Kelsey 10th Grade

Kelsey - Tenth Grade
2005-2006

BIBLE
CREATION TO ABRAHAM , ABRAHAM THROUGH JOSEPH , THE EXODUS AND THE WILDERNESS , ISRAEL IN CANAAN , THE JUDGES AND SPIRITUAL DECLINE , THE KINGDOM , THE DIVIDED KINGDOM , THE REMAINING KINGDOM , THE CAPTIVITY , THE RESTORATION
Kelsey is a member of Seacoast Church

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS I , ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS II , THE MEDIEVAL WORLD , RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION , GROWTH OF WORLD EMPIRES , THE AGE OF REVOLUTION , THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION , TWO WORLD WARS , THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD , ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT
(Kelsey will attend the Renaissance Festival in Charlotte, NC in October)
(Kelsey will attend TeenPact this year)

LANGUAGE ARTS
English II
LANGUAGE STRUCTURE , WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES , WRITING AND READING SKILLS , SPEAKING AND LISTENING , THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH , THE SHORT STORY , STUDIES IN THE NOVEL , DRAMA , POETRY , LOOKING BACK

MARINE BIOLOGY (Honors Level) taught by Susan (Mitzi) Kennedy at Midlands Home School Resource Center FINAL GRADE: 96.00
Marine Biology is designed to be a very rigorous honors level course in which students will learn about the earth's oceans and various marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, saltwater estuaries, tidewater pools, continental shelves, the deep ocean, and epipelagic zones. Dissections in this course will include: lamprey eel, dogfish shark, clam, starfish, and squid for the purpose of comparing various anatomical features of sea and land animals. Students will cultivate and observe microscopic life forms so that all five kingdoms of life will be studied and they will do ecological research projects to study the chemistry of marine biomes: salinity, water quality (pH, total dissolved solids, organic pollutants, conductivity, etc.), nutrients, and dissolved oxygen. Students will be required to write one research paper (which will be a study of various environmental philosophies), at least one research report, and one book report. Participation in the MHSRC Science Fair in March is mandatory.
Prerequisites: Algebra 1, Biology 1, Chemistry 1 - no exceptions!! Students must have all of these courses so that they will be prepared to do the complex laboratory and research projects.
Textbook: Exploring Creation with Marine Biology by Sherrie Seligson - Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc., 2005 (available August 2005); and Marine Biology Coloring Book by Thomas M. Niesen - Coloring Concepts, Inc. 2nd Edition, 2000, ISBN 0-06-273718-X.

GEOMETRY taught by Mark Woodhams at Midlands Home School Resource Center FINAL GRADE: 91.00
Students will study points, lines, and planes as well as two and three dimensional objects in this course. Geometry is mostly reasoning, logic and proofs; therefore, students will begin studying this early in the school year and keep at is throughout the course.
Prerequisite: Algebra 1
Textbook: Geometry: Integration, Applications, and Connections by McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-822880-8.

COMMUNICATION STUDIES Instructor: Betsy Montgomery at Midlands Home School Resource Center. FINAL GRADE: 91.00
Recommended for tenth-twelfth graders as an academic elective in language arts, the course is one-half credit and will meet on Mondays during the spring semester.
This course seeks to introduce high school students to the fundamentals of interpersonal communication, small group dynamics, and public speaking. Students will investigate topics of interest and present them in class. The goal of the class is to improve the students� personal communication skills and to make public speaking a fun and non-threatening idea. This course will be especially helpful for those aspiring to leadership positions or careers in ministry, teaching, or business.
No honors option is available for elective courses.
Methods of evaluation: regular attendance and active participation in class, completion of homework, tests, speeches and projects.
Textbooks
Sound Speech: Public Speaking and Communication Studies for Christian Schools 1-57924-620-6
BJU Press
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie 0-671-02703-4

HOME ECONOMICS - Taught by Mom using a collection of various methods. "Teaching Our Daughters to be Keepers at Home", life lessons, "Dear Princess", etc.

Extracurricular Activities:
YMCA Swim Team
Knowledge Readers Book Club
REACH Yearbook Staff
Explorers! Science Club
REACH Student Council Secretary
Lifeguard at the YMCA
Attended Pensacola Christian College Nursing Camp

Field Trips and Travel:
Navarre Beach, Florida - to witness the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dennis.
Pensacola Christian College Nursing Camp - a one-week residential camp.
North Inlet -Winyah Bay Reserve (part of the USC Baruch Marine Field Laboratory). An all day event on Friday, Sept.16th. We will be participating in gathering data for a study they are doing. After we tour the lab and they discuss the data collecting process, we will go out to the bay and collect water, soil, and animal specimens. We will bring them back to the lab and record our findings
Renaissance Festival in Charlotte, NC.

READING:

American Literature Reading:
Great American Short Stories - Edited Wallace and Mary Stegner, Random House
The Mentor Book of Major American Poets - Edited Oscar Williams and Edwin Honig, Penguin
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway, Simon and Schuster
The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane, Random House
The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Penguin

Book Club Books:
"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" by JK Rowling
"The Once and Future King" TH White
"Memoirs of a Papillion" by
"Congo" by Michael Crichton
Short Stories ("The Red-Death Mask") by Edgar Allen Poe
"Hoot" by Carl Hiasson
"Hawksong" by
"Kit's Wilderness" by David Almond
"Snakecharm", and "Falcon Dance" by

COURSE OF STUDY