English
Poetry Book Club - Inside Out and Back Again
Learn about poetry and improve reading comprehension skills through this four-day novel study. This discussion-based class will focus on inferencing, theme, figurative language, and character analysis.
13 total reviews for this teacher
New class
50 minutes
per class
Twice per week
over 2 weeks
9-11
year olds
4-6
learners per class
How does a “Multi-Day” course work?
Meets multiple times at scheduled times
Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality
Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher
Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Description
Class Experience
This class is taught in English.
Students will learn about figurative language and poetry. They will strengthen reading comprehension and analysis skills including summarizing, inferencing, predicting, and making connections. Students will practice communication, cooperation, and leadership skills. Students will have an enjoyable reading experience.
Students will be expected to read 65 pages between each class - quick pages-since they’re written in verse!) They will write down brief conversation starters, such as something they wondered while reading or an interesting new vocabulary word they discovered.
"Inside Out and Back Again" By Thanhha Lai
1 hour 40 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 1 - 2 hours per week outside of class.
Inside Out and Back Again is a story of an immigrant, so we will discuss the difficulties immigrants may face as they adjust to new foods, languages, etc. Ha has to deal with mean students at school who have negative ideas about Vietnamese immigrants. They make ethnic jokes and call her names including "pancake face". We will talk about bullying. The backdrop of this story is the Vietnam War, but readers do not hear much about the war and the story is not violent outside of mean schoolchildren. We will keep our discussion age appropriate and learners will be promptly redirected if they bring up inappropriate content.
Teacher
Mary DavisCertified Teacher, Experienced Tutor, Book Enthusiast
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United States13 total reviews
7 completed classes
About Me
Hello there! I’m Ms. Davis. I’m here to talk books and help kids to discover (or celebrate!) a love for reading and writing! My classes are primarily discussion-based, but also include explicit instruction, hands on practice, and fun group...