Core subjects (math, literature, history) along with botany my 10th grader did everyday. The Fix It Grammar only takes a few minutes 4 days a week. Writing varies between 4-5 days a week depending on the lesson assigned that week, but the breakdown of the weeks lesson makes the daily work reasonable to get done. The BJU vocab only took 3 days a week but we bumped up to daily once we got into Wordly Wise. It always looks like a lot when I first start planning it out but my daughter usually wraps up her individual work in about 4 hours on a average. Math ALWAYS takes her the longest. We do alternate what days we do pieces of our group subjects (that’s covered in another video) such as art history and Biblical history
Thanks for sharing! I'm curious what your thoughts on chemistry will be when you are finished with the year. I recently discovered My Math Assistant which marks Saxon Math and has videos for each lesson online.
We are 9 chapters in at this point, and overall I’ve been really pleased with the chemistry program. My daughter and her friend have done all the labs, and the labs have done a great job of demonstrating the concepts being covered. I also have liked how the author builds on previous concepts with each chapter so it all seems connected. I will say that students who have at least Algebra 1 under their belt will find the chemistry equations much easier.
Very solid course. Definitely college preparatory level work. I liked the variety of reading assignments and that the student guide had questions that challenged my daughter. The exams include essay questions and one test was a whole essay exam. We will definitely use it again with my younger son.
Thank you for sharing everything you're using so thoroughly! I will have a 9th grader next year and I am not easily able to do Biology labs with him because we can't get all the lab materials mailed where we live overseas. He will be taking Alg. 2, so do you think skipping to Chemistry is wise in this case? Also, do you still feel Berean Builders Chem was a better call over Apologia. I know the author of BB Chem is well liked but the Apologia notebooks appear to be laid out better. What have you liked or disliked with BB over Apologia? Last question (sorry for multiple Qs but I can tell you have helpful experience), if I wanted the exposure of the great literature from the Apologia American Lit. text but I didn't want the heavy workload of the course, could I just use the textbook and skip out on the workbook to add the great writings to our year or would it be hard to follow without the workbook?
If he has Algebra 1 under his belt, you could definitely do chemistry before biology. But he definitely needs at least Algebra 1 for Chem since it’s utilized for many of the calculations you do in the course. I have been really happy with the Berean Builders course. Dr Wile, who wrote most the of the earlier editions of the Apologia textbooks, now writes for Berean Builders. I read an article of his where he pointed out some errors in the updated Apologia chemistry textbook (written by another author) and being a stickler for accuracy, I didn’t want to take any chances so we went with Berean. I do love how he writes very conversationally, more like a teacher talking to a student versus a dry textbook. I would recommended getting the workbook for Literature, even if you only use it for the tests as they are all printed in the workbook. All of the test questions are pulled from the review questions in the workbook. Of course, you could always use discussion, papers or projects with the readings and skip the workbook/tests if you wanted! When you get towards the end of the 3rd quarter of the lit text, there are books it introduces/explains that are not printed in the textbook that you’ll need to get (right now my daughter is reading Gatsby). Some of the 20th century poems and essays are also not printed so we read free versions of them online. The program will tell you which are not printed in the text.
I was really impressed by it. I liked the variety of literature my daughter read and how the questions really got her thinking. I do plan to have my son take the same course during his Jr year when he gets to American lit
When we first started with IEW in middle school, they each did the Structure and Style courses which do include streaming videos. They watched all of those throughout the year. Once you move into the theme based writing programs, there aren't included videos. The videos are very helpful for students just starting out with IEW, and I would definitely recommend watching them if you are doing the Structure and Style courses The exception was the year my daughter did their Essay Intensive course. It was a shorter course focused on SAT and college essays. They have since released a revamped course called University Ready Writing which I believe also has videos you can stream.
I stumbled across your channel today and have watched two videos. Well done! They’re very informative and I’ll look forward to seeing more videos from you. I’m curious to know how you determined that the English course would be considered an honors course.
I look at the amount of reading/writing required, the typeof literature covered, and how much literature analysis she is doing. For her Apologia lit, there is quite a bit of reading including several novel studies. The questions in the workbook go well beyond just regurgitating facts about the readings. She had to do more critical thinking to fully answer the questions. For writing, she had both the IEW assignments plus the essays from the Apologia lit. Eight weeks into our year now and she says it’s definitely challenging her, but that’s what (in my opinion at least) makes it honors level.
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You're very welcome!
Can you share how do you schedule the work for the week? Do you do all the subjects daily?
