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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass: A Fantasy Novel Study

In this five-week course, students will read Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Look-Glass while working with the fantasy and poetic genres!
Kaitlyn Fischer: Close-Reading Specialist
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5 live meetings
3 hrs 20 mins in-class hours
Homework
1 hour per week. Students will be asked to read outside of class so that we can use the class for our discussions.

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 7
Beginner - Intermediate Level
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland transports you down the rabbit-hole into a wondrous realm that is home to a White Rabbit, a March Hare, a Mad Hatter, a tea-drinking Dormouse, a grinning Cheshire-Cat, the Queen of Hearts and her playing-card retainers, and all manner of marvelous creatures. Through the Looking-Glass is your passport to a topsy-turvy world on the other side of the mirror, where you have to run fast just to stay in place, memory works backwards, and it is possible to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast".     - Citation is provided below! 

Join us in reading Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass while discussing the famous story! Through the class, we will be focusing on the many life lessons embedded in Carroll's stories through such famous characters as the Queen of Hearts, the talking flowers, the Mad Hatter, and more! Below is a schedule of topics that we will be covering in each class. While this is the projected schedule, it might shift a bit depending on our class discussions as conversations are designed to be student-led based on their understanding of the novel, their reading needs, and their individual interests. 

Week One:
     - Introduction to the Novel
     - Introduction to the Author
     - Introduction to the Genre
     - Introduction to Carroll's Style
          - In-Class Reading Activity

Week Two: Alice in Wonderland
     - Introduction to Wonderland
     - Down the Rabbit Hole
     - Alice's Character and Coming-of-Age Theme
     - The Rabbit, the Caterpillar, and Other Characters
     - Lessons and Morals of the Story

Week Three: Alice in Wonderland
     - The Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat
     - The Queen of Hearts and the King
     - The Trial and Elements of Adulthood
     - Lessons and Morals of the Story
     - Return to Life

Week Four: Through the Looking-Glass
     - Return 
     - What is a Looking-Glass?
          - And How Does it Work?
     - The Talking Flowers and Tweedledee and Tweedledum
     - Chess Elements within the Novel

Week Five: Through the Looking-Glass
     - More Chess Elements of the Novel
     - Humpty Dumpty and the Red and White Queens
     - Lessons and Morals of the Story
     - Coming-of-Age Ideas within the Novel Set

Citation:
          "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)." Barnes and Noble, 
                     Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc, 2023, www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-
                     the-looking-glass-carroll-lewis/1119355717.

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Supply List
Students will be asked to purchase the novels or to find the novels through online out-of-copyrighted versions. Here are some links to versions of the novel that I prefer personally. 

Alice in Wonderland:
Amazon:
     - https://www.amazon.com/Wonderland-Including-Adventures-Original-Illustrations/dp/1954839197/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=alice%27s+adventures+in+wonderland&qid=1615555704&sr=8-7 
Barnes and Noble: (MY PREFERRED VERSION OF THE NOVEL)
     - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-carroll-lewis/1119355717?ean=9781435159549 
Project Gutenberg (Free Online Version):
     - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11/11-h/11-h.htm 
Audible:
Adventures in Wonderland:
     - https://www.audible.com/pd/Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Audiobook/B015D78L0U 

Through the Looking-Glass:
Amazon:
BOTH NOVELS:
     - https://www.amazon.com/Wonderland-Including-Adventures-Original-Illustrations/dp/1954839197/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=alice%27s+adventures+in+wonderland&qid=1615555704&sr=8-7 
Looking Glass Only:
     - https://www.amazon.com/Wonderland-Including-Adventures-Original-Illustrations/dp/1954839197/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3784CVCE0MOJY&keywords=through+the+looking+glass&qid=1648248948&sprefix=through+the+looking+glas%2Caps%2C405&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzR1E1SjBCTUtPVVI4JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTc4MjIyT0JBMlRLOUtHS0JCJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxOTY3NzRZUkQ5UjhKQUtZUkUmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl 
Barnes and Noble:
BOTH NOVELS: (MY PREFERRED VERSION OF THE NOVEL)
     - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-carroll-lewis/1119355717?ean=9781435159549 
Looking Glass Only:
     - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-alice-in-wonderland-omnibus-including-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-lewis-carroll/1138802445?ean=9781954839199 
Project Gutenberg: (Free Online PDF of Out-of-Copyright Novels)
     - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12/12-h/12-h.htm 
Audible:
     - https://www.audible.com/pd/Through-the-Looking-Glass-Audiobook/B00OQT73OC
Language of Instruction
English
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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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I teach several semester classes for both middle school and high school. I have been on Outschool since mid-January 2020 and have been teaching professionally since 2013. Below are the links to the middle school semester courses that you are welcome to look at with similar requirements and skills! The semester course listed below is a semester where we read excerpts from Alice in Wonderland.

Middle School Semester Course: Science Fiction and Fantasy
     - https://outschool.com/classes/middle-school-english-semester-course-lZhok9oE?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Classic Literature Course:
     - https://outschool.com/classes/middle-school-english-a-semester-course-7nCZhtYz?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Anne of Green Gables and Sherlock Holmes:
     - https://outschool.com/classes/middle-school-english-a-semester-F5FMvb3V?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

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Ages: 10-13
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