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Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

April 4, 2025 | Leave a Comment
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I have 50 free writing prompts for middle school to help get the creativity flowing when your child doesn’t know what to write about for the day. Also, look at my page Practical Homeschool Writing Curriculum from Pre-K To High School for more tips. 

You can choose from them daily, twice a week, or just when they need a little creative push and a fun idea.

To help give them some ownership in the writing prompts we are also going to let them decorate a jar to hold them all.

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

There are many benefits to having your child write daily, no matter what type of homeschooler you are unit study, classical, Charlotte Mason, or unschooler.

Besides when using writing prompts middle school kids get a break from thinking what to write about and focus on how to write it.

Simply put, the more a child writes the better he becomes at organizing his thoughts.

Look at some more benefits of writing daily.

BENEFITS OF DAILY WRITING

  • Improves writing skills.
  • Enhances creativity.
  • Clarifies thoughts and emotions.
  • Boosts memory and cognitive function.
  • Reduces stress and anxiety.
  • Facilitates problem-solving.
  • Strengthens self-discipline.
  • Increases productivity.
  • Encourages self-reflection.
  • Provides a sense of accomplishment.

The beauty of assigning writing is that you can decide how many words, how many paragraphs , how neat, etc your child should have in their daily creative writing.

But they get to make it their own.

MORE HOMESCHOOL WRITING CURRICULUM & TIPS

Also, look at more tips and activities.

  • Teaching Handwriting When Homeschooling the Early Years Part 1
  • Teaching Handwriting When Homeschooling the Early Years Part 2
  • Teaching Handwriting When Homeschooling the Early Years Part 3
  • Cursive Matters; Handwriting Style Doesn’t + Free Resources
  • 5 Creative Ways to Boost Handwriting in Older Kids
  • Which One is Really the Best Homeschool Writing Curriculum (a comparison)
  • Faith-Neutral Homeschool Grammar and Writing Program
  • 3 Ways to Choose the BEST Writing Curriculum (for a Growing Homeschool Family)
  • Why It Is Hard to Teach Homeschooled Kids Writing But Not Impossible
  • Homeschool Writing Program For Middle and High School Students
  • The Best Writing Tools For Students: Improve Their Writing Efficiency
  • Creative Expression: The Magic Of Calligraphy Writing For Kids
  • Powerful Paragraphs: Free Give Me A Paragraph Form (Editable)
  • 8 Best Handwriting Games For Kids Ages 8-12 Will Love
  • Hands on Writing Activities | How to Make an On the Go Pencil Pouch
  • Discover the Best High School Writing Courses & Recommendations
  • How To Choose Writing Curriculum For Struggling Writers & Recommendations
  • Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School
  • Medieval Writing Utensils: Journey Through Time & How To Make A Penner
  • Free 30 Days PreK To High School Simple Writing Activities
  • Free Summer Handwriting Worksheets & Setting Up A Writing Station
  • Unlocking Imagination: A Guide to Elementary School Writing Topics
FREE WRITING PROMPTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Also, look at how to make this jar to store the free writing prompts.

HOW TO MAKE A WRITING PROMPTS JAR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

You will need:

  • Printed or handwritten writing prompts (add your email at the bottom by clicking on the link or graphic to grab the freebie instantly)
  • An old book
  • Clean, smooth jar
  • School glue
  • scissors
Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

First, cut strips of words, sentences or paragraphs from an old book.

This is going to feel criminal but you can use an old book that is falling apart or grab a cheap one from Dollar Tree. You could also use a newspaper or magazine.

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

Make a mixture of half water and half school glue.

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

Paint the glue mixture on the jar, working in sections.

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

Apply your strips, pressing into glue

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

Brush more of the glue mixture over the top of each strip as you add it.

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

Repeat until the majority of the jar is covered, set aside to dry.

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

Now, you can take these 50 prompts and whatever other ones you come up with and print them out leaving a line of space between each.

Energize Creativity: Free Writing Prompts for Middle School

Cut them out in strips and roll or fold them up.

Add them all to your jar and replace the lid.

Finally, look how to grab the freebie.

HOW TO GET THE FREE 50 PRINTABLE WRITING PROMPTS

It’s a subscriber freebie.

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get my emails in your inbox and you get this freebie.

1) CLICK HERE ON THIS LINK TO SIGN UP ON MY EMAIL LIST & TO GET THIS FREEBIE.

