Saxon Algebra 2 Second Edition Home Study Packet

Saxon's Algebra 2 is very popular, and for good reason. It's a great book, and part of the awesome Saxon math series. I used the series, starting with Saxon 54, with all three of my older kids (two up through Algebra 1 and one up through this book) and was very pleased with the results.

This set includes the text, a reproducible book of test forms, and the answer key for both. Since I only used this set with one of my children, it's in excellent shape.

As you can see in this link, Algebra 2: An Incremental Development (Saxon Algebra) is not cheap when bought new. But since algebra is one of those subjects that doesn't change over the course of time, you don't really need to buy it new. Had I been able to find a used set, I wouldn't have bought it new!

In this set, the text is hardcover, was printed in 1995, has 577 pages and is in very good condition. The test forms book and answer key are paperback and in very good condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual, Junior/Senior High, 1995 Edition

Well, I'm dating myself here, because this edition of Cathy Duffy's book probably came out before your kids were born! That's right, it's the 1995 edition. Wow! Where did those years go? In a blur of homeschooling, of course.

You probably know about Cathy Duffy's work, including her latest, 100 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum: Choosing The Right Curriculum And Approach For Your Child's Learning Style. She has a well-deserved reputation for searching out and reviewing awesome homeschooling books and curriculum.

This book is one of her earlier efforts. I imagine a fair amount of the contact info in this book is outdated. Some of the curriculum she writes about is no longer available new (though it's a lot easier these days to track down used books) or has changed. So why would you want a book like this?

Simple. She includes a lot of timeless advice about homeschooling your preteens and teens. She shares a wealth of information about preparing a homeschooled teen for college. She includes reproducible charts and forms (high school planning chart, transcript form, schedule and assignment sheets ....even a real job application) for you to use while doing junior high or high school with your child. And she knows what she's talking about because she homeschooled her three sons to adulthood.

This book is softcover, was printed in 1995, has about 350 pages and is in excellent condition. Sorry, this one's sold.

To Kill a Mockingbird and 24 More Videos

We're movie lovers around here, and that's what led me to buy this curriculum. It contains synopses of 24 movie favorites, accompanied by several reproducible language arts activities for each movie as well as answer keys for those activities.

For example, for the movie To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series), you'll find a homonym exercise, a vocabulary fill-in-the-blank sheet and a writing exercise. The activities vary with the movies, which include favorites of mine like The Miracle Worker, Oliver!, Rear Window and To Sir, With Love.

It's an awesome book, so you can imagine how mad I got at myself when I found it on the bookshelf, having completely forgotten I had it! But the book is intended for grades 6-9, so we have no need for it now.

This book can easily be used with just one child, but considering it's all reproducible, I can see it being the basis for a homeschool co-op class as well.

To Kill a Mockingbird and 24 More Videos: Language Arts Activities for Middle School is softcover, has 150 pages, was printed in 1993 and is in like-new condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

I Kissed Dating Goodbye

This has to be one of the most popular books among homeschoolers over the past decade. All three of my older teens read it, and I did, too. Not because we're part of the courtship crowd that really latched onto this book (we're not), and not because we're opposed to dating (we're not), but because I wanted to provoke my teens to think about how to behave with the opposite sex. I also included this book on the reading list for Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers for the same reason. You may or may not agree with Harris, but his premise is definitely thought-provoking.

This book is softcover, has 236 pages, was printed in 1997 and is in good condition (there is yellow highlighter on a few pages). Sorry....this one's sold.

Head of the House

Grace Livingston Hill was a 19th-century author whose books continue to enjoy popularity because they're not only enjoyable to read, but also include Christian morals.

My eldest, a voracious reader, went through a GLH stage when she was a young teen. She has her collection with her now, but occasionally I pick up books when I see them at sales, and so this one is a spare.

This book is hardcover, was printed in 1940, has 300 pages and is in good condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a historical romance set in the late 17th century. It traces the adventures of a young man who meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who is mistreated by her cruel family, a band of outlaws. It is considered a classic.

I wish I could tell you that we all loved this book, but the fact is that it's one of my "good intentions" books that we never had time to read. I wish we had, because I've heard good things about it, and I don't have the time to read much fiction anymore.

In the photo, you see the book's slipcover at left and the actual book at right. Both are like new.

This book is hardcover, comes with a slipcover, was printed in 1943, has 550 pages and is in excellent condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

Our Living Constitution, Then and Now

This book has been a really useful one for us, as I used it to teach all three of my older kids about the U.S. Constitution.

It goes through the Constitution a step at a time after giving some of the historical background of how it was written. Articles and amendments are explained in clear terms and punctuated with illustrations, so as not to overwhelm the reader. There are many pages of exercises, plus several more with fun activities. An answer key is included. There is also a Constitution trivia game with "game cards" you can photocopy and use.

