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Year 8 36 week schedule
Week 1
Bible
Churchill's The New World Ch 1 (Columbus, Luther) Trace and label the map in the book
A Man for All Seasons Act 1 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 1 for 3 weeks
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 1
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week (book may require parental screening)
Utopia - Introduction
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 1, 2
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXII ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE THEATER
CM's "Ourselves" pg 66-72 Part II ch VII
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
How to read a Book ch 6
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet XVIII 18
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study (Jansen's The Story of Painting - ch 4 and 5 this year)
Week 2
Bible
Churchill Ch 2 (Tudor Dynasty; Henry VI; Earl of Kildare, Ireland)
Luther's speech before the Diet of Worms
A Man for All Seasons Act 1 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 1 for 3 weeks
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 2
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia DISCOURSES OF RAPHAEL HYTHLODAY spend 6 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Francis Bacon essay - Of Truth
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 3, 4
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXIII HOW THE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet XXIX 29
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 3
Bible
Churchill's The New World Ch 3 (Henry VIII)
A Man for All Seasons Act 1 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 1 for 3 weeks
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 3
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia DISCOURSES OF RAPHAEL HYTHLODAY spend 6 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 5
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXIV THE STORY OF EVERYMAN
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet XXX 30
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 4
Bible
Churchill's The New World Ch 4, to page 49, "On October 9, 1529..." (Wosey's disgrace, More's Speech, Anne Boleyn) Trace and label map in book
A Man for All Seasons Act 1 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 2 for 2 weeks
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 4
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia DISCOURSES OF RAPHAEL HYTHLODAY spend 6 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 6, 7
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXV HOW A POET COMFORTED A GIRL
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet LIII 53
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 5
Bible
Churchill's The New World pages 49-61, end of ch 4 and first half of ch 5, which ends at 'Having Established his supremacy...' (Wolsey's fall, Anne's Rise, marriage, Cranmer)
A Man for All Seasons Act 2 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 2 for 2 weeks
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 5
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia DISCOURSES OF RAPHAEL HYTHLODAY spend 6 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Francis Bacon essay - Of Revenge
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 8
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXVI THE RENAISSANCE
CM's "Ourselves" pg 73-80 ch VIII
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet LIV 54
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 6
Bible
Churchill's The New World second half of ch 5 and beginning of ch 6 pg 61, from "having established his supremacy, to page 75, 'Catholic and economically backward North" (Thomas More, Elizabeths' birth, Cromwell, Jane Seymoure, possibly questionable passage on page 66 about accusations of Anne Boleyn's affairs beginning"In January...")
A Man for All Seasons Act 2 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 3 for 2 weeks
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 6
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia DISCOURSES OF RAPHAEL HYTHLODAY spend 6 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 9
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXVII THE LAND OF NOWHERE
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 1
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
How to read a Book ch 7
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet LVII 57
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 7
Bible
Churchill's The New World second half of ch 6 page 75, from "In the Autumn, when the new taxes," to the end of ch 6 (other wives of Henry VIII and his death)
A Man for All Seasons Act 2 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 3 for 2 weeks)
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 7
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia DISCOURSES OF RAPHAEL HYTHLODAY spend 6 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 10, 11
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXVIII THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS MORE
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 2
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet LXXIII 73
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 8
Bible
Churchill's The New World first half of ch 7, to page 97, "Catholic Empire of Hapsburgs" (Mary's
reign)(Questionable section on page 87 about "romps" and scandal involving 'the young princess')
A Man for All Seasons Act 2 for 4 wks OR Roper's Life of Thomas More part 4 for 1 week)
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 8
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia Of Their Towns, of their Magistrates
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Francis Bacon essay - Of Innovations
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 12, 13
Marshall's English Literature Ch XXXIX HOW THE SONNET CAME TO ENGLAND
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 3
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet XCIV 94
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 9
Bible
Churchill's The New World second half of ch 7-middle of ch 8 pg 98-109, from 'all eyes turned to Princess
Elizabeth' to 'Divide a European Combination' (Mary's death, Bess' reign begins)
Rawley's Life of Francis Bacon Part 1
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 9
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia OF THEIR TRADES, AND MANNER OF LIFE
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 14, 15
Marshall's English Literature Ch XL THE BEGINNING OF BLANK VERSE
CM's "Ourselves" pg 81-86 Part II ch I The Ways of Love
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 4
