In this class, students will video chat as well as discuss in the Outschool classroom weekly. We will read approximately 20 pages together each class on video chat, and students will read approximately 20 pages of homework each night. Students will learn how to use one type of graphic organizer to help comprehend the story. This class focuses in on the character relationships and introduces students to identifying the theme through these relationships. Throughout the course, students will answer discussions questions for me to assess how well they are comprehending the story. We will interact by chatting in discussions on the Outschool site before the next video chat. This is how students will be assessed if they have read the assigned chapters for homework. Students can also ask me questions at anytime! Each session will start by going over a way to organize thoughts, facts, and go over any questions on chapters they have read for homework. We will set up our graphic organizers together so that we are keeping track of the knowledge we learn from the reading. Throughout our video chat, I will stop our reading to ask a questions or spark a conversation about the reading to see where learners are at in their comprehension of the story. Then, we will discuss for 15 minutes. In the last five minutes, I will go over the homework. After every session, I will post the homework and discussion question for the week that they will complete before our next session. At the end of the course, we will have a short assessment on the characters, character relationships, and the themes to see how well they are able to comprehend the book.