AD FONTES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Subject
Bible
History/
Literature
Period
7th Grade
Doctrine
American / Modern
1848-Present
8th Grade
New Testament Books
Ancient
Creation — 30AD
Other
Adventures in Reading, Treasure Island, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a
Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Animal
Farm, Romeo and Juliet
Classical Composition
Math
Pre-Algebra
Algebra 1
Science
Astronomy and Earth Science
Logic
Latin
Latin 1A
Latin 1B
Fine Arts/PE
The Epic of Gilgamesh, Julius Caesar,
The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid
Civics
Art, Choir, Drama, PE
AD FONTES ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Subject
Bible
9th Grade
Church History
Medieval/Renaissance
30-1500
10th Grade
Hermeneutics
European / Early Modern
1500-1848
11th Grade
Apologetics and Worldview
12th Grade
Theology Seminar
American / Modern
1848-Present
Government / Great Books
History/
Literature
Period
The Fellowship of the Ring,
Julius Caesar, Beowulf,
The Song of Roland, Imitation
of Christ, The Inferno,
The Canterbury Tales,
Shakespeare
Faerie Queene, Mary Barton, Sinners
in the Hands of an Angry God and
Other Sermons, English Romantic
Poetry: An Anthology, Pilgrim’s
Progress, Othello, The Rape of
the Lock, Pride and Prejudice,
Frankenstein
Other
Classical Composition I
Classical Composition II
Math
Geometry
Introduction to
Physical Science
Latin II
Latin I
Algebra 2
Rhetoric I
Canons of Rhetoric, Junior Thesis
Aristotle’s “On Rhetoric”
Pre-calculus
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Latin III
Latin II
Latin IV
Latin III
AP Latin V
Latin IV
Science
Latin
Fine Arts
Huckleberry Finn, Henry James,
Brave New World, The Tempest,
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet
Letter, All Quiet on the Western
Front, The Great Gatsby, The Sun
Also Rises, Flannery O’Connor, etc.
TS Eliot, Mrs. Dalloway, Wuthering
Heights, Hamlet, Much Ado About
Nothing, Oedipus Rex, Antigone,
Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Confessions,
Heart of Darkness
Rhetoric II
Senior Thesis
Calculus
Aesthetics, Art Appreciation, Drama Appreciation, Music Appreciation, Music Theory
* Math: This represents the standard program. Some students may track one level behind what is listed and begin with Algebra I in ninth grade.
* Latin: Latin I in 9th grade is available for new high school students. Graduation requirements include three years of Latin for all students.
AD FONTES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Subject
Bible
History/
Literature
Period
Spelling/
Phonics
K
O.T.
People / Events
Countinents /
Countries
Foundations
curriculum readers
A Beka readers (K
and 1st grade level)
The Logic of
English:
Foundations
Lindamood-Bell
Seeing Stars Books
1-2
1st Grade
N.T.
People / Events
Ancient
Creation — 325AD
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Genesis - Joshua
Judges - Kings
Job - Malachi
The Gospels
Medieval/
Renaissance
325-1600
European /
American
1600-1848
Ancient
Creation — 325AD
Medieval /
Renaissance
325-1600
Detectives in Togas,
Little Bear books, Big
Sarah Plain and Tall,
The Children’s
Robin Hood, The
Blue Beginner Books,
Homer Price, A Lion
Homer, Prince
Boxcar Children,
Polar Opposites,
to Guard Us, The
Caspian, The
Minstrel in the
Should I Share My Ice
Cream?, Mr. Putter Tower, The Sword in Lion, the Witch, and Voyage of the Dawn
the Wardrobe, The Treader, The Bronze
the Tree, Velveteen
and Tabby, A Fish
Bow
Rabbit, Courage
Magician’s Nephew,
Out of Water, Ling
of Sarah Noble,
Sign of the Beaver,
and Ting, Upstairs
Winnie-the-Pooh
Pinocchio
Mouse, Downstairs
Mole, Nate the
Great, Henry and
Mudge, Cat in
the Hat
The Logic of English:
Foundations
Spell to Write and
Read Program
Lindamood-Bell
Seeing Star Books
2-4
LindamoodBellSeeing Stars
Books 4-5
Spell to Write and
Read Program
Spell to Write and
Read Program
Shurley 3
Shurley 4
Shurley 2
Writing with Ease, Writing with Ease, Writing with Skill:
Level 3
Narrative and
Level 2
Description
6th Grade
Acts, Ephesians,
James
European / Early
Modern
1600-1848
Beowulf, Little
Pilgrims Progress,
The Hobbit, Ink on
His Fingers, The
Silver Chair, The
Adventures of
Robin Hood,
King Arthur
The Mayflower and
the Pilgrims’ New
World, The Holy
Wars, Les Miserables
(abridged), The
Witch of Blackbird
Pond, The Struggle
for a Continent, I
am Regina, Johnny
Tremain, The
Captain from
Connecticut,
Robinson Crusoe
A Beka 6 Spelling
A Beka Spelling and
Vocab I
Shurley 5
Writing with Skill:
Narrative and
Description
Writing with Skill:
Literary Essays,
Research Paper
Grammar/
Writing
First Language
Lessons
First Language
Lessons
Shurley 1
Math
Singapore K
Singapore 1
Singapore 2
Singapore 3
Singapore 4
Singapore 5
Singapore 6
Science
Senses, Animals,
Insects, Body
Systems, Plants
Geology,
Weather, Oceans,
Astronomy
Physical Science,
Chemistry,
Simple Machines
Invertebrates,
Vertebrates, Body
Systems, Plants
Geology,
Weather,
Astronomy
Physics,
Chemistry
Life Science
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Fine Arts/
PE
Art / Music / PE / Drama