Homeschool Curriculum High School |11th Grade Curriculum 2020-2021 | Homeschooling High School

Our homeschool curriculum picks for Katie's 11th grade high school year are in for 2020-2021! Today we are talking about homeschooling in high school.
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Shormann Math and Science: diveintomath.com/shormann/
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Online High School Computer Science: www.compuscholar.com/homeschool/
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[@sha-toinaswint2152]

Thank you for all of your homeschooling for high school . It’s been so helpful for me as I am a preplanner. I would love to hear your thoughts and videos on middle school as well. Thanks so much

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Great idea, thank you! ❤️

[@moniquefuselier7711]

Thank you! We have graduated a student already, but my three are all so different from each other that it is wonderful to have a high school focused video which includes courses that I may not have considered.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! It is wonderful to have so many choices for curriculum now!

[@_radwaezzat3153]

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[@karenposselt8275]

Oh my gosh thanks for this! I’m so excited that I found you. I am planning to homeschool my 8th grader for the first tine and am now trying to quickly decide whether to also homeschool my 10th grader. This video was so helpful!!! I have a million questions but I don’t know what to ask first! I’m going to start by watching your older videos. My 10th grader is also advanced so I want to make sure he’s getting a quality education and being challenged.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I have a video on our 10th grade choices as well and I’m happy to answer any questions you have if I can.

[@PenniesAndSalt]

I’m loving Saxon with Tanner and have already decided based on your videos that we will eventually move to Shorman when he’s in high school. The Chemistry lab kit looks amazing! I LOVED Jane Eyre when I read it in high school!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Saxon is a really strong math program for kids that can hang in their through pre-algebra! I am absolutely certain that Saxon is why Katie is so strong in math now.

[@FieldsFullHouse]

This helped me so much! I’m planning out our first HIgh school year!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I'm so glad!

[@HomechoolbythePond]

I love A Christmas Carole!!! That is def one of my favorite stories of all time!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Hoping Katie will like it too!

[@ourfamilyvideos7283]

Love your shirt btw🥰

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks! 💕

[@SevenInAll]

11th grade! Wow, so exciting to be getting so close to graduation. High school years seem to fly by! I took Calculus in high school as well, but the homeschool curriculum we had available at the time was not that great, I think what you're using sounds like it'll be a lot more enjoyable. That chemistry kit looks like it will be so much fun!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I can’t believe she’s going into 11th grade!

[@sandrap.8268]

Thank you again for all of these awesome videos. I've watched them before, but I feel myself re-watching them over and over because you have so much solid information in them. Two quick questions: 1) did you/Katie like the chemistry course as much as the biology course?; 2) did you/Katie like the pre-calc course as much as the Algebra 2 course? We just started the Shormann Algebra 2 and definitely love it (came from Saxon). I am planning to have my son take the Biology course as well. However, I'm not sure yet about the chemistry and pre-calc.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you! Yes we liked them all but pre-calculus is harder than algebra 2, and chemistry is harder than biology. But this is expected.

[@RockSimmer-gal4God]

Science experiments are awesome for hands on learning. I’m glad to know the biology entails.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

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[@bytesofmemory]

Looks like a great year you guys have planned! My degree is in Computer Science! I hope she enjoys it but even if she doesn't such a great way to see what she enjoys!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I think Katie would actually be really good at computer science. We will see if she likes it. So far the class is way too easy, so she's moving through it quickly. This class is just basic computer information though. I think she would enjoy web design or programming more.

[@bytesofmemory]

@@simplejoyfilledliving Hopefully she can breeze right through the class and taking a coding one and see if it is something she enjoys!

[@stillwatersfarm8499]

That’s smart on the ballet credits! 2 hours a day almost year round; I have thought they deserved some credit for that!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Yes! We count it as fine arts but it could also be PE.

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

WOW! When I get to this stage I think I would like you to plan all my daughters curriculum! That'll be about ...oh......9 more years! Haha!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

❤️

[@HomechoolbythePond]

Maybe a fun french project would be a trip to Quebec, Canada and making Katie do the communicating in French for yall. I loved going there with my French class in junior high and high school.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

That would be amazing!

