Phonics and Gospel of Mark

Phonics and Gospel of Mark concerns the immense advantage of using the Gospel of Mark to improve a student's ability to read by the superior method of phonics. About a dozen verses may be too graphic in actual and figurative violence for young readers, and they are omitted in the linked-to chapters in the template below.

The advantages include:

• the Gospel of Mark is predominantly phonetic in its English translation, with a helpful repetition of multi-syllable words and some but infrequent sight words;
• the Gospel of Mark is written in a style of great interest and benefit to children and a youthful mindset, with surprising twists, refreshing candor, speaking to and praising children, and occasional repetition which helps children;
• the phonetic words in the Gospel of Mark have a helpful variety among the 44 phonetic sounds in English;
• the Gospel of Mark has a manliness, which is of greater interest to boys who otherwise are often subjected to effeminate, often uninteresting fairy tales;
• the Gospel of Mark is pro-child, emphasizing respect for them, giving credit to them, and urging adopting of their outlook by adults;
• the Gospel of Mark introduces mathematical concepts like the multiplication of the loaves that is fascinating to all, perhaps particularly boys, and uniquely recounted on two different occasions by Mark;
• use of the word "students" rather than the archaic "disciples", as "students" is a simpler term having far greater significance to a learner;
• an opportunity to learn "Son as man" rather than the confused, mistranslated "Son of Man"; and
• the Gospel of Mark has a length that is a good reading project, broken into chapters that take only a two or three days apiece to read.

For focusing on improving reading, the verse numbers can be a distraction and it is better to use a text without them, such as the chapters identified below. The verse numbering is not part of the original Bible anyway.