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Free Winter Copywork for Middle School: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

December 4, 2024 | 9 Comments
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I have some free winter copywork. Also, grab more ideas on my pages Winter Season Unit Study Free Lapbook & Hands-On Ideas and Homeschool Middle School.

I’ll share soon all that I have been up to, but today I wanted to kick off the winter months by sharing some beautiful poetry or free winter copywork.

I wouldn’t want you to think that copywork is only for the younger grades because middle and high school kids still benefit from copywork and especially when it’s poetry.

Free Winter Copywork for Middle School: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

So today, I have a free download for winter copywork which is Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost.

It’s such a beautiful poem that can be deciphered many ways if you want to, but there is no denying the lure of the cold, snow and long wintry days.

Free Winter Copywork for Middle School: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

I just thought it would be a great way to kick off the change in the season. It is three pages and it is in cursive.

It is not babyish, so it can be used for a variety of ages.

It is one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems and was first published in 1923.

What we loved about it is that it described a peaceful winter scene in the countryside.

Also, reading the poem together allows time with your middle school to explain his feelings.

For example, you can discuss the serenity of winter, taking time to be in the moment and observe nature.

Even talking about how the winter season can make some feel lonely.

Next, look at some of these books to read during winter and chase away the doldrums.

7 Books for Middle School Students to Read in the Winter

These books also make for a great read aloud, even older kids would enjoy piling up on the couch in the morning for a good story together.

Julie of the Wolves (HarperClassics)

Julie of the Wolves is a staple in the canon of children’s literature and the first in the Julie trilogy. The survival theme makes it a good pick for readers of wilderness adventures such as My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, or Island of the Blue Dolphins.

This edition, perfect for classroom or home use, includes John Schoenherr’s original scratchboard illustrations throughout, as well as bonus materials such as an introduction written by Jean Craighead George’s children, the author’s Newbery acceptance speech, selections from her field notebooks, a discussion guide, and a further reading guide.

To her small village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When her life in the village becomes dangerous, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.

The Call of the Wild (Reader's Library Classics)

The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival and adaptation as he learns the ways of the wilderness.

Sweet Home Alaska

    It's 1934, and times are tough for Trip's family after the mill in their small Wisconsin town closes, leaving her father unemployed. Determined to provide for his family, he moves them all to Alaska to become pioneers as part of President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project. Trip and her family are settling in, except her mom, who balks at the lack of civilization. But Trip feels like she's following in Laura Ingalls Wilder's footsteps, and she hatches a plan to raise enough money for a piano to convince her musical mother that Alaska is a wonderful and cultured home. Her sights set on the cash prize at the upcoming Palmer Colony Fair, but can Trip grow the largest pumpkin possible--using all the love, energy, and Farmer Boy expertise she can muster?

The Winter King

Ever since Cora's father disappeared through the ice, whispers about her family's "curse" have grown increasingly louder. Desperate to help her mother and siblings survive another bleak season in the Winter King's frozen grasp, Cora begins to bend (and even break) the rules she has kept since she was a little girl. But when she discovers a secret that's much bigger than herself, she realizes too late that she has put herself--and those she loves--in even greater peril.

Winterhouse (Winterhouse, 1)

Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms―most notably its massive library. It’s not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But the deeper she delves into the hotel’s secrets, the more Elizabeth starts to realize that she is somehow connected to Winterhouse. As fate would have it, Elizabeth is the only person who can break the hotel’s curse and solve the mystery. But will it be at the cost of losing the people she has come to care for, and even Winterhouse itself?

Northwind

When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next, unsure of his destination. Yet the deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to “the heartbeat of the ocean . . . the pulse of the sea.” With hints of Nordic mythology and an irresistible narrative pull, Northwind is Gary Paulsen at his captivating, adventuresome best.

Beat Winter Homeschooling Burnout

The benefits of copywork go beyond learning how to write, which is why it’s a great tool to use for older kids too.

Copywork is a super way of rekindling the love for language arts for either a middle or high school kid.

I feel it’s an underused tool for the older kids because we think of using copywork to teach writing. However, for older kids copywork is a way for older kids to learn how to organize their ideas and thoughts.

Sometimes, even our older kids need a visual model for writing and copywork can be one solution.

