Form 2A, Second Year
(6th Grade)
Welcome to Form 2A, Second Year!
Form 2A, Second Year is the equivalent of 6th grade.
The following course consists of one school year, designed to be spread out over three terms. Many Charlotte Mason homeschoolers complete a 36-week academic year. This typically includes 10 or 11 weeks of lessons plus an exam week for each term with three terms per year.
In this form, most lessons are 20 to 30 minutes each.
Please note, some books are spread out over multiple years.
This form continues the practice of written narration.
Faith
Protestant
Bible Commentary + Bible of Your Choice (Cover the first half of the Old Testament)
In the Word, Book 4 by Simply Charlotte Mason
The Treasure: Ancient Story Ever New of Jesus and His Church by Marty Machowski
The Story of God and His People: Wilderness to King Saul by Simply Charlotte Mason
Memory Verses & Catechism of Your Choice + Memorize the Creeds
Our Hymns, Our Heritage: A Hosanna Hymnal
Catholic
Bible in a Year (1-120) with The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume I from Ascension Press
Our Holy Faith, Vol. 6: King of Kings from TAN Books
Bible History: Of the Old and New Testaments by Rev. Fr. Ignatius Schuster
Voices of the Saints: A 365-Day Journey by by Bert Ghezzi
Baltimore Catechism Two from TAN Books
Real Music: A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church
Literature, Fairy Tales & Myths
Literature (Read Aloud)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
Peter Pan by J. M Barrie
Independent Reading
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Reading Instruction (Optional)
Choose the McGuffey reader that fits your child’s reading level.
Original McGuffey readers can be found on Project Gutenberg.
Rainbow Resources provides excellent grade level equivalents that can serve as a good starting place if you are new the the readers. Original and revised editions are available there too.
Fairy Tales & Myths (Read Aloud)
Read from Lang’s fairy books, beginning with the Blue Fairy Book
The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Annie and Eliza Keary (from the book Asgard to Athens by Anne E. White)
Grammar & Spelling
Using Language Well, Book 4 from Simply Charlotte Mason
The Grammar of Spelling, Grade 6 by Matt Whitling
Poetry
The Harp and Laurel Wreath (The Grammatical Stage)
Choose three poets and read from one each term
World History
The Middle Ages (Cycle 2)
Spines
Story of the World, Volume 2: The Middle Ages
Reign: The Church in the Middle Ages by Luke H. Davis
Reform: The Church at the Birth of Protestantism by Luke H. Davis
The Silk roads: An Illustrated New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
Chapter Books
The White Stag by Kate Seredy
Beorn the Proud by Elizabeth Janeway
The Magna Charta by James Daughtery
The Apple and the Arrow by Conrad Buff
The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures by George Makepeace Towle
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
American History
Biographies
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit
The Wright Brothers by Quentin Reynolds
Civics, Government & Economics
Choose from The Plutarch Project series by Anne E. White OR from Conversations on Character Plutarch series by Simply Charlotte Mason
Geography
Choose from This Beautiful Earth series by Simply Charlotte Mason
Science & Nature Study
Science Spine
Wonders of Creation: Ocean by Frank Sherwin
Exploring the World of Astronomy by John Hudson Tiner
Science Supplements
The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Jacques Cousteau - A Life under the Sea by Olmstead
Galileo and the Magic Numbers by Sidney Rosen
Johannes Kepler: Giant of Faith and Science by John Hudson Tiner
The Great Astronomers by Robert Ball
Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt
Nature Lore
The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin
Mathematics
The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series: Book 6 from Simply Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Mason Practical Geometry, Book 2 from Simply Charlotte Mason
Foreign Language
French
Otto Siepmann’s Primary French Course, Part 1
Continue working through French through Nature and Art
French Memory Verses
Optional Addition for Pronunciation Practice:
Pimsleur French
Latin
Keep Going with Latin by William Linney
Latin Hymns, Prayers & Verses
Greek
Getting Started with Ancient Greek
Physical Education
Swedish Drill Revisited