[@homeschoolmomof2707]

Great book selections! I will be looking at your other videos for other novels to read for my son that will be in 9th! I know you said that your daughter doesn't like writing papers and mine hate writing, so I was curious with all the papers she is writing, did you help her or did she already understand how to write papers? If I gave my son a 5 page paper, I'm pretty sure he would shit down only because he has some comprehension issues! Thanks! :-)

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

The Good and the Beautiful high school language arts does a pretty good job teaching writing. But I have also helped as needed. Katie has also had previous writing experience with IEW and LTW as well.

[@mermaid2800]

I would love to know what you used in middle school. My twins are starting 6th. They were in public school for the last three years. I'm so excited to get back in the homeschool world! I forgot how much I enjoyed it! I've written down all your tips for high school.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I’ll try to include some middle school content in upcoming videos. I’m covering history for all ages in my video on Monday but I’ll think about others I could do too.

[@aimeeernest3038]

@@simplejoyfilledliving I too have a 6th grader this coming year and am looking for content on curric reviews for middle school, as well as help on learning how to begin keeping a good transcript.

[@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife]

The lab kit looks like so much fun.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

We love science labs!

[@AnnLaustsen87]

I would highly recommend Paul's online math notes for calculus. That's how I got through the whole series when I was in Running Start. Please please please check them out!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thanks so much for the tip! I’ll let Katie know!

[@favored4life]

I've been stressing the last couple of weeks trying to prepare my 13 year old for high school. I woke up this morning with such a peace from the Holy Spirit. He said all will be well and He dropped you in my heart. I really believe if I follow your wisdom, we will be just fine. Do you have a system for how to assign electives? My daughter will be doing all the cores and foreign language. I'm not sure if we should not do violin and gymnastics so she isn't overwhelmed.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Thank you, and I’m so glad that you’re feeling peace about homeschooling! I let my daughter decide on electives. She was taking a lot of dance before we moved so we used one dance class as PE and 2 for fine arts electives. The rule of thumb is 150 hours for 1credit and 75 hours for 1/2 credit. Katie also wanted to do health so we added Abeka Health her freshman year as well. My advice for 9th grade is don’t load her up too much unless she’s doing it anyway. So if she’s doing gymnastics and violin already, definitely take the credits. Gymnastics could be PE if you have enough hours and violin could be fine arts. You can also combine hours over 2 years to add up to the 150 hours if you need to.

[@favored4life]

@Our Blessed Life @Our Blessed Life thank you. I've read that the credit hours are 120 or 180. I'm guessing as long as you land between 120-180, one should be fine. I loved your review for Shoremann Biology but heard so many great things about Apologia Biology (I can't seem to find many reviews for Shoremann). You mentioned in the review video that Shoremann is more intense than Apologia and could be deemed AP. My daughter wants to study medicine in college so I want her science classes to be strong. What made you decide to choose Shoremann? I've watched your honors video. It seems like the honors designation is really broad; do we just assign extra work as we desire? Can you do a video showing how you determine what's honors for course? It seems like most of your daughters courses are honors. I know you said you have a guide from your umbrella; I can't seem to find that in Maryland. Thank you so much.

[@amberc.2840]

I don't know how I missed this video when it came out...but I am so happy to see your choices. I hate that y'all are having to wait for TGAB LA materials. Are you going to do the honors book studies in the interim? My daughter is so excited to start LA 1 this year. The booklets are just so beautifully laid out and well done. // My daughter takes piano, and she is going to earn a credit each year of high school b/c of how many hours she dedicates to practicing and with her lessons. I love that in homeschooling high school we are able to customize a lot of their learning around our students' interests! // I'm really interested in hearing how Masterbooks World History goes. I've read a lot of mixed reviews about their World History. Most people LOVE the American History course, but the World History course has lots of "opinions" towards it. -- My middle son is going to use the World's Story by MB for 7th grade. You gave such a high recommendation of MB that I decided to try it out! :) Sorry this long...but 1 question: Is the Fluenz Spanish good? I found out that Duo Lingo added in some homosexual examples and other questionable lessons. Have you found Fluenz to be appropriate throughout the lessons? -- Thanks for your videos and all your wisdom!!!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

For language arts, we plan to have Katie do her extra honors books first. The MB World History was revised this year so I sold the old one and bought the new one. I’ll let you know how we like it. We haven’t noticed anything inappropriate in the Fluenz French so far. Of the 5 levels, Katie has done level 1 and 2/3 of level 2.

