Beach Reads: A Book Club for Middle Schoolers
Class experience
US Grade 5 - 8
We'll be enjoying a virtual vacay in this on-going class in which we read and discuss novels together! The class is comprised of teacher presentation and learner participation. Learners are assigned chapters/pages to read in advance of each class meeting. Class begins with a plot summary of the assigned chapters. Following this plot summary review, I pose guiding questions to initiate a discussion of the novel and to analyze the author's use of literary elements including: characterization,...
Homework Offered
The reading schedule follows: Week 1: _The Summer of Bad Ideas_ (chapters 1-5) Week 2: _The Summer of Bad Ideas_ (chapters 6-11) Week 3: _The Summer of Bad Ideas_ (chapters 12-17) Week 4: _The Summer of Bad Ideas_ (chapters 18-27) Week 5: _We Dream of Space_ (pages 1-98) Week 6: _We Dream of Space_ (pages 99-210) Week 7: _We Dream of Space_ (pages 211-308) Week 8: _We Dream of Space_ (pages 309-380)0 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
_We Dream of Space_ by Erin Entrada Kelly
Welcome to my classroom! For 30 years I've helped students appreciate literature, develop their rhetorical and creative writing skills, and better organize and complete tasks. A central goal of my teaching & coaching is empowering students with...
Group Class
$30
weekly1x per week
45 min
Completed by 8 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 10-14
2-7 learners per class