| Kelsey Camacho - ENGLISH COURSES |
| The following courses are divided into English I, II, and III, only because the divisions made sense to me. I used "Senior High: A Home-Designed Form-U-La" by Barbara Edtl Shelton as my model, guideline and reference. These three courses are taken congruently. |
| ENGLISH I - Writing Lessons: Do selected Writer's Inc. exercises. Complete "Teaching the Essay" by Robin Finley. Read selected portions of The Writing Christian by Ron Brackin. Do selected portions of How to Write Clearly. Listen to tape: "Report and Essay Writing" and take notes. Complete "Teaching the Research Paper" by Robin Finley. Writing Applications/Essays: "America Is" essay. "More than a Carpenter" essay. Write 4 essays for REACH Out newspaper. "Downfalls of Public Education" essay. Topic of choice essay. Work on short story. Article on "PCC Nursing Camp". Outline for "Life Guard/Swim Instructor Notebook". Write an acrostic poem. Write your own vision, beliefs, hopes, intentions and goals in the area of relationships with the opposite sex. Book Reports: Responsible Living in an Age of Excuses by Michael Farris. Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. How to Be Your Own Selfish Pig by Susan MacAulay. This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti Tape Reports: "The Notebook Method / Unit of Life Approach" by Marilyn Howshall. "How to Set Values That Lead to Victory". "America's Godly Heritage" by David Barton. "Family Writing" by David Bragnier. "Nurturing Creativity in Children". "Why Homeschool Through High School?" by Josh Harris. "New Attitude" by Josh Harris. "Report and Essay Writing. Field Trip Reports: Field Trip to "Bodies - The Exhibit". FT to Farm Museum. Field Trip to "Civil War Re-enactment". Field Trip to "Confederate Relic Room Museum". Lab Field Trip to "National Sleep Foundation: SleepMed". Lab Field Trip to: XXXXX Journalism: Serve as "Graphics & Design Specialist" for REACH Out newspaper. Create/Write/Design Life Guard - Swim Instructor Notebook. Critiques & Concert/Performance Records: Movie: "The Odyssey". Play: "Man of La Mancha". Play: "Romeo and Juliet". Play: "Twelfth Night". Do Concert/Performance Record on: XXXXXXX. and on XXXXXXXX, Grammar: Read "How to Use Routine Activities to Teach the Parts of Speech" (ATIA resource). "Editor-in-Chief" (selected portions). SAT Test Preparation (MHSRC). Audit Sr. High Video. Standard Deviants DVD "Grammar" and "Punctuation". |
| ENGLISH II - LITERATURE Book Synopses: Do Book Synopses Reports on 84 book synopses (many listed below, see Task Analysis Sheet for all titles). Videos of Books: "Lord of the Flies", "Romeo & Juliet", "The Crucible", "Grapes of Wrath", "The Joy Luck Club", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Pride & Predjudice", "The Scarlet Letter", "The Firm". Study Great Authors and Their Work: Arthur Miller "The Crucible". Mark Twain "The Prince & The Pauper". C.S. Lewis "Screwtape Letters". Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Scarlet Letter". Jane Austen "Pride & Prejudice". Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Oliver Twist". Ernest Hemingway "The Old Man & The Sea", "A Farewell to Arms", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", "The Sun Also Rises". John Grisham "The Firm". Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "The Courtship of Miles Standish". Thornton Wilder "Our Town". O. Henri "The Gift of the Magi". Tom Clancy "Patriot Games". Thomas A Kempis "The Imitation of Christ". Ayn Rand "The Fountainhead" and "Anthem". Stephen Crane "The Red Badge of Courage". Harper Lee "To Kill A Mockingbird". John Steinbeck "The Pearl", "The Grapes of Wrath", "Of Mice and Men". Herman Melville "Moby Dick". Edgar Allen Poe "Telltale Heart", "The Fall of the House of Usher". Jack London "The Sea Wolf". George Elliot "Silas Marner". Frank Peretti "This Present Darkness". Charlotte Bronte "Jane Eyre". Agatha Christie "Murder on the Orient Express". Amy Tan "The Joy Luck Club". Viktor Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning". Emily Bronte "Wuthering Heights". Leon Uris "Exodus". Robert Lewis Stevenson "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island". William Golding "The Lord of the Flies". Victor Hugo "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables". Study Shakespeare: Henry VIII. Julius Caesar. Much Ado About Nothing. Synopsis of his life (I-4-C1). Romeo and Juliet - Watch Play (critique), Watch original movie, watch new-version movie, watch "West Side Story", compare all four. Study Poets: Do "Poet Synopsis" on each, and be familiarized with their poetry: Robert Frost, T.S. Elliot, Ogden Nash, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and William Carlos Williams. SPEECH Speech Components: Participate in Homeschool Debate Club two semesters. Participate in Debate Tournaments. "Communication Studies" class as MHSRC (111 hrs). Read selected portions of "Winning Friends & Influencing People" by Dale Carnegie. |
| ENGLISH III - STUDY & RESEARCH SKILLS & VOCABULARY VOCABULARY "Vocabulary from Classical Roots" Books A, B, C, D & E. Do "America the Beautiful" word definition study and re-write. Do Readers' Digest "Word Power" Vocabulary Quizzes (10). Do "Gods' View of Science" word study on "Chemistry", "Biology", and "Physics". Read "The Story of American English". Do 12 Word Alive Studies: (list). Define words during reading (blanket 5 hours for this). Make up Vocabulary Quizzes (8). Work with "SAT Prep" computer on vocabulary. Write definitions for Life Guard/Swim Instructor Notebook Glossary. RESEARCH & STUDY SKILLS Watch Standard Deviants Video Series on the SAT Test. Research for essays (see English I). Do extensive research for Homeschool Debate Club (one semester course = 111 hrs). Read book "A.C.H.I.E.V.E.M.E.N.T." by Robert B. Blackmer. Familiarize yourself with Avery FactFinder Quick Writing Guide. Familiarize yourself with "Websters' Concise Encyclopedia" CD-ROM. View DVD "How to Become a Superstar Student" by Tim McGee (The Teaching Company). Read selected portions of "The SAT1 for Dummies". |
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| Copywrite Sabrina Camacho 2006-2007 |
| CREATIVE WRITING "Learn to Write the Novel Way" a full year creative writing course. |
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