[@yolacintia]

Amber would you give me more information about the bad content in the Duo app? I've been using it for 3 years, learned Italian with it. I'm almost done and haven't found anything bad but my daughter (13) started using it when she was 10 all by herself so I don't know what she may have read/seen 😬🤦🏼‍♀️

[@nicolehicks8163]

Hi, thanks for this information!! Quick question, do have a resource that helps you know what to add to curriculum to make it college prep or honors?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Honors just needs to be harder than the original class and more work. So whatever you do, take the original class and then add to it. For English, it is standard to do extra novels and papers, for math and science, you can add a project with a decent size term paper (10 pages or so, fully cited), for history you can do several smaller projects (extra reading, smaller essays) or a larger term paper. The main thing is extra, harder work. Not just a grading scale change, etc. I have a video that talks in detail about how I made TG&TB language arts honors: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enqkcpuGqsytp9U

[@riversideacres295]

How will you do the other book studies? TGATB only offers 3 extra book studies so after the first year you would have to choose your own novels if doing 3 per year, is that correct? I love the book studies but not sure I could come up with my own for other novels. Any advice would be appreciated, starting high school in the fall with our first 😬.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

We’ve yet to use the book studies although I did get one for this year. Usually I order books based on if we are doing American Lit or British and I have her read it. Sometimes she will write a persuasive paper on one or two of the novels. This year we’re doing British lit so I searched “high school British literature and picked what we liked from the list. I did the same for American in 10th grade. Also Sonlight’s book lists are good too.

[@ourfamilyvideos7283]

Can you do the TBATB novel plus study book WITHOUT buying the writing grammar book?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Yes, you can. The grammar and writing guide is definitely needed for HS Year 1 and 2 though. It may be helpful but not required for the book studies.

[@FieldsFullHouse]

If I do MB American History for 9th grade is there anything else I need to get for the year?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

No, you can get an American History credit from just using Master Books.

[@KAM0327]

Hi! Name of song playing at the end??

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

It’s called Change in Time.

[@decaggiramirez1722]

Hi ! This is my first year homeschooling and I don’t know what to get for my son for science. He will be in the 9th grade . Any suggestions?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I really love Dr. Shormann’s science. The website is diveintomath.com. He could do physical science, earth science, or biology.

[@checkplz6626]

For Chemistry, will she be using the internet textbook or one of the physical ones?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

She uses the internet textbook. She used it for biology too and it worked well.

[@michellecalais2482]

You mentioned honors requirements in your state. Do you mind if i ask what state you are in and how to find these requirements? My state doesn't have requirements for honors work, but i would like to still follow a guideline.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I have several videos on how to set up honors classes. I’m in SC and followed the state department of education guidance.

[@amersklain4706]

We hated the Master’s American History. The essay questions were set up where there was no right or wrong answers, it required the student’s opinion as answers. It glossed over history. There was not enough “meat” to it, and we found that a lot of the book was written from the writer’s perspective. I would recommend anyone interested in that book to physically look at the book before buying it. Turning it into an “honors” course would mean reading an actual history book. Just our experience, but buyer beware! I think the Master books website allows you to preview portions of their books. Please do that before spending your money on that “history” book.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Sorry you didn’t enjoy that one. I’m glad there are so many good history programs out there to choose from. You are correct, there is a sample on the MasterBooks website to review their high school history programs before buying it. We never do just a textbook for history though, we always include original documents. It helps get past the bias of the author.

[@toomanyboys]

We use Notgrass. Lots of reading, projects/writing, actual history, and original source texts with that course.

[@amersklain4706]

@@toomanyboys Yes, I wish I had known about Notgrass with my first two students. I did use it for my last. I loved it! FYI: since the curriculum uses actual documents, they are in audio format on youtube, so you don't have to read so much. It saved us loads of class time. We went over the textbook portion, then I assigned the audio reading for her to listen to independantly.

[@toomanyboys]

So you don’t do any Bible or apologetics?

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I didn’t do Bible as a high school credit because we didn’t need any additional credits, but most of her classes had a Biblical world view and we do devotions at night as a family.

[@vinnylin]

So I took both algebra and geometry bruhhhh

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Geometry is integrated into algebra 1 and 2 in some programs.

[@tumblrbulbasaur5698]

Codecademy is better for computer science.

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

I looked it up but only saw programming classes. We had to have a basic computer science class.