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet CIV 104
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 10
Bible
Churchill's The New World second half of ch 8 pg 109 from "meanwhile, there was Mary Stuart..." to end of ch 8 (Mary, Queen of Scotts, Hugoenots)
Rawley's Life of Francis Bacon Part 2
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 10
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week
Utopia OF THEIR TRAFFIC
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 16, 17, 18
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLI SPENSER--THE "SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR"
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 5
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet CVI 106
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 11
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 9 (Drake, Armada)
Queen Elizabeth's speech before the Armada
Rawley's Life of Francis Bacon Part 3
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 11
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week (chapter 11 will require parental screening)
Utopia OF THE TRAVELLING OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Francis Bacon essay - Of Friendship
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 19, 20
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLII SPENSER--THE "FAERY QUEEN"
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 6
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
How to read a Book ch 8
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet CXVI 116
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 12
Bible
Churchill's The New World Ch 10 (1588, Sir Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Shakespeare, Faerie Queene)
Rawley's Life of Francis Bacon Part 4
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 12
Christopher Columbus Mariner, read about 12 pages a week (chapter 11 will require parental screening)
Utopia OF THE TRAVELLING OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Everyman: A Morality Play spread over the 12-week term as desired
Fierce Wars Faithful Loves spread over the 12-week term as desired
Westward Ho ch 21
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLIII SPENSER--HIS LAST DAYS
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 7
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 12 weeks on chapter 3, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry Anthology
Shakespeare Sonnet CXXIX 129
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Exam week
Week 13
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 11 to page 159 "...Spanish match." (Guy Fawkes, Jas I, Charles, 1605)
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 13
Utopia OF THE TRAVELLING OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 1-19
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
Westward Ho ch 22, 23, 24
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLIV ABOUT THE FIRST THEATERS
Discovery of Muscovy introduction
Compleat Angler ch 1 (spend 2 weeks)
CM's "Ourselves" pg 87-90 ch II Pity
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 8
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 4, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 14
Bible
Churchill's The New World page 159 to 166 beginning 'in the midst of these turmoils' ending with 'London greatly aided them in this.' (Mayflower; James' children betrothed; Jacobean Charles I crowned)
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 14
Utopia OF THE TRAVELLING OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 20-29
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
Westward Ho ch 25
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLV SHAKESPEARE--THE BOY
Discovery of Muscovy The New Navigation and Discovery of The Kingdom Of Muscovy
Francis Bacon essay - Of Regiment of Health
Compleat Angler ch 1 (spend 2 weeks)
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 9
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 4, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 15
Bible
Churchill's The New World page 166-177- last half of of ch 12 beginning with 'Beneath the drab exterior' to end of ch 12 (colonization)
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 15
Utopia OF THE TRAVELLING OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 30-40
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
Westward Ho ch 26
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLVI SHAKESPEARE--THE MAN
Discovery of Muscovy Of Muscovy
Compleat Angler ch 2
CM's "Ourselves" pg 91-94 ch III Benevolence
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 10
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 4, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 16
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 13 (Charles I and Buckingham, Bohemia, Hugoenots)
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 16
Utopia OF THEIR SLAVES, AND OF THEIR MARRIAGES spend 2 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 41-45
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
Westward Ho ch 27, 28, 29
Marshall's English Literature Ch LXVII SHAKESPEARE--"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"
Discovery of Muscovy Of The Muscovites
Compleat Angler ch 3, 4
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 11
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 4, applying what is taught
How to read a Book ch 9
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 17
Bible
Churchill's The New World 'Through the commons' , ch 14, 203 to section ending 'the inert forces of the nation.' (dissolution of Parliament, Van Dyck's art)
David Howarth's Voyage of the Armada ch 17
Utopia OF THEIR SLAVES, AND OF THEIR MARRIAGES spend 2 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 46-55
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
Westward Ho ch 30
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLVIII JONSON--"EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR"
Discovery of Muscovy The Coins, Weights, and Measures, used in Russia
Francis Bacon essay - Of Suspicion, Of Discourse
Compleat Angler ch 5 (spend 2 weeks)
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 12
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 4, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 18
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 14 from 'Presently Charles' Lawyers...' to "Irish Army in Scotland"
Utopia OF THEIR MILITARY DISCIPLINE spend 2 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 56-66
William Bradford's Journal - selections
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
Westward Ho ch 31
Marshall's English Literature Ch XLIX JONSON--"THE SAD SHEPHERD"
