High School Reading Journal
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High School Reading Journal

Original Price: Current Price: $19.00
  • Designed for students in grades 9–12
  • Works with both nonfiction and fiction books
  • Includes writing and vocabulary practice
  • Builds independence through self-paced reading
  • Filters what teens read through Biblical truth
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Books They Choose. Skills They Build.

Give your teen a full year reading curriculum that helps them think more deeply about fiction and nonfiction while giving them a say in the books they read.

For each book, they’ll set a finish date and determine how many pages to read each day. As they read, they’ll dig into the author’s ideas, purpose, viewpoint, themes, and more. Your teen gets more responsibility, while you know they’re learning without having to manage every step yourself.

With the High School Reading Journal, your teen will:

Analyze theme, symbolism, conflict, mood, tone, and viewpoint

Evaluate characters, ideas, and an author’s purpose

Make connections and support conclusions using what they read

Strengthen writing and vocabulary through focused practice

Hold the ideas and worldviews they encounter up against what God says is true

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Analyze theme, symbolism, conflict, mood, tone, and viewpoint

Evaluate characters, ideas, and an author’s purpose

Make connections and support conclusions using what they read

Strengthen writing and vocabulary through focused practice

Hold the ideas and worldviews they encounter up against what God says is true

How to Reason About What They’re Reading

Your teen will learn to recognize what an author is saying, how they’re saying it, and what they think about it.

One day your teen might examine a theme or symbol. Another day they’ll evaluate a character, consider the author’s viewpoint, or work through a new vocabulary word. As the writing becomes more advanced, they’ll develop their own ideas, support them with what they’ve read, and put those ideas into essays. They’re learning not only to understand what they read, but to form ideas of their own.

Why You'll Love It

  • Your teen gets a say in the books they read
  • Clear structure keeps their reading focused and purposeful
  • Includes both fiction and nonfiction
  • 15–20 minutes of independent work each day
  • Includes increasingly advanced writing, including essays

Features

Choose 6 to 8 Books

Your teen chooses up to four fiction and four nonfiction books for the year. You can decide together what fits their interests and reading goals.

Explore Different Kinds of Nonfiction

Nonfiction sections include Biography/Autobiography, Christian Lifestyle/Leadership, Money/Business, and Informational Text.

Choose Your Book Order

Your teen can choose which book to read next, then work through that book’s lessons in order. The included bookmark helps them keep their place.

Set Your Own Reading Pace

At the beginning of each section, your teen records the book, number of pages, and finish date, then figures out how much to read each day.

Dig Into More Advanced Analysis

Your teen will work with theme, symbolism, conflict, subplots, narrator, mood, tone, viewpoint, style, purpose, cause and effect, and more.

Practice Putting Ideas Into Words

Writing and vocabulary activities give your teen practice developing their ideas, supporting them with what they read, and putting those ideas into words.

Evaluate What You Read With God’s Word

Your teen will evaluate the messages and ideas they encounter and hold them up against what Scripture says is true.

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How the Journal Works

Our Reading Journals give kids the freedom to choose books that interest them while building the skills they need. The journals grow with your child from elementary through high school, strengthening comprehension and analysis as the work becomes more advanced.

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Your high schooler is ready to think deeper, write with purpose, and own their faith. From literature and creative writing to consumer math and practical life skills, our curriculum for 9th through 12th grade equips students with what they actually need for life after graduation. It's rooted in God's Word, designed for independence.

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Not Consumed Homeschool Core Values

  • Anchored in a Biblical Worldview
  • Created for Real Life
  • Learning That Meets Students Where They Are
  • Builds Connections Between Subjects
  • Grows Independence and Responsibility

Why Not Consumed Homeschool

In this video, Kimberly Sorgius Jones shares the heart behind Not Consumed and walks you through the core values that shape everything we create for homeschooling families.

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FAQs

  • How do I choose the right Reading Journal level for my child?

    Choose the Reading Journal that best matches the skills your child is ready to practice right now. You know your child best, so choose the level that fits where they are right now and gives them room to grow.

    • Elementary Reading Journal (Grades 2-5): Builds foundational comprehension skills as students begin thinking more deeply about what they read.
    • Middle School Reading Journal (Grades 6-8): Helps students work through complete books while developing stronger analysis, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills.
    • High School Reading Journal (Grades 9-12): Builds more advanced literary analysis, writing, vocabulary, and independent thinking skills.

  • How do I help my teen choose good books?

    The High School Reading Journal gives your teen plenty of choice while you still set the boundaries. They’ll choose fiction along with nonfiction from four categories: Biography/Autobiography, Christian Lifestyle/Leadership, Money/Business, and Informational Text.

    The goal isn’t to hand over every decision. It’s to give them meaningful choices within the boundaries you set. And if you want help finding strong options, our Homeschool Reading List by Age Level gives you book ideas to guide the choices while still letting your teen pick what interests them.

  • Is the High School Reading Journal a complete high school English course?

    The High School Reading Journal covers reading comprehension, literary analysis, writing, and vocabulary. Just add a grammar component of your choice, and you're all set for a complete high school English course.

  • What are the credentials of the Not Consumed team?

    The Not Consumed team exists for one purpose: to help your family grow in faith so you can live #NotConsumed. We are homeschool parents with over 220 years of combined homeschooling experience, advanced degrees in education and curriculum design, and a deep love for serving families well. Every Bible study, family resource, and homeschool curriculum we create is anchored in Scripture and made to be practical, clear, and easy to use, because we know your days are already full.

    We believe the best learning happens when families gather around God's Word together, so we create resources that work across ages and stages to make that time meaningful, approachable, and real.

  • What do you believe?

    We are Bible-believing evangelical Christians. It's our mission to create products that handle the Word of God accurately and literally. We aim to get families into the Word for themselves and challenge them to read and think about it carefully rather than relying on the words and ideas of others. We believe all families should be asking about the theology of the resources they use, as nothing is neutral and everything has a worldview. Here is what we believe:

    The Bible is God's Word and the final authority for everything we believe and how we live. It is completely true and trustworthy in all that it says, given to us by God down to its very words. There is one God who has always existed as three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God created all things, including human beings, by His own direct act. Salvation is a free and forever-secure gift, received by grace through faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus came in human flesh, was born of a virgin, and rose bodily from the grave. He will one day return in person, in His own body, to reign on the earth for a thousand years. This return will be personal, bodily, and premillennial.

    Read our complete Statement of Faith here.

  • Is the curriculum accredited?

    Though schools can be accredited, there is not an accreditation program for curriculum.

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