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Season's Readings: Novel Study of Sherlock Holmes the Hound of Baskervilles

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Mr. Van, Certified Teacher
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Students will enjoy the month of March by studying this classic novel by Irish author Arthur Conan Doyle through analysis, discussion, and nonfiction texts.

Class experience

US Grade 7 - 9
Intermediate Level
• Students will strengthen their focus and reading-comprehension skills
• Students will learn to critically think and pose questions during and after reading a text that help it become more engrossing, educational, and enriching
• Students will learn how to structure their ideas verbally and communicate when posed with various ideas and perspectives
• Students will learn to analyze nonfiction text and use it to inform a fictional texts
Bachelor's degree from Grace University 
Certification to Teach Secondary Students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Endorsement in English/Language Arts from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
ACE Educator
Over 10 years of experience in various educational positions
Homework Offered
• Students will be asked to read 50 pages (5 chapters) per week • Depending on reading level, this should take 1 to 2 hours • There will also be occasional optional academic articles
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
NOTE: I am NOT affiliated with the following source:
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of Baskervilles
https://a.co/d/7tNXZv6
SEXUAL CONTENT
• The villain of the story is inferred to have several sexual partners
• The villain of the story promises marriage to advance his plans
• The plot revolves around a family tragedy where a woman was kidnapped by a villainous group of men, (the idea of rape is alluded to).  She escapes the men, but ultimately falls to her death

VIOLENCE
• Very little violence is directly described, however, much is alluded to
• This is a murder-mystery.  While the murder does not happen in-text the entire plot revolves around the crime
• A character falls to his death.  His corpse is observed and his skull is described as crushed.
• A character is mauled by a giant dog (note: the mauling itself is not described)
• A vicious man-killing hound is killed
• Characters traverse through adventurous and life-threatening situations
• The plot revolves around a family tragedy where a woman was kidnapped by a villainous group of men, (the idea of rape is alluded to).  She escapes the men, but ultimately falls to her death

RACISM SEXISM AND SOCIAL NEGATIVITIES
• The story takes place in Victorian England.  Women are depicted as fragile while men are depicted as adventurous and intelligent.
• A side-character has a hobby of analyzing skulls and surmising the implications of their skull-shape.  This real-life historical practice was used to justify racism, which is even alluded to at one point in the novel!
• Usage of the word "n*gro" 
• Usage of the word "esk*mo"

PROFANITY
• h*ll

DRUGS/ALCOHOL
• Characters smoke excessively throughout.  
• Holmes smokes an abundant amount of tobacco because he believes it helps sharpen his mind
NOTE: I am NOT affiliated with the following source:
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of Baskervilles
https://a.co/d/7tNXZv6
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Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(62)
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Hello!

My name is Paul Van Moorleghem or, more simply, Mr. Van!

I realized that I loved to learn waaaaay too late in life.  It was upon this realization that I decided to go back to school and get my certification to teach.

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Group Class

$22

weekly or $85 for 4 classes
1x per week, 4 weeks
55 min

Completed by 8 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-15
1-6 learners per class

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