Curriculum Plans: Grade 11 2026/2027

In Progress! * Circle 

Math: Denison Algebra 2, CalcuLadder

Composition: The Lively Art of Writing with workbook and teacher's guide, finish EIW grade 10

Spelling: Spelling Power, The Word Wasp

Vocabulary: Wordup 2!, Quizlet for review, finish Words and Vocabulary (The Basic Not Boring Series)Rummy Roots, Hot Words for the SAT*

Grammar: Easy Grammar 11

Dictation: The Morse Speller after finishing SpellingYouSee G

Literature&Poetry: 

LLATL The Gold Book (World Literature)/LLATL The Gold Book (British Literature): Week 1: Myths, Folktales, Fairytales, and Fables; Week 2: African Proverbs, Dilemma Tales/Parables; Week 3: The Epic of Gilgamesh/The Bible; Week 4: Sacred Texts; Week 5: Tanka Poetry/Haiku/Pillow Book; Week 6: Ancient Poetry; Weeks 7, 8, 9: The Odyssey; Week 10: The Mahabharata/Ramayana; Week 11: The Aeneid; Week 11: Ghazal and the Rubaiyat; Week 12: Canterbury Tales; Week 13: Sonnets; Week 14: Don Quixote; Week 15: The Pilgrim's Progress and The Divine Comedy; Week 16: Gulliver's Travels; Week 17: Faust/Doctor Faustus; Week 18: Les Misérables, Week 19:The Short Story, Part 1; Week 20: The Short Story; Week 21: The Little Prince; Week 22, 23, 24: Cry, the Beloved Country; Week 25-27: British Lit: Emphasis on Poetry; Week 28, 29, 30: The Romantic Poets; Week 31-32: More Romantic Poets; Week 33 -38: Emma

Lighted Lanterns

Movies as Literature (use first half of lessons): "Friendly Persuasion," "The Quiet Man," "Arsenic and Old Lace," "The Music Man," "E.T.," "The Maltese Falcon," "Rear Window," "The Philadelphia Story," and "Emma"

Figuratively Speaking (Ch. 1-20) 2 x per week

Grammar of Poetry (Main lesson, continue)

Classical Fun-Schooling Poetry Collection (Continue with p. 11) 3 x per week

The Harp and the Laurel Wreath (Rhetorical Stage) 1 poem per week

Warriner's English Grammar and Composition (Use as reference.)

The Importance of Being Earnest


Study Skills/SAT/Typing: Annotating books Kit, Annotating bookmark, Chapter summary and analysis (TPT), 1. Microsoft Word, 2. YouTube Microsoft Word, How to Read Slowly (reference for me, library), IXL, MagooshSAT word list

Literary History/Reference: Young Peoples's Story of American Literature (Ida Prentice Whitcomb, old edition from 1922) Ch. I-XIX*, A Short History of England's and America's Literature (#1-143)*, Stories of Great Writers (Reference)

Geography: Richard Halliburton's Complete Book of Marvels (30 ch., 1 chapter per week), Video Companion and New Video Companion, Complete Book of Marvels Travel BrochureWelcome to the Wonderful World of Geography (Main lesson) (2x week)

World History: People, Places, and Events of World History (up to 1800), Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser (Hörbuch), up to "Der letzte Eroberer," Drive-Thru History (Rome episodes are in library.); Archaeology Planet Schule (3x week)

American History: The History of the United States (Seton), Drive-Thru History, Discovering America's Founders (Dave Stotts, library) (2x week)

Science: Friendly Chemistry Essential Set (32 lessons); Class with videos, Chemistry 101 DVDThe Good and the Beautiful Biology (second half) (5x week chemistry)

Nature Study: Videos Nature Journal ConnectionsHandbook of  Nature Study (1x week)

Fall/Spring: Mein erstes Herbarium: Rotbuche (common beech), Stieleiche (look for quercus alba in the U.S.), Hainbuche (look for American beech), Bergahorn (look for sugar maple), Silberweide (look for weeping willow), Schwarzerle (look for black alder of other alder), Gemeine Esche (look for ash tree), Silberpappel (look for populus tree), Hängebirke (look for European white birch), Eberesche (look for American mountain ash), Holzapfel und Kulturapfel (look for crab apple), Vogelkirsche (look for wild cherry), Gemeine Roßkastanie (look for horse chestnut), Echte Walnuß (look for black walnut), Winterlinde (look for linden/basswood tree), Spitzahorn (look for Norway maple, invasive species); The Hidden Life of Trees (DVD); Das geheime Leben der Bäume

