High School Writing - Homeschool Writing - College Bound

I was searching for some good writing programs / eBooks / workbooks / instructions for our boys and came across these great resources.

High School Writing :  CAHSEE Writing Program - PDF

Script Writing Workbook High School : for aspiring film makers / writers / plays - PDF

ACT Essay Workbooks for Christian Students - PDF

Writing for the SAT : for high school students desiring to take the SAT - PDF

Novel writing for high school  : A guide / workbook for high school students desiring to write a novel - PDF

How to write for the SAT : A guide / workbook for high school students - PDF

How to analyze words in writings : Workbook for high school writing program - PDF

Literary response : Workbook for literature high school - PDF





Extra Stuff:

You can go to college - (Workbook & Questions) Guide for high school students thinking about college - PDF

Guide for the college bound high school student



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Homeschooling High School - It's not as hard as you imagined

When our boys were younger, I said that I would send them to school when they got to the 6th grade.  I figured that I could teach them their colors, basic math, and how to read and then ship them off for the hard stuff.  Little did I know, God had other plans.
We started our homeschool journey off by doing school at home with little desks and a little area for "school."  I purchased a wonderful boxed curriculum and tried to follow the ideals to the best of my ability.  As years passed, I discovered that there were other really great homeschooling ideas out there!  Before I knew it, I was picking from here and there and putting our curriculum together myself.  By then, I knew my kids and I knew what would best suite them.  That is known as the eclectic style.
As the kids got past the 6th grade, I realized that I was not going to be sending them to school.  Some fear did try to enter but I knew that God had called me to homeschool and He would bless us for it.  
Over time, I have also come to realize that most kids are bent a certain way and will learn best if their education is going in that particular direction.  What brought me to this realization is, I started learning a lot!  How come I didn't learn a lot in school?  Because I don't learn best out of a textbook.  As I have grown, I found out that I learn well in many other ways such as through video and research.  
If I have a specific way of learning and have certain subjects that I love, love, love, then my kids are probably the same way!  Sure enough, as time has gone on, I have found their niche and have aloud them to discover these things for themselves.  
Homeschooling high school isn't as scary as it sounds.  It's not as hard as some make it out to be.   My advise: loosen up!  

• Find ways that your child will learn and do that! 
• Find topics that they are interested in and give them complete freedom.  You will be pleasantly surprised.
• Have a full day (or more!) that they can focus solely on that subject and learn in the way that suites them best.  Is that frightening?  Sure!  
• PRAY!  Ask God to guide your young adult (you do realize that from 13 on they are young adults right?) into the areas that will guide them for the rest of their lives.

Train up a child in the way HE should go and when HE is old he will not depart from it.   Proverbs 22:6
More info: Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Train - Initiate, and so, educate.

The way he should go - Or, according to the tenor of his way, i. e., the path especially belonging to, especially fitted for, the individual's character. The proverb enjoins the closest possible study of each child's temperament and the adaptation of "his way of life" to that.

Homeschool High School ~ Writing Essays

Every person learns differently.  My oldest (15) learns through video.  He has educated himself through tutorials and.... YouTube!  LOL!

One thing I would really like for my high schooler to learn is how to write essays.  I found some lessons YouTube that I think are interesting and informative. 

Photography and Science

Art Institutes Bachelor of Science Degree Program Objectives (to give you an idea of classes for college)


Photography ~ A New Art or Yet Another Scientific Achievement ~ (PDF) Focuses on the history of photography and photography as art

Integrated Science and Photography ~ (PDF) 9th Grade Curriculum

Portrait Photography ~ From the Victorians to the Present Day ~ (PDF) Curriculum


Let’s Make a Better Picture: 
Teaching Photography as Science and Art to First Graders (PDF)

Art and Science of Photography (PDF)

Rendering the Print (PDF)

BUILDING YOUR FUTURE FINANCIAL LITERACY CURRICULUM - A 2010 AWARD WINNER!

FREE Financial Literacy Curriculum 

Let's make sure our high school students are well educated in finances.  Don't forget to teach them about handling money God's way too!

(Downloads at bottom of post)

From The Actuarial Foundation website:

Building Your Future

Book 1 BANKING

Topics include savings accounts, checking accounts, credit cards, taxes

Building Your Future

Book 2 FINANCING

Topics include loans & interest, home loans, auto loans, insurance

Building Your Future

Book 3 INVESTING

Topics include bonds, stocks, mutual funds, risk & diversification, inflation

The Actuarial Foundation has released to U.S. high school and college teachersBuilding Your Future, an engaging and relevant financial literacy curriculum, to help teens master the foundational elements of personal finance and to prepare for life on their own.
Building Your Future helps students easily grasp the essentials of personal finance, gives them multiple opportunities to practice core skills and showcases the real-world impact of the financial decisions they make. Each chapter is classroom ready, with a Teacher's Guide that provides handouts and answer keys, instruction and assessment suggestions, definitions and resources that align with national mathematics and personal financial education standards.

PDF Download Teacher Book 1

PDF Download Student Book 1

PDF Download Teacher Book 2

PDF Download Student Book 2

PDF Download Teacher Book 3

PDF Download Student Book 3