The rhetoric stage is essentially the high school stage. This level bumps up in difficulty quite a bit, as students are able to handle deeper and more difficult books. I expect my rhetoric students to be fully independent, except they do join us for Morning Basket. I keep all my kids running along the same history timeline, though they may be at a slightly different pace and very different difficulty levels. I give my rhetoric students a checklist of work for the week and they are responsible for doing it and checking it off. I usually check their work only weekly, though we do discuss their readings over dinner daily.
Bible
The Bible Among the Myths (1 chapter per week; weeks 1-11)
The Epic of Eden (1 chapter per week; weeks 13-23)
The Epic of Eden Small Group Study (daily reading plus weekly video and discussion; weeks 25-36)
History
The History of the Ancient World (1-3 days per week; weeks 1-31)(Keep a list of important people and dates in history notebook)
The Iliad with Memoria Press Student Guide (weeks 1-24)
The Odyssey with Memoria Press Student Guide (weeks 25-36)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (weeks 25-36)
Science
Nature Study: The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (weeks 1-36)
General Science 2: Survey of Geology and Archaeology (weeks 1-36)
Language Arts
Grammar: 180 Daily Teaching Lessons for grade level (5 days/week; weeks 1-36)
Writing: The Creative Writer (weeks 1-36)
Literature
Till We Have Faces (weeks 1-6)
The Lightening Thief (weeks 1-17)
The Hobbit with Memoria Press Study Guide (weeks 7-11)
The Lord of the Rings (weeks 13-30)
The Sea of Monsters (weeks 18-30)
The Titan’s Curse (weeks 30-34)
Logic
Introduction to Logic (weeks 1-36)
Languages
Latin: Canon Press Latin Primer (weeks 1-36)
French: Rosetta Stone French (2-3 days/week; weeks 1-36)
Math
Life of Fred at level
Character
Plutarch Lives, Volume 1 (2 days/week; weeks 1-21)
Plutarch Lives, Volume 2 (2 days/week; weeks 21-35)
I keep everything planned out as seen above for each week.
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[…] This year, we’re cycling back to Ancient History, which I am very excited about. We’ll have kids in all Classical stages and all Charlotte Mason forms. Essentially, I’ll have kids from elementary school to high school, so the plans for this year are for all grades. For simplicity’s sake, I’ve broken down the curriculum into four posts: Morning Basket, Grammar Stage, Logic Stage, and Rhetoric Stage. […]