Cycle 3 Form 4+ Sample Schedule 1
This is a sample schedule with most of the STAR subjects included.
This schedule is for Form 4+ independent reading. (Use a Form 1+ or Form 2+ schedule for whole-family reading and then have your student who is in 9th grade or above use this plan on their own). Alternatively, you may wish to read some or all of these books aloud to all of your children.
Books Needed for this Schedule:
Some of the following links are affiliate links. Whenever possible, I have linked to free versions.
- A Bible
- Amazing Grace: 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories by Kenneth W. Osbeck
- Growth in the Word by Sonya Shafer
- Fearless Apologetics by Chap Bettis
- More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell
- A Young Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George OR A Young Man After God's Own Heart by Jim George
- American Literature: Reading and Writing Through the Classics (Excellence in Literature) by Janice Campbell
- Excellence in Literature Handbook for Writers by Ian Johnston and Janice Campbell
- On Writing Well by William Zinsser
- The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
- The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- A History of England by H.O. Arnold-Foster
- National Geographic People of the World
- An Atlas
- The Wonderbook of Chemistry by Jean Henri Fabre
- That's The Way the Cookie Crumbles by Dr. Joe Schwarcz
- The Elements by Theodore Gray
- The Joy of Chemistry by Cathy Cobb
- The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
- The Living Year by Richard Headstrom
- What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman
- Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
Chemistry lab Materials:
See the attached list of Chemistry Lab and Experiment Materials. I recommend purchasing these supplies from Cornerstone Educational Supply or Homeschool Science Tools.
How to Use this Schedule:
Do the following four or five days per week:
- Bible Reading
- Bible Memory
- Science & Nature Reading
Do the following two or three days per week:
- History
- Handicrafts
- Life Skills
- Life Reading
Do the following one or two days per week:
- Geography
- Maps (look at maps, fill in maps, color maps, or play map games--do something with maps)
Do the following one day per week:
- Hymn Study
- Timeline (fill in what you've learned in this week's history)
- Science Lab
- Listen to Composer's song
- Look at Artist's art
- Read Poem