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Year 8B (Semester 2)

Here is a brief outline of my son's 8th grade course of study (2006).

Year 8B (semester 2)
Bible	English	History & Geography
Daily Bible reading and prayer along with reading C.S. Lewis' book, Mere Christianity.	Grammar and Writing instruction will include weekly essays, beginning of Jensen's Format Writing (paragraphs only), and weekly review of basic grammar (parts of speech) using Easy Grammar Plus. Poetry instruction using Roar on the Other Side by Suzanne Clark.	World War II is our focus for the second semester of Year 8. We will be reading a number of non-fiction and living books as well as watch several History Channel DVD broadcasts. See our reading list here!
Math	Science	Foreign Language
We will use CIMT's MEP Math for Year 9A.	Physical Science We will be studying Physical Science using the A Beka's Science of the Physical Creation, various science lab projects and PBS/Nova DVDs.	This will be our second year studying French using Rosetta Stone (level I).
Art & Music	Computers and Technology
We will study music and art as part of our History/Literature Unit.	Visual Basic Applications

Reading List

o       History of the US : Volume 9 "War, Peace and All the Jazz" by Joy Hakim

o      Operation Overlord by Albert Marrin

o       The Yanks are Coming by Albert Marrin

o       The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose

o       D-Day: June 6, 1944 by Steven Ambrose

o       Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley

o       Navajo Code Talkers by Sally McClain

o       Operatives, Spies and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of WWII OSS by Patrick K. O'Donnell

o       The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

o       The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig

o       Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

o       All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque

o       Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Geography focus)

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