| | | Home > CTYOnline > CTYOnline References | | | | 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.
The themes in the Young Readers and Art Meets Science critical reading series challenge gifted readers to hone their reading, thinking, and writing skills. The two Language Rules 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 midsummer session lasting five weeks. Learn more about the summer sessions or visit the FAQ. | | In the Young Readers Series, gifted students read books well above grade level by such authors as Rick Riordan, Avi, J.K. Rowling, and  Tamora Pierce. Guided by CTY instructors, students engage in high level thinking in their book-related creative writing assignments and participation in discussion forums. Students are also exposed to challenging vocabulary words and literary devices in the texts, discussions, puzzles, and online games. Students learn to make accurate inferences to understand plot and character and are encouraged to support their opinions by referring to the text. 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 midsummer). For more information, visit the course descriptions:
Young Readers Series for Grades 2 and 3: Good Dogs, Dragon Tales, Mystery Stories, Robot Encounters
Young Readers Series for Grades 4 and 5: Greek Myths Revisited, In Search Of, Magical Life Lessons, On Our Own, Quests and Challenges, The Right Stuff - Nonfiction | |
 The Art Meets Science Series [Nonfiction, Literature] for Grades 6 and 7 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 and Literature |
| |  A deep understanding of grammatical structure allows students to make informed choices about style. In Building Blocks (Grades 3 & 4), the lessons and exercises encourage students to think like linguists to discover how the parts of speech and sentence patterns can be used to build effective sentences. Grammar FUNdamentals (Grades 4-6) covers a broad range of topics to meet current middle-school grammar standards, and reinforces lessons with grammar games, puzzles, and tests. From Structure to Style (Grades 7-12), encourages students to write analytically about grammatical usage working in an online collaborative community, and then apply the analysis to their own creative writing. All three courses include writing assignments critiqued by CTY instructors to give students the opportunity to practice their grammar prowess. Students emerge from these courses understanding how their grammatical choices can affect the quality of their prose. |
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