In these sessions, after baking a warm batch of cookies, we will follow the story of Calvin from "Trouble Next Door" by Karen English.  As we munch on fresh baked cookies, we will use different types of outlines to discuss characters, sequence of events and inferences. We will determine the author's purpose, point of view and how the author engaged the reader while exploring the stories’ conflicts and solutions.   We will uses the 5E method (engage, explore, explain, extend and evaluate) to discuss Calvin's adventures.  Finally, we will use our outline to create a book report presentation.  We will use the five questions family to develop three paragraphs re-telling the beginning, middle, end and lessons learned from the story.  We will also make a recipe book from our weekly fresh baked cookies.  Our weekly breakdown will be:

Week                             Cookie                                               Activity
Week one             Peanut Butter              3 facts about the beginning of the story/author's point of view
Week two             Snikerdoodles              3 facts about the middle of the story/author's type of engagement
Week three          Oatmeal Raisin             3 facts about the ending of the story/lessons from the story
Week four            Banana Cookies            Identifying characters (antagonist/protagonist/static)
Week five             Chocolate Chip            Using outlines/paragraph writing/
Week six               Sugar Cookies              Final book report/student's presentations              

 Cookie baking will be done at the beginning of each session.  Learners do not need to participate in the baking segment.  However, learners who wish to participate will need adult supervision nearby.
 Common ingredients are listed under Materials in the Learner Supply List area.  Please keep your child’s dietary needs in mind. Students are more that welcome to use alternative and share vegan recipes.