MORE WINTER ACTIVITIES

  • Homeschooling – Activities and Free Downloads. 5 Days of Look Alive. Day 1- Look to the Sea.
  • Homeschooling – Look to the Sea. 17 Hands-on Activities for Two to Teens.
  • Fun Winter Craft Ideas for Middle School Homeschool
  • 50 Keep Me Homeschooling Activities During the Long Cold Winter Days
  • Put A Little Spring In Your Winter Weary Homeschool Step
  • Colorful Winter Bird: Northern Cardinal Lapbook & Unit Study
  • Nature Craft: How to Make Easy DIY Bird Feeders
  • Winter Craft Ideas How to Make Fun Pinecone Flowers
  • 3 Fun Cocoa Winter Hands on Science Activities
  • Winter Craft Ideas for Kids Animals in Winter Fun Snow Slime
  • Cardinal Birds in Winter and Birch Trees Easy Watercolor Kids Activity
  • Easy Hands on Snowflake Winter Craft for Kids Who Don’t Have Snow
  • Two Fun Candy Cane Hands-on Science Winter Experiments
  • Winter Season Unit Study. Free Lapbook & Hands-On Ideas
Free Winter Unit Study and Lapbook for homeschooled kids @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus-1

Finally, look at how to grab the free winter copywork.

HOW TO GET THE FREE WINTER COPYWORK FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL: STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

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That means when you sign up to follow me, you get my emails in your inbox and you get this freebie.

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Did you see these other posts about copywork?

Free History Copywork
French Revolution Copywork

Also, if you’re looking for more winter hands-on ideas, check out the ideas below:

5 Days of Look Alive Winter Homeschooling. Day 1 Look to the Sea. @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus featured
Free Winter Copywork for Middle School: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Free Winter Copywork for Middle School: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Free Winter Copywork for Middle School: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Free Winter Copywork for Middle School: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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How to Create a Creditworthy American History Course (& resources)

September 20, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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I’m showing you how to create a creditworthy American history course with resources. Also, look at my page How to Homeschool High School.

Whether you want to create a standalone creditworthy American history course for your teen or you want to enhance the interest level of your current American history curriculum, you’ll love these tips.

Here’s a seasoned veteran tip.

Use lower grade level resources to put important topics in a nutshell.

How to Create a Creditworthy American History Course (& resources)

To get a quick glimpse of major events, use what you have at the house or that you can get at a library to get a quick glimpse of major events.

Lower level resources can give you an easy starting point when teaching a new topic.

5 TIPS FOR CREATING A CREDITWORTHY HISTORY COURSE

Then, look at these 5 seasoned veteran tips that will make creating your own American History high school course easy.

1. KNOW YOUR STATE LAW.

Be familiar with your state homeschool laws so you can meet the requirements as you build an American history course.

A lot of states don’t have specific requirements, some do. Just be sure you know so that you can cover it.

2. TRACK YOUR TEEN’S TIME.

The rule of thumb is that one course credit is equal to 120 hours. Obviously one-half a credit is 60 hours.

What is not so obvious is deciding how to meet the hours requirement.

It also does not mean that all of the hours need to come from textbooks.

Also, look at my post Homeschool High School–How to Log Hours for High School to give yourself time to learn more about how to truly count hours.

3. FOLLOW YOUR TEEN’S INTEREST. THINK OUT OF THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL BOX STANDARDS.

Don’t hem in your teen’s creative expression on how to meet the hour requirement.

If you have the control in your state to determine how to fill the credit requirement, then think beyond what public school dictates as traditional learning.

Look at this list of ideas to add to your course and ways to meet the time requirement.

Mix and match these activities to meet the needs of an American history credit.

  • Read a textbook
  • Read living books
  • Essays
  • Hands-on projects
  • Prepare a speech
  • Review primary resources
  • Learn history through art
  • Learn history through geography
  • Learn about fashion of the period
  • Apprenticeships
  • Watch movies
  • Cook a period recipe
  • Focus on one or more history makers like Abe Lincoln or George Washington or Wyatt Earp. Look at my lapbook Free American History Lapbook The Old West Through the Life of Wyatt Earp.
  • Learn history through music
  • Take field trips like attending a play, music performance and art museum
  • Do a lapbook on a period in American History like our FBI lapbook for high school
How to Create a Creditworthy American History Course (& resources). You'll love these EZ steps for creating your own curriculum @Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

The fun part begins when you and your teen decide if he will cover only history for the whole 120 hours or if you’ll mix and match with other subjects.

