Textbooks+and+Literature

Charter schools have flexibility regarding textbook adoption. KTL Charter uses a combination of California state-adopted textbooks and the best subject area materials available, with a liberal arts humanities emphasis on literary classics and hands-on coursework that satisfies the University of California and California State University’s a-g subject requirements.

History 7: //Discovering our Past, Medieval and Early Modern Times,// Glencoe California Series, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2006
 * Grade 7 **

English 7: //The Language of Literature, Grade 7//, McDougal Littell, Houghton Mifflin, 2002

Novels: //The Pearl// by John Steinbeck; //Catherine, Called Birdy// by Karen Cushman ; //The Giver// by Lois Lowry

Science 7: //Life Science//, Glencoe, 2005 Math 7: See mathematics textbook list. Latin: ECCE ROMANI, Level 1A, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005 History 8: United States History, Independence to 1914. Holt California Social Studies, Deverell and White, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 2006
 * Grade 8 **

English 8: //The Language of Literature, Grade 8//, McDougal Littell, Houghton Mifflin, 2002

Novels: //Johnny Tremain//, by Esther Forbes; //The Call of the Wild// by Jack London; //The Adventures of Tom Sawyer// by Mark Twain; //The Diary of Anne Frank//

Science 8: //Focus on Physical Science//, Prentice Hall, 2008 (California Edition) Math 8: See mathematics textbook list. Latin: ECCE ROMANI, Level 1A or 1B, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005


 * Grades 9-12 a-g Subject Textbook List **

World History: California—//M odern World History: Patterns of Interaction//, ed. by Roger Beck, et.al., McDougal Littel, 2006 __ Supplements __ // All Quiet on the Western Front // by Erich Maria Remarque // The Sun Also Rises // by Ernest Hemingway // World War I // by Richard Maybury // World War II // by Richard Maybury US History: California—US History: //The American Vision : Modern Times ,// ed. by Joyce Appleby, et.al, Glencoe, 2006
 * a. History and Social Science **

__Supplements:__ // The Scarlet Letter // by Nathaniel Hawthorne // Uncle Tom’s Cabin // by Harriet Beecher Stowe // The Jungle // by Upton Sinclair // The Great Gatsby // by F. Scott Fitzgerald Government: //United States// //Government// //: Democracy in Action//, Richard Remy, Glencoe, 2008

Economics: //Today and Tomorrow// //,// by Roger Miller, Glencoe, 2005

English 9 and 10: California—//10th Grade English: The Language of Literature:// edited by Arthur Applebee, et al; McDougal Littel, 2006 __ Supplements: __
 * b. English **(Grades 9 and 10 are combined with an alternating schedule; Grades 11 and 12 are also combined with an alternating schedule.)

__ 9th Grade English __ // Lord of the Flies // by William Golding; //Pride and Prejudice// by Jane Austen; //The Hiding Place// by Corrie Ten Boom; //The Count of Monte Cristo// by Alexandre Dumas Summer reading: //The Magician// //’s Nephew// and //The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe// by C.S. Lewis __ 10th Grade English __ // To Kill a Mockingbird // by Harper Lee; //Julius Caesar// by William Shakespeare; //Innocents Abroad// by Mark Twain; //Great Expectations// by Charles Dickens Summer reading: //The Horse and His Boy// and //Prince Caspian// by C.S. Lewis

English 11 and 12: California—11th grade English: //The Language of Literature: American Literature ,// ed. by Applebee, et all. McDougal Littel, 2006 and California—12th Grade English: //The Language of Literature: British Literature ,// edited by Arthur Applebee, et al; McDougal Littel, 2006 __ Supplements: __

__ 11th Grade English (American Literature) __ // Leatherstocking Tales // by James Fenimore Cooper; //The House of Seven Gables // by Nathaniel Hawthorne; //The Sketch Book// by Washington Irving; //Short Stories// by Edgar Allen Poe Summer reading: //Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair //, and //The Last Battle// by C.S. Lewis __ 12th Grade English (British Literature) __ // Macbeth // by William Shakespeare; //Beau Geste// by P.C. Wren; //The Vicar of Wakefield// by Oliver Goldsmith ; //Sense and Sensibility// by Jane Austen; //Robinson Crusoe// by Daniel Dafoe; //Animal Farm// by George Orwell
 * c. Math **

Pre-algebra: //Saxon ½,// 2nd and 3rd Editions, 2003

Algebra1: //Algebra 1//, Pearson, 2004

Algebra 2: //Algebra 2//, Glencoe Mathematics, 2005

Geometry: //Geometry,// McDougal Littell, 2001

Advanced Math/Math Explorations: Saxon Advanced Math and supplementary materials

Pre-calculus: Pre-Calculus, Glencoe, 2006

Calculus: Calculus, Larson


 * d. Laboratory Science **(In 2009-2010 only Biology is offered.)

// Prentice-Hall Biology //, 2007 (California Edition)

// Prentice-Hall Chemistry //, 2008 (California Edition) plus both classroom based labs and //Virtual Labs//

Latin I: //ECCE ROMANI,// Level 1A and 1B, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005 Latin II: //Wheelock’s Latin,// 6th Edition, Frederic M. Wheelock Richard A. Lafleur, Collins, 2005; //38 Latin Stories//, 5th Edition, Anne Groton and James May, Bolchazy Carducci, 1998
 * e. Language Other than English **

Spanish I, II, III: Instructor-created Material, Robert Monroe

 **CSU Dominguez Hills College Courses through Young Scholars Program**
 * f. Visual and Performing Arts **
 * ART 100 Looking at Art: //Living with Art,// 8th Edition, Getlein, McGraw Hill, 2006 (7th Edition acceptable) **
 * MUS 101 Introduction to Music: **
 * THE 100 Television, Film and Theatre: //The Theatre Experience,// 11th Edition, Wilson, 2008 (10th Edition acceptable); **//Raisin in the Sun //by Lorraine Hansberry

Entrepreneurship: //How to Start and Operate a Small Business,// Steve Mariotti with Seana Moran, The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, 2006 Psychology: //Psychology and You, Third Edition,// Judith McMahon and Tony Romero, McGraw-Hill/Glencoe, 2000
 * g. College Preparatory Elective **(Students may also request a textbook for one college course per semester. Students pay a $20 book deposit which is returned upon submission of a course grade and return of the textbook.)

__ Supplements __ : //Flowers for Algernon// by Daniel Keyes; //Walden Two// by B.F. Skinner; //The Outsiders// by S.E. Hinton

Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System, 2008, Society for Neuroscience Free Test Download: [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Free Audio Download: [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Discovering Psychology, updated [|www.learner.org] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Secret Life of the Brain, 2002 [| www.pbs.org/wnet/brain]

The Bible and Its Influence: //The Bible and Its Influence,// Marjorie Haney Schaefer, Ph.D., BLP Publishing, 2006

Child Development: //The Developing Child,// Glencoe, 2006
 * Other Electives (Not a-g subjects) **

Clothing; //Clothing—Fashion, Fabrics, and Construction,// Glencoe, 2003

Computer Literacy: //Microsoft Office 2007 Real World Applications//, C. Jacqueline Schultz, Ph.D. and Linda Wooldridge, M.B.A., Glencoe, 2009

Foods: //Food for Today,// Glencoe, 2006

Health: //Teen Health, Course 3,// Glencoe, 2005