RECO Reads Jr.

Start building your reading, writing, and critical thinking skills by engaging with accessible sources such as news articles and speeches on any topic. Craft and publish a series of blogs. Ideal for Grades 8-10.

Write 1500+ words | 8-12 live hours | Custom Schedule | Individual Mentoring

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Begin your reading journey.

Colleges expect students to read complex texts. Doing this without preparation can shake your confidence. RECO Reads Jr. smoothens your transition into reading college-level materials.

Each week, students engage with age-appropriate materials on a topic of their choice, under the guidance of a mentor. Students also write blogs that can be published.

How it works

Choose your course length — 8, 10, or 12 sessions — depending on your goals.
Complete a discovery call with our founder to brainstorm and co-create your course topic.
Connect with a mentor with similar interests, who will curate a special curriculum for you.
Before each session, you will be assigned selected readings and short writing tasks.
In the last two sessions, you will refine your blogs.

Sample 8-session journey for a Grade 9 student interested in sustainability, economics, and technology:

The student begins the course with a Discovery Call with RECO’s founder, Paritosh Kanoria. They co-create the topic and goals of the course, which informs mentor selection and curriculum design.
Session 2: Clean Energy in Everyday Life
Blog title: How sustainable energy shapes daily life.
Sources Used: UNESCO data set and National Geographic article.
Session 3: Sustainability and Inequality
Blog title: Who benefits from green technology?
Sources Used: World Economic Forum report and speech by Greta Thunberg.
Session 4: Technology and Sustainable Agriculture
Blog title: Feeding the world sustainably.
Sources Used: Article from TIME Magazine and opinion piece in The New York Times.
Session 5: Green Business and Accountability
Blog title: Real sustainability vs. greenwashing.
Sources Used: Articles and columns in Financial Times and Business Standard.
Session 6: Imagining the Future of Sustainable Tech
Blog title: What should innovation prioritize?
Sources Used: Sustainability report by Claude and paper by Greenpeace.
Edit and polish all your blogs.

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Kiara’s journey through Reads Jr.

Kiara (Grade 9, Hill Spring, Mumbai) focused on gender and wrote masculinity, stereotypes, and sati.

Over 8 weeks, she read news articles from the Economic Times, and New York Times, watched TED speeches by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, read a genre-defining book by Maggie Nelson, and explored a UNESCO data set.

One topic, many perspectives

Through RECO Reads Jr, students learn to read between the lines — evaluating the reasoning, assumptions, and agenda of different sources and thinking critically to develop their own perspectives.

The course guides students through carefully curated materials including:

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