4. DETERMINE IF THE COURSE WILL BE HALF-CREDIT, FULL YEAR CREDIT OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

The beauty of homeschooling is that you can adjust a course to a teen’s likes and passions.

For example, if a teen is a writer, then he can focus on writing while learning history.

So history could be a .60 credit and creative writing about history a .60 credit.

Alternately, if you want to add a literature element, then history may be a full 1 credit and literature could be a one-half credit.

If your teen is a budding artist and doesn’t like history so much, then he can cover history while doing art. You and your teen determine how to divide up the hourly credit.

5. IF YOU BEGIN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU CAN STILL COUNT IT AS HIGH SCHOOL AS LONG AS YOU USE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL RESOURCES.

By starting in middle school, your teen can go slower or take his time and dig deeper if there is a passion for history.

As long as the resource you’re using is high school level, then you can count the credit on the transcript.

American Homeschool History Outline

Although my teens had some say in the topics, they didn’t have the final say.

I wanted to be sure my teens were exposed to a wide variety of topics.

But it’s not necessary to cover all the events, people, or topics at the same depth.

I find that looking at the table of contents of any American History textbook can serve as a beginning point for an outline.

You can easily use it as a reference or make your own course outline.

AMERICAN HISTORY EVENTS AND PERIODS TO COVER

Look at one I created to get you started.

  • Columbus
  • The First People of America
  • The American Colonies
  • The American Revolution
  • Creating the Constitution
  • The Age of Jefferson
  • The Age of Jackson
  • Religion and Reform
  • Manifest Destiny
  • The Civil War
  • Reconstruction
  • Industrial Growth
  • The Gilded Age
  • World War I
  • The 1920s
  • The Great Depression
  • Truman and the Cold War
  • The Eisenhower Years
  • The 1960s and Vietnam
  • Present

5 American History Enhancements

As you can see you quickly can draft a diy American History course that your teen will be passionate about.

After doing American History several times with each of my grads, I mixed and match different resources.

Key to keeping it easy is to have a variety of resources at your fingertips.

Look at these 5 American history resources that you can use to enhance or flesh out your course. It’s not that hard, I promise.

I’ve listed living books, a hands-on history resource and even a book to us a spine in a story form which is how we prefer to learn.

5 History Resources for Teens

Laid out resources can help you put together an easy creditworthy American history course for teens.

America: Ready-To-Use Interdisciplinary Lessons & ActivitIes for Grades 5-12

Use this as a springboard for ideas. I loved this resource because it helped me to have ideas to include my younger kids while teaching my high school kid.

Too, I could expand an idea in the book to a high school level. Like it says, it’s a great big book of ideas to teach about American history.

A History of US: Eleven-Volume Set (A ^AHistory of US)

Whether it's standing on the podium in Seneca Falls with the Suffragettes or riding on the first subway car beneath New York City in 1907, the books in Joy Hakim's A History of US series weave together exciting stories that bring American history to life. Readers may want to start with War, Terrible War, the tragic and bloody account of the Civil War that has been hailed by critics as magnificent. Or All the People, brought fully up-to-date in this new edition with a thoughtful and engaging examination of our world after September 11th. No matter which book they read, young people will never think of American history as boring again. Joy Hakim's single, clear voice offers continuity and narrative drama as she shares with a young audience her love of and fascination with the people of the past.

The World of Captain John Smith

Genevieve Foster wrote this nearly fifty years ago. It resonates with perhaps more truth today. As a result of this clarion call we have sold many of her enduring "World" titles because of the timeless nature of her books. Her writing style is clear, concise and fluid with her greatest strength as a storyteller being her ability to bring her readers right into the minds and times of her characters.Abraham Lincoln's WorldGeorge Washington's WorldWorld of William PennWorld of Columbus and SonsWorld ofCaptain John Smith.

The Yanks are Coming: The United States in the First World War

Use living books which bring history to life.

One of my son’s favorite authors is Albert Marrin. His books make it easy to cover
topics using a story format and avoiding boring textbooks.

Look at all of the ones for American history.

A History of the American People

Paul Johnson’s History of the American People is like a history form of American History and covers major events and times. We used it like a spine or main resource. Then dig into further topics after that.

In addition, hands-on games bring a different element to the day and keep teens from taking all so seriously.

Add in hands-on games and fun if your kid loves hands-on.

Hands-on history is not just for the young.

If your teen learns best by hands-on then assign one or two projects as a grade.

