Class Descriptions
Our classes are grouped into Learning Levels meant to provide broad benchmarks to help determine where each child is likely to experience appropriate instruction and expectations. However, we believe all students will find much greater success when placed in a class that matches their abilities, so children may attend a class that is not in their standard grade level.
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Primary
Primary students are typically grades 1st-2nd, often ages 6-7.
1/2 Grade Reading & Writing
This class is typically for students in 1st and 2nd grade, often ages 6-7.
Reading and studying first chapter books, learning basic literary terminology, learning beginning study skills, writing basic paragraphs, and more. Click here to learn more.
Elementary
Elementary students are typically grades 3rd through 6th, often ages 8-11.
Elementary Writing Foundations
This class is typically for students in 4th through 6th grades, often ages 8-12.
Introduction to the basic four-step writing process taught in the TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook. Expanded paragraph steps and strategies. This class is the prerequisite for all new 5th and 6th students, unless the student is returning from the 3/4th grade level class. Click here to learn more.
3/4 Grade Reading & Writing
This class is typically for students in 3rd and 4th grade, often ages 8-9.
Learning and practicing the TWJ writing process; learning to write grammatically correct, engaging sentences; beginning to write an expanded paragraph; differentiating between main points and supporting details, and more. Click here to learn more.
5/6 Grade Reading & Writing
This class is typically for students in 5th and 6th grade, often ages 10-11.
Focusing on writing well-constructed expanded paragraphs filled with engaging sentences, working towards mastery of TWJ basic writing steps and strategies for writing an expanded paragraph, increasing development of quality rewriting, and so much more. Click here to learn more.
Intermediate
Intermediate students are typically grades 7th through 8th, often ages 12-14.
Intermediate Writing Foundations
This class is typically for students in 7th through 8th grades, often ages 12-14.
Introduction to the basic four-step writing process taught in the TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook. This class teaches multi-paragraph steps and strategies. This class is the prerequisite for all new Intermediate Learning Level students unless the student is returning from an Elementary Level class. Click here to learn more.
7/8 Grade Reading & Essay Writing
This class is typically for students in 7th and 8th grades, often ages 12-14.
Continuing to practice TWJ writing steps: developing multi-paragraph essays, mastering a thesis and transitional sentences, improving sentence structure through mastery of stylistic elements, and more. Click here to learn more.
Advanced
Advanced students are typically grades 9th through 12th, often ages 14-18.
Advanced Writing Foundations (Formal Academic Essay Writing)
This class is typically for students in 9th through 12th grades, often ages 14-18.
Fully addressing a topic by writing five-paragraph essays, understanding a complex introduction with a thesis statement, learning the various types of essays, such as expository, argumentative, narrative, and research, supporting assertions, explaining the examples with insightful analysis, creating quality sentences by including many stylistic elements including strong vocabulary, and more. Click here to learn more.
High School Reading & Essay Writing
This class is typically for students in 9th through 12th grades, often ages 14-18.
Developing a topic by writing multiple paragraphs, following the essay format, providing specific examples from the novel to support assertions and explaining the examples with insightful literary analysis, creating quality sentences, and more. Click here to learn more.
College Prep Reading & Essay Writing
This class is typically for students in 11th and 12th grades, often ages 16-18.
Analysis and writing assignments to prepare for college level English and Literature courses, study the APA and MLA formats for compositions, and include more complex writing mechanics in their assignments, near-mastery of the TWJ handbook process, and more. Click here to learn more.