As Jay is doing dual courses for English/Literature Studies, we're trying to streamline our options so that his reading load doesn't become a top heavy task. Along with that, we'd rather he read from books that will be of some interest to him, and are also ones that we feel have some worth to them - not just to be reading a book because someone else's English course prescribes it as a necessary read.
I think this quotation reflects our approach to a T:
Our literary focus for the next wee bit has ended up being works by Tolstoy. Here's a portion of what we have on our week ahead list:
April Monday 11 2016
· Family
Bible
All: Luke 10+
Hymn:
Whispering
Hope ~ Alice Hawthorne (Septimus
Winner) 1868
(Then Sings My Soul Bk 2 ~ Morgan p.113)
·
Outliers ~ Gladwell (SL Core 300)
And just tossing in a random comment here; Sonlight have now decided to include the book descriptions in their catalogues again; such a good business move for them to make and excellent news for us! I've ordered a paper version, though an online edition is available to flick through until the real thing arrives.
2: Book Basket:
·
Do Hard Things ~ Harris together,
book basket time
3: Short Stories:
How Much Land Does a Man Need ~ Tolstoy
(1886)
Three Questions ~ Tolstoy (1903) Russian Parable
4: Audio’s for April:
War
and Peace ~ Tolstoy
Not sure if we're going to need to edit things out of this novel, as I haven't been through the entire story myself yet☺)
For others thinking of going through War and Peace, we found www.gradesaver.com gifted us with some items of worth.
· Jay
1: Book Basket:
1: NZ Road
Code
3: Fahrenheit 451 ~ Bradbury (Utopian) Lit study. (Ends with hope!)
We purposely went with this book as opposed to other curriculum providers dystopian (depressing! s3x & drug based) suggestion; Brave New World. Huxley's title is not one we wanted our highschool aged children reading; we are more than able to, and do, discuss a hedonistic lifestyle, lacking Christ or hope, without needing to use a title like Brave New World as a springboard.
Perhaps take a read through lol! OMG if you were looking for an alternate book to read, and then discuss topics that you think are salient, with your children. Be warned though, lol! OMG has real life, gritty, s3xual college based encounters in it. (See my, brief, review in this post.)
4: ITTC: Leo Tolstoy ~ Cowan p.279-80a
We purposely went with this book as opposed to other curriculum providers dystopian (depressing! s3x & drug based) suggestion; Brave New World. Huxley's title is not one we wanted our highschool aged children reading; we are more than able to, and do, discuss a hedonistic lifestyle, lacking Christ or hope, without needing to use a title like Brave New World as a springboard.
Perhaps take a read through lol! OMG if you were looking for an alternate book to read, and then discuss topics that you think are salient, with your children. Be warned though, lol! OMG has real life, gritty, s3xual college based encounters in it. (See my, brief, review in this post.)
4: ITTC: Leo Tolstoy ~ Cowan p.279-80a
2: Audio’s for April:
3: Churchill’s History of WWII:
The Second World War. 1: Milestones to Disaster
· Daisy
History & Geography
2: Bp Early
Modern Times: Ch:10 Focus on Prohibition, Gangsters,
Armenian Massacre p.139-141a, 143-146,
148-151a
4: ITTC: Leo Tolstoy ~ Cowan p.279-80a
History, Literature, & Book Basket:
1:
Book Basket:
1:
William Booth ~ Benge
(Missionary) (Daisy is enjoying reading this, and is sharing the best portions with us.)
2:
Tales from The Perilous Realm ~ Tolkien, illust by Aan Lee
2: Audio’s for April:
2: Audio’s for April:
Daisy went for 100% delight led, younger years, titles since we're listening through a rather long and involved audio together as our family Lit study this month.)
2: The Young Carthaginian ~ Henty, read by Jim Weiss
4: The Black Star of Kingston ~ S.D. Smith 
The other book in this series, The Green Ember, was such a good story that Daisy's decided she'd like to have a listen to the prequel as well.
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