The book says it's written for grades 5-8+. I think older students (grade 8+) would get a lot more out of it than younger students. I used it when mine were in high school, primarily because I kept postponing a study of the Constitution because there were so many other subjects we wanted to cover.

This book is softcover, has 158 pages, was printed in 1987 and is in good condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

American Government: Puzzles, Games and Individual Activities

I'm not sure you can still buy these Hayes reproducible activity books anymore, and that's too bad. I really liked these because they're great for independent work, and they're blackline masters, so they photocopy beautifully.

This particular book (I already sold the geometry and algebra versions) has crossword puzzles, fill-in-the-blank activities, and unscramble-the-word activities that are great for reinforcing vocabulary growth. There is also a page that requires the student to agree or disagree with statements about the U.S. political process as it relates to young people.

I used this book along with an activity book about the U.S. Constitution, which I'll be posting tomorrow, when my kids studied the Constitution. This book is paperback, 24 pages plus answer key, printed in 1982 and in excellent condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

God's Grace Bible Studies (Set of Three)

I happened to find these last summer while visiting my son at the Christian bookstore he manages. They are unique because they combine Bible study and history.

The books were written to be adult group Bible study guides, but I used them with dd17 last fall and winter, and they worked fine just for two people.

These guides include many photographs and editorial cartoons from the time periods studied, as well as brief stories and comments from people who lived during those times. The selections from the Bible chosen for each section are especially applicable when examining the events of the decades covered in these books: the 1940s, 1960s, and the 1970s (those are the only books they had left; I wish I could have gotten them all).

These books are softcover, printed in 1999 and 2000, have 40-48 pages each, and are in excellent condition. Sorry, these have been sold.

A Woman of Blessing Bible Study

Now that my daughter is close to finishing home school high school (only one year to go). we've enjoyed studying the Bible using a variety of studies that I find in Christian bookstores.

We used this particular study a few months ago. (We had two others from this series but I had her write in them; this one we only discussed, so it's in perfect shape and I can resell it.)

The way the study is set up is very useful. A story develops over the course of several chapters, each told in the voice of one of the characters. This particular story is about a woman whose husband is transferred to another state, and she and her children must leave loved ones to go somewhere new. As each chapter reveals more of the story, questions about the story and about the Bible verses linked to each chapter help the reader understand how God blesses us through our circumstances, and how we can bless others even when our circumstances are not ideal.

The book is written for small-group study and includes guidelines for small-group leaders. However, we found it to work very well as a study for just two people.

This book is softcover, has 64 pages, was printed in 1999 and is in excellent, like-new condition. Sorry, this one's sold.

A Beka Plane Geometry (Text Only)

Here's that third geometry text that I mentioned the other day. This book is fine for learning geometric principles, but the exercises in it are not going to do you much good without the Text Solution Key.

That's why this text would be most valuable if you're teaching more than one child Plane Geometry. (I was very glad each of my kids had their own copy back when we did geometry.) This extra copy means your kids don't have to share a book. Ideally, you'd want to order it with one of the sets I posted over the past two days.

This book is softcover, has 426 pages, was printed in 1995 and is in very good condition. Sorry, this one's sold.

A Beka Plane Geometry Set w/o Test/Quiz Key

This is the same set as I posted yesterday, except that it does not include the Test/Quiz Key. So this pair of books is an entire geometry course without the tests.

The text is in very good condition, as is the Text/Solution Key, which is very large because it includes the full solution (with illustrations) to every proof in the text.

This is the ideal set for someone who wants the full course but isn't into tests.

As with the books I posted yesterday, these books are softcover and each has 400-500 pages. Sorry, this set is sold.

A Beka Plane Geometry Set

Wouldn't you know, the week the teacher began explaining geometric proofs in my high school geometry class, I came down with mononucleosis! (No, I wasn't one of those kind of girls...just unlucky.) For the next three weeks, my friend Clarice brought me our geometry homework assignments so I could work on them from my sickbed. They might have been written in Chinese for all that I could make sense of them.

Once I was well, I had to make after-school visits to the geometry classroom, where the teacher walked me through the entire proof process. It took several visits, as I recall, but it finally made enough sense that I didn't flunk the class.

Fast-forward to today. I think geometry proofs are way cool, and my kids think I'm nuts. But having taught geometry to three kids over the past ten years, I've had some practice with it and like it better than ever!

I taught geometry to my two older kids at the same time, which explains why I have two copies of the same text. (It doesn't explain the third copy, though! I'll be posting those spare texts over the next two days.)

Anyway, today I'm posting my only full set of A Beka Plane Geometry. It includes the text (1996), the solution key (1997) and the test/quiz book and key (1999). Don't worry about the different print dates; they all go together. And of course, geometry is one of those subjects that doesn't change, so the age of the text doesn't matter anyway.

