Language Lessons for a Living Education 9

My son was excited to hear that Language Lessons didn't stop but continues into high school.
As a mom I like the easy to communicate schedule between parent and child so they know what is expected of them. Like the levels that come before every day is a different exercise that teaches copywork, picture study, poems, and Psalms in exercise 1 as well as Vocabulary. Exercises 2 and 3 go over grammar, writing, and communication.
Exercise 4 works along with Pilgrims Progress. I love how this was incorporated so there is not only studies on this type of literature, but also critically thinking about worldview. The Pilgrims Progress is good to study and I like how it has been incorporated into this level.
Exercise 5 (or Fridays) is a review of what the students have covered all week. (A note, the answer key for these review days is in a separate part of the answer key from the rest of the exercises for the rest of the week. While this may not work for some families, should a parent choose to leave the answer keys available for the student to self grade regular exercises and parent grades the reviews this works well.)
I also like the gentle approach to writing an essay and working with it. As the student continues through the course and adds to their writing, there is notations on where certain topics were originally introduced for easy reference. (This streamlines many questions my kids ask me. "Mom, where is the lesson on ___" I don't have to search, the page number is written there for my kids.)
I like that this is a familiar style for the kids who have used this series but steps it up for high school.
I can't forget to mention the teacher helps in the front of the book as well as in the back of the book. The course information is in the front with the schedule, the study sheets in the back, as well as the grading rubric with the answer key, which is very helpful for grading when the grades now go on a transcript.
I am glad to have found this for my kids and wish I had it as a homeschooled high schooler.

I LOVE that this curriculum really covers everything about Language Arts! Vocabulary, Grammar, Literary Analysis, Writing, Oral Communication, etc. It is really a one-stop shop for English. I am thoroughly impressed!

There is a teacher section in the back that has loads of extras.

It is open-and-go and has grading rubrics for assignments.

The Pilgrim's Progress tie-in is excellent. I am personally reading Pilgrim's Progress right now, and I enjoy reading it myself!

I LOVE that this curriculum really covers everything about Language Arts! Vocabulary, Grammar, Literary Analysis, Writing, Oral Communication, etc. It is really a one-stop shop for English. I am thoroughly impressed!

There is a teacher section in the back that has loads of extras.

It is open-and-go and has grading rubrics for assignments.

The Pilgrim's Progress tie-in is excellent. I am personally reading Pilgrim's Progress right now, and I enjoy reading it myself!

Language Lessons 9 is a fun and interesting way to approach language arts! There is an easy to follow schedule that will guide you through the 36 lessons over 180 days / 36 weeks. The daily lessons are varied and include work with vocabulary words, spelling, Scripture memory, grammar and punctuation, oral and written communication, literary analysis, and special features such as studying pictures, Scripture, hymns and poems. The 5th day of each week is labeled as Review Day and can be used for review or as a quiz. This curriculum uses Pilgrim’s Progress I love that my kids can be improving their language arts skills while also growing in their faith.

Grateful this curriculum has been extended! We really do enjoy this entire language arts series. However my 14 year old did not enjoy this level as much as all the others (elementary and jr high). The addition of Pilgrims Progress made it different. It wasn't her favorite.

I absolutely love how open and go this is! It helps cut down on planning time and eases my mind that everything is being covered in this one course. We also love how you can just flow right into this from LFLE 8!

We have been using Masterbooks language lessons for about 9 years now! I was so excited when this book came out! We had to use other sources when my older kids outgrew the 6th level and nothing fit us just right. LLFLE is effective! And my kids have enjoyed Pilgrims Progress. The Worldview questions really cause them to pause and think, perfect for the argumentative 9th grader.

We have been using this series for years now, this will not disappoint.

I have used a lot of different ELA curriculum and I have really liked this one. I am so glad they are adding the upper grades!

I was excited to see LLFL extended to the highschool level. This course gives an option other than the current English, British, and American Lit by Stobaugh that was previously the only options for High School LIt.

This course is an all inclusive course that uses Pilgrims Progress along with it. I suppose if you choose this course you would not necessarily want to choose Pilgrims Progress or Pilgrims Progress Student Journal unless you wanted to do additional studies.

I appreciate that this course has spelling, grammar, writing and reading all in one place. I guess then that it also eliminates the need for other courses that are currently offered. Although I would still recommend American, British and English Lit as Lit courses only (eliminate the writing portion since this course covers that), and Jensons Grammar, Format Writing, and Vocabulary as extra reinforcement.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Pilgrim's Progress Journey Journal is a required text for this level of Language Lessons for a Living Education.