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Read Smart: Tween Book Club
Jackson Pearce Classes: Make My Kid Love Writing
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Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(1,767)
Each month, we'll read and discuss a different classic middle school novel! This book club blends pleasure reading and novel study in student-led and teacher-guided conversation.
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 6
📚 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗻, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿! 📚 As an author, I love talking about books with students-- and I especially love urging them to dig deep and think about books beyond a simple "I liked it" or "I didn't like it". This class seeks to engage students in meaningful discussion about books while also touching on literary devices like symbolism, foreshadowing, tone, and voice. We will read modern books that should...
4 lessons//4 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1First 1/4 of bookWeek 2Lesson 2Second 1/4 of bookWeek 3Lesson 3Third 1/4 of bookWeek 4Lesson 4Fourth 1/4 of book
5 files available upon enrollmentStudents will need to independently purchase or borrow the selected book, and should have read approximately 1/4 BEFORE our first meeting. The book is not provided for this course-- students must procure it on their own!
Below are my general classroom rules and policies. These will also be explained to students when we begin class! -For everyone's safety, and to ensure an engaging and social experience, students are required to have working microphones and video for the entirety of this class, positioned such that we can both hear and see them. -Students are asked not to use filters or virtual backgrounds-- though if there is an important reason to use a virtual background, please just let me know ahead of time that your student will be using one (no questions asked!). -Students will be asked to introduce themselves by sharing their name, pronoun, and a favorite book. -The Zoom text chat is set to "host only", meaning students can chat with me, but not to one another or the entire classroom.
Previous Books: 2020: April: The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Bradley May: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead June: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier July: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart August: Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi September: Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds October: Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker November: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill December: Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2021: January: Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy February: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani March: The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu April: The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy May: Greystone Secrets - The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix June: Dragon Ops by Mari Mancusi July: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart August: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling September: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia October: Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman November: Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri December: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend 2022: January: This Is Not a Werewolf Story by Sandra Evans February: Pony by R.J. Palacio March: The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier April: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McNaulty May: Refugee by Alan Gratz June: Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston July: Molly and the Machine by Erik Jon Slangerup August: Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly September: Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega October: Alone by Megan E. Freeman November: The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill December: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯: January: The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst by Jaclyn Moriarty February: Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart March: Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk April: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (also published as The Last Storyteller) May: The Language of Seabirds by Will Taylor June: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands July: A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen August: The Van Gogh Deception by Deron R. Hicks September: Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick October: Ghost by Jason Reynolds November: Winterhouse by Ben Guterson December: My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder
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Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(1,767)
Hello! My name is Jackson Pearce, and I'm the owner of Make My Kid Love Writing-- an organization dedicated to inspiring kids to love writing, reading, and all things language arts. After teaching on Outschool by myself for three years, I decided...
Group Class
$80
for 4 classes1x per week, 4 weeks
50 min
Completed by 290 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
3-8 learners per class
