King of Scars Leigh Bardugo's GrishaVerse Book Discussion: Flexible Schedule
Class experience
US Grade 8 - 11
Students will read six-seven chapters a week on their own time. Each week 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 Russian history and mythology as it relates to our weekly reading. Each Sunday, students will have access to a video that covers the important elements...
Week 1 Chapters 1-7 Week 2 Chapters 8-14 Week 3 Chapters 15-20 Week 4 Chapters 21-26 Week 5 Chapters 27-32 Week 6 Chapters 33-39
I have an MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults. I was a substitute teacher for three years before teaching full-time on Outschool. I also teach English Composition as an adjunct university professor. I have been blessed to discuss Leigh Bardugo in the classroom multiple times. She is an excellent storyteller and world builder. She creates dark and tragic magical worlds that I feel honored to share with students! Her books offer an excellent opportunity to discuss this immersive and sinister world. Since this world is based on Russian folklore, there is so much to be learned from this series, especially for students who love reading historical fiction or have any interest in creative writing. This book particularly leads to good discussion about politics and power, right and wrong, and good versus evil.
Homework Offered
Students will read approximately six-seven chapters a week on their own time. Each Sunday, students will have access to the new video and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. Each week, I assign a short writing assignment focused around that week's discussion questions and ask the students to share their responses in the classroom. There are also daily activities each day like vocabulary words, an I Spy game, and a Kahoot! quiz to test their comprehension from the weekly chapters.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
The more questions, comments, and posts that students share in the classroom, the more I can understand their knowledge and comprehension of the topics we are discussing.Grades Offered
Students will need a copy of King of Scars read on their own. It can be borrowed from the library or even listened to as an audio book. The students will not need a physical copy of the story in class, although they may find it helpful to have while filling out their worksheets or working on their writing assignment.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
According to Commonsensemedia.org: Parents need to know that Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars, is the first book in a duology that's part of the "Grishaverse." This includes the Grisha trilogy and Six of Crows duology. It helps to have read a few books in the Grishaverse before tackling King of Scars. Then you'll be up to speed on the warring kingdoms, the powers of the various Grisha, and the backstories of some of the main characters. While this story is a little tamer than Six of Crows, there's still some unsettling violence. Women are imprisoned and drugged, and repeated rape is implied. There are also deaths from burning, stabbing, murder-suicide with dagger, poisoning, and explosions. A mother and child are doused with fish guts and picked at by birds, and there's lots of fighting with wind, water, and fire. Other mature content includes drinking at gatherings. The king is barely of modern drinking age and often mentions that he craves wine to help him relax and soothe his nerves. While there's plenty of innuendo and a mention of brothels, there's little sexual content otherwise. Main characters are put through many trials in this book and always choose loyalty to their country and their king and causes greater than themselves over their own safety.
I currently teach English Composition at the collegiate level. I have a Master's degree in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults, so I teach reading and writing classes. I worked as a substitute teacher for 3 years, in all age ranges and...
Flex Class
$10
weekly or $59 for 6 weeks6 weeks
No live video meetings
Ages 13-18