Discovery of Muscovy The Oath
Compleat Angler ch 5 (spend 2 weeks)
CM's "Ourselves" pg 95-98 ch ch IV Sympathy
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 13
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 4, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 19
Bible
Churchill's The New World near end of ch 14 and first half of ch 15 pg 215-225, from 'At this decisive moment...' to 'they would now impeach the Queen.' (trial of Strafford, Pym)
Utopia OF THEIR MILITARY DISCIPLINE spend 2 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 67-81
William Bradford's Journal - selections
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
I Promessi Sposi ch 1, 2
Marshall's English Literature Ch L RALEIGH--"THE REVENGE"
Discovery of Muscovy Certain Instructions
Compleat Angler ch 6, 7
Whatever Happened to Justice ch 14
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 5, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 20
Bible
Churchill's The New World second half of ch 15 225-235, from 'This was the agony of Charles life' to end of ch 15 (Charles flees London)
Utopia OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 82-93
William Bradford's Journal - selections
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
I Promessi Sposi ch 3, 4, 5
Marshall's English Literature Ch LI RALEIGH--"THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD"
Discovery of Muscovy Gifts sent to
Francis Bacon essay - Of Riches
Compleat Angler ch 8, 9
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 5, applying what is taught
How to read a Book ch 10
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 21
Bible
Churchill's The New World first half of ch 16 to 'holding the towns' (fight betwixt Charles and Parliament)
William Bradford's Journal - selections
Utopia OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 94-98
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
I Promessi Sposi ch 6, 7
Marshall's English Literature Ch LII BACON--NEW WAYS OF WISDOM
Discovery of Muscovy 13th of July
Compleat Angler ch 10, 11, 12 (all short)
CM's "Ourselves" pg 99-102 ch V Kindness
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 5, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 22
Bible
Churchill's The New World second half of ch 16, and beginning of ch 17 pg 245 to 255, from 'Charles possessed a certain strategic comprehension' to 'safely south to Shrewsbury' (Rupert, battles and more battles)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 1
Utopia OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 99-117
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
I Promessi Sposi ch 8
Marshall's English Literature Ch LIII BACON--THE HAPPY ISLAND
Discovery of Muscovy Manners, Usages, and Ceremonies of the Russians
Compleat Angler ch 13, 14, 15, 16 (all short)
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 5, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 23
Bible
Churchill's The New World end of ch 17 and beginning of ch 18 pg 255-269 from 'the success of the king's campaign' to ch 18 'who should dragoon them?'
A Coffin for King Charles ch 2 first half
Utopia OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 118-125
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
I Promessi Sposi ch 9, 10
Marshall's English Literature Ch LIV ABOUT SOME LYRIC POETS
Discovery of Muscovy Of Their Matrimony
Francis Bacon essay - Of Youth and Age
Compleat Angler ch 17, 18, 19 (all short)
CM's "Ourselves" pg 103-107 ch VI Generosity
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 5, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 24
Bible
Churchill's The New World second half of ch 18 pg 269, beginning with 'now that the war was won' to
the end of ch 18 (Carisbrook Castle)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 2 second half
Utopia OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE UTOPIANS spend 5 weeks
Izaak Walton's Life on John Donne paragraphs 126-end
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Sower biography of Kepler read about 17 pages a week
I Promessi Sposi ch 11, 12, 13
Discovery of Muscovy The Geography of Europe
Compleat Angler ch 20, 21
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 5, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of John Donne
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Exam week
***Francis Bacon essays still need to be selected and scheduled in term 3
Weel 25
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 19 up to pg 292, ending at "...the curse of Cromwell." (Cromwell's terror,
House of Lords ceases to meet, Levellers, Lilurne, Ormonde massacre at Drogheda)
John Donne's funeral speech 1631 spend three weeks
A Coffin for King Charles ch 3
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana introduction
I Promessi Sposi ch 14, 15
Marshall's English Literature Ch LV HERBERT--THE PARSON POET
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
CM's "Ourselves" pg 108-111 ch VIII Gratitude
I, Pencil (take 2 weeks if necessary)
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 6, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 26
Bible
Churchill's The New World from ch 19 beginning "At the moment when the axe..." to ch 20 ending
"successors of Torquemada." (Montroe's death, Charles II, Scottish Covenanters attack, 1651, exile of
Charles I, hiding in the oak tree)
John Donne's funeral speech 1631 spend three weeks
A Coffin for King Charles ch 4 first half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part I (spend 3 weeks)
Francis Bacon essay - Of Studies
I Promessi Sposi ch 16, 17
Marshall's English Literature Ch LVI HERRICK AND MARVELL--OF BLOSSOMS AND BOWERS
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
I, Pencil take 2 weeks if necessary)
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 6, applying what is taught
How to read a Book ch 11
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 27
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 20 beginning "Cromwell's successes and failures..." to end of ch 20 (Parliament
of Saints Dryden, Cromwell's death)
John Donne's funeral speech 1631 spend three weeks
A Coffin for King Charles ch 4 second half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part I (spend 3 weeks)
I Promessi Sposi ch 18, 19
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Marshall's English Literature Ch LVII MILTON--SIGHT AND GROWTH
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 6, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 28
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 21, beginning of chapter, to section ending "supreme day of joy." (Samuel
Pepys, return of Charles II, Parliament condemns regicide, longest Parliament) Good time to begin the
folksong "the King enjoys his own again."