Spring/SummerMein Herbarium Blütenzauber: Krokus (Februar-März), Gänseblümchen (Februar-November), Veilchen (März-April), Löwenzahn (April-Mai), Stiefmütterchen (April-Oktober), Vergißmeinnicht (April-August), Nachtviole (April-Juli), Glockenblume (Mai-September), Ringelblume (Mai-November), Heckenrose (Mai-Juli), Kornblume (Juni-September), Hortensie (Juni-Oktober), Kapuzinerkresse (Juni-Oktober), Zaunwicke (Juni-September), Lavendel (Juni-August), Jungfer im Grünen (Juni-September); Living book

Winter: Duette mit ihmFinding Your Wings, Backyard Bird Flashcards or Sibley Flashcards, Birds Watercolor Workbook

Logic/Emotional Wellbeing: Logic Liftoff, The Thinking Toolbox

Religion: Catechism: Katholischer Katechismus; Through Christ Our Lord (94 pages, 323-416, about the Mass), The Ark and the Dove (576 pages)Great Moments in Catholic History*, What Is Holy Mass (video), Parts of Mass (video), Catholic Mass 101 (video), This Is the Mass (Henri Daniel-Rops, Fulton Sheen, Image Books, 1967, The Meaning of the Mass (Fulton Sheen), Mass for Teens 1, Mass for Teens 2, Mass for Teens 3, Mass for Teens 4, Mass for Teens 5, YouCat, Formed, The Irish Priest Who Resisted the Nazis?  

Music: Music Appreciation I

Latin: Keep Going with Latin (half of book) (daily), Latin Primer with Teacher Book and flash cards

French: Learnables Level 2, Learnables Basic Structure 2, Bible Stories (old edition), new edition here, Duolingo, finish Getting Started with French and French Five Words a DayHomeschool Connections French I

Recorder, violin: Music from Around the World for Three Part Recorder Ensemble, violin lessons

Patriotism: Patriotic Penmanship

Art/Handwork: Vincent's Starry Night and Other StoriesReader's Digest Hörbuch: Wissenswertes für jedermann: Kunst, Usborne Famous Paintings Cards*, How to Talk to Children about Art, projects from CHC art history, finish skirt, fox stitch kit, marbling kit, print (linocut), finish Sister Wendy Story of Painting, Creating a Masterpiece, neighborhood art group

German: Reader's Digest Hörbuch: Perlen deutscher Dichtung, LRS 7./8. Klasse, Abschreiben erwünscht 5/6AlltagsdeutschDeutsch to goParzival (Auguste Lechner) mit Arbeitsblättern, Einleitung (SWR), Wolfram von Eschenbach, Die Judenbuche (Annette von Droste-Hülshoff), Die schwarze Spinne (Jeremias Gotthelf), Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre (Friedrich Schiller); Geographie Deutschland

Home Economics: Life Skills, Home EcAmy Maryon materials?, Videos and more in YouTube library, 500 Things Every Teen Should Know before Leaving Home (3 x per week) *

Sunday readingsBeim Namen gerufen (https://www.zvab.com/buch-suchen/titel/beim-namen-gerufen/autor/guttenberg/), A Philadelphia Catholic in King James's CourtVideo Restless Heart (DVD), Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love (DVD), Mother Teresa Video (Olivia Hussey), Formed

Picture Books: Farmhouse Schoolhouse?, Brighter Day Press, Living Books List, Morning Basket Books

Philosophy: 1. Big Ideas for Curious Minds, 2. Anderwelten, Reference: A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy, Sofies Welt (Hörbuch)?, Sofies Welt?

Government/Civics: How America Works (Scholastic), support and TPTThe Good Citizen's Handbook * (daily)

Basic Skills: Basic Skills Curriculum (423 pages, do 212 this year, 6 times per week)

Main Lessons:

