Form 3, Second Year
(8th Grade)
Welcome to Form 3, Second Year!
Form 3, Second Year is the equivalent of 8th 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 40 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 New Testament)
In the Word, Book 6 by Simply Charlotte Mason
Choose from Christian Hero: Then and Now books
The Story of God and His People: Christ to Early Church 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 (241-365) with The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume III from Ascension Press
Our Holy Faith Vol 8: Alpha and Omega 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 TAN Books
Real Music: A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church
Literature, Fairy Tales & Myths
Literature (Read Aloud)
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Independent Reading
The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott
Watership Down by Richard Adams
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
Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle
Grammar & Spelling
Using Language Well, Book 6 from Simply Charlotte Mason
Poetry
The Harp and Laurel Wreath (The Dialectical 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
Calico Bush by Rachel Field
Across 5 Aprils by Irene Hunt
Indian Boyhood by Charles Alexander Eastman
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
Exploring the World of Chemistry by John Hudson Tiner
Exploring the World of Physics by John Hudson Tiner
Science Supplements
The Mystery of the Periodic Table by Benjamin Wiker and Jeanne Bendick
The Wonder Book of Chemistry by Jean Henri Fabre
The Ocean Of Truth by Joyce McPherson (Newton)
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans by Elizabeth Rusch
Nature Lore
The Fairy-Land Science by Arabella Buckley
Mathematics
Choose an Algebra 1 course
Foreign Language
French
Otto Siepmann’s Primary French Course, Part 2
French Picture Study
French Memory Verses
Learn French with Fairy Tales
Ma première Bible pour enfant
Latin
Linney’s Latin Class
Lingua Latina, Pars 1: Familia Romana
Fabulae Syrae
Greek
Introducing Koine Greek: A Grammar & Workbook by Jared M. August
Art
Art Instruction
Handicrafts
Sloyd
Sewing: Make 1-Hour Gifts: 16 Cheerful Projects to Sew (Optional)
Physical Education
Swedish Drill Revisited