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LANGUAGE ARTS 300 ...................................................... 1 UNIT: 1. VOWELS, MAIN IDEA, CAPITALIZATION .. 1 UNIT: 2. SENTENCES, CAPITALIZATION, ABC ORDER .............................................................................. 1 UNIT: 3. DICTIONARY SKILLS, WORD PARTS, VOCABULARY ................................................................ 1 UNIT: 4. PARTS OF SPEECH, IRREGULAR VOWELS, COMPREHENSION ........................................................ 2 UNIT: 5. READING TO UNDERSTAND, COMMAS, SILENT LETTERS ............................................................. 2 UNIT: 6. CAUSE AND EFFECT, HOMOGRAPHS, HAIKU POETRY .............................................................. 2 UNIT: 9. CLASSIFYING, REFERENCES, THANK-YOU LETTERS, PREDICTING OUTCOMES ......................... 3 UNIT: 10. REVIEW ........................................................... 3

LANGUAGE ARTS 400 ...................................................... 4 UNIT: 2. READING FOR MEANING.............................. 4 UNIT: 3. WORD PLAY ..................................................... 4 UNIT: 4. WORDS IN SEASON ........................................ 5 UNIT: 6. RHYMES AND REPORTS ................................ 5 UNIT: 7. FORMS OF LITERATURE ................................ 6 UNIT: 9. READING AND RESEARCHING .................... 7

LANGUAGE ARTS 500 ...................................................... 8 UNIT: 1. JESUS, OUR EXAMPLE ................................... 8 UNIT: 3. THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE ................ 8 UNIT: 5. READING AND WRITING STORIES ............. 8 UNIT: 6. POETRY .............................................................. 9 UNIT: 9. READING AND STUDY SKILLS ..................... 9 UNIT: 10. REVIEW ........................................................... 9

LANGUAGE ARTS 600 .................................................... 10 UNIT: 3. READING SKILLS ............................................ 10 UNIT: 5. NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA ......... 10 UNIT: 6. LITERARY FORMS ......................................... 11 UNIT: 7. READING FOR A PURPOSE ......................... 11 UNIT: 8. POETRY ............................................................ 12 UNIT: 9. BIBLE LITERATURE ....................................... 12

LANGUAGE ARTS 700 .................................................... 13 UNIT: 2. USAGE; SPEAKING AND LISTENING; VERB TENSES ........................................................................... 13 UNIT: 3. BIOGRAPHIES AND GRAMMAR ................ 13 UNIT: 7. THE HIDING PLACE: A STUDY GUIDE...... 14 UNIT: 9. WRITING AND PRONUNCIATION ............ 14 UNIT: 10. REVIEW ......................................................... 14

LANGUAGE ARTS 800 ................................................... 15 UNIT: 1. COMMUNICATION ...................................... 15 UNIT: 2. DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF ENGLISH ......................................................................................... 15 UNIT: 3. PUNCTUATION AND LITERATURE .......... 15 UNIT: 4. WORDS AND HOW TO USE THEM .......... 16 UNIT: 5. CORRECT LANGUAGE USAGE .................. 16 UNIT: 6. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ................. 16 UNIT: 8. WRITING, LISTENING, AND READING .... 17 UNIT: 9. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ......................... 17 UNIT: 10. REVIEW ......................................................... 17

ENGLISH I .......................................................................... 18 UNIT: 4. PARAGRAPHS, ESSAYS, AND RESEARCH REPORTS ....................................................................... 18 UNIT: 8. DRAMA ............................................................ 18 UNIT: 9. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL ............................. 18

ENGLISH II......................................................................... 19 UNIT: 3. WRITING AND READING SKILLS .............. 19 UNIT: 4. SPEAKING AND LISTENING ....................... 19 UNIT: 5. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH ........... 19 UNIT: 7. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL ............................. 20 UNIT: 8. DRAMA ............................................................ 20 UNIT: 10. REVIEW ......................................................... 20

ENGLISH III ....................................................................... 21 UNIT: 1. LEARNING AND USING STANDARD ENGLISH ........................................................................ 21 UNIT: 5. POETRY ........................................................... 21 UNIT: 6. NONFICTION ................................................. 21 UNIT: 8. THE AMERICAN NOVEL .............................. 21

