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Alone by Megan E Freeman Book Club

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Ages 10-12
Live Group Course
In this 11 week book club learners will read and discuss the verse novel "Alone" by Megan E Freeman
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:
(301 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week, 11 weeks
1-9 learners per class
30 min

What's included

11 live meetings
5 hrs 30 mins in-class hours
Homework
1-2 hours per week. Learners will read poems from the book, approximately 40 pages per week, and write a poem each week. (There is no required length for poems)

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6
"Alone" by Megan E Freeman tells the story of 12 year old Maddie, who is forced to live on her own after her entire town is evacuated and she is accidentally left behind. With only her dog George to keep her company she is forced survive on her wits and what she reads in books from the library. The story is told through the poems she writes as she survives natural disasters, looters and wild animals. Can she survive or will the loneliness overtake her?

In this 11 week class learners will read and discuss this page turning novel, while writing poems of their own about the book, their daily life or both. Each week they will be assigned to read several poems from the book before class and turn in their poem before class. Before the first class they should read the poem "This is Not Adolescent Hyperbole"

Weekly Schedule:
Week 1:  Overview of the Novel and discussion of first poem
Homework Read: All Poems in section "Heaven" from "Back When my life was heaven and I had no idea" to "Disruption"

Week 2: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: All Poems in section "Forsaken" from "Saturday" to "Dark"

Week 3: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: First half of Poems in section "Exploration" from "Investigation" to "Teenager"

Week 4: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: Second half of Poems in section "Exploration" from "Visitor" to "One Morning"

Week 5: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: First half of Poems in section "Peril" from "Menace" to "First Aid"

Week 6: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: Second half of Poems in section "Peril" from "Fever" to "Equus"

Week 7: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: First half of Poems in section "Desolation" from "Homebody" to "Postcard"

Week 8: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: Second half of Poems in section "Desolation" from "Tantrum" to "October"

Week 9: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: All Poems in section "Acceptance" from "Sanctuary" to "Even Still"

Week 10: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: All Poems in section "Reconciliation" from "Wild and Precious" to "After-Words"

Week 11: Discuss poems and events from homework
Homework Read: Turn in all poems if have not already

Syllabus

11 Lessons
over 11 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Week 1: Overview of the Novel and discussion of first poem
 Read: All Poems in section "Heaven" from "Back When my life was heaven and I had no idea" to "Disruption" 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Week 2: Discuss poems and events from homework
 Read: All Poems in section "Forsaken" from "Saturday" to "Dark" 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Week 3: Discuss poems and events from homework
 Read: First half of Poems in section "Exploration" from "Investigation" to "Teenager" 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Week 4: Discuss poems and events from homework
 Read: Second half of Poems in section "Exploration" from "Visitor" to "One Morning" 
30 mins online live lesson

Other Details

Supply List
A copy of "Alone" by Megan E Freeman either hard copy or digital
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined March, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a former Home School student who has never stopped learning! I love history and telling stories verbally and through writing, and I want to share that passion with others. I believe the statement is true: “Those who don’t learn from History are doomed to repeat it.” We need to learn from the past to shape our own futures and the world in general. I believe the best way to learn about history is to learn about the people who lived through it and what they experienced and tell their stories. I love telling stories through writing and enjoy public speaking, so storytelling is a natural combination of the two.

I have 4 years of teaching experience in a variety of places from teaching/coaching drama and dance for homeschoolers in a group setting, to homeschooling two young children for a few months, to teaching English as Second Language (ESL) to college students, to teaching Arts and Crafts at a Summer Camp. I am currently a ESL teacher online with VIPKid.  I have a Bachelor's Degree in Business Communication from Stevenson University. 

I love to travel both in the US and internationally. I’ve spent time in almost every state on the East Coast and driven through the rest. I’ve visited seven different countries and lived in Asia for 17 months. 

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