I used Home School in the Woods projects to help me come up with ideas for my teens.

Include your younger kids too and the day can be fun while your teen gets his credit hours.

I love this format because if you have to teach American History a few times over, there is always room for a unique slant or perspective.

How to Create a Creditworthy American History Course (& resources). You'll love these EZ steps for creating your own curriculum @Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Avoid the boredom and blahs by using different resources.

What else do you like to include for your teen?

MORE CREDITWORTHY AMERICAN HISTORY COURSE ACTIVITIES

  • Modern U.S. and World History High School Literature
  • 7 Unique Ways to Supplement U.S. History for High School
  • 10 Early American History Events that Happened in Fall for Homeschool Middle or High School
  • How to Grade Hands-on Homeschool Activities and Projects (Free Rubric for Grading)
  • Daniel Boone – North American Explorer Unit Study and Free Lapbook
  • American Revolution and Free Lapbook
  • 7 Things to Try When a Homeschool History Curriculum Isn’t Coming Together (Hint: Try a Primary Source or Two)
  • How to Use a History Spine to Build Your Study of History

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The Best Eighth Grade Homeschool Curriculum | Tips and Recommendations

July 9, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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Are you looking for a solid eighth grade homeschool curriculum to finish out the middle school years? Not to worry, I have you covered for this and all the other grade levels. Also, you’ll love my pages Homeschool Curriculum for more ideas and grade level curriculum. And my other page How to Successfully Homeschool Middle School.

I have assembled a collection of curriculum that covers all learning styles and of course have some tips to help you both have a great year.

The Best Eighth Grade Homeschool Curriculum | Tips and Recommendations

Eighth grade is a transition year and is a time to help fill in learning gaps for your child before they make the move to high school.

And you can do this by pulling together curriculum choices from different places to meet them where they are in every subject.

I have found that while they become more independent it doesn’t mean they don’t need you at all.

In fact in some ways, they need you more though it seems from a distance.

This is the perfect time to start planning together.

The last year of middle school is a foray into word study and literature, composition, spelling, and time to get the prerequisite of Pre-Algebra before high school.

You can start other electives like foreign language early as well if you like to give credits toward high school.

Eighth Grade Homeschool Tips and Recommendations

  • Adjust as needed in the curriculum to help your child wherever they may be struggling, enhance where they excel, and challenge them a little more.
  • Consider using a variety of teaching methods like textbooks, online, board games, field trips, worksheets, hands on experiments, etc.
  • This year, start looking together at next year’s possible classes and courses. Based on your child’s interest and possible future career choice. you may stick with the curriculum you’ve been using for years, or you may decide this year requires a change in a class, too, or all of them.

In addition, within the next year, your child will be old enough for a part-time job.

With that on the horizon, it’s a wonderful time to role-play going to job interviews, practicing filling out applications, which includes learning all their own personal information.

The Best Eighth Grade Homeschool Curriculum | Tips and Recommendations

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8th Grade Homeschool Curriculum

Add these fun curriculum recommendations to your 8th grader's homeschool day.

Math-U-See Pre-Algebra Student Pack

While your child may be in higher or lower math we're starting with Pre Algebra in 8th grade.

If a child is on a college track, he will want to do pre algebra in middle school.

If your child learns well with manipulatives and the mastery style of teaching Demme learnings Math-U-See has been a popular well-loved option. Math-U-See takes a very systematic and cumulative approach to teaching concepts and includes not just manipulatives but also videos explaining how each step is done, Instruction manual, and student texts.

Workman Publishing Ace Pre-Algebra and Algebra I in One Big Fat Notebook (Big Fat Notebooks)

The series Everything You Need to Ace Pre Algebra and Algebra In One Big FatNotebook is fantastic as a reference book when they need a reminder for certain operations or is a good guide for those that prefer to just learn independently.

12 Human Body Games For Middle School & High School

Unless your child is heading for a heavy science based field like doctor, pharmacist, or Marine Biologist you can still get a good deal of their science lessons from games, and  simple courses of interest.

Here is a list of 12Human Body Games For Middle School & High School ideal for fun anatomy lessons.

Mark Twain Forensic Investigations Workbook, Using Science to Solve High Crimes Middle School Books, Critical Thinking for Kids, DNA and Handwriting Analysis Labs

Use this time to start diving into specific areas of science interest like Forensic Science.

