Dracula by Bram Stoker is the classic vampire story that started a cultural phenomenon. It is the perfect book for discussion and analysis because Stoker's use of language and symbolism can be hard to appreciate and understand when reading alone. Students will read 4-5 chapters (approximately 70-75 pages) per lesson on their own time. Each lesson, a new video will discuss the pages that the students have previously read. This class does not meet live. The prerecorded sessions will emphasize characters, their motivations, theme, story plausibility, and inferences about what might come next. We will also refer to any symbolism within the story and discuss what the author intended to represent with those symbols. 

Each lesson, students will have access to a video that covers the important elements of the reading and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. The worksheets will also address/remind the students of some of the important topics from each chapter. I also assign a short writing assignment focused around the discussion questions. 

Weekly breakdown: 
Students will receive a worksheet and discussion questions for each weekly video. There is one weekly writing assignment to complete after the weekly readings. I will post vocabulary words from the weekly reading for the students to use in a sentence that showcases their understanding of the definition. I will also post a link to a Kahoot! trivia game the students can complete to further immerse themselves in this world (and test their retention of the previous pages they have read).

Kahoot is a free resource that does not require an account or any additional steps. 
Posts are almost always available in the classroom at 1 am EST.