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Classic Literature Novel Study - FLEX
Class experience
Through this Flexible Schedule course, students will have the opportunity to choose a classic literature novel of their choice. Through the course, students will be asked to complete some interest-based information about themselves for the novel that they have chosen so that the teacher can personalize a reading activity set for the book. The course is set for six weeks because this tends to be a good length for most students to read the novels that they have chosen but resources will be...
Students will be able to: - Define: Plot, Character, Symbolism, Theme, and More! - Identify: Elements of a Plot Diagram, Conflict, Symbolism, Theme, and More! - Analyze: A Novel's Elements and Critique those Elements
I have been teaching literature to students for more than 8 years now online through Outschool and in public classrooms in both Colorado and Missouri. For Outschool classes, here are the novel classes that I run that are very similar to this course but are taught live as opposed to in a flex format such as this one. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out! High School: https://outschool.com/classes/classic-literature-novel-study-V9NC71b3?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link High School with Essay Writing: https://outschool.com/classes/classic-literature-a-novel-study-with-essay-writing-XGq63J1S?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link Middle School: https://outschool.com/classes/classic-literature-a-novel-study-xkvxQwCz?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link Middle School with Essay Writing: https://outschool.com/classes/classic-literature-a-novel-study-with-essay-writing-QQ6MmARX?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link
Students will be asked to purchase the novel of their choice so that they can participate in class. If you need help ordering it, I am happy to provide links to versions of the novel that I recommend. But below is the list of novels that have already been completed by students that I teach in classes that are similar to this one, just live taught. Novels Completed by Students: Adams, Douglas - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Mystery, Science Fiction, Comedy Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Science Fiction, Comedy x 6 Adams, Douglas - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Science Fiction, Comedy Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women: Historical Fiction Alighieri, Dante - Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno: Epic Poetry Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice: Romance, Historical Fiction Babbitt, Natalie - Tuck Everlasting: Fantasy, Romance Barnhill, Kelly - The Girl Who Drank the Moon: Modern Fiction, Fantasy Bradbury, Ray - Fahrenheit 451: Dystopian, Science Fiction x 5 Carroll, Lewis - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Fantasy, Psychological Carroll, Lewis - Through the Looking-Glass: Fantasy, Psychological x 2 Christie, Agatha: And Then There Were None: Mystery x 5 Christie, Agatha: Murder on the Orient Express: Mystery x 4 Cisneros, Sandra - The House on Mango Street: Vignette, Fiction x 2 Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games Series: Moder, Dystopian, Science Fiction x 3 Cooper, Susan - Over Sea and Under Stone: Fantasy Cooper, Susan - The Dark is Rising: Fantasy Dashner, James - The Maze Runner: Modern, Dystopian Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol: Fiction, Ghost Story, Novella Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet: Mystery x 6 Dumas, Alexander - The Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged): Action/Adventure, Historical Fiction Fitzgerald, F. Scott - The Great Gatsby: Historical Fiction x 3 Frank, Anne - The Diary of a Young Girl: The Diary of Anne Frank: Autobiography Giff, Patricia Reilly - Lily's Crossing: Historical Fiction Golding, William - Lord of the Flies: Allegory, Fiction x 6 Gratz, Alan - Allies: Modern, War Fiction, Historical Fiction Gruen, Sara - Water for Elephants: Modern, Romance, Historical Fiction Hawking, Stephen - My Brief History: Autobiography Hawthorne, Nathaniel - The Scarlet Letter: Historical Fiction Heller, Joseph - Catch-22: War Fiction, Satire, Historical Fiction Hemingway, Ernest - The Old Man and the Sea: Tragedy, Allegory Hiassen, Carl - Squirm: Modern Fiction, Mystery, Comedy Hinton, S.E. - The Outsiders: Fiction x 2 Holm, Anne - I am David: Historical Fiction Kesey, Ken - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Psychological Thriller, Comedy, Fiction King, Stephen - Carrie: Horror, Thriller L’Engle, Madeleine - A Wrinkle in Time: Fantasy, Science Fiction x 2 Law, Ingrid - Savvy: Modern Fiction, Fantasy Leblanc, Maurice - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief - Mystery, Fiction x 2 Le Guin, Ursula K. - A Wizard of Earthsea: Fantasy x 2 Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird: Fiction, Thriller x 3 Lewis, C.S. - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Fantasy Lofting, Hugh - The Story of Dr. Dolittle: Fiction, Fantasy London, Jack - The Call of the Wild: Action/Adventure x 2 Lowry, Lois - The Giver: Dystopian, Science Fiction x 5 Martel, Yann - Life of Pi: Action/Adventure McCarthy, Cormac - The Road: Dystopian, Tragedy x 2 Miller, Arthur - The Crucible: Play, Tragedy Montgomery, L.M. - Anne of Green Gables: Historical Fiction x 3 More, Thomas - Utopia: Dystopian, Satire x 2 O’Brien, Tim: The Things They Carried: War Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Historical Fiction Orwell, George - 1984: Dystopian, Science Fiction x 7 Orwell, George - Animal Farm: Dystopian, Allegory, Dystopian x 2 Paterson, Katherine - Bridge to Terabithia: Fiction Patterson, James - Word of Mouse: Modern Fiction Pattillo Beals, Melba - Warriors Don’t Cry: Autobiography Paulsen, Gary - Brian’s Winter: Action/Adventure, Fiction Paulsen, Gary - Hatchet: Action/Adventure, Fiction x 4 Pullman, Philip - The Golden Compass: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Shelley, Mary - Frankenstein: Science Fiction, Gothic Fiction, Horror Sophocles - Antigone: Play, Tragedy Sophocles - Oedipus at Colonus: Play, Tragedy Sophocles - Oedipus Rex (Oedipus, the King): Play, Tragedy Speare, Elizabeth George - The Witch of Blackbird Pond: Historical Fiction x 2 Steinbeck, John - Of Mice and Men: Historical Fiction, Novella x 3 Steinbeck, John - The Pearl: Historical Fiction, Novella Stevenson, Robert Louis - Kidnapped: Action/Adventure Stevenson, Robert Louis - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Science Fiction x 3 Stoker, Bram - Dracula: Fantasy, Horror, Gothic Fiction Thomas, Angie - The Hate You Give: Modern Fiction Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Hobbit: Fantasy, Epic x 5 Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Fellowship of the Ring: Fantasy, Epic x 2 Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Two Towers: Fantasy, Epic Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Return of the King: Fantasy, Epic Twain, Mark - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Historical Fiction, Action/Adventure/Satire Twain, Mark - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Historical Fiction, Action/Adventure/Satire x 2 Tzu, Sun - The Art of War: Self-Help, Military Verne, Jules - Around the World in 80 Days: Action/Adventure, Historical Fiction x 2 Verne, Jules - Journey to the Center of the Earth: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Vonnegut, Kurt - Slaughterhouse-Five: Science Fiction, Satire, War Fiction Weir, Andy - The Martian: Science Fiction Wells, H.G. - The Time Machine: Science Fiction, Dystopian x 4 Wells, H.G. - The War of the Worlds: Science Fiction Wiesel, Elie - Night: Autobiography, Memoir, Personal Narrative x 2 Zusak, Markus - The Book Thief: Historical Fiction x 2
Some classic novels will require a parental guide. When your student chooses their novel, I will provide the parental guide to the students and parents and I will be able to send you a plan for addressing those comments for each individual novel.
My name is Kaitlyn Fischer and I have taught English to students as young as nine through eighteen in both Missouri and Colorado. I am a close-reading specialist and have a lot of experience teaching students close-reading strategies including...
Flex Class
$16
weekly or $92 for 6 weeks6 weeks
Completed by 4 learners
No live video meetings
Ages 12-17