9th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2020-2021

Hardworking. Selfless. Curious. Sheep-dog.
This is my oldest son in a nut-shell. He's a bit of an introvert who has a heart for the gospel and a deep passion for serving others.

He has had military aspirations since he was three-years-old and has never wavered in that desire. Not even a little bit. If you ever need him, just look for the kid wearing camo and doing chin-ups in the doorframe. The kid's serious about staying in shape.


I have devised a 4-year high school plan that will hopefully prepare him for a career in military service.  

Here's what he'll be learning.
(Because we only homeschool 4 days a week, you can assume that all subjects will be completed four times each week unless otherwise indicated.)


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Content-rich subjects

As always, he'll do all of his content-rich subjects like Morning time/Bible, history, science, art, and creative writing with his older siblings. You can see those curriculum choices here>>>

Personal Devotions- every day

• ESV Seek & Find Bible
• Youth Devotions

Language

• English 9 from BJU Press 
• Finish All About Spelling Level 6 and move on to Level 7.
• Work through a Reading Horizons lesson (online tutoring for dyslexia) for 20 minutes each day to improve phonemic skills. 
• Select books for the MUST READ book list I put together for him.
• Word Roots Level 1- He'll complete the second half of the book that he started last year. 

Math

• Algebra 1 from BJU Press Homeschool Distance Learning
• Practice math fact flashcards with a sibling for five minutes. 

Extracurriculars

• CAP- Each week, he'll attend our local chapter of Civil Air Patrol (the youth auxiliary program of the US Air Force) where he has slowly worked up the ranks to Cadet Master Sergeant.
• Beginning Drawing from Udemy
• Speech/Debate from NCFCA- This summer, he took an online speech, debate, and apologetics course which will count as a ninth-grade elective on his high school transcript

Life Skills

• Co-op for two enrichment type classes- 2x a month
• Clean his room and make his bed each day.
• Daily chores: sweep the dining room, wipe down the boys' bathroom, vacuum the three area rugs with an electric sweeper
• Weekly Chores for his child-of-the-day privileges and responsibilities: help make lunch/dinner and do two loads of laundry (Tuesdays)
• Monthly Chores: three chores that he randomly selects from our chore jar one Saturday each month
• Mow grass/shovel snow as needed
• Apprentice under a family friend who is a licensed contractor and who flips homes as he's able

He's starting high school with his eyes on the military. As his mother, I have mixed feelings about his future plans. On the one hand, I am very proud of his determination to serve his county. But on the other, I'm not naive about the possible repercussions of that kind of commitment. For now, I'll not borrow tomorrow's trouble. I'll do my best to help prepare him for whatever God has in store for his someday.

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