Author Studies - Understanding Great Literature
In this ongoing course, students will be introduced to authors as though they were able to meet with them personally! We will be learning about who these great authors were, facts about their lives, and reading excerpts of their work!
Miss Shauna
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1 live meeting
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Did you know Hemingway tried to take out enemy submarines with his own fishing boat? Or that Emily Bronte died because she accidentally drank cemetery runoff water?? Yep! This class is a new twist on learning literature! We will be learning about some of the greatest authors of all time! That means fun facts, important milestones, and a deep dive into their personal and professional lives. Of course, one of the best ways to get to know an author is by reading their work... so each week we will be reading an excerpt from some of their best works! January: Ernest Hemingway Agatha Christie Charlotte Bronte Maya Angelou February: Emily Bronte Walt Whitman Mary Shelley Leo Tolstoy March: Mary Oliver George Orwell Edgar Allan Poe Washington Irving April: Shel Silverstein E.E. Cummings Charles Dickens Jane Austen May: J.K. Rowling Virginia Woolf F. Scott Fitzgerald Mark Twain June: Elizabeth Browning Herman Melville Toni Morrison James Joyce July: D.H. Lawrence John Steinbeck William Butler Yeats Fyodor Dostoevsky ...and more to come!
Learning Goals
Author lives and factsLiterature
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Parental Guidance
I have made sure all the excerpts we read in class are clean and age-appropriate. If your student shows an interest in reading the full book on their own, please do your own research to see if it's an appropriate fit for your student or not.
Supply List
Everything will be provided in class via screenshare.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
YouTube
Blooket
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Joined February, 2022
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My degree is in creative writing but I majored in Literature, specializing in Victorian Literature. I'm also nearly done with my child psychology degree. I have been teaching/tutoring for over three years and homeschooling my own kiddos for 9 years.Reviews
Live Group Class
$13
weekly1x per week
30 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
1-8 learners per class
