**Note-- I only work with one age level, so this would be repeated per age level (whether all at once, for a family that has multiple kids/ages, or like me, who would "do it up again" at the higher level when we cycle back around and hit it again in future years/higher level)

(My example is TOG3 Classic, as that is what we're currently using, and it's a bit different/neater/easier than the way I did it for TOG2. Unless something drastic changes, I'll be using THIS methodology from now on, as it REALLY works for me.)

ONLY SHOWING THAT WHICH DEALS WITH TOG STUFF (not other  school areas)

 In the MAINTENANCE SCREEN--

Subject: LANGUAGE ARTS

Course: TOG LITERATURE

Course: TOG VOCABULARY

Subject: SOCIAL STUDIES

Course: TOG GEOGRAPHY

Course: TOG WORLDVIEW

Subject: ART

Course: TOG FINE ARTS

Subject: ELECTIVES

Course: HANDICRAFT

**but this is NOT just for TOG handicrafts, and includes ALL handicrafts that she does, but I do put TOG ones in here too

**This stuff below, this is what I call "history"... I don't currently have it set up as Subject: History Course: TOG Unit Xwhatever... but MIGHT change that eventually

Subject: TOG3U1- 1800's Napoleon's World

Subject: TOG3U2- 1800's Birth of the Modern

Subject: TOG3U3- 1800's Nations Uniting

Subject: TOG3U4- 1800's The Guilded Age

*Note-- Again, I don't have courses for these, only work with the subject, and by high school transcript time, I wouldn't be using the TOGxUx header stuff, it is just for my clarity now, but I'd remove it for transcript purposes in the future.

Oh, one thing that did just come to mind, I do it so that, say for instance the week's assignment is to  Read 2 chapters a day of whatever book.... then on Friday write out a narration for the book she read. Well, all week long that would have been either a TOG Literature assignment OR an assignment for one of the Unit plans (shown above) if it were a history/history in depth reading. But come Friday when she's writing a narration for that reading, I would put it under Subject: LANGUAGE ARTS Course: COMPOSITION

 Here's what the LESSON PLAN screen looks like on my computer:

(click to enlarge)

 --sequence number fields are week/day... thus week 7, day 3 is Seq. #73, week 12 day 2 is Seq# 122

 --group field is where I actually type (for my own ease of use)  "wk 1 day 1" or "wk 10 day 3" (without the quotation marks)

** in the LP screen, I sort by SEQUENCE NUMBER so each DAY is its own "block" and each week of blocks progress sequentially. VERY easy and handy to view it and submit from  with this method**

 -- topic field: this populates the Scope & Sequence report, so I ONLY list things that are NEW or specifically there for REVIEW, instead of filling this field in for EVERY line item. That would be MAJOR overkill on the S&S report. Instead, by just doing it with new/review stuff (using it VERY judiciously) it makes for a more succinct S&S report. 

I do my topics as follows, according to the line item assignment, again, trying to avoid overkill and duplicates--

                                  I type  "Lit: Oliver Twist"  (no quotes, of course)

                                          "Lit: Swiss Family Robinson"

                                          "World Geo: World Map Review"

                                          " World Geo: Mountain Ranges & Deserts"

                                          "John Adams"

                                          "Lewis & Clark Expedition"

                                          "Review: Music of Beethoven"

                                          "Handicraft: Spinning Wool by hand"

                                          "Robert Fulton & steamboat"

                                          "Composer: Brahms"

                                          "French Conspiracy"

                                          "Jefferson's Minister to France"

                                          "Lit: Five Little Peppers Abroad"

                                          "Industrial Revolution"

                                          "Project: Invention from Ind. Rev. Poster"

And so on. Again, things are only listed once.  (I tried to give a variety for examples here)

So, as you can see, in the LP screen ALL the assignment pieces for TOG are in a "block" (by sequence number) ... everything. From my reading the SAP introduction on the first day of the new week, to her reading assignments, to my read alouds, to map work, vocab, etc. I use the directions field as needed (like listing the day's vocabulary words, for instance), I personally don't use the notes field very much really.

This year (started in January) when I was writing up a plan for each week, I used a spiral notebook and literally hand wrote out each week, each day worth of assignments. This helped IMMENSLY when I then went to the HST+ program and literally just did data entry and input it all into the Lesson Plan. *IF* there was a book I didn't currently own or have from the library, I still was able to schedule it but just put a "______" in the place where a chapter or page assignment for reading would have been.  

So when I submit (for instance just one day, say week 3 day 2... Seq#32)... there might be oh, 7 things just for TOG alone that get submitted to the assignment screen.

Then, at the assignment screen, which also has all the other subjects (math, spelling, etc etc) listed there, I use the ORDER field and assign  a number to every assignment line so the assignment report or daily task list report lists the assignments for the day in the order that I want them done in. (I opt to NOT use "time" in our use of HST+ but that is an option instead.)

We like to shake up the day and have my daughter do some individual work for a bit, then come to me to do something (like spelling) then do more work on her own, then back to me for a read aloud perhaps,  etc. I leave the HST+ assignment screen up on my computer all day so I know what she's doing at almost any given time, can call upstairs to her to have her bring down her math, grammar, a writing assignment or whatever to be graded, etc. I go upstairs to the school/scrapbooking room throughout the day either to just pop my head in and check on her, to take her something, to teach her something, help with something, etc. She doesn't sit upstairs all day either, she's welcome to read/work downstairs as desired (and outside when weather permits) but she likes the focus she can get from being upstairs.

Anyway, sorry to get off on a tangent. LOL

As for TOG and HST, I know that when we rotate back around and come back to TOG3 (for instance) I'll have a basic structure already laid out in this Lesson Plan. Though we'll be at a higher learning level at that time, I'll easily be able to copy this LP to a new LP (for the higher level) and delete the PLC field (assignment) and directions, etc. ... stuff that is going to be different for the older student, and plug in new stuff, tweak the framework as needed and have a new, working, up to date, ready to go lesson plan in a jiffy.

Is this any different than working from the TOG binders? Well, no, not really. It *IS* me/us working from the binders. Laying things out like this in a day to day/week by week fashion is allowing me to get the most from TOG that fits our needs/family, stay organized, be prepared. I used to write it all out by hand on paper (I made way too many different types of planners/schedules for just this thing) but if we missed a day that was supposed to be a school day, well plans went out the window and had to be rewritten, etc. Now, with my TOG plans (as well as all other school work) into HST+, if a day is missed (or a hunk of days, etc) I can reschedule them with a few clicks of the mouse... if we get ahead in something, no problem. If we get behind in something, no problem... it is all adjusted quickly and easily.

Sorry this got so long. Guess that's what happens when I speak of two things I really love about our homeschooling... TAPESTRY OF GRACE and HOMESCHOOL TRACKER PLUS.