在教學一年以後，我想向大家推薦基督教古典式學校（Christian Classical School）的教學課程。雖然我不再繼續在這所學校教書，但學校的教學規劃（curriculum）與使用教材有一定的參考價值。希望對美國教育、在家教育、課外讀物感興趣的家長有所幫助！

學年主題

我負責五、六年級（Grade 5 & 6）的人文學科教學任務，所以對這部分課程最熟悉。需要注意的是，我們合併兩個年級教學，五年級和六年級的學生一起上課。為避免教學內容的重複，課程分A、B兩年教學，每年教學主題不同。

• Year A：A年是以古希臘羅馬為主題設計的課程。
• Year B：B年是以歐洲中世紀為主題設計的課程。

文學與詩歌 Literature & Poetry

五、六年級已經開始要求學生閱讀較有挑戰性的英文小說，也要求學生背誦較長的詩歌。英文小說長度由五萬字到十萬字不等，每週要求的閱讀量大約為一萬五千字。每本書大約要讀五至八週，每週三章至五章。每週閱讀時長不應超過一個半小時，而寫作業約需半個小時。這個年級的大部分學生都是自主閱讀，有些會用有聲書（audiobook），極少數需要家長讀給孩子聽。書籍的選擇與本年的主題相關，而且情節引人入勝，非常適合培養孩子的閱讀興趣。

古希臘羅馬 Year A

• The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
• Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff
• Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
• D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire
• Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan (Editor)

歐洲中世紀 Year B

• Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye
• Augustine: The Farmer's Boy of Tagaste by P. De Zeeuw, T. De Zeeuw
• Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
• Treasure Island (Core Classics®) by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Great Short Poems by Paul Negri (Editor)

拼讀與詞彙 Phonics, Spelling & Vocabulary

• Wordly Wise 3000 Book 5 (3rd Edition)
• Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6 (3rd Edition)

寫作與語法 Composition & Grammar

• IEW, Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons (Year A)
• IEW, Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons (Year B)
• Easy Grammar, Grade 5
• 180 Daily Grams, Grade 5
• Easy Grammar, Grade 6
• 180 Daily Grams, Grade 6

歷史與地理 History & Geography

• The Mystery of History, Volume 1, Creation and Resurrection (Year A)
• The Mystery of History, Volume 2, The Early Church and Middle Ages (Year B)
• Rand McNally’s Historical Atlas of the World
• Map of the Month: Africa, Asia, Australia, Continents (Year A)
• Map of the Month: Europe and the World, Central America, South America, and World Explorers (Year B)
• The Student Bible Atlas: Revised Edition by Tim Dowley

聖經 Bible

• Apologia, Who Is My Neighbor? And Why Does He Need Me? (Year A)
• Apologia, Who is God? And How Can I Really Know Him? (Year B)
• Apologia, Who Am I? And What Am I Doing Here? (Optional)
• Apologia, What on Earth Can I Do?(Optional)
• The Student Bible Atlas: Revised Edition by Tim Dowley

拉丁文 Latin

• Memoria Press, First Form Latin by Cheryl Lowe

背誦 Recitation

• Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan (Year A)
• Great Short Poems by Paul Negri (Year B)

批判性思維 Critical Thinking Skills

• Critical Thinking Co., Inference Jones (Year A)
• Critical Thinking Co., The Basics of Critical Thinking (Year B)