  1. Music History: BBC Great Composers, History of Classical Music Timeline, Devine Entertainment Composer's Specials with teacher's guide, Meet the Musicians (YouTube), Reader's Digest Hörbuch: Wissenswertes für jedermann: Musik  (4 weeks, September 7 to October 2)
  2. English/Drama: Arsenic and Old Lace, The Music Man, The Philadelphia Story (Movies as Literature)  (3 weeks, October 5 - 30, around October break)
  3. History/Medieval Literature: Eine kurze Geschichte über das Mittelalter Video und Arbeitsblatt, van Loon's The Story of Mankind (ch. 27-38), Medieval Times Card Game,  Lecture Monsters, Gods, and Heroes, Learning Language Arts through Literature: The Gold Book/World Literature: Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Thousand and One Nights (3 1/2 weeks, November 2 - 25)
  4. English/History of Language: Continue: Excavating English (1 audio), The Adventure of English (5-8 episodes)  (3 weeks, November 30 - December 18) 
  5. Physical Geography: Continue: World Physical Geography: 15 lessons: Lesson 17-Lesson 31, Wissenswertes für jedermann: Kosmologie, Die Erde (Reader's Digest Hörbuch)  (3 weeks, January 11 - 29)
  6. History/Shakespeare: Die Renaissance (Video SRF), van Loon's The Story of Mankind (ch. 39-53), The Merchant of Venice (Memoria Press), with movie (Seton English 9, Videos), Bryson, Bill: Shakespeare: The World as Stage  (4 weeks, February 1 - 26)
  7. Math: Continue RightStart Math Geometry, first edition, BBC History of Maths (March 1 - 31, around Easter break)
  8. English/Poetry: Continue: Grammar of PoetryClassical Fun-Schooling Poetry Collection  (4 weeks, April 5 - 30) 
  9. History of Science: Continue Aristotle Leads the Way  (4 weeks, May 3 - 28)  


Circle: Prayer, Saints: Lives of the Saints (5x); Songs: The Homestead Pickers CDs for Homeschoolers, Music through the Grades, Deutsche Volkslieder: Großes deutsches Liederbuch (2x), Catholic Hymns (1x); VocabularyWordables 2ArtUsborne Famous Paintings cards (3x) alternate with "Habits and Skills"; Habits & Skills: 500 Things Every Teen Should Know Before Leaving Home, Manner of the Week (2x); Memory Work: Catholic Memory Work (Beta, Gamma) (5x), The Good and the Beautiful cards (5x); Verses: Sprüche; News: CNN10



12th Grade:

Structure and Style for Students: Year 2 Level C Basic Set (Forever Streaming)MLA GuidelinesAnimal Farm, 1984Counterfeit Christs - Finding the Real Jesus Among the ImpostersThe Anti-Mary Exposed : Rescuing the Culture from Toxic FemininityFrom Islam to Christ, 12 Major World Religions, WalletWin?, Nature School with Workbook, Nature School Garden with Workbook, Digital SavvyPure Womanhood?, Go Bravely?, The Bible in a Year 

Lilies of the Field (127 p.) with 1963 movie (Seton English 9),  The Old Man and the Sea (127 p.) by Ernest Hemingway, movie 1958? (LLATL American),  So Big (259 p.) by Edna Ferber, The Scarlet Letter (180 p.) by Nathanial Hawthorne (Telemachos edition?)  Simply Charlotte Mason Guide

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith, Wuthering Heights, An Old-Fashioned Girl (368 p.) by Louisa May Alcott, movie 1949, The Scarlet Pimpernel (265 p.) by Baroness Orczy, movie 1934 (OLVS Grade 9), The Young Lord Byron (James Barbary), The Wise Little Donkey (Madame de Segur)

LLATL The Gold Book (American Literature): Great American Short Stories, The Mentor Book of Major American Poets

Other IEW: The Agony and the Ecstasy (4 weeks), Hamlet (2 weeks), Little Dorrit (6 weeks), The Wednesdays Wars (3 weeks), Lost Horizons (2 weeks), The Prophet (1 week), "Bartleby" (2 weeks), "A Retrieved Reformation" (1 week), "Miss Hinch" (1 week), Richest Man in Babylon (2 weeks)

Health: PAC

Nature Studies: Nature Anatomy and activity book, Mein erstes Herbarium, Mein Herbarium, Edith Holden, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady TV series, Herbal Adventures, Exploring Nature with Children

Computer: Digital Savvy, Microsoft Word

Religion: Theology of the Body (Christendom), Humility Rules, Peter Kreeft: Your Questions, God's Answers

Civics: Fleischer, Jeff.  Civic Minded.  Zest, 2024.

Economics/Government: TPT with Uncle Eric books

Study Skills: A Study Skills Survival Guide for Neurodivergent Learners

Music: Easy Peasy Music Appreciation (90 lessons)

Alternatives:

Beowulf Memoria PressThe Importance of Being Earnest, teacher help, TPT, 2002 movie?; Cyrano de Bergerac (196 p.) (Signet Classics teacher guide), links and movie; Pygmalion TPT study guide, 1938 movie  

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