Book Club- Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key- Fast Paced Action Adventure!
Mike P
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Learners will be caught up in the action, courage, leadership, and decisions the main characters make in order to reach survival. #academic
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 7
In this discussion-based class, learners will be tracing the changes, growth, and leadership of characters along with the development of themes. This novel is a dramatic page-turner that represents the friendship of two lifelong friends in a most difficult swamp setting where every movement and action is life or death during a hurricane . This novel presents a powerful theme of father and son and the trials and tribulations of their relationship. Learners will study conflicts in depth,...
Learners' goals include, but are not limited to, learning class discussion skills and higher level thinking. Members of the class community will learn to keep notes on character decisions and themes while reading. Learners will practice skills in the areas of vocabulary in context, figurative language, the details of difficult and challenging weather conditions, decision making, conflicts/ resolutions, character development, character analysis and development, choice making, the realities of living with our decisions, problem solving, fighting difficult obstacles, coice, cliffhangers, back stories, hooks, flashbacks, resolutions and more.
Homework Offered
For Class #1, please read the novel to the end of chapter 23, while keeping short high-quality notes on character decisions and themes. (The PDF for this purpose will be sent to you.) For Class #2, please complete reading the novel and taking the same high quality notes.Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
PDF that will be supplied by teacher a few days prior to first meeting of class. Copy of Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
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
$44
for 2 classes1x per week, 2 weeks
55 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
2-6 learners per class
