2026/2027 English - Instructor Alicia Estes; Grades 6-12

Monday & Wednesday

2:00 PM - 2:55 PM

6th Period

• $265/Semester
• Additional $10 Copy Fee

This student worktext guides mastery of the five-step writing process for narrative, informative, and argumentative writing. It features grammar exercises, writing workshops, and prompts, while promoting biblical virtues like beauty, truth, and balance.

Required Textbooks

• Writing and Grammar 7 Student Worktext (4th edition), BJU Press SKU#518514 ISBN: 978-1-62856-635-2
• Writing and Grammar 7 Assessments (tests) 4th edition, BJU Press SKU#518522 ISBN: 978-1-62856-637-6
• Do not open Assessment Tests; Please send in on the first day of class

Class Supplies: Three-ring binder, page dividers, red pen

Monday & Wednesday

9:30 AM - 10:25 AM

2nd Period

• $265/Semester
• Additional $10 Copy Fee
• Possible novel purchase later in the year
• Credit: 1/Semester 

This course will focus heavily on the mastering of grammar skills including the 8 parts of speech and sentence structure. The writing section continues to focus on process writing through essays and research writing.  In literature we will be emphasizing literary terms, themes, and analysis through novel studies and short stories while also studying some Shakespearean works. Your student will learn the process of literary analysis and discuss literary elements. This course will teach students to analyze and evaluate authors and the philosophies behind the authors’ works. 

Required Textbooks

• Writing & Grammar 10 Student Worktext, 4th edition, BJU Press  SKU #522458
• Writing & Grammar 10 Tests, 4th edition, BJU Press SKU# 296574
• Do not open Assessment Tests; Please send in on the first day of class
• Fundamentals of Literature Student Text, 2nd edition (2018 Updated Copyright Edition), BJU Press, SKU#514042

Class Supplies: Three-ring binder, page dividers, red pen

Monday & Wednesday

8:30 AM -9:25 AM

1st Period

• $265/Semester
• Additional $10 Copy Fee
• Credit: 1/Semester

This course will be an overview of various world literature

from British to Russian and French. Pieces will include the works of Shakespeare, novel studies, and the Bible as literature. We will also be tackling formal essays and literary criticisms. This course will help prepare students to read, comprehend, analyze, and write about more complex texts and subject matter. 

Required Textbooks

• How to Read the Bible as Literature, Leland Ryken, CBD Stock No: WW0390214
• Writing and Grammar 11 Worktext, 3rd edition, BJU Press SKU#514067
• Writing and Grammar 11, Tests 3rd edition, BJU Press SKU#272237

Class Supplies: Three-ring binder, page dividers, red pen

Monday & Wednesday

1:00 PM - 1:55 PM

5th Period

* Second Semester Class

• $560/Semester
• Additional $15 Copy Fee
• Credit: 2; Dual Credit Class through Indiana Wesleyan University

Some required lectures throughout the semester may be conducted via Zoom. This course is designed to acquaint students with major authors in world literature in the context of world history and culture; Strengthening students reading skills while deepening their intellectual , cultural, and spiritual experience. This class is eligible to count as one speech credit.

No Required Textbook 

Class Supplies: Three-ring binder, page dividers, red pen