This ongoing class is designed with the horse-loving student in mind.  Small group lessons will focus on a different horse-themed book every week.  The lessons are designed to encourage discussion regarding characters, setting and plot every week.  In addition, there will also be an additional literacy focus every week (see the scope and sequence below for the first two months' special subject areas). 
Lessons will be divided as follows:  
1.  The first five minutes will be spent bonding as a class.  Each learner will be able to share something important to them before instruction begins, thereby ensuring each learner feeling a sense of belonging.
2.  The next half hour will be spent reviewing characters, setting and plot.  Learners will be encouraged (but not expected) to participate with their own ideas regarding main versus minor characters and setting places as well as the climax of each story.  
3.  The rest of each class will be discussing that week's literary focus.  This area of interest will vary from week-to-week depending upon the book read and the class needs.  As before, students will be encourage to participate and attention will be equally shared among all students.  I realize that more reserved students may be less inclined to offer ideas and opinions, and I will encourage a shared learning experience for all.
Each class will encourage team work, bonding and communication among all learners; therefore, soft skills such as patience and active listening will be a by-product as well as literacy skill development.

The scope and sequence will be as follows:

Week of June 9
Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry
Characters, Setting, Plot
Setting Development

Week of June 16
Wild Girl - Patricia Reilly Griff
Characters, Setting, Plot
Setting Relevance

Week of June 23
Horse Girl - Carrie Seim
Characters, Setting, Plot
Character Development

Week of June 30
Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Horse Series - Ellen F Feld
Characters, Setting, Plot
Antagonist, Protagonist
Round, Flat Characters

Week of July 7
The Dust Bowl: American Horse Tales - Michelle Jabes Corpora
Characters, Setting, Plot
Plot Development - Exposition, Rising Action, Climax

Week of July 14
Lizzie Flying Solo - Nanci Turner Steveson
Characters, Setting, Plot
Plot Development - Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Week of July 21
Riding Lessons - Jane Smiley
Characters, Setting, Plot
Inference

Week of July 28
Trouble Blows West: Ginne West Adventure - Monique Bucheger
Characters, Setting, Plot
Theme

Week of August 4
King of the Wind - Marguerite Henry
Characters, Setting, Plot
Hook