The Next Level Homeschool language arts department provides an array of academically rigorous classes that will help your student improve their skills in reading, writing, researching, debating, and critical thinking. We offer various classes that focus on English grammar, literature, creative writing, and even rhetoric and composition for students ages 7-17. If you are looking for language arts classes that will challenge and ignite your student’s imagination, these are the classes for you! Getting students excited about reading and writing is my goal! All language arts classes give students opportunities to express their interests and individuality through their choice of technical, analytical, and creative assignments.
Grammar
Whether your student is new to reading and writing, or is an avid and seasoned writer, we have grammar lessons that will help perfect their English language communication skills. We offer comprehensive grammar curriculum for students of all ages.
Literature
From short stories to novels and even plays, we have a literature course for every reader’s interests! Our literature classes are designed with to help students read between the lines to get a solid education in literary concepts, improve reading comprehension, and understand how authors use the written word to comment on the world around them.
Technical Writing
At Next Level Homeschool, we recognize that no matter what passions students want to pursue, effective written communication is a major key to any student’s success. Our technical writing classes are guaranteed to help your student improve their research, rhetoric, and composition skills to impress their readers.
Language Arts Department FAQ
We do not give out sample lessons. However, we do offer two $5 classes that will introduce you to how the Next Level Homeschool history program works so you can decide if it is a good fit for your child’s learning style: A Guide to Effective Notetaking and Sourcefulness: A Guide to Finding Reliable Sources
There is no set order to the full year courses or the other general history classes. They are built to be standalone, and students can take them in any order they choose.
The only exception is Intro to Ancient Civilizations. If your student is looking to get started on these longer classes, I suggest taking Ancient Civilizations first. It is the easiest of my multi-semester series, it acts as the ancient class in the European History series while also adding information about other world civilizations, and it provides an opportunity to experience what these longer history classes require. It is not required to take it first, but it is what I would do.
None of my history classes have hard prerequisites. However, I highly suggest having a foundational knowledge in the history surrounding the different specialized history courses (ex. Some US history knowledge would help provide needed context to the US Women’s History series), but it is not required to be done with Next Level. That being said, the general history courses are crafted to give students the needed context to dig deeper into their historical interests.
No, the series are built in a way that they can stand alone or be taken all in a row. However, we do recommend that you take full year classes in order. History is a continuous story, and starting in the middle can be difficult at times.
I am always open to class suggestions, and I have created classes at student request in the past. However, I cannot fulfill every wish. There is so much history to learn about, and I only have one lifetime! I will always look into class suggestions, gauge interest from other students, and determine if the topic is feasible or not. A love of history is built on finding topics that interest you, and I want to build a love of history in my students. And if that passion translates into learning to be better researchers and thinkers, that is great too!
This question is always answered on a case-by-case basis. Please feel free to email me your question, and I will be happy to explain how I approach certain topics. Generally, I try to provide an objective view of history while avoiding presentism. Terrible people and things fill the pages of our history books, and it is important to know about problematic elements while also acknowledging the impacts they made on history.