English
ESL EFL ELL Flex Reading Club: Restart by Gordon Korman
In this 6-week flex course, students will read and discuss Restart by Gordon Korman
12-15
year olds
3-10
learners per class
$90
Charged upfront
$15 per week
Flexible schedule
Over 6 weeks
No live meetings
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Description
Class Experience
Teenaged learners do not always like to talk. Even though they read, listen, and learn, they are often uncomfortable speaking in front of peers and a teacher they do not know. This flex course allows teens to demonstrate their knowledge and interact with peers asynchronously. In this flex course, I will teach elements of plot, reading to summarize, reading to analyze, and reading to synthesize, vocabulary, and the three kinds of connections readers can make with a text. I will also...
Students will learn to analyze stories, to make connections between the story and their lives, other books, and the world, and to form and communicate a well-organized opinion about the characters, the plot, and the language used in the story. In this course, students will practice their writing skills and speaking skills via written posts and recorded spoken replies. Week One: Elements of Plot Part One and Chapters One - Five Sunday - Saturday: Students read 5 chapters of the book Sunday: I post two instructional videos Tuesday: I post discussion questions requiring summary, analysis, and synthesis Thursday: Students should post replies to the discussion questions as video recordings, written responses, or a combination Friday and Saturday: Learners and I will post replies to student videos and written replies Week Two: Elements of Plot Part Two and Chapters Six - Ten Sunday - Saturday: Students read 5 chapters of the book Sunday: I post two instructional videos Tuesday: I post discussion questions requiring summary, analysis, and synthesis Thursday: Students should post replies to the discussion questions as video recordings, written responses, or a combination Friday and Saturday: Learners and I will post replies to student videos and written replies Week Three: Three Connection Types, Character analysis Part One, Summary, and Chapters Eleven - Fifteen Sunday - Saturday: Students read 5 chapters of the book Sunday: I post two instructional videos Tuesday: I post discussion questions requiring summary, analysis, and synthesis Thursday: Students should post replies to the discussion questions as video recordings, written responses, or a combination Friday and Saturday: Learners and I will post replies to student videos and written replies Week Four: Analysis versus synthesis and Chapters Sixteen - Twenty Sunday - Saturday: Students read 5 chapters of the book Sunday: I post two instructional videos Tuesday: I post discussion questions requiring summary, analysis, and synthesis Thursday: Students should post replies to the discussion questions as video recordings, written responses, or a combination Friday and Saturday: Learners and I will post replies to student videos and written replies Week Five: Text-to-self, Text-to-text, and Text-to-world applied, and Chapters Twenty-one - Twenty-five Sunday - Saturday: Students read 5 chapters of the book Sunday: I post two instructional videos Tuesday: I post discussion questions requiring summary, analysis, and synthesis Thursday: Students should post replies to the discussion questions as video recordings, written responses, or a combination Friday and Saturday: Learners and I will post replies to student videos and written replies Week Six: Conclusions, denouement, Character analysis Part Two, and Chapters Twenty-six - Thirty Sunday - Saturday: Students read 5 chapters of the book Sunday: I post two instructional videos Tuesday: I post discussion questions requiring summary, analysis, and synthesis Thursday: Students should post replies to the discussion questions as video recordings, written responses, or a combination Friday and Saturday: Learners and I will post replies to student videos and written replies Saturday: Course wrap-up
I have been teaching English for 21 years. I have earned a BA in English Literature, MA in technical writing, and a Ph.D. in English Texts and Technology.
Reading Answering discussion questions Replying to classmates
Restart novel (hardcover on Amazon 10.99 or Kindle version 3.99) I will provide a template for the About Me cube that can be printed and folded.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
No live meetings, and an estimated 1 - 2 hours per week outside of class.
Students will be provided a link to a Kahoot! game on kahoot.it. The questions in the Kahoot! will assess comprehension and spark deeper thought about the book's theme.
Restart by Gordon Korman
Teacher
Elle O'Keeffe, MBA PhDReader, Writer, and all-around Nerd
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United States110 total reviews
76 completed classes
About Me
I teach English literature, conversation, and document design classes for native English speakers and English language learners. My teaching career began 20 years ago in a large high school and has since included 1:1 language coaching, university...
