (those three parts in both 9th/10th grade sets, and Composition in both 11th/12th grade sets), American Literature, Classic Literature, World Literature, and British Literature
- 4 Social Studies/History Units – American Government, U. S. Government & Politics, Civics (1 semester), Economics (1 semester), World History, and American History
- 1 Academic Elective Unit (Optional) – Math Tips & Tricks (1 semester), and Logic (1 semester)
A student who begins high school in 2020-21 would be able to take the following class sets:
- 2020-21 – "1B" - Civics, Economics, English (Classic Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition), Math Tips & Tricks, Logic
- 2021-22 – "1A" - American Gov't, English (American Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition), CLEP for College Credit: Analyzing & Interpreting Literature (3-6 college credits), Principles of Marketing (3 college credits)
- 2022-23 – "2B" - American History, English (British Literature, Composition), CLEP for College Credit: Principles of Management (3 college credits), College Algebra (3-4 college credits), English Literature (3-6 college credits), U. S. History I (3 college credits)
- 2023-24 – "2A" - World History, English (World Literature, Composition), CLEP for College Credit: American Literature (3-6 college credits), College Math (3 college credits), College Composition (3-6 college credits)
Example 2:
A student who begins high school in 2021-22 would be able to take the following class sets:
- 2021-22 – "1A" - American Gov't, English (American Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition), Math Tips & Tricks, Logic
- 2022-23 – "1B" - Civics, Economics, English (Classic Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition)
- 2023-24 – "2A" - World History, English (World Literature, Composition)
- 2024-25 – "2B" - American History, English (British Literature, Composition)
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Other benefits of high school classes:
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