Book Club - Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli , Amazing Book, Amazing Discussions!
Mike P
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(616)
Learners focus on this thought-provoking, creatively written tale of conformity, pressure, standing out, and the power of being yourself in a high school setting w/ strong decisions. Perfect for Middle School Readers #academic
Class experience
US Grade 5 - 8
In this discussion based class, readers will delve deeply into main conflicts, deeply embedded themes and decisions when faced with the power of standing out from a crowd and the dilemmas that characters in novels and people in real life settings face. The themes in this novel transpose strongly into situations that learners have or will face and makes for outstanding discussions. This novel presents excellent opportunities for content comprehension along with fact and opinion discussions...
Students will improve their understanding of strong characters, moral dilemmas of peer pressure, fitting in, and the power of fitting out to be yourself along with rising action, conflict, theme development, strong decision-making and figurative language. Vocabulary development and comprehension work are always key parts of my book clubs.
Homework Offered
Prior to class number one please read to the end of chapter 16, page 84 For the last class please read to the conclusion of the novel.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
There is nothing more exciting than when you see a student think deeply, question ideas, share a new thought, or explore character’s actions/ decisions or a quote or a purpose the author had when writing a novel and then connect the information...
Group Class
$46
for 2 classes1x per week, 2 weeks
55 min
Completed by 33 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-14
2-5 learners per class
