This is an AmblesideOnline student's idea of which books were most helpful and most indispensible for someone needing to pare down. This schedule does not have official Advisory approval. ;)
Ambleside Online Year 7 Lite based on AO's Year 7 (a 36 week schedule is here)
Exam Questions
Devotional Reading
Follow the Bible reading plan of your choice.
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis OR More Than a Carpenter by Josh MacDowell
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer OR The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges (starts in week 13)
History
The Birth of Britain by Winston Churchill (volume 1 of his History of the English Speaking Peoples)
William of Malmesbury's account of the Battle of Hastings (online here) (week 11)
The Magna Carta (online here; also available in a modern paraphrase) (week 24)
In Freedom's Cause by G.A. Henty (online here) OR The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (starts in week 4) (Richard picture for Tey book is here.)
Biographies
The Life of King Alfred by Asser, selected passages (online here or download here; copy and paste entire contents of file to your Word Processor to print) (starts in week 3)
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain (online here)
Geography
The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin OR How the Heather Looks by Joan Bodger
Government and Economics
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury (starts in week 20)
Citizenship
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason (online here, also available in a modern paraphrase) (starts week 23)
Plutarch's Lives (follow Ambleside Online's rotation)
Current Events
Keep up with daily news (resource options here) and keep a calendar of events
Literature
The History of English Literature for Girls and Boys by H.E. Marshall ch 1-31 (online here)
The Age of Chivalry by Thomas Bulfinch (online here) OR King Arthur by Howard Pyle (online here) OR other King Arthur book
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (online here)
A Taste of Chaucer by Anne Malcolmson OR other version of Canturbury Tales edited for students (Chaucer needs editing!) As a last resort, use The Chaucer Story Book, by Eve Tappen, (online here) which is Chaucer retold in prose (starts in week 25)
Shakespeare (continue with Ambleside Online rotation)
Poetry
The Oxford Book of English Verse (Poems 1-24, 29, 31-33) (online here; the same text, but with a different title, is also at Project Gutenberg) OR Idylls of the King by Tennyson (online here)
Check online sites such as Librivox for free audio readings of poems; this is a growing project and more poems are online every month.
Grammar and Composition
Our Mother Tongue: An Introductory Guide to English Grammar by Nancy Wilson (start week 26 with Unit 1, Lessons 1-9, continue the book next year)
Recitation
Psalm 45, Psalm 46, and Psalm 51
Shakespeare passages
A poem per term from the term's poetry selections (For Term 1, 8 Praise of Women and 32 The True Knight)
Copywork/Transcription
Include selections from Shakespeare, the Bible, poetry and other sources. These selections may be the same ones used for recitation. Consider begining a personal quote book.
Also, do dictation regularly.
Math
Continue your math program; for some options, see this page.
Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock (as a reference)
Apologia science text OR Rainbow Science
Nature Study
The Life of the Spider by Henri Fabre (online here) OR The Lay of the Land by Dallas Lore Sharp (online here)
Logic
The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn
Drawing and Art
The Story of Painting by H. W. Janson - chapters 1-3
Continue the artist rotation posted at Ambleside Online
Music
Continue the composer rotation and hymn rotation posted at Ambleside Online
Folk Songs:
Term 1: The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood; The Three Ravens; and The Outlandish Knight. (lyrics and midi files here)
Term 2: When The King Enjoys His Own Again; Farewell to Lochaber; Battle of Otterburn (try this site)
Term 3: Go No More a Rushing; Greensleeves; Scarbourough (lyrics and midi files here)
Foreign Language
Begin Latin if you've not started already OR Continue with any previous foreign language studies
Health
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Paul Brand (or save for a later Year; see notes here)
Life and Work Skills
Work on useful skills such as budgeting, gardening, cooking, car maintenance, carpentry, etc.
Free Reading
Try to use books that were not included from Year 7, or the Year 7 Free reading List
Last update Oct 15, 2006
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