The text does not have answers in it; you'll find those in the solution key, which also contains full illustrations and explanations of the proofs (it's a big book!). The test/quiz key includes all tests with the answers on them, so if you do use the tests, you'll need to photocopy them with post-its strategically placed over the answer blanks. (Note: there is a bit of writing on a few pages in the test/quiz key.)

All three books in this set are softcover. The text has 426 pages, the text solution key looks to have 4-500 pages (it's numbered by section) and the test/quiz key looks like it has 100-125 pages. The first two are in very good condition; the third is in good condition. Sorry....this set is sold.

Exploring Creation with General Science Set

This textbook and solution/test key is a basic 9th grade science course and part of the popular Apologia series written by Dr. Jay Wile. It has a Christian emphasis.

The Apologia series was not available when I was homeschooling my older kids, so this textbook was only used by my daughter. As a result, both the textbook and the solution/test key are in excellent, like-new condition.

The textbook is hardbound, printed in 2003, and has 434 pages. The solution/test key is softbound, printed in 2003 and has 107 pages. I paid $65 for the textbook and $20 for the solution/test key. Sorry....this one's sold.

The Mayflower Pilgrims

This book is a reprint (by Christian Liberty Press) of the classic textbook of the same name. It details the lives of the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower, and is appropriate for grades 8-12, or can be read aloud to younger children.

This book was printed in 1993, is softcover, has 256 pages and is in excellent condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

Exploring Christian Literature

If you're familiar with Christian Liberty Academy in Illinois, you may know that in addition to being a private Christian school, CLA also has a correspondence school that is favored by many homeschoolers because of its rigorous study requirements. In order to maintain a high standard of quality, the organization publishes many of the textbooks it uses under the name Christian Liberty Press.

This particular text is meant for 8th and 9th graders. There are a few comprehension questions at the end of some of the stories, but we never had a key because we used the correspondence school and they did the correcting. Christian Liberty Press still publishes this book, so if you really needed a key, I'm sure they could sell you one.

This book is softcover, printed in 1994, has 245 pages and is in good condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

Solving Geometry Mysteries

I knew I had this book somewhere. I looked for it when doing geometry with my older kids ten years ago, and again for dd17 just a few years ago. But of course, it didn't turn up until last summer, when I was going through my stuff before we moved.

So this book is brand spanking clean and new. Like the algebra book I posted yesterday, it's from Hayes Publishing. It has puzzles that require the student to use their knowledge of angle measurements, shapes, area and perimeter, and graphing using a coordinate system. There is also a crossword puzzle using geometric terms.

This book contains 24 puzzles plus an answer key. It's softcover, printed in 1983, and in new condition. Sorry....this one's sold.

Solving Algebra Mysteries Book 1

I love Hayes books because they are no-nonsense educational books. You won't find any silly little caricatures in them, or any illustrations at all. They are very basic, but they cover everything very thoroughly. I used Hayes Geometry with my older kids and thought it was very good.

This book is meant to be a supplement to algebra studies. There are activities and puzzles that encourage students to solve algebraic equations in order to solve puzzles. Some of the puzzles are set up like mazes. Others require the student to plot equations; when done correctly, a picture appears. Several involve finding an answer, plugging the letter next to the answer into a puzzle and ending up with a famous quotation.

There are no marks in this book because it's all blackline masters and so I just photocopied everything. Two pages are loose, but the book is intact.

This book is paperback, 24 puzzles plus answer key, and printed in 1982. Sorry.....this one's sold.

Geometric Constructions

This book is another example of good intentions. I bought it after hearing Kathleen Julicher present a wonderful seminar on homeschooling through high school. I knew we'd be doing geometry, and this sounded like it would be just what we needed.

The only problem is that I forgot I had it. I found it last summer, probably ten years after I bought it and right after dd17 finished geometry. Sigh.

So this book really is in like-new condition. It's spiral-bound, 24 pages and printed in 1991. Sorry...this one's sold.

Geographic Literacy: Maps for Memorization

In the upper corner of the cover of this book, it says "Reproducibles." Well, I reproduced the heck out of this book, having photocopied it front to back three times for three students.

The way this book is organized, the countries of the world are presented a chunk at a time, with political and physical maps that the student identifies, studies and is then tested on (answers are at the back of each section). My kids learned a lot from this curriculum.

There are two missing pages, but that's the fault of the publisher (the back of page 25 is page 28). But losing the chance to be tested on a few South American rivers and lakes didn't exactly break my kids' hearts, lol.

This book is available used over at Amazon for $12 from two sellers (Geographic Literacy: Maps for Memorization), but I'll part with my 1994 copy in very good condition for sorry, this one's sold.