Ancient/World
Literature Semesters: 2 Credits: 1 Home
In this class we read, discussed, and wrote about various
literature focusing on the ancients. For
the study of The Iliad and Odyssey we used The Great Courses taught by
Elizabeth Vandiver, for Plato and Aristotle we used The Greeks by Wesley
Callihan. We also used Abeka’s Grammar
12 program for our continued study in grammar concepts. Books read: Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, Odyssey, Plato: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, The
Republic, Aristotle: The Metaphysics, I
& II, The Ethics I & II, The Poetics, Numerous Greek myths, Screwtape
Letters, and Holy War by Bunyan, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare),
Elements of Style and How to Read a Book, Just So Stories, Walt Whitman (Reef)
Rhetoric Semesters:
2 Credits: 1 Schole Academy
It is designed for high school students who want to study and
practice the art of rhetoric. In this course, students will be introduced to
the five canons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and
delivery. Special attention will be given to the study of invention (gathering
and inventing one’s arguments), arrangement (structuring one’s arguments in a
sequence of elements for maximum persuasion), and style (enhancing one’s
writing with sentence and word arrangements and turns of phrase that please and
delight the listener). Students will also begin the study of great examples of
rhetoric and learn how to “imitate the masters.” Students will study and then
compose and deliver their own ceremonial and political speeches. This course is
ideal for students who wish to speak and write persuasively. Texts used: Classical Rhetoric for
the Modern Student The Rhetoric and Poetics of Aristotle, Writing with
Clarity and Style - A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers Instructor:
Joelle Hodge Also read: A Rulebook of Argument
Honors Algebra II Semesters:
2 Credits: 1 Lucid Education
These topics comprise the material normally taught in a high
school Algebra 2 course which include: equations and inequalities, linear functions
and equations, systems of equations, quadratic functions, polynomials, powers, roots,
and radicals, exponential and logarithmic functions, rational equations and functions, conic
sections, sequences and series, trigonometric ratios and functions,
trigonometric graphs, identities and equations Texts used: Algebra II by McDougal Littell Instructor: Derek Owens Also read:
String Straight Edge & Shadow
Chemistry Semesters:
2 Credits: 1 Home
Provides a rigorous
foundation in chemistry in order to prepare your student for college-level
studies. Topics include significant figures, units, classification, the mole
concept, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and
bases, redox reactions, solutions, atomic structure, Lewis structures,
molecular geometry, gas laws, and equilibrium
Text used: Exploring Creation w/Chemistry/ Apologia, Elements of
Faith, The Disappearing Spoon, Creation Facts of Life
World
History/Archaeology Semesters: 2 Credits: 1 Home
Will learn the techniques and accounts of the archaeologist
and some of the richest discoveries of the Middle East that demonstrate the
accuracy and historicity of the Bible.
Discover how archaeologists know what life was like in the past; history
of ancient cultures; and many others.
Will go into an in-depth look at famous Egyptians, architecture, and
pyramids. Will also study the history of
Israel both historically and Biblically. Texts used: The Archaeology Book, Unveiling the Kings of
Israel, Unwrapping the Pharaohs, Also included many the following books in our
study: Pyramid, Riddle of Rosetta Stone,
Letters From Egypt, Adam and His Kin, The Golden Goblet, and The Cat of
Bubastes, Visits to the Middle East (Geography study), Material
World, The Hungry Planet, The Story of the Greeks, Are you Liberal,
Conservative or Confused, What Happened to Penny Candy
Latin III/IV Semesters:
2 Credits: 1 Potters School
In this course, we will climb the pinnacle of Latin-learning
achievement: reading original Latin poetry and prose. After studying selections
of Virgil, Seneca, Cicero, and the Vulgate from the Cambridge Latin
Anthology, we will collaborate on a class project to create our own Latin
anthology with Latin passages selected, glossed, researched, and illustrated by
the students themselves. Possible themes for our anthology include: children in
the ancient world, Roman food and dining, classical art and artists, animals in
antiquity, or the empire beyond Rome. Simultaneously, we will continue to shore
up our knowledge of Latin grammar—which is indispensable for mastery of Latin
texts—by reviewing a chapter from Wheelock’s every week. Texts
used: Wheelock's Latin Student, Cambridge
Latin Anthology Instructor:
Isabella Leake
German I Semesters:
1 Credits: 0.5 Home
Students will begin learning about the German language by
following the story of an American business man and his family. Students will
translate short stories and children's poems to work on reading German, and
students will compose German each week as they grow in their knowledge of the
German language. Memorization assignments children's poems, and famous German
quotes. There are homework assignments, quizzes, memorization activities, a
long composition, and two exams for this
course each semester. The grammar that is covered
includes the following: German pronunciation; Gender of nouns; Definite
and Indefinite Articles; Noun Endings for All Cases; Present
and Past Tense of Regular and Irregular verbs; The Negative; Formation of
Questions; Word Order; Imperative Forms; Prepositions; Position of Infinitives;
Modal Verbs; Da(r) and Wo(r) combinations; Interrogatives; Subordinate and
coordinate conjunctions; Adjective endings; Personal pronouns; Reflexive verbs;
Separable prefix verbs; Inseparable prefix verbs; and more! Texts
used: German Made Simple &
Rosetta Stone
Old Testament Survey Semesters: 2 Credits: 0.5 Home
An in depth study of Genesis-1 Samuel in the Bible
chronologically. Texts used: Bible, Commentary for Children: Exodus, Numbers, and Leviticus Also read the following books
for personal development: Do Hard Things, Case for a Creator, Making
Brothers and Sisters Best Friends, Missionary Stories with the Millers, Seven
Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Radical, A Young Man after God’s Own Heart
PE Semesters:
4 Credits: 0.5 Home
Two hours a week of running and weight training.
Fine Arts Semesters:
2 Credits: 0.25 Home
A study into the lives of composers: Claude Debussy, Bella Bartok, and Maurice
Ravel and the works they accomplished using various books and CDs to appreciate
their style.
Also studied the following artist’s lives and technique that
they used and became familiar with many of their works: Norman Rockwell, Frans Lanting and Thomas
Kinkade.
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