Rules is a humorous and heartwarming book about a little girl who just wants to live a typical life of a preteen.  However, she has a brother who has autism and most of her family's life is centered around him and helping him learn the "rules" of life. 

In this course, we will be reading, discussing, and analyzing this story and the characters. Each student should read the  required chapters before class, but we will also read some of the chapters together in class so we can stop and discuss different parts of the story together. Each student will be encouraged to interact in class during different activities related to our reading. I will also assign  journal entries or assignments at the end of each class for homework, and we will share our completed  assignments with each other each class. Students will also receive an assignment that they will work on during the entire four week course. We will use part of our last class together to discuss and share this project. 

Course Schedule:
Week 1: Class 1: Ch. 1-3 Class 2: 4-6
Week 2: Class 1: Ch. 7-9 Class 2: 10-12
Week 3: Class 1: Ch. 13-15 Class 2: 16-18
Week 4: Class 1: Ch. 19-22 Class 2: Wrap-up *Last class may be shorter than 45 mins.