ENGLISH IV ....................................................................... 22 UNIT: 3. READING AND RESEARCH ......................... 22 UNIT: 5. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE ........... 22 UNIT: 6. ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE ...................... 22 UNIT: 7. 17TH- AND 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE ................................................................. 22 UNIT: 8. ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN POETRY ... 23


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LANGUAGE ARTS 300

Unit: 1. VOWELS, MAIN IDEA, CAPITALIZATION

*Project: Book Report

☐Required ☐Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☒Your choice

Choose a book you'll like from the children's section of the library.

*Project: Learning a New Language

☐Required ☐Choose from list ☒Suggestions/Optional ☐Your choice

Look in the encyclopedia or the Internet under the word Mexico

Unit: 2. SENTENCES, CAPITALIZATION, ABC ORDER

*Project: Book Report-- Poetry

☐Required ☒Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☐Your choice

A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Grosset & Dunlap, 1957.

The Christopher Robin Verses, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1967.

The Llama Who had No Pajama, by Mary Ann Hoberman, Browndeer Press, a division of Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998.

Pizza the Size of the Sun, by Jack Pretutsky, Greenwillow Books, 1996.

Unit: 3. DICTIONARY SKILLS, WORD PARTS, VOCABULARY

*Project: Book Report--Folk Tales


Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, 1989.

The Tale of Three Trees, retold by Anglea Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing Company, 1989.

The Mitten, a folk tale from the Ukraine, retold by Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam Sons, 1989.

Fairy Tales and Stories , by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The Nutcracker Ballet, retold by Deborah Hautig, Random House, 1992.

The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co. 1979.

Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1988.

Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, 1981, Holiday House.

Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1986.

Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1984.

Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, 1963.

Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, 1980. Caldecott Medal Winner.

The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, 1980.

* Indicates an alternate assignment



Unit: 4. PARTS OF SPEECH, IRREGULAR VOWELS, COMPREHENSION

*Project: Book Report: Biography


Peter the Great, by Diane Stanley, Morrow Junior Books, 1986.

Isaac Newton; Scientific Genius, by Pearle and Harry Schultz, Garrard Publ., 1972.

Thomas Edison, by Haydn Middleton, from the "What's Their Story?" series, Oxford University Press, 1997.

The True Story of Pocahontas, by Lucille Recht Penner, Random House, 1994.

The Trailblazers Christian Heroes series, by Dave and Neta Jackson, Bethany House Publishers:

The Chimney Sweep's Ransom, about John Wesley (1992) Defeat of the Ghost Riders, about Mary McLeoad Bethune (1997) Escape from the Slave Traders , about David Livingston (1992) Flight of the Fugitives , about Gladys Aylward (1994) The Forty-Acre Swindle , about George Washington Carver (2000) The Hidden Jewel, about Amy Carmichael (1992) Hostage on the Nighthawk , about William Penn (2000) Listen for the Whippoorwill, about Harriet Tubman (1993) The Queen's Smuggler, about William Tyndale (1991) Spy for the Night Riders , about Martin Luther (1992)

Unit: 5. READING TO UNDERSTAND, COMMAS, SILENT LETTERS

*Project: Book Report--Animal Stories


Chester the Worldly Pig, by Bill Peet, Houghton Mifflin, 1965.

Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.

Frog and Toad All Year, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, 1976.

Only One Woof, by James Herriot, St. Martin's Press, 1985.

Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears, by Aardema, Dillion, 1976. Caldecott Medal Award book.

The Desert Critter Friends series: Any of the ten books in this series by Mona Gansberg Hodgson makes a delightful choice for an animal book report. The five top titles are:

Friendly Differences Clubhouse Surprises Campout Capers Desert Detectives Thorny Treasures

Unit: 6. CAUSE AND EFFECT, HOMOGRAPHS, HAIKU POETRY

*Project: Book Report--Haiku Poetry


Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, 1997.

Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.




Unit: 9. CLASSIFYING, REFERENCES, THANK-YOU LETTERS, PREDICTING OUTCOMES

*Project: Book Report—Nonfiction


Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandberg, Harcourt, 1985.

Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, 1988.

Mother Teresa, by Lola M.Schaefer, Pebble Books, 2003.

The Plimouth Thanksgiving, by Leonard Weisgard, Doubleday, 1967.

Promise of a New Spring; the Holocaust and Renewal, by Gerda Weissman Klein, Rossel Books, 1981.

Young Frederick Douglas, Fight for Freedom, by Laurence Santrey, Troll, 1983.

Unit: 10. REVIEW

*Project: Book Report--Historical Fiction


Abigail Takes the Wheel, by Avi, HarperCollins, 1999.

Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos Discovered, Edited, and Illustrated by Robert Lawson, Little, Brown, and Company, 1988.

The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo, published by Harper, @1969.

Kia, a Mission to her Village, Africa 1440, from "Girlhood Journey's" series, by Dawn C. Gill Thomas, Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Paddle-to-the-Sea, by Clancy Holling, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. A Caldecott Honor book.

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, by Louisa May Alcott, Holiday House, 1989.

The Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers on the Rio Grande, by Bea Bragg, Harbinger House, 1989.

Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, 1975. Winner of the 1973 Council of Interracial Books Award: First Place Prize African American Book.

Troubles Times Ten , by Dave Lambert, from the Christian Heritage Series published by Christian Book Distributors (CBD), a division of David C. Cook, 2000

The Wall, by Eve Bunting, published by Clarion Books, @1990.

Whispering Cloth; a Refugee's Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills Publ., 1996.

The American Girl series: a collection of historical fiction stories of five American girls, each living at a different time-period in American history. The three titles given below are suggested for book report projects.

Addy Saves the Day, by Connie Porter, Pleasant Company, 1994. Felicity Learns a Lesson, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, 1991. Josefina's Surprise, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, 1997.




LANGUAGE ARTS 400

Unit: 2. READING FOR MEANING

Dictionary Skills

☒Required ☐Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☐Your choice

Dictionary

*Project: Book Report--Haiku Poetry


Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, 1997.

Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.

Unit: 3. WORD PLAY

*Project: Book Report—Poetry


All God's Children: a Book of Prayers by Lee Bennett Hopkins with Amanda Schaffer, illustrator; Harcourt Brace, 1998.

Bible Poetry: The Bible devotes a whole book to poems, 150 of them, in the Book of Psalms. Read all of the following Psalms: Psalm 23 (also known as the Good Shepherd's Psalm), Psalm 8, Psalm 1, Psalm 24, Psalm 46, Psalm 91, Psalm 100, Psalm 121, Psalm 150, and Psalm 119:1-8.

Book Poems; Poems from National Children's Book Week 1959-1998, with an introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins, The Children's Book Council, 1998

Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry, collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Simon & Schuster, 1993 (reprinted in hardcover 2000).

Poems for Youth, by E. Dickinson. Little, Brown, and Co., 1996.

Poem Stew, poems selected by William Cole, HarperCollins Publishers, 1981. A Reading Rainbow Book.

Oxford Book of Christmas Poems, edited by Michael Harrison & Christopher Stuart-Clark, Oxford University Press, 1983.




Unit: 4. WORDS IN SEASON

*Project: Book Report—Fiction


Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White, Harper & Row, 1952.

The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1949.

The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth, Dell, 1978.

Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl, Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.

Gentle Ben, by Walt Morey, Avon, 1976.

Hang Tough, Paul Mathier, by Alfred Slote, Harper, 1985.

Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynn Reid Banks, Doubleday, 1981.

It's a Mile From Glory, by Robert C. Lee. Little, Brown, and Co., 1972.

James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl, Bantam, 1978.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, by Robert O'Brien, Atheneum, 1971.

Mr. Popper's Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater, Dell, 1978.

The Paint Brush Kid, by Clyde Robert Bulla, Random House, 1999.

The Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, 1975. Winner of the 1973 Council of Interracial Books Award: First Prize African American Book.

Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardner, Harper Collins Publishers, 1979.

Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, 1954.

The Mandie Books by Lois Gladys Leppard, published by Bethany House Publishers. Join Mandie and her friends as they put their sleuthing skills to work on a whole slew of mysteries.