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Core subjects (math, literature, history) along with botany my 10th grader did everyday. The Fix It Grammar only takes a few minutes 4 days a week. Writing varies between 4-5 days a week depending on the lesson assigned that week, but the breakdown of the weeks lesson makes the daily work reasonable to get done. The BJU vocab only took 3 days a week but we bumped up to daily once we got into Wordly Wise. It always looks like a lot when I first start planning it out but my daughter usually wraps up her individual work in about 4 hours on a average. Math ALWAYS takes her the longest. We do alternate what days we do pieces of our group subjects (that’s covered in another video) such as art history and Biblical history
Thanks for sharing! I'm curious what your thoughts on chemistry will be when you are finished with the year. I recently discovered My Math Assistant which marks Saxon Math and has videos for each lesson online.
We are 9 chapters in at this point, and overall I’ve been really pleased with the chemistry program. My daughter and her friend have done all the labs, and the labs have done a great job of demonstrating the concepts being covered. I also have liked how the author builds on previous concepts with each chapter so it all seems connected. I will say that students who have at least Algebra 1 under their belt will find the chemistry equations much easier.
How do you grade or report the grades to count toward a GPA? How do the grades get reported or where?
We don’t have to report our grades to anyone in Indiana where we live. I update their transcripts though each year
What did you think of the Apologia Literature overall?
Very solid course. Definitely college preparatory level work. I liked the variety of reading assignments and that the student guide had questions that challenged my daughter. The exams include essay questions and one test was a whole essay exam. We will definitely use it again with my younger son.
Thank you for sharing everything you're using so thoroughly!
I will have a 9th grader next year and I am not easily able to do Biology labs with him because we can't get all the lab materials mailed where we live overseas. He will be taking Alg. 2, so do you think skipping to Chemistry is wise in this case? Also, do you still feel Berean Builders Chem was a better call over Apologia. I know the author of BB Chem is well liked but the Apologia notebooks appear to be laid out better. What have you liked or disliked with BB over Apologia? Last question (sorry for multiple Qs but I can tell you have helpful experience), if I wanted the exposure of the great literature from the Apologia American Lit. text but I didn't want the heavy workload of the course, could I just use the textbook and skip out on the workbook to add the great writings to our year or would it be hard to follow without the workbook?
If he has Algebra 1 under his belt, you could definitely do chemistry before biology. But he definitely needs at least Algebra 1 for Chem since it’s utilized for many of the calculations you do in the course.
I have been really happy with the Berean Builders course. Dr Wile, who wrote most the of the earlier editions of the Apologia textbooks, now writes for Berean Builders. I read an article of his where he pointed out some errors in the updated Apologia chemistry textbook (written by another author) and being a stickler for accuracy, I didn’t want to take any chances so we went with Berean. I do love how he writes very conversationally, more like a teacher talking to a student versus a dry textbook.
I would recommended getting the workbook for Literature, even if you only use it for the tests as they are all printed in the workbook. All of the test questions are pulled from the review questions in the workbook. Of course, you could always use discussion, papers or projects with the readings and skip the workbook/tests if you wanted!
When you get towards the end of the 3rd quarter of the lit text, there are books it introduces/explains that are not printed in the textbook that you’ll need to get (right now my daughter is reading Gatsby). Some of the 20th century poems and essays are also not printed so we read free versions of them online. The program will tell you which are not printed in the text.
How did you like the Apologia Literature?
I was really impressed by it. I liked the variety of literature my daughter read and how the questions really got her thinking. I do plan to have my son take the same course during his Jr year when he gets to American lit
Do they watch the IEW videos?
When we first started with IEW in middle school, they each did the Structure and Style courses which do include streaming videos. They watched all of those throughout the year. Once you move into the theme based writing programs, there aren't included videos. The videos are very helpful for students just starting out with IEW, and I would definitely recommend watching them if you are doing the Structure and Style courses
The exception was the year my daughter did their Essay Intensive course. It was a shorter course focused on SAT and college essays. They have since released a revamped course called University Ready Writing which I believe also has videos you can stream.
I stumbled across your channel today and have watched two videos. Well done! They’re very informative and I’ll look forward to seeing more videos from you. I’m curious to know how you determined that the English course would be considered an honors course.
I look at the amount of reading/writing required, the typeof literature covered, and how much literature analysis she is doing. For her Apologia lit, there is quite a bit of reading including several novel studies. The questions in the workbook go well beyond just regurgitating facts about the readings. She had to do more critical thinking to fully answer the questions. For writing, she had both the IEW assignments plus the essays from the Apologia lit. Eight weeks into our year now and she says it’s definitely challenging her, but that’s what (in my opinion at least) makes it honors level.
@@mypracticallyimperfectlife that makes sense. Thanks for your reply. I
Appreciate the input.