A Coffin for King Charles ch 5 first half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part I (spend 3 weeks)
I Promessi Sposi ch 20, 21, 22
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Marshall's English Literature Ch LVIII MILTON--DARKNESS AND DEATH
CM's "Ourselves" pg 112-117 ch VIII Courage
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 6, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 29
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 21 beginning "The Wheel had not..." to ch 22 section ending "you have made
the word of a king for it. (Longest parliament, Clarendon Code)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 5 second half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part II (spend 2 weeks)
Francis Bacon essay - Of Praise
I Promessi Sposi ch 23, 24
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Marshall's English Literature Ch LIX BUNYAN--"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 6, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 30
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 22 beginning "The Cavalier Parliament" to "actually spelt the word 'cabal.'
(Plague, Great Fire of 1666)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 6
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part II(spend 2 weeks)
I Promessi Sposi ch 25, 26
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Simond's Literature http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270 English in Virginia
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 6, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of Blood (take 3 or 4 weeks as needed)
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 31
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 22 beginning "the dominant fact..." to ch 23 section ending "...course of
European events." (Louis XIV in France, William of Orange, Treaty of Dover)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 7 first half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part III (spend 2 weeks)
I Promessi Sposi ch 27, 28
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
CM's "Ourselves" pg 118-125 ch IX Loyalty
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 7, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of Blood (take 3 or 4 weeks as needed)
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 32
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 23 beginning "It was at this moment..." to ch 24 section ending "...rejected the exclusion Bill." (dissolving parliament, Duke of Monmouth, 1679)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 7 second half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part III (spend 2 weeks)
Francis Bacon essay - Of Honor and reputation
I Promessi Sposi ch 29, 30
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Simond's Literature http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270 New England; Pilgrims and Puritans
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 7, applying what is taught
How to read a Book ch 12
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of Blood (take 3 or 4 weeks as needed)
Grammar
Poetry
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 33
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 24 beginning "The fury against the Popish plot..." to end of
chapter (Charles' death)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 8 first half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part V (spend 2 weeks)
I Promessi Sposi ch 31, 32
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 7, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of Blood (take 3 or 4 weeks as needed)
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 34
Bible
Churchill's The New World beginning of ch 25 to section ending "...came to pass." (Monmouth executed,
Chief Justice Jeffries, James takes the throne)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 8 second half
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part V (spend 2 weeks)
I Promessi Sposi ch 33, 34
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Simond's Literature http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270 New England Clergy (skipping the part about the Mathers)
CM's "Ourselves" pg 126-130 ch X Humility
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 7, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of Blood (take 3 or 4 weeks as needed)
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 35
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 25 beginning ""James was now..." to ch 26 section ending "...their hammer
blows." (William Penn, Ottoman invasion, Pope Innocent XI)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 9
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part IV (spend 2 weeks)
Francis Bacon essay - Of Anger
I Promessi Sposi ch 35, 36
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 7, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Week 36
Bible
Churchill's The New World ch 26 beginning "At the end of April..." to end of book (William of Orange invades)
A Coffin for King Charles ch 10
Galileo's Daughter read about 35 pages a week, as desired
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth
Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Part IV (spend 2 weeks)
I Promessi Sposi ch 37, 38
John Bunyan's The Holy War - spread the book over the 12-week term (book has no chapter divisions)
Simond's Literature http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270 Puritan Poetry
Elements of Style about 26 pages this term (spend a week on a chapter, and then a few weeks applying what is learned)
R.L Stevenson The Art of Writing spend 6 weeks on chapter 7, applying what is taught
Nature book - space your choice out (Cooper or Teale) over the year by seasonal chapters
Apologia Science
Grammar
Poetry of Milton
This term's Life from Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare play
Foreign language and/or Latin
Math
Copywork
Singing/Folksongs/Composer
Nature Study
Picture Study
Exam week
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