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2026-2027 Courses

While each class notes a specific grade level or age, our children grow and develop in God's timing. Please consider the baseline of assumed skills as a starting point when thinking about which English class to select. Courses have live online sessions using the Canvas LMS; however, local in-person classes may be arranged with a minimum number of participants.

Registration for fall term is now closed. 

Literature mini-courses will be available soon.

Which Class?

English 1

  • Incoming English 1 students should:

  • be able to identify the eight parts of speech.

  • identify the parts of a fact-based paragraph; have some ability to assemble paragraphs into an essay.​

  • comprehend age-appropriate literature.

  • have growing independence and be able to manage assignments with multi-step instructions with some parental involvement.

English 2

  • Incoming English 2 students should:  

  • ​be able to identify and use dependent and independent clauses.

  • have experience writing five-paragraph essays with a three-point thesis.

  • know literary elements like "setting" of a story.

  • understand how to manage assignments with multi-step instructions with minimal parental involvement.

English 3

  • Students should:

    • have a mastery of grammar mechanics.

    • be able to compose a five-paragraph essay through multiple drafts without teacher feedback in two-three weeks.

    • have some experience with literary analysis using text evidence to support their ideas.

    • comprehend advanced literature selections such as plays by Shakespeare.

    • know how to manage assignments with multi-step instructions with no parental involvement.

English Courses 2026-2027

English 1

Students will approach the language

arts as the study of God’s gift of language. They will begin the transfer from a reading emphasis to a more in depth study of literature. Composition and study skills will be an integral part

of the course; grammar will be studied

as a tool for composition and speaking skills.

  • Target Grade Level:  7/8

  • Meets with live online sessions Mondays 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. (ET).  (Optional:  local in-person classes/ homeschool groups may be arranged with a minimum number 

 of participants.)

  • $45.00 monthly payment due by    first day of the month August-May (10% discount available with course pre-payment in full)

  • textbooks: Any unabridged edition of the novels may be used.  

    • God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew

    • The Jungle Book by R. Kipling

    • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 

    • Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson

    • A Christmas Carol by C. Dickens

    • The Hobbit by Tolkien

    • Our Mother Tongue:  A Guide   to English Grammar (2nd Edition)    ISBN-13: 9781947644557

    • Introduction to Shakespeare

    • Various short stories and   poems. (Provided by instructor)

    • One independent novel selected from a course list

English 2

Students will continue to develop in their study of God’s gift of language. Also, students will work on speed and fluency with reading challenging texts. Composition and study skills remain an integral part of the course; grammar will

be studied as a tool for composition and speaking skills

  • Target Grade Level:  7/8

  • Meets with live online sessions Tuesdays from 9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. (ET). (Optional:  local in-person classes/  homeschool groups may be arranged with a minimum number of participants.)

  • $45.00 monthly payment due by first day of the month August-May (10% discount available with course pre-payment in full)

  • textbooks:  Any unabridged edition of the novels may be used. 

    • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur C. Doyle

    • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

    • Emma by J. Austen

    • The Hawk that Dare not Hunt by Day by S. O'Dell

    • Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

    • Various short stories and poems. (Provided by instructor)

    • One independent novel selected from a course list

English 3

English III concentrates on reading great literature through our biblical worldview lens. We will work on understanding Aristotle’s “Truth and Beauty” principles in composition and literature while learning that great literature reflects that we are all made of dust and the breath of God. We will see how the lives of characters are caught between sin and redemption.
This course meets the requirements for one High School English credit.

  • Target Grade Level:  9

  • Meets with live online sessions Wednesdays from 8:00- 9:30 a.m. (ET) (Optional:  local in-person classes/  homeschool groups may be arranged with a minimum number of participants.)

  • $45.00 monthly payment due by first day of the month August-May (10% discount available with course pre-payment in full)

  •  Textbooks:  Any unabridged edition of the novels may be used. 

    • The Odyssey by Homer

    • Shakespeare

    • A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens

    • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson

    • Various short stories and poems. (Provided by instructor)

    • Video studies include: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 version)

    • Correlated primary sources and research materials.

    • One independent novel selected from a course list

    • The Stewart English Program Book Two (Bunny book)

    • Sadler-Oxford Vocabulary Level D

History Courses 

These courses meet twice a week because they contain the core requirements for two high school credits:  one English and one history.  

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History Classes

2026-2027

Modern World Survey:

History, Literature, and Composition

  • Target Grade Level:  10

  • Meets with live online sessions Mondays and Wednesdays  from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (ET) (Optional:  local in-person classes may be arranged with a minimum number of participants.)   

  • $90.00 monthly payment due by first day of the month August-May (10% discount available with course pre-payment in full)

Our primary focus is to understand God’s purpose for history. His plan is revealed to us through written records. Starting with the premises that history is the story of God’s plan for man and that history is linear, with Christ and the cross at the center, the students trace the development of empires, nations, countries, philosophies, movements, and trends. Modern world history survey is an overview from the age of exploration to modern times. This course integrates the humanities—art, literature, music and architecture. Writing skills are utilized as students spend time in historical research, analyzing primary sources, and communicating a biblical worldview of historical events and interpretations. This course meets the requirements for two high school credits: 1 history; 1 English
 

  • History text: BJU World History

  • *Novels:  Any unabridged version may be used.

  • The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

  • Animal Farm  by G. Orwell

  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas

  • Frankenstein by M. Shelley

  • Various short stories and poems (provided by instructor)

  • Film studies include:  Casablanca (1930 version); All Quiet on the Western Front , Amazing Grace, Man in the Iron Mask (1982); Ivanhoe 

  • Correlated primary sources and research materials.

American Survey: History, Literature, and Composition

  • Target Grade Level:  10/11

  • Meets with live online sessionsTuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. (ET). (Optional:  local in-person classes may be arranged with a minimum number of participants.)    

  • $90.00 monthly payment due by first day of the month August-May (10% discount available with course pre-payment in full)

The focus of American Survey is to provide a rhetoric-level study of the history of the United States with an emphasis on the humanities. Research, oral communication, and composition are integral components of the course; scored discussion, oral discussion and argument are frequent activities. We begin with a review of a biblical worldview as it relates to history, first understanding that history is linear, with creation the beginning, heaven the end, and Christ the center. We then apply biblical principles to the founding and development of our country, as well as to contemporary issues. Of special emphasis is the Creation, Fall, Redemption paradigm as it relates to the philosophical decline of the US and to the errors of revisionist history. This course meets the requirements for two high school credits: 1 history; 1 English

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  • History Text: BJU United States History

  • *Novels:  Any unabridged version may be used.

  • Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • The Scarlet Letter by N. Hawthorne

  • Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

  • Our Town by Thornton Wilder

  • Various short stories and poems (provided by instructor)

  • Video studies include: The Grapes of Wrath (1941); To Kill a Mockingbird; Citizen Kane

  • Correlated primary sources and research materials.

Romans 15:4

"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."--ESV

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