Writing with Skill 2 (2023-24)

Welcome to Writing with Skill Level 2! This course walks students through a comprehensive and systematic approach to writing composition. Study skills necessary for academic success include summarizing, outlining, and note taking. Students also practice writing patterns targeted to history, science and literature, which prepares learners to write across the curriculum. Detailed instruction in narration and sequences, comparisons, introductions and conclusions, and finding topics helps further the students’ writing aptitude. Learners progress to critically assess prose and poetry, research, and draft a final project. Training in independent learning, effective writing and critical thinking are objectives for WWS Level 2. Co-op time together will focus on the weekly lesson targets, with heavy emphasis on student interaction sharing ideas and constructive feedback. Rubrics will be provided for feedback on student compositions. Grades will be responsibility of the parent.

Writing with Skill 3 (2023-24)

Writing with Skill 3 is the continuation of the Writing with Skill series, assuming students have completed levels 1 & 2. Foundational skills will be strengthened in the following areas: outlining, rewriting, research, and documentation. Sentence skills will be developed further. Four new forms will be introduced: narrative by significance, explanation by case and effect, instructional sequences and experimental sequence. The goal for this year is to grow your student into a confident and independent writer

Dive into Lit: ELA 4th (2023-2024)

Short description: Welcome to Diving into Lit (3-4)! Students are reading to learn content during this stage instead of learning the process of reading, or simply exposure to literature, as in younger grades. Learning Language Arts through Literature will be the basis for our curriculum. Biblical truths will also be taught. Students will use time together to interactively explore text, expanding on reading strategies and using text features to understand literature and grammar and the writing process. Active listening, speaking, and critical thinking are developed as vocabulary and language are explored. Making new connections is fun!

Learn thru Lit ELA 5th-6th (2023-2024)

Legit Lit: WORLD Literature (ELA 9-12) 2023-2024

Welcome to World Literature: Legit Lit (9-12)! High school learners will annotate reading selections and record important questions, thoughts, literary devices, and plot advancement. Especially in today’s culture, students need an opportunity to be heard and ask legitimate questions to gain text understanding and a deeper understanding of humanity. Discussions of these points helps students gain rich insight into historical and personal conflict, allowing for critical thinking and seeking out Biblical truths to bring order and make sense of the modern world. We will discover literary elements and devices, motives, mood, theme, nuances, character studies, and all the deeper insights that make understanding literature from around the globe such a joyful journey. We will compare and contrast details and share insights. Poetry, literature, vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and the writing process will also be taught.

Let's Go! Lit 7th-8th (2023-2024)

Welcome to Let’s Go! Lit (7-8) Middle school students are hungry for deeper examination of literature selections to compare and contrast the elements that build story complexity. Discussions in class encourage students to summarize, debate, predict logically and think critically while also examine Biblical truths either glaringly absent or found in characters or story lines. This course will explore literary elements, writing composition, grammar, reading strategies, spelling, and study skills. Deeper understanding of simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and alliteration among other literary devices further the student’s reading comprehension. Students will gain experience verbalizing perceived strengths and weaknesses in literature, thereby building confidence in reading, thinking, speaking, and listening skills.

High School Executive Functioning

Learn all the tips, tricks, and strategies to be successful in high school, college, and life. Having a plan to walk through each step is helpful in building lifelong habits that will benefit learning. We will use a textbook and class time to learn and share skills. There will be no homework or grades, but you will want to practice what you are learning throughout the week in your other classes.

Jump into Lit: K-2 ELA 2023-2024

Syllabus: Jump into Lit K-2

Trinity 2023-2024

Welcome to Jump into Literature! (K-2) Adventure with us as we jump into literature with both feet-literally and figuratively! The beauty of Co-op is the time we have with each other to safely learn and collaborate. Deanna Jump’s curriculum will provide the framework for this fresh approach to literature for your littles using engaging and thought- provoking titles. Classical selections will be brought into the classroom to supplement this hands-on approach to learning fiction and non-fiction text features and reading strategies to cultivate a love for literature. Vocabulary, reading, listening, sentence structure, and writing will be a focus each week. We will explore all aspects of texts: pictures, headings, title, setting, story elements, visualizing, etc., and learn how to ask as well as answer questions to help understand text. Biblical integration will be part of each unit to develop a passionate search for truth in all we do, see, hear, and read in our journey to grow in the Lord. Activities for home study will be offered to strengthen language arts skills, including phonics and thinking skills. Feedback will be offered as students participate and grow at their individual level. Phonics will be strengthened but this course is designed to create a love of literature and expose to understanding text. Book list is included on the side bar "Resources" tab. Read aloud selections may be purchased separately or checked out from the library. (There are also many You Tube videos with selections read by the author.)

Reading Strategies

Utilizing the Reading Workshop model, our class will discover mentor texts together, practice vital reading skills and share their learning while building a reading strategy notebook for the year. Students are then free to practice their skills throughout the week at home with books they love, so no homework or grades! Class meets Mondays at noon in Room 304.