In this 9-week book study, learners will read The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill and be transported to a magical world of a kind witch, a swamp monster, a tiny dragon, and a girl called Luna! Learners will engage in meaningful analysis of the text, including plot, characters, settings, and figurative language.  This book study provides opportunities to enhance students' development of critical thinking and make inferences and connections with the book. 
     Materials will be provided in the classroom to enhance the learner's understanding of the text. These can be completed and submitted to me for feedback. I will answer any questions or assist when needed. Learners may post questions in the classroom or message me privately. 
    Optional final project:  In the classroom, learners are given options for a final project due at the end of the course. 
     Each year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. In reality, the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind! She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children left in the forest and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey.
     One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna’s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a modern-day fairytale of love and family, of strength and loyalty, of love and forgiveness, good and evil!

Week 1 chapters 1-6 Character analysis, setting
Week 2  chapters 7-11 literature analysis, cause, and effect
Week 3 chapters 12-17 literature analysis
Week 4, chapters 18-22 character's perspective, 
Week 5, chapters 23-27  map study and character analysis,  
Week 6  chapters 28-32, making connections with the text, 
Week 7 chapters 32-36 character analysis,  Comprehension
Week 8  chapters 37-41 character analysis, compare and contrast, Vocabulary
Week 9  chapters 42-48 literature analysis, Comprehension, optional final project

*Learners may also take a Kahoot each week on the chapters covered.