EHRC and Your Curriculum
Once you’ve organized what you will teach for the year,
your next step should be, deciding which subject areas you will homeschool yourself, and those you will enhance with the classes we offer. EHRC classes and workshops are created to supplement your plan for a particular subject area. None of our classes consist of a full curriculum. We highly recommend that a new student not take too many classes, as it may become difficult to juggle.
Curriculum building sample:
OK, You’ve done your research and have decided that your 8th graders Language arts studies need the following elements:
- Read increasingly complex literature.
- Write Creative essays that describe, persuade, narrate, compare, and contrast.
- Continue study of Grammar
- Continue study of vocabulary
If you would like to build a class from EHRC into this curriculum check out our class list. There are a variety of Language arts offerings.
For this example we’ve chosen:
- Reading: EHRC class “Literature Thru Art”, for the reading component. The description is as follows: While adhering to the guidelines stated in the Washington EALRS in reading for grades 6-12, the students will read novels of their choice that are at least 200 pages in length. The students will complete one novel each month from the genre pre-determined by the instructor. The responses to this literature will be expressed through an artistic dialectic journal and weekly assignments given by the instructor.
- Essay Writing: Will be explored thru workbooks like “How to Write an Essay”, and then internet searches on essay ideas for “Title of Novel”. Choose an essay idea that inspires your child.
- Grammar: Seventh & Eighth Grade Grammar Skill Builders Workbook by Carson Dellosa Publishing.
- Vocabulary: The Book of Roots: Advanced Vocabulary Building From Latin Roots. The reason we’ve chosen this book for this example is that the student has spent several years studying Latin, which is invaluable for strengthening English grammar, spelling and vocabulary. This student will continue to base vocabulary studies on Latin roots.
We hope this example has been helpful as you begin to understand how to create a rich, complete and stimulating course of study for your child.
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