Estudio de novela clásica en grupos pequeños para cuarto, quinto, sexto y séptimo grado: Ana de las Tejas Verdes

This semester course (8 weeks) challenges readers ready for a reading class that goes beyond the study of setting, figures of speech, conflict, and theme.  Students will learn new vocabulary each week and learn, identify, and apply beginning critical thinking skills. Topics are taught through teacher/student discussions, teacher lecture, guided reading handouts, power point slides, and Kahoot (free app) games.  Most reading takes place outside of class, and reading assignments generally follow the schedule below: 

Week One:  Chapters 1-6 Introduction to Course
Week Two: Chapters 7-13 Idioms and Allusions
Week Three: Chapters 14-18 Imagery
Week Four: Chapters 19-24 Critical Thinking Skill: Summarization Skills
Week Five Chapters 25-29 Critical Thinking Skill: Inferred/Implied Comprehension
Week Six Chapters 30-34  Critical Thinking Skill: Textual Evidence
Week Seven Chapters 35-38 Critical Thinking Skill: Identification of Explicit vs. Implicit Characterization
Week Eight Chapters 39-end Review and Application of Prior Knowledge

Classes usually follow the following routine:
1. Welcome/opener
2. Review of previous lesson and Q/A time with the finished assignment 
3. Introduction of new literature exercise/concept
4. Introduction of new vocabulary
5. Kahoot interactive challenge 
6. As time allows, in-class start of the new week's reading-assignment

Although not required, this class is especially recommended for students who have already completed at least one or more of my other reading classes.   It is also recommended for for 5th and 6th graders already familiar with "setting, theme, conflict, point of view."  

I'm an old-school, old-soul teacher that loves working with students. My greatest joy is to see students absorbed within the plot of an exciting story. I also believe that I'm teaching more than just "Who wrote Anne of Green Gables?"; I'm teaching students how to listen while in a group discussion, how to discern a message while reading, and how to empathize with characters often facing challenges unfamiliar to the student. 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Due to the length of the class, three students must be enrolled. If enrollment is not met, I will reach out to you a few days before the class begins. Most likely, the class will then be rescheduled with a new start date.