Reading / Writing & Grammar
T3 Education offers textbook or online curriculums with the following partners. You could choose to take the full curriculum or subject based.
Bob Jones University Press
The BJU Press elementary reading program challenges students to engage with what they read. Literature—whether it is fiction, nonfiction, drama, or poetry—enables people to consider, make sense of, celebrate, lament, and even change the world. We want students to enjoy reading all types of literature so that they will become lifelong readers. We also want them to analyze, interpret, and evaluate everything they read from a biblical worldview. More than any other people, Christians should value reading because God reveals Himself to His people through a book. In addition to helping us know God, reading skills also prepare us to be better servants of Christ. The apostle Paul lays out for us the standard by which Christians should measure what they read: things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and commendable (Phil. 4:8). In other words, we should read that which conveys truth, goodness, and beauty.
BJU Press middle- and high-school writing and grammar product line systematically reviews and applies English grammar conventions to the real world. The practice of writing—using grammar to craft clear and effective communication—is essential for helping students to understand, analyze, and craft an argument. Students also need to develop effective research and study skills that will enable them to manage large assignments and to find relevant and useful information. We have given teachers the tools to help their students craft effective written and oral communication that engages with and contributes to culture. To accomplish our vision for students, we have laid out a series of goals for our program, activities, and teaching strategies.
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Reading 1
Cultivating a Love for Reading
Start your students on a lifelong journey of reading. Reading 1 serves to nurture student decoding and comprehension skills so they can read a variety of genres with fluency, enjoyment, and discernment. Starting with foundational phonemic awareness and phonics skills, students build fluency and comprehension, recognize words using visual and textual cues, and broaden their vocabulary. They will also learn to apply a variety of reading strategies and literary skills to appropriate grade-level stories and poems and communicate effectively through oral reading and responsive writing. Students will learn to evaluate texts through the biblical themes of loving God and others, helpfulness, courage, perseverance, joy, and creativity.
Reading 2
Fostering Lifelong Readers with a Biblical Worldview
Reading 2 provides biblical-worldview-shaping selections from various genres, logically sequenced for readability and skill progression. This approach helps students develop reading skills that support their academic success and foster a lifelong passion for reading. Emphasizing silent reading for comprehension, phonics, oral reading, and literary techniques, the program combines academic rigor with a biblical worldview to cultivate lifelong readers who enjoy reading silently and communicate effectively through oral reading.
Reading 3
Expanding Literary Horizons
Reading 3 empowers students to deepen their comprehension and critical thinking skills through a progression of increasingly challenging selections. With an emphasis on biblical worldview, this reading program presents a diverse array of genres, from historical fiction to poetry, encouraging students to explore complex literary elements such as character development, conflict, and figurative language. Alongside phonics review and vocabulary building, students engage in activities that hone their ability to infer, analyze, and articulate their thoughts both orally and in writing.
Reading 4
An engaging, comprehension-based program designed to support teachers as they guide students to lifelong reading success. Students develop biblical discernment through teacher-guided instruction and comprehension through strategies, questions, and activities before, during, and after reading. Materials provide opportunities for silent and oral reading that build vocabulary and literary skills. They also include assessment opportunities aligned with objectives.
Reading 5
Reading 5 is a comprehension-based reading program that equips students to be good communicators. Each component is designed to support teachers as they guide students in building reading comprehension, exercising biblical discernment and critical thinking skills, and cultivating an appreciation of literature. Students will have opportunities to interact with colorfully illustrated literature from a variety of authors and genres. They will focus on practicing reading strategies that improve comprehension.
Writing & Grammar 6
Enable Clear Communication
Equip your middle schoolers to apply their developing skills in writing and grammar so they can communicate clearly, precisely, and powerfully. Writing & Grammar 6 integrates both writing and grammar instruction, applying relevant grammar concepts in writing chapters and providing Writing Workshop lessons within grammar chapters. The student worktext includes elements from both the elementary and secondary product lines, serving as a natural on-ramp for your middle schoolers. Students will be able to apply English grammar to produce written and oral communication, create and refine several types of texts, and increase in 21st century skills—all grounded in a focused biblical worldview.
Writing & Grammar 7
Writing and Grammar 7 guides students toward formulating a biblical worldview of communication through writing by focusing on four themes: truth, beauty, virtue, and balance. This course encourages students to become creators as they learn how to apply grammar skills to their writing. Grammar chapters offer systematic teaching of grammar concepts, and writing chapters teach students narrative, informative, and argumentative writing. Students will learn how to analyze sample texts to see how grammar and punctuation rules affect communication.
Writing & Grammar 8
Encourage Strong Communicators
Help your students to become clear and coherent communicators by giving them opportunities to learn from good writers and apply grammar and writing skills to their own writing. Writing & Grammar 8 teaches students how to use written, spoken, and visual language to communicate clearly and effectively. Scaffolded writing practice and writing assignments take students through the six traits of writing as they progress from writing paragraphs to writing essays, culminating in a multigenre project.
Writing & Grammar 9
Equip Intentional and Effective Communicators
Help your students become intentional and effective communicators by giving them systematic grammar instruction with direct application to speaking and writing. Writing & Grammar 9 (4th edition) weaves grammar instruction and writing practice together throughout so students have opportunities to connect the skills they’re learning to the texts they’re writing. Biblical worldview themes and questions help students learn to apply a biblical view of identity, logic, integrity, and judgment to intentional communication.
Writing & Grammar 10
Equip Intentional and Effective Communicators
Enhance your high school students’ abilities to communicate. The Writing & Grammar 10 course functions as the Year of the Essay focusing grammar skills and strategies in writing, speaking, and listening so students can write compelling essays grounded in a biblical worldview. Students will be able to apply effective writing, revising, and critical thinking strategies in interactive workshops; create informative, persuasive, and narrative texts; craft engaging presentations, and apply a biblical view of identity, logic, integrity, and judgment.
Writing & Grammar 11
Engage with the Culture
Equip your high school students with the writing and grammar skills they need to communicate in persuasive, engaging ways. Writing & Grammar 11 teaches grammar in the context of writing and focuses on the planning, research, and logic skills needed to compose and deliver clear communication grounded in a solid biblical worldview. Students will be able to apply planning and research strategies, compose a variety of texts on various themes using the writing process, demonstrate grammar and style proficiency in their writing, and deliver communication that is logically sound, engaging, and Christlike.
Writing & Grammar 12
Enhancing Communication Skills
This course reviews and expands on the grammar, usage, and mechanics covered in Grade 11, introducing new material such as passive participles, absolute phrases, and idiomatic use of prepositions. Students will master paragraph development, incorporating quotations and visual aids. Writing projects include descriptive essays, comparison/contrast essays, research reports, literary analyses, dramatic scenes, interior monologues, persuasive essays, sonnets, and video reports. Through interactive workshops, students will refine their writing, revising, and critical thinking skills. They will also prepare for future academic and professional endeavors by crafting college application essays and extemporaneous essays, all while integrating a biblical perspective on identity, logic, integrity, and judgment.