Mandie and the Abandoned Mine, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1987. Mandie and Fiery Rescue, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1993. Mandie and the Ghost Bandits, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1988. Mandie and the Forbidden Attic, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1999. Mandie and the Schoolhouse Secret, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1996. Mandie and the Cherokee Legend, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1988.

Unit: 6. RHYMES AND REPORTS

*Project: Book Report: Nonfiction


The Astronomy Book, by Dr. Jonathan Henry, Master Books, 1999.

Dinosaurs by Design, by Duane T. Gish, Master Books, 1993.

From Sea to Shining Sea for Children , by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1999. (written for ages 9-12; available through AOP Home School Catalog.)

The Light and the Glory for Children, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1995. (written for ages 9-12; available through AOP Home School Catalog.)

Sounding Forth the Trumpet, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1999. (written for ages 9-12; available through AOP Home School Catalog.)

The Weather Book, by Michael Oard, Master Books, 1997.




Unit: 7. FORMS OF LITERATURE

*Project: Book Report—Biography


From the Christian Heroes Then and Now series published by YWAM

Corrie ten Boom, Keeper of the Angel's Den , by Janet & Geoff Benge David Livingstone: Africa Trailblazer , by Janet & Geoff Benge Nate Saint; on a Wing and a Prayer , by Janet & Geoff Benge Daniel Boone, by James Daugherty, Viking Press, 1967. Newbery Award Winner.

In God We Trust: Stories of Faith in American History, by T. Crater, & R. Hunsicker, Chariot Victor Publications, 1997.

Joni, the autobiography of Joni Earickson Tada, published by Zondervan, 1979.

Men of Science, Men of God, by Henry M. Morris, published by Master Books, 1982.

Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers:

Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher, by Michael A. Schuman, Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse, by Nancy Whitelaw, Enslow Publishers, 1997.

Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist, Lynda Pflueger, Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Martha Washington, First Lady, by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, 1998.

Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War

*Project: Book Report: Folk Tales


Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, 1989.

The Tale of Three Trees, retold by Anglea Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing Company, 1989.

The Mitten, a folk tale from the Ukraine, retold by Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam Sons, 1989.

Fairy Tales and Stories, by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Fairy Tales and Stories, by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co. 1979.

Johnny Appleseed retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1988.

Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, 1981, Holiday House.

Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1986.

Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1984.

Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, 1963.

Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, 1980. Caldecott Medal Winner.

The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, 1980.




Unit: 9. READING AND RESEARCHING

*Project: The Navajo


Encyclopedia

*Project: Salt in the Bible

☒Required ☐Choose from list ☒Suggestions/Optional ☐Your choice

A large Bible concordance



American Girl -History Mystery series Hoofbeats of Danger, by Holly Hughes, American Girl, 1999. The Night Flyers, by Elizabeth McDavid Jones, American Girl, 1999. Smuggler's Treasure , by Sarah Masters Buckey, American Girl, 1999. Voices at Whisper Bend, by Katherine Ayers, American Girl, 1999.

Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, 1953. (featured in AOP Home School Catalog).

The Fighting Ground, by Avi, Lippincott, 1984.

Journey to Freedom, a Story of the Underground Railroad, by Courni C. Wright, Holiday House, 1995.

Night Journeys, by Avi, Pantheon, 1979.

The Orphans' Journey series by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor Publ.

Looking for Home - Book one Whistle-stop West - Book two Prairie Homestead - Book three Across the Border - Book four

Sara Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1985 (featured in AOP Home School Catalog). Newbery Medal Winner.

The Whispering Cloth: a Refugee's Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills, 1996.

*Project: Report Part One


Two helpful books from your library about the topic you choose.




LANGUAGE ARTS 500

Unit: 1. JESUS, OUR EXAMPLE

Project: Finding the Topic


A short article in a newspaper

Unit: 3. THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE

*Project: Book Report—Nonfiction


Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, 1988.

Exodus, adapted from the Holy Bible by Miriam Chaikin, Holiday House, 1987.

Growing Up Amish, by Richard Ammon, Atheneum, 1989.

