This is an interactive book club class where we will be reading Gordon Korman's "On The Run" series. There are 6 books in this series and we will read one book a week. Each week we will read a book, participate in discussion and engage in a game or activity about the book. We will also be following Meg and Aiden on a map that students will fill in.  At the end of the class students will complete a project surroundeding the books. 

Schedule:
Week 1: "Chasing the Falconers" with comprehension Kahoot
Week 2: "The Fugitive Factor" and secret words
Week 3: "Now You See Them, Now You Don't" and charades of a scene
Week 4: "The Stowaway Solution" and Book trivia game
Week 5: "Public Enemy" and play jepordy
Week 6: "Hunting the Hunter" and project presentation


Project:
Students will create a project based on these books for the last week of class. Project ideas are as follows
1. Diorama of a scene from one of the books
2. A storyboard or comic strip for a scene from one of the books
3. Create a cover for one of the books
4. Dream casting (who would star in the movie?)
5. Rewrite a part of the story
6. Create a playlist for the books
7. Lego stop motion video
8. Scratch video
9. Students are welcome to come up with their own project- It will need to be approved by the teacher. 

Interaction:
Students will participate in weekly discussion threads about the books. This gives the students an opportunity to teach others in the class and learn from others as they discuss what they have read. Students will also participate in weekly Kahoot games regarding the books. Students will also complete a project for the last week of this class and share in the classroom using the upload video tool. 

Student-to-student: Through discussion questions and by sharing our projects
Student-to-course work: Reading books, Kahoot games, project
Student-to-teacher: Discussion questions, Kahoot, feedback on project

These books are about two kids, Aiden and Meg Falconer, whose parents have been wrongly accused. They escape a juvenile detention center to help prove their parents innocence. In doing so they find themselves running from the law as well as a mysterious attacker. 

Scholastic puts these at grade levels 3-8 and are a guided reading level R. 
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/on-the-run-1-chasing-the-falconers-by-gordon-korman/