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The
Bob Jones University Press (BJUP) curriculum is a strong,
aggressive reading/phonics program. The BJUP Language Arts
Program has been developed and refined to help sharpen thinking
skills and increase ability to read with comprehension,
appreciation and discernment. The BJUP curriculum strives to
educate students in traditional grammar and standard usage and
mechanics of our language as well as helps to increase their
writing, speaking and reading vocabularies.
Curriculum and scope objectives include the
following:
Phonics- recognition of long and short vowels and
consonants; sounding blends; phonics rules; special sounds; word
recognition; recognition of sounds of English with variant
spellings; syllabication; counting syllables; base
words/prefixes/suffixes
Reading- read a variety of genres: family stories,
information articles, poetry, Bible accounts; distinguishing
reality from fantasy; oral reading; understanding the message of
the author and the mood of the story; portraying a character;
understand punctuation rules; recognize elements of a well
written story including: setting; plot; metaphor; simile;
idioms; imagery; foreshadowing; personification; repetition in
poetry; rhythm; onomatopoeia; alliteration; character motives;
character traits; making inferences; drawing conclusions;
predicting outcomes; sequencing events; and cause and effect.
Writing- pre-cursive letter formation for A-Z;
consistency in slant, letter alignment, and formation; correct
punctuation and recognition of complete sentences; guided
creative writing; capitalization; complete sentences, questions
and exclamations; punctuation: period, exclamation mark, and
question mark; synonyms; contractions
Spelling- rules, double consonants, silent e, changing
“y” to “i”; learning and practicing the spelling of commonly
used words along with definitions through the use of spelling
lists.
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