How to Homeschool High School Literature

By Vicki Tillman on 01 July 2012 / High School, Literature, News / 0 Comment

We're celebrating summer! As we all know, summertime is when homeschool moms celebrate how AWESOME the new school year will be! We explore new curriculum and think about brand-new courses to teach.

To celebrate summer we are going to offer at 50% off a different 7 Sisters literature or writing guide each day in July! Today we are featuring our Literature Guide to Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. (50% off the original price of $3.99 is pretty reasonable, I think!).

Just enter Coupon CodeBritDrJ at the product page checkout.

So, here are some tips for homeschooling high school literature:

1. Over the 4 years of high school, your homeschooler should experience some in-depth reading in various literature genres. Our various kids have spent a year on these topics:

-American Literature

-British Literature

-World Literature

-Modern Literature

-Great Christian Writers

-Shakespeare

-C.S. Lewis Studies

-Writings of Frank Peretti

-Movies as Literature

2. Choose from various ways to cover the topic

-Independent learning (Great for teens who love to read.)

-Co-op or group classes (Most of the 7 Sisters' kids have done some or all of their lit courses in group setting. They like the group discussion on the books.)

-Family read alouds with discussion (Great for struggling/reluctant readers, families with children of several ages, and families who just like read aloud.)

-Mixture of the above (My family does a mixture of the above- the bulk of our literature is covered in group settings, we always keep a family read aloud going, and my kids always have some independent reading projects going.)

3. Pick your text style

-Study guides for real books (We use these for our major books: 9-17 books each year, according to what we want eacg year. The 7 Sisters' Literature Guides don't contain busywork- just good background info, vocabulary, comprehension, and application questions.)

-Literature textbooks (Usually contain excerpts with discussion rather than entire books.)

How do you handle literature with your homeschoolers?

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Don't forget to download Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for 50% off today only. Then check tomorrow for another 50% offer!

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