| | | Home > CTYOnline > Language Arts Courses | | | | | |  | CTYOnline offers several critical reading and grammar courses that allow students with qualifying verbal scores to improve their skills with the assistance of CTY instructors.
Each critical reading course challenges gifted readers to hone their reading, thinking, and writing skills. The two grammar courses promote a student's understanding about how to create effective sentences and a distinctive writing style. These session-based courses are ten weeks long in the fall and spring and twelve weeks long in the early summer--to allow students to take a two-week break for vacations or camp. The courses are also offered in an intensive mid summer session lasting five weeks.
| | | | |  | Guided by CTYOnline instructors, students in the Younger Readers [Dog Stories, Dragon Tales, Horse Stories] and Young Readers [Magical Life Lessons, On Our Own, Quests and Challenges] Series read books well above grade level by such authors as Avi, J.K. Rowling, and Tamora Pierce and engage in creative writing and discussions. Students learn to make accurate inferences to understand plot and character and are encouraged to support their opinions by referring to the text. Students are also exposed to challenging vocabulary words and literary devices. These courses are ideal for students who enjoy reading, pondering, and sharing their thoughts with gifted students from around the world. Students typically read, discuss, and write at least every other day (fall, spring, early summer) or daily (intensive mid summer). For more information, visit the course descriptions. | |  | Dog Stories, Dragon Tales, Horse Stories (Grades 2 & 3)
Magical Life Lessons, On Our Own, Quests & Challenges (Grades 4 & 5)
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 | The Art Meets Science Series [Nonfiction, Literature] encourages students to explore the connection between scientific discovery and creative writing. In this critical reading series, students discover how scientific inquiry and creative writing offer different perspectives on the same complex and unfolding universe. Readings inspired by science provide students with models for creating their own poems, stories, and essays. For example, students might consider how Einstein's theory of relativity has influenced the images and themes of 20th-century poets, or how an essay about childhood memories is enhanced by understanding neuroscience. These courses involve substantial discussion of readings as well as writing workshops in which the instructor and peers offer constructive criticism. Students typically read, discuss, and write at least every other day (fall, spring, early summer) or daily (intensive mid summer). For more information, visit the course descriptions. | | | Art Meets Science: Nonfiction (Grades 6 & 7)
Art Meets Science: Literature (Grades 6 & 7)
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| | |  | In the Language Rules Series, students learn how a deep understanding of grammatical structure allows them to make informed choices about style. In Language Rules: Building Blocks (Grades 3 & 4), students concentrate on the parts of speech and grammar rules that allow them to create effective and interesting sentence combinations. In Language Rules: From Structure to Style (Grades 7-12), students work with instructors and an online collaborative student community to improve their grammar and develop their personal writing styles. Students emerge from these courses understanding how their grammatical choices can affect the quality of their prose style. Students typically work at least every other day (fall, spring, early summer) or daily (intensive mid summer). For more information, visit the course descriptions. | | | Language Rules: Building Blocks (Grades 3 & 4)
Language Rules: From Structure to Style (Grades 7 - 12) | |
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