In the Beginning; Creation Stories from Around the World, by Virginia Hamilton. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1988. Newbery Honor Book; Notable Children's Book.

Linnea's Windowsill Garden, by Christine Bjork, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988.

Maggie by My Side, by Beverly Butler, by Dodd & Mead, 1987.

The Story of Football, by Dave Anderson, published by Morrow, 1985.

Unit: 5. READING AND WRITING STORIES



The American Adventure series by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour and Co., 1998. (Available through the AOP Home School Catalog.)

Adventure in the Wilderness Boston Revolts Chicago World's Fair Clash with the Newsboys Escape from Slavery Great Depression The Great Mill Explosion The Great War Maggie's Choice Mayflower Adventure Plymouth Pioneers Prelude to War Queen Anne's War Streetcar Riots Trouble on the Ohio River Women Win the Vote

Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Buccaneer Books, 1908.

Anne of Avonlea, originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in 1998.

Anne of the Island, originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in 1998.

Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep, HarperCollins, 1975.

Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, 1953. (Available through the AOP Home School Catalog.)

The Friendship, by Mildred Taylor, Dial, 1989.

Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, 1989.

Sarah, Plain, and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1985.

Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth Speare, Houghton Mifflin, 1983.

Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera & Bill Cleaver, Harper & Row, 1969.




Unit: 6. POETRY

*Project: Book Report--Poetry


American Ballads and Folk Songs, by John A. and Alan Lomax, Dover Publications, 1994.

Casey at Bat, by Ernest Thayer, Peppercorn, 1982.

The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, HarperCollins, 1986.

Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers, Puffin, 1996.

Psalms in the Bible

New Kid on the Block, by Jack Prelutsky, Greenwillow, 1984.

Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne, Puffin, 1992.

When We were Very Young, A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, 1988.

Unit: 9. READING AND STUDY SKILLS

*Project: Book Report—Biography


Biblical Biographies. Several of the books of the Bible are biographical accounts of the lives of Biblical characters.

China Homecoming, by Jean Fritz, published by Putnam, 1985, and Homesick, by Jean Fritz, also published by Putnam.

Christopher Columbus: Voyager to the Unknown, by Nancy Smiler Levinson, published by Lodestar, 1990.

Daniel Boone, by Laurie Lawlor, published by Whitman, 1988.

Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers:

Martha Washington, First Lady, by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, 1998.

Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist, written by Lynda Pflueger, published by Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher, written by Michael A. Schuman, published by Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War

Clara Barton: Courage to Serve (Heroes of History for Young Readers), written by by Renee Taft Meloche, publishesd by YWAM Publishing, 2007.

Indian Chiefs, by Russell Freedman, published by Holiday House, 1987.

Joni, the autobiography of Joni Earickson Tada, published by, Zondervan, 1979.

Lincoln: a photobiography, by Russell Freedman, published by Clarion, 1987.

Unit: 10. REVIEW

*Project: Book Report—Fiction


Belated Follower ; a Biblical Novel, by Colleen L. Reese, Barbour Press, a division of Heartsong Publishers, 1995.

The Grandma's Attic novels, by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor, 1995-1999.

In Grandma's Attic, (Chariot Victor, 1999) More Stories from Grandma's Attic, (Chariot Victor, 1999) Away From Home, (Chariot Victor, 1995) A School of Her Own, (Chariot Victor, 1995) Wedding Bells Ahead, (Chariot Victor, 1995) At Home in North Branch, (Chariot Victor, 1995) New Faces, New Friends, (Chariot Victor, 1995)

Fight for Freedom, by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour & Co., 1967.

The Narnia Chronicles, by C. S. Lewis, Harper Collins, 1994. The Magicians Nephew The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Last Battle




LANGUAGE ARTS 600

Unit: 3. READING SKILLS

*Project: Book Report: Short Story


Some of the stories below are available in larger collections by the same authors. Use the resources of your local library catalog or the Internet to locate the story of your choice. Many public domain works are available in e-text format.

"A Candle for St. Bridget" by Ruth Sawyer, published in A Newbery Christmas, stories by Newbery Award Winning writers selected by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, published by Delacorte Press, 1991.