8th Grade Science: Daily Practice Workbook | 20 Weeks of Fun Activities (Physical, Life, Earth and Space Science, Engineering | Video Explanations Included

Exploring Creation with Physical Science, 2nd Edition

Apologia has long been a go to standard for science and one of the common 9th grade sciences is Physical Science. You can choose from physical books and ebooks, get a concise teacher manual,
audiobooks, test pages,

Movies As Literature

A complete, one-year English course or elective for high school, or use many of the lessons to supplement grades 7-8. This course uses 17 classic movies (DVDs not included) to introduce and study the elements of literary analysis. The book contains a student section and an extensive teacher's guide. Each lesson includes questions for discussion and composition and extended activity suggestions for anyone wanting to use it as an Honor's course. Also included: plot summaries, glossary of literary terms, and final exam. This course will not only give students the tools to appreciate good books more fully, but will also equip them with the ability to discern underlying messages in movies, rather than simply absorb them. It also offers students with difficulty reading (such as dyslexia) or remembering what they've read an opportunity to use their strengths by comprehending and analyzing stories appropriate for their age, not their reading level. 

Learning Language Arts Through Literature: The Gray Teacher Book (8th-9th Grades)

36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans.

4 Book Studies (listed in the order they appear):Across Five Aprils by Irene HuntA Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter AldrichEric Liddell by Catherine SwiftGod's Smuggler by Brother Andrew

Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, and study skills.

Spelling lists each week from the most Commonly Misspelled Words.

Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. Continued study of suffixes, prefixes, and root words prepares students for college testing.

PLUS, a five week Writing Unit!

Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!

Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C [Binder, Student Packet, Teacher's Manual]

Purchase this package if you already own or have access to the accompanying SSS-1C video course. Includes a complete set of student materials for extra students who are watching the video course in a group or classroom, including a 3-ring student binder with eight tabs for organizing student work and a packet of handouts with source texts, checklists, and more! Plus a complete Teacher’s Manual containing embedded images of student pages, along with suggested answers, video board notes, teaching tips, and access to students’ sample essays that are read aloud on the video.

Must Know High School Vocabulary

The 500 words you must know before college!

Must Know High School Vocabulary is more than just a vocabulary workbook. It gives you the edge you’ll need now―from improving your reading comprehension for high school and future college course work to scoring higher on AP and college entrance exams. Its user-friendly approach presents challenging aspects of the topics, exceptions to any rules, and clear answer explanations that will all help you build vocabulary quickly and easily. It’s like a lightning bolt to the brain!

Road Signs Flash Cards with Detailed Explanations and Safe Driving Tips - Stocking Stuffers for Teens

One of the most exciting aspects of 9th grade year is of course driving!

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The Best Seventh Grade Homeschool Curriculum | Tips and Recommendations

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I have the best seventh grade homeschool curriculum recommendations. Also, you’ll love my pages Homeschool Curriculum for more ideas and grade level curriculum. And my other page How to Successfully Homeschool Middle School.

Whether this is your 8th year of homeschooling your child or you are brand new this year – congratulations! 

You have made it to the second year of middle school with your child.

I want to help you find your groove for this year to continue going strong no matter what kind of homeschooler you are.

The Best Seventh Grade Homeschool Curriculum | Tips and Recommendations

There are many different approaches.

For example, there are classical, unit study families, out of the box curriculum users, and unschoolers.

So, I have curriculum recommendations and tips.

There is still time before high school.

But we want to make sure that we are on the right track with learning, focusing on interests as well as subject requirements.

If you have been more lax you might consider tightening up the requirements a bit.

Your student will probably be spending a lot more time online in these years going forward, not only with video games and chat but research, classes, and online learning.

We are living in a society that is going more and more that way every day.

Make the most of their time with solid online programs from math classes to electives by choosing ones that fit into their learning style.

Homeschool 7th Grade Tips and Recommendations

  • Increase learning time as needed to allow about 3 to 4 hours of schooling, which is typically plenty of time to complete a full day of homeschool subjects at this age.
  • So much of your child’s reading comes through all their subjects-history, science, and language arts, be sure to keep a good thorough record of their independent reading. I like to let them choose much of their own reading by this age with a few required reading selections I add in.
  • I think it’s important in these transitioning middle school years to keep a flexible but consistent schedule for wake up, schooling, chores, etc.
  • Consider giving your child a standardized test to see where they are and what they need extra support or more challenge in. Tests like Iowa or Stanford can help you identify this and better help your child.
  • Encourage your child to use a planner independently to schedule their own assignments for the upcoming week(s). High school is not too far off and it’s a good time to implement more good habits like this.
  • Change the plan as you need to. Remember that just because you have been using a curriculum for years you don’t have to stick to it. You can choose and change your mind with your method or homeschooling style even based on what works best for you and your child at this point in life.
  • Encourage those interests that may become future careers be it in trade school or college track.
The Best Seventh Grade Homeschool Curriculum | Tips and Recommendations

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Mark Twain Basic Economics Workbook, Grades 5-8 Financial Literacy Books, Money, Taxes, and Economic Principals With Math Practice

Make economics easy for students to understand (and enjoy!) with the activity-packed Mark Twain Basic Economics Workbook.

Financial 5th grade books and up are a great way for fifth―eighth grade students to learn basic economic and math concepts while introducing students to the consumer world through focused lessons and practice.

7th Grade Financial Education

 Personal Finance Workbook For Teens. Introduce your 7th grader or 6th grader to the fundamentals of financial literacy life skills with our engaging middle school and homeschool workbook. Packed with age-appropriate lessons, interactive exercises, and real-world scenarios, this workbook is designed to empower your child with essential money management skills

EP Language Arts 7 Workbook: Part of the Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool

This is an offline workbook for Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool's Language Arts 7 course. We've modified and expanded upon the online activities and printable worksheets available at the Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool website so that your child can work offline if desired. Whether you use the online or offline versions or a combination of both, your child will enjoy these supplements to the Easy Peasy Language Arts course. This workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with Easy Peasy's Language Arts 7 Lesson Guide. It follows the EP Language Arts course in sequential order, providing activity worksheets which can replace online activities and printable worksheets. As you proceed through the EP curriculum, use this workbook to exercise your child's Language Arts skills.

Learning Language Arts Through Literature: Green Student Activity Book, 7th Grade Skills

The Green Student Activity Book is the perfect companion for the Green Teacher Book! Everything in one student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. The Green SAB provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB.

The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia: With 80 Interactive Augmented Reality Models! (Kingfisher Encyclopedias)

Science is vital for every inhabitant of today’s world, and being scientifically informed and literate is a crucial part of any child’s education. Science can seem daunting –- especially as scientific knowledge advances so quickly –- and this volume is the perfect purchase for any family. It will bear repeated use by all the family from 10+ through the teenage years.

Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game | A Science Accurate Strategy Board Game About Building Proteins, Carbohydrates, Enzymes, Organelles, & Membranes

Games like Cytosis can teach cell biology in a more interesting and fun way than a textbook alone. 

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World's Story 1 Set

Masterbooks The Worlds Story is a solid series for a full history program and covers ancients to the modern age and takes just about an hour to complete. 

LIFEPAC 7th Grade History & Geography Box Set

The LIFEPAC 7th Grade History & Geography Set presents a comprehensive overview of history and the social sciences. In this biblically integrated homeschool course, your child will study lessons which focus on the fundamentals of geography, U.S. history, anthropology, economics, political science, along with state economics and politics. A teacher's guide is included in this Alpha Omega
curriculum.

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Medieval History Intermediate Curriculum

Medieval History 5-8 Pack. This teacher guide has been completely redesigned, expanded, and improved with in-depth study notes, new sections covering Medieval Africa, China, and the Renaissance. Guide features rabbit trails, historical recipes, website and video links, and background information.

Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook

It s the revolutionary English language arts study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts . . . takes students from grammar to reading comprehension to writing with ease, including parts of speech, active and passive verbs, Greek and Latin roots and affixes; nuances in word meanings; textual analysis, authorship, structure, and other skills for reading fiction and nonfiction; and writing arguments,
informative texts, and narratives.

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Carnegie Mellon Computer Science

Computer science curriculum: free for all, designed for you.
Photo Credit: www.arthistorykids.com

Art History Kids

Introduce your kids to a new artist each month & ignite their creativity as they make art from their own imagination!

Cooking Curriculum for the Whole Family

Your Homeschool Curriculum Needs Life Skills……And Your Life Needs Kids Who Help Out.

Connect with your kids in the kitchen, build life skills, and put PEACE into your homeschool day.

Music In Our Homeschool

Online and self-paced music courses. All from the comfort of your home by another homeschool mom who is also a music teacher.

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