This semester, we offer several course options including our Writing-Only courses, Reading & Writing classes for each grade level & training for Adults that want to learn to teach our materials to their own children or their educational community. Here is a rundown of each writing class option, each grade level’s novel & the focus for the first semester for our Adult Training Program (ATP).
Writing Only:
Writing Foundations Levels 1, 2 and 3
This course teaches either paragraph writing for students grades 3-6, or multi-paragraph instruction for students grades 7-9. Students will work through the TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook under our instructors, learning the 4-step writing process used in every one of our classes. This is the starting point for many students that simply need to learn how to write an academic response paper.
Formal Academic Essay Writing
This course is for High School students that want or need to learn the essay writing process, a varilong with various types of essays written in the high school level prompts. This 12 week course will also teach the basics of the MLA writing format. This is the starting point for high schoolers that are joining our classes for the first time.
Reading & Writing Classes by Grade Level
Blending Great Literature with Writing
These classes are 12-week classes that study an age appropriate, award winning novel, and students write about prompts related to the class’ book. Students further practice and develop the skills learned in our writing-only classes. The end of each semester focuses on Enrichment Projects to enhance each novel’s genre or focus.
Remember that students in grades 5/6 and up must have completed either the previous grade Reading & Writing class, or the Writing Foundations levels 1&2 class to enroll. Students may join this Reading & Writing course in the spring semester after learning the Writing Foundations Handbook in classes or tutoring.
1/2 grade Reading & Writing
Fall Novel- My Father’s Dragon
Spring Novels- The Courage of Sarah Noble and The Bears of Hemlock Mountain
3/4 Grade Reading & Writing
Fall Novel- The Cricket in Times Square
Spring Novels- Ben and Me
5/6 Grade Reading & Writing
Fall Novel- My Side of the Mountain
Spring Novels- Amos Fortune- Free Man
7/8 Grade Reading & Writing
Fall Novel- The Bronze Bow
Spring Novels- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
9-12 Grade Reading & Writing
Fall Novel- The Scarlet Pimpernel
Spring Novels- American Short Stories (Early American History)
11&12 Grade (College Prep)Reading & Writing
Fall Novel- Oliver Twist
Spring Novels- The Scarlet Letter
Adult Training Program:
This course teaches parents through the TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook, which is our writing process used in every single class we teach. Adults may want to grow in the skills to instruct their own children in writing and literature, or they may desire the training to offer writing classes in small groups, co-op classes, or pods. ATP students learn our teaching content, methods, and how to support students with encouraging evaluations that help them progress in this invaluable subject! Join us for this 12 week course. To learn more, use the link below.
Fall Semester - TWJ Handbook Training for Expanded Paragraph Writing
Spring Semester - Blending Literature and Writing or Multi-Paragraph Writing Instruction