Farmer Giles of Ham, by J. R. R. Tolkien, Ballantine Books, 1949. Published in companion with "Smith of Wootton Major."

"Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, from The Sketch Book (1819-20). Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

"The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Graham, from Dream Stories (1898). Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Optionally: "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Graham, retold by Graeme, Kent, published in A Collection of Animal Stories, Bimax, 1984.

"Rikki, Tikki, Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling, from The Jungle Book (1894). Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Unit: 5. NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA

Report: Newspapers Today


An encyclopedia

Project: News Story


Local newspaper

Project: Propaganda


An editorial from a magazine or newspaper that states the author's position on a particular issue.




Unit: 6. LITERARY FORMS

*Project: Book Report: Biography


Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandburg, Harvest Books, 1987.

Christian Heroes Then and Now Series: Available for purchase from the AOP Home School Catalog.

Corrie Ten Boom, Keeper of the Angel's Den, by Janet & Geogg Benge, YWAM publishers, 1998. David Livingstone, Africa's Trailblazer, by Janet & Geogg Benge, YWAM publishers, 1999. Nate Saint, On a Wing and a Prayer, by Janet & Geoff Benge, YWAM publishers, 1998. Available at your public library, or for purchase through the AOP Home School Catalog.

C. S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller, by Beatrice Gormley, William B. Eerdmans, 1997.

Frederick Douglas; Portrait of a Freedom Fighter, by Sheila Keenan.

Heroes Tales for Kids, Vol. 1, 2, and 3, by Dave and Neta Jackson, Bethany House, 1996. Available for purchase from the AOP Home School Catalog.

Margaret Bourke-White; Racing with a Dream, by Catherine A. Welch, Carolrhoda Books, 1998.

Secret Soldier; the Story of Deborah Sampson, by Ann McGovern, Scholastic Inc., 1999.

William Bradford, Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim, by Gary D. Schmidt, William B. Eerdmans, 1987.

Unit: 7. READING FOR A PURPOSE

Report: Sheepherding


Encyclopedia and the Bible

Essay: Lambs in the Bible


Bible

*Project: Book Report: Novel


Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt, Follett, 1965. Available for purchase through the AOP Home School Catalog. A Newbery Award Medal runner-up.

Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne, Viking Press, 1974, originally published in England by Gallimard, 1873.

Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink, Macmillan, 1935.

Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Heidi, by Johanna Spyri, Scholastic, 1959. Available through the AOP Homeschool Catalog.

Johnny Tremain, by Ester Forbes, Houghton Mifflin, 1943.

My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, Four Winds, 1974.

Sounder, by William H. Armstrong, Scholastic, 1969. Newbery Medal Winner.

Sourland, by Newbery Award winning author, William H. Armstrong, Scholastic, 1971.





Unit: 8. POETRY

Essay: Invented Words

☒Required ☐Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☒Your choice

Any Dr. Seuss book

Report: Lullabies

☒Required ☐Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☒Your choice

Any music book, children's book, or other resource to select a lullaby.

Unit: 9. BIBLE LITERATURE

*Bible Stories


The Book of Esther, from the Holy Bible The Book of Ruth, from the Holy Bible.

*Project: Psalm 19


Bible - Psalm 19:1 through 6.



LANGUAGE ARTS 700


Unit: 2. USAGE; SPEAKING AND LISTENING; VERB TENSES

*Report: Alfred the Great


Encyclopedia or Internet

Essay: Listening


An audio of a political speech, a news commentary, a public service announcement, or a commercial.

*Book Report: Novel


Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, first published in 1876. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Black Pearl, by Scott O'Dell, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1967. Newbery Honor Book.

Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry, Scholastic, 1940.

The Cay, by Theodore Taylor, Avon Books, 1969. On the Accelerated Reader list of Recommended books.

Eight Cousins, by Louisa May Alcott, originally published in England in 1875. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Gentle Ben, by Walt Moray, Puffin Books, 1992.

The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, 1938.

The Narnia Chronicles, by C.S. Lewis, Harper Collins, 1994. The Magician's Nephew The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Prince Caspian Voyage of the Dawn Treader Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Last Battle

The Twenty-One Balloons, written and illustrated by William Pene du Bois, Viking Press, 1947. Newbery Medal Winner.

Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera & Bill Cleaver, Scholastic, 1969. A Newbery Award Honor Book.

Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls, Doubleday, 1961. Available through the AOP Home School Catalog.

Unit: 3. BIOGRAPHIES AND GRAMMAR

*Book Report: Biography


Anne Frank Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance of Holocaust Years, by Rudd Van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven, Scott Foresman, 1995.

The Defenders, by Ann McGovern, Scholastic, 1987.

Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, Prentice Hall, 1993.

Joan of Arc: The Lily Maid, by Margaret Hodges, Holiday House, 1999.

The Magic Never Ends: The Life and Works of C.S. Lewis, by John Ryan Duncan, World Press, 2001.

Richard Wright and the Library Card, by William Miller, Lee & Low Books, 1999.

Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina, by Maria Tallchief, with Rosemary Wells, Viking Press, 1999.

The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss, HarperTrophy, 1990.




Unit: 7. THE HIDING PLACE: A STUDY GUIDE

Unit Required Reading


The Hiding Place, 1974 Bantam edition

*Report: World War II


Research resources: encyclopedias, history books, Internet, videos, and maps.

*Report: Dietrich Bonhoeffer



Unit: 9. WRITING AND PRONUNCIATION

Project: Limericks


A book of poetry

Unit: 10. REVIEW

*Book Report: Short Story



"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain (1865). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts. A good choice is "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, retold by Kent Graeme in A Collection of Animal Stories, Bimax, 1984.

"Rip Van Wrinkle" by Washington Irving from The Sketch Book (1819-20). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts.

"The Specter Bridegroom" by Washington Irving from The Sketch Book (1819-20). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts.

"Rip Van Wrinkle" by Washington Irving from The Sketch Book (1819-20). Multiple editions are available, including e-texts.



LANGUAGE ARTS 800


Unit: 1. COMMUNICATION

*Book Report: Pre-1900 Novel


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, first published in 1884. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Captain's Courageous, a Story of the Grand Banks, by Rudyard Kipling, Originally published in 1896. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1849-50. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two parts in 1868 and 1869. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, originally published in England in 1719. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in England in 1883. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Unit: 2. DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF ENGLISH

Project: Descriptive Paragraph


A magazine

*Book Report: Short Story



"The Gift" by John Steinbeck, The Creative Company, 1993.

"The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

"The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Twice Told Tales. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

"Split Cherry Tree" by Jesse Stuart, Jesse Stuart Foundation Monograph Series, 1990.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Unit: 3. PUNCTUATION AND LITERATURE

Project: Analysis of an Essay

☐Required ☐Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☐Your choice

A short, formal essay from a magazine.




Unit: 4. WORDS AND HOW TO USE THEM

*Project: Book Report: Post-1900 Novel


Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery, first published in 1908. Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson, Scholastic, 1941. Newbery Medal Winner.

Let the Circle Be Unbroken, by Mildred Taylor, Dial Books, 1981.

Lilies of the Field, by William J. Barrett, Warner Books, 1962.

Path of the Pale Horse, by Paul Fleichman, Scholastic, 1983.

Portraits of Little Women, by Pfeffer, Scholastic, @ 1998. Titles include:

Jo's Story Meg's Story Amy's Story Beth's Story Jo Makes a Friend

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor, Dial Books, 1981; paperback edition available published by Puffin Books, 1976.

Unit: 5. CORRECT LANGUAGE USAGE

Project: Biblical Speech


Bible concordance

Unit: 6. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Report: Anglo-Saxon Culture/Literature



Report: Geoffrey Chaucer



Project: Book Report: Biography


All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot, MJF Books, 1999. Available for purchase through the AOP Home School Catalog.

American Hero: the True Story of Charles A Lindbergh, by Barry Denenberg, Scholastic Inc., 1996.

Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates, E. P. Dutton, 1972.

Invincible Louisa, the Story of the Author of Little Women, by Cornelia Meigs, Scholastic Inc., 1933.

J. R. R. Tolkien; the Man Who Created The Lord of the Rings, by Michael Coren, Scholastic Inc., 2001.

The Magic Never Ends: the Life and Works of C. S. Lewis, by John Ryan Duncan, Word Press, 2001.

Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power, by Milton Meltzer, Dutton Books, 1998.

Zlata's Diary, a Child's Life in Sarajevo, by Zlata Filipovic,with Christina Plribichevich-Zoric (translator), Penguin, 1995.




Unit: 8. WRITING, LISTENING, AND READING Project: Figures of Speech


A copy of a Bible story told in narrative form (for example, the Good Samaritan, any of the parables, Old Testament stories such as Abraham and Isaac, and so on)

Report: Assessing Reliability


A Bible and The World Book or another encyclopedia.

Project: Newspaper Analysis


Ten ads from newspapers and magazines that use statistics to sell a product.

Unit: 9. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Project: Slang


Newspaper

Unit: 10. REVIEW

Project: Analyze a Formal Essay


A formal essay in a magazine or a book, or reread the essay reprinted in the unit "Punctuation in Literature."

Report: Autobiography


Choose an available autobiography from your library.



English I


Unit: 4. PARAGRAPHS, ESSAYS, AND RESEARCH REPORTS

Project: The Research Report



Unit: 8. DRAMA

Essay: Parable


A Bible



The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson. Scribner. ISBN: 9781416590842 (available from Alpha Omega Publications)

Unit: 9. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL



Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne.



English II


Unit: 3. WRITING AND READING SKILLS

Project: How-to Evaluation


A "how-to" article in a magazine or newspaper.

Project: Analyzing Expository Writing


A dictionary

Essay: Logic


At least two examples of cause/effect in a newspaper, magazine or book

Unit: 4. SPEAKING AND LISTENING

Essay: Taking Notes


(Audio) Select a sermon, lecture, or a program on public television.

Essay: Commercials


(Audio) Listen to several commercials to complete this activity.

Unit: 5. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH

Project: Names



Project: Identifying Propaganda


Newspaper or magazine with advertisements

Project: Advertising


A women's magazine or a sports magazine.




Essay: Newspaper


Newspaper

Unit: 7. STUDIES IN THE NOVEL

Unit required reading


In His Steps, by Charles M. Sheldon (there is a link to a printable version, available online.)

Unit: 8. DRAMA



The Summoning of Everyman, Everyman, as it is usually called, was written about 1485 and printed after 1508.

Unit: 10. REVIEW

*Essay: In His Steps


In His Steps, by Charles M. Sheldon (there is a link to a printable version is available online)



English III


Unit: 1. LEARNING AND USING STANDARD ENGLISH

Project: Dictionary Comparison


Five dictionaries from different publishers or a Webster's 1828, 1913, and a recent edition.

Unit: 5. POETRY

Assignment: 4. Project: The Meter of a Poem

☐Required ☐Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☒Your choice A poem from any anthology or textbook.

Unit: 6. NONFICTION

Assignment: 12. Project: Analyzing an Editorial


An editorial from a newspaper.

Unit: 8. THE AMERICAN NOVEL



To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Grand Central Publishing



English IV


Unit: 3. READING AND RESEARCH

*Assignment: 11. Project: Web Search Projects

☒Required ☐Choose from list ☐Suggestions/Optional ☐Your choice Internet access.

Unit: 5. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE

*Assignment: 11. Essay: 13th C. Literary Forms


An encyclopedia or an anthology of medieval literature.

Assignment: 16. Essay: Character Study


A copy of the Canterbury Tales in a modern translation or access it using the Internet.

Unit: 6. ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE

*Assignment: 5. Essay: Elizabethan Literature


Elizabethan literature:

Bible translations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Sonnet Sequences

Francis Bacon

Unit required reading (starting after quiz 2)


Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare (a link to a printable version is available in Hamlet: Act I, i-ii).

Unit: 7. 17th- AND 18th-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE

Assignment: 13. Essay: Swift and Goldsmith


At least two current newspapers, news magazines, or television news programs, research current political and/or social issues in the U.S. or the world.




Unit: 8. ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN POETRY

Unit required reading for various assignments.


Bible

*Assignment: 12. Essay: John Constable



Assignment: 15. Essay: Queen Victoria



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