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Language Lessons for a Living Education 9
This distinctive course intrigues me. I found myself digging through all the assignments but also impatient to learn what the future high school courses from Master Books would bring. Many aspects of this high school course will ring familiar if you’ve previously used their language arts. Yet, this course adds rigor and additional depth to create a one credit English course. You’ll find a unique combination of Biblical principles with modern application, step-by-step directions, and lots of ways to provide your student with feedback on skills.
Unique from other 9th grade ELA courses, this one adds a focus on worldview analysis; picture, hymn, and scripture (ESV) studies; sketching assignments; and oral presentations. This provides a broader scope of communication than some programs, serving to lay a foundation upon which the rest of high school language arts will be built. This course also emphasizes interpersonal communication from a Biblical perspective: such as active listening, nonverbal skills, interviewing, and converting an essay into an oral presentation. In addition, the overall design significantly puts the student in the driver’s seat. Your student can rise to this challenge if they are reading at grade level, able to write an essay of 3 well-written paragraphs, utilize proper grammar, and is able to recognize abstract ideas.
Weekly, students will read through and respond to questions on a stalwart classic (The Pilgrim’s Progress: the Journey Journal) add readings of their choice, with a weekly patten of 5 daily exercises (vocabulary, grammar, communication, worldview/literary analysis, and review). This course does assume that you’ll be adding independent reading for your student. Two suggested reading lists are provided (one for a grade 7-8 reading level and one for grades 9-12 reading level). Most are nonfiction books developed by the publisher. Personally, I would also select from one of the readily available Charlotte Mason fiction reading lists to round out the genres. Writing assignments include picture studies, sketching, 5 essays and 2 oral presentations. Essay styles include personal narrative, descriptive, expository, critical, and persuasive. For each of these modes, study sheets provide steps and tips.
There are two required materials: Student text (with teacher’s resources in the back) and The Pilgrim’s Progress: The Journey Journal (a unique combination of the complete original written by John Bunyan, with illustrations, worldview notes, space for student notes, character analyses/studies, theological insights, with a forward by Ken Ham). Pilgrim’s Progress is a spine for this course, utilized every week. I think some families may ask, “Isn’t that a lot of focus on just one book?” It certainly is a commitment. Yet this book, originally written in 1678, is the second most famous English book ever printed. As an allegory for successfully traversing the Christian life and incorporating a multitude of genres, this novel is a solid choice for deep analysis and application.
The 110 pages of teaching resources include writing templates and outlines for assignments, spelling words (prefixes, suffix and root words and vocabulary lists), grammar study sheets, and texting guidelines (yes, you read that correctly). Teachers are provided assessments, answers for daily assignments, and detailed rubrics for each of the 6 writing assignments. Assessments happen weekly. Students will also need these items: additional reading of your choice, index cards, colored pencils (for some small drawing and coloring assignments), notebook, dictionary, and a Bible. Includes 180 lessons and 491 pages that are 3-hole punched, perforated. Should qualify for 1 credit. ~ Ruth
Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 9 will effectively equip your high school students to be excellent communicators for Christ. This homeschool curriculum, a part of Master Books’ top ranked language arts series, purposefully prepares students to share their faith in a way that impacts their own generation and beyond.
Strong communication skills will serve students for a lifetime and a biblical approach to communication is the foundation of this course. Through the study of etiquette, verbal and nonverbal communication, and worldview and literary analysis, students will be well prepared for successful high school communication.
Pilgrim’s Progress is the focus of this course. Students move through their lessons, studying grammar, punctuation, communication, and worldview and literary analysis, all while being inspired by this profound allegory. The faith of your students will grow along with their communication skills as they read through John Bunyan’s timeless classic.
Language arts programs listed in this section cover most areas of language arts (reading/literature, writing, grammar, spelling and handwriting) in one curriculum, although some skill areas may be covered with less intensity than a focused, stand-alone course.
This Charlotte Mason-flavored curriculum weaves together composition, handwriting practice, memorization, picture studies, narration, and other writing skills alongside labeling-style grammar, mechanics, vocabulary, and more. The elementary levels target skills by levels rather than grade, gradually guiding students in all ELA skills. So, you have the freedom to select a level based on your student’s skills. Writing assignments begin in Level 1 with observation skills, and end with descriptive writing in Level 6. Quarterly, brief assessments are provided. High school levels target skills by grade, intensifying the demands while maintaining the same techniques. Master Books also allows additional free PDF resources for each level. Some reading suggestions are included; you’ll add your own reading books at every level. Students study, memorize, and apply Scripture in lessons (NASB in 1-6, ESV in 9). Each level except for Level 2 requires an additional Biblically-oriented text. Level 1 uses 4 additional texts. Levels 3-5 use 101 Favorite Stories from the Bible; Level 6 adds The 10-Minute Bible; and Level 7 requires God’s Story. This last book presents God’s redemptive story through 120 Bible narratives. Masterbooks.com provides free digital lessons so students in Levels 3-5 can participate in this Bible study, replacing the Day 4 lessons in their student texts. Choose from complete packages or student consumables.
Each consumable 3-hole punched Course Book is a student/teacher combo. Short teacher helps are written in the text and a hefty Teacher’s Aid section provides plentiful reproducible resources like optional games, spelling words, copywork practice, grammar study sheets, answer keys, and more, based on the level. Each level is a one-year course. The new Grade 9 is the first high school course available and uses the full text of The Pilgrim’s Progress as a core text (a specific edition is required). ~ Ruth
Students begin high school with an in-depth examination of The Pilgrim’s Progress while they work through Scripture memorization, writing essays, nonverbal and speech skills, and applying language arts skills such as grammar, etc., in context. Students will use The Pilgrim’s Progress: the Journey Journal to process this significant work while also adding in additional reading of your choice.
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Brand: | Master Book Publishers |
Grades: | 9-11 |
ISBN: | 9781683443278 |
Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
Width in Inches: | 8.375 |
Height in Inches: | 0.9375 |
Weight in Pounds: | 3 |