My daughter is entering 7th grade this year. Wow! Wow... Wow. All sorts of emotions flood my head. She's a tween. Her academics will be changing this year. She'll be taking 3 classes at co-op (though 1 of them will be taught by me). I have most of her curriculum in place, but I needed a plan for her vocabulary notebook. I use a combination of things because I'm a cheapskate. 1) For grades 6-8, she does 30 pages (1 page per day) from the book 101 Vocabulary Words in Context each year. Then, she works in a vocabulary notebook... 2) Vocabulary Notebook I was talking with my husband the other day about the Economist. We have a student subscription (which is much cheaper than a normal subscription). He asked if the girls could use it this year as part of their curriculum. And the idea clicked! I am going to have Autumn read 1